Software Development Director Jobs

Software Development Director
UK

The median Software Development Director salary in the UK is £130,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 867 993 1229
Rank change year-on-year +126 +236 -322
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Director 21 2 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.002% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.002% 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 21 2 6
10th Percentile - £90,500 £83,750
25th Percentile £125,000 £95,000 £86,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £107,500 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.93% +7.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £135,000 £122,500 £107,500
90th Percentile - £128,500 £118,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £130,000 £107,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year +20.93% +19.44% +12.50%

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 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 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%

Software Development Director
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Director in the UK

Software Development Director
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Development Director.

Salary trend for Software Development Director in the UK

Software Development Director
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Development Director over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Development Director in the UK

Software Development Director
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Development Director within the UK over the 6 months to 8 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 +98 21 £130,000 +20.93% 5
UK excluding London +10 21 £130,000 +20.93% 5
South East +34 19 £130,000 +20.93%
Work from Home +73 4 £130,000 +4.00% 5
North of England - 2 £130,000 - 5
Yorkshire - 1 £130,000 - 1
North West - 1 £130,000 - 4

Software Development Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Software Development Director 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 Software Development Director in the job title.

1 20 (95.24%) Agile
2 18 (85.71%) Degree
2 18 (85.71%) Computer Science
2 18 (85.71%) C#
2 18 (85.71%) JavaScript
3 16 (76.19%) TypeScript
3 16 (76.19%) React
3 16 (76.19%) .NET
4 4 (19.05%) QA
4 4 (19.05%) SaaS
4 4 (19.05%) SDLC
4 4 (19.05%) Line Management
5 2 (9.52%) Case Management
5 2 (9.52%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (9.52%) DevOps
5 2 (9.52%) Data Privacy
5 2 (9.52%) SQL
5 2 (9.52%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.52%) Development Roadmap
5 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
5 2 (9.52%) Product Strategy
5 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
5 2 (9.52%) CI/CD
5 2 (9.52%) Roadmaps
5 2 (9.52%) Code Quality
5 2 (9.52%) Product Ownership
5 2 (9.52%) Waterfall
5 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (9.52%) Performance Improvement

Software Development Director 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 4 (19.05%) SaaS
2 2 (9.52%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (9.52%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (9.52%) Retail
1 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (76.19%) .NET
1 16 (76.19%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (95.24%) Agile
2 18 (85.71%) Computer Science
3 4 (19.05%) Line Management
3 4 (19.05%) SDLC
4 2 (9.52%) B2B
4 2 (9.52%) Case Management
4 2 (9.52%) CI/CD
4 2 (9.52%) Code Quality
4 2 (9.52%) Continuous Delivery
4 2 (9.52%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (9.52%) Development Roadmap
4 2 (9.52%) Pair Programming
4 2 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (9.52%) Product Strategy
4 2 (9.52%) Project Delivery
4 2 (9.52%) Roadmaps
4 2 (9.52%) Scrum
4 2 (9.52%) Software Testing
4 2 (9.52%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (9.52%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 18 (85.71%) C#
1 18 (85.71%) JavaScript
2 16 (76.19%) TypeScript
3 2 (9.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (85.71%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) BT
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft