Head of Payments
UK

The median Head of Payments salary in the UK is £120,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 900 - 1225
Rank change year-on-year - - -313
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Payments 2 0 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% - 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £92,000
25th Percentile - - £96,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 - £110,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile - - £127,500
90th Percentile - - £135,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £92,500

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 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Head of Payments
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Payments in the UK

Head of Payments
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Head of Payments in the UK

Head of Payments
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Payments within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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
London - 2 £120,000 - 2
England - 2 £120,000 - 2
Work from Home - 2 £120,000 - 2

Head of Payments Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Head of Payments 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 Payments in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (100.00%) Product Management
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture

Head of Payments 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) High Availability
1 2 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 2 (100.00%) Product Management
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 2 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes