Head of Development Jobs

Head of Development
UK

The median Head of Development salary in the UK is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 844 916 1113
Rank change year-on-year +72 +197 -318
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Development 63 79 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.064% 0.078% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.068% 0.085% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 53 74 65
10th Percentile £47,000 £66,275 £68,100
25th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £100,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +9.68%
75th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £129,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £87,500 £93,750 £85,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +10.29% +17.29%

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 93,191 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 66,790 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
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 Development
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Development in the UK

Head of Development
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Head of Development in the UK

Head of Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Development over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Development in the UK

Head of Development
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Development within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England +64 50 £87,500 -12.50% 21
UK excluding London -18 47 £87,500 -6.67% 19
Midlands +8 20 £90,000 +12.50% 3
Work from Home +40 18 £100,000 - 12
South East +16 14 £49,000 -51.00% 6
London +112 13 £105,000 +5.00% 4
West Midlands +20 11 £100,000 +21.67%
East Midlands -12 9 £87,500 +9.38% 3
Wales - 5 £100,000 - 2
North of England +41 3 £85,000 +13.33% 5
North West +15 3 £85,000 +6.25% 2
Scotland -61 3 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 2 £100,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Head of Development 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 Development in the job title.

1 25 (39.68%) Social Skills
2 17 (26.98%) Agile
3 15 (23.81%) Roadmaps
4 14 (22.22%) Finance
5 13 (20.63%) Marketing
6 12 (19.05%) Microsoft
7 11 (17.46%) CRM
7 11 (17.46%) .NET
7 11 (17.46%) Project Management
8 9 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
9 8 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (12.70%) Budget Management
9 8 (12.70%) QA
9 8 (12.70%) Git
9 8 (12.70%) DevOps
9 8 (12.70%) Dynamics 365
10 7 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (11.11%) SaaS
10 7 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (11.11%) Line Management
10 7 (11.11%) Project Delivery
10 7 (11.11%) Code Quality
11 6 (9.52%) Decision-Making
11 6 (9.52%) Test Automation
11 6 (9.52%) SDLC
11 6 (9.52%) Manual Testing
11 6 (9.52%) Software Engineering
11 6 (9.52%) PHP
11 6 (9.52%) C#
12 5 (7.94%) Java

Head of Development 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.59%) Confluence
1 1 (1.59%) Umbraco
1 1 (1.59%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (4.76%) Magento
2 2 (3.17%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.70%) Dynamics 365
2 7 (11.11%) SaaS
3 3 (4.76%) Azure
4 2 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.59%) AWS
5 1 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.59%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.76%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.59%) MySQL
2 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (12.70%) Git
2 3 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 25 (39.68%) Social Skills
2 14 (22.22%) Finance
3 13 (20.63%) Marketing
4 7 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.94%) Law
6 4 (6.35%) Front Office
7 3 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.76%) Legal
7 3 (4.76%) Retail
8 2 (3.17%) Banking
8 2 (3.17%) Digital Health
8 2 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.59%) German Language
9 1 (1.59%) International Banking
9 1 (1.59%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.59%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.59%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (17.46%) .NET
2 2 (3.17%) ASP.NET
2 2 (3.17%) Laravel
2 2 (3.17%) Spring
2 2 (3.17%) Vue
3 1 (1.59%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.59%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (1.59%) BREW
3 1 (1.59%) jQuery
3 1 (1.59%) React
3 1 (1.59%) Symfony
3 1 (1.59%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.94%) IoT
2 3 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (4.76%) Hedge funds
3 2 (3.17%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.17%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.17%) Social Media
4 1 (1.59%) Derivative
4 1 (1.59%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.98%) Agile
2 15 (23.81%) Roadmaps
3 11 (17.46%) CRM
3 11 (17.46%) Project Management
4 9 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
5 8 (12.70%) Budget Management
5 8 (12.70%) DevOps
5 8 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (11.11%) Code Quality
6 7 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (11.11%) Line Management
6 7 (11.11%) Project Delivery
7 6 (9.52%) Decision-Making
7 6 (9.52%) Manual Testing
7 6 (9.52%) SDLC
7 6 (9.52%) Software Engineering
7 6 (9.52%) Test Automation
8 5 (7.94%) Analytical Thinking
8 5 (7.94%) E-Commerce
8 5 (7.94%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.52%) C#
1 6 (9.52%) PHP
2 5 (7.94%) Java
3 4 (6.35%) JavaScript
3 4 (6.35%) SQL
4 3 (4.76%) C++
4 3 (4.76%) Python
5 2 (3.17%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 5 (7.94%) Degree
2 3 (4.76%) Master's Degree
2 3 (4.76%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.70%) QA
2 3 (4.76%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.59%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 12 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.35%) Salesforce