Head of Business Systems Jobs

Head of Business Systems
UK

The median Head of Business Systems salary in the UK is £95,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 865 975 1193
Rank change year-on-year +110 +218 -326
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Business Systems 24 3 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.025% 0.003% 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.003% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 21 3 12
10th Percentile - £67,400 £56,669
25th Percentile £91,250 £72,875 £70,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £82,000 £76,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.85% +7.89% -15.56%
75th Percentile - £88,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £92,400 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £92,500 £72,500 £72,000
% change year-on-year +27.59% +0.69% -20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 92,477 96,786 147,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 66,588 60,676 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,075
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Head of Business Systems
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Head of Business Systems in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Business Systems in the UK

Head of Business Systems
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Business Systems.

Salary trend for Head of Business Systems in the UK

Head of Business Systems
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Business Systems over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Business Systems in the UK

Head of Business Systems
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Business Systems within the UK over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +135 24 £95,000 +15.85% 2
UK excluding London +20 18 £92,500 +27.59% 2
Work from Home +96 17 £92,500 +19.74% 1
North of England - 10 £92,500 - 2
Yorkshire - 10 £92,500 - 1
London +136 6 £140,000 +62.79%
East Midlands - 4 £95,000 -
Midlands - 4 £95,000 -
South West - 4 £95,000 -

Head of Business Systems Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Head of Business Systems job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Head of Business Systems in the job title.

1 21 (87.50%) Change Management
2 16 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 16 (66.67%) Supply Chain Management
2 16 (66.67%) SQL
2 16 (66.67%) Oracle
2 16 (66.67%) ERP
2 16 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (66.67%) Project Management
2 16 (66.67%) FMCG
2 16 (66.67%) IFS
2 16 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 16 (66.67%) Behavioural Change
2 16 (66.67%) Power BI
2 16 (66.67%) Power Platform
3 6 (25.00%) Agile
4 5 (20.83%) Finance
4 5 (20.83%) IT Strategy
4 5 (20.83%) Strategic Thinking
4 5 (20.83%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (20.83%) Product Management
4 5 (20.83%) Azure
4 5 (20.83%) Resource Management
4 5 (20.83%) Data Protection
4 5 (20.83%) DevOps
4 5 (20.83%) Mentoring
4 5 (20.83%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (20.83%) Technology Strategy
5 2 (8.33%) Retail
6 1 (4.17%) Systems Analysis
6 1 (4.17%) Business Analysis

Head of Business Systems Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 16 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 5 (20.83%) Azure
3 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (66.67%) Power BI
General
1 16 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 5 (20.83%) Finance
2 5 (20.83%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 16 (66.67%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (87.50%) Change Management
2 16 (66.67%) Behavioural Change
2 16 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (66.67%) ERP
2 16 (66.67%) Project Management
2 16 (66.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 16 (66.67%) Supply Chain Management
3 6 (25.00%) Agile
4 5 (20.83%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (20.83%) Data Protection
4 5 (20.83%) DevOps
4 5 (20.83%) IT Strategy
4 5 (20.83%) Mentoring
4 5 (20.83%) Product Management
4 5 (20.83%) Resource Management
4 5 (20.83%) Strategic Thinking
4 5 (20.83%) Technology Strategy
5 1 (4.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (4.17%) Insurtech
5 1 (4.17%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 16 (66.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 16 (66.67%) IFS
1 16 (66.67%) Oracle