The first table below looks at the demand for the Head of Software Development role in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Head of Software Development in their job title over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Head of Software Development
Rank - - 153
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Software Development 0 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire - - 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £59,500 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-25.62% +23.07%
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3479 3157 2826
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 95.24% 97.38% 96.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2784 2642 2365
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £49,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Head of Software Development
Yorkshire

Head of Software Development
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Head of Software Development across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Yorkshire Head of Software Development Jobs Demand Trend

Head of Software Development
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Head of Software Development across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Head of Software Development Salary Trend

Head of Software Development
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Head of Software Development in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Head of Software Development in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
2 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (60.00%) B2B
4 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (20.00%) Security Management
5 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (20.00%) CMMI
5 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
5 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (20.00%) C
5 1 (20.00%) C#
5 1 (20.00%) HTML
5 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (20.00%) .NET
5 1 (20.00%) ITIL
5 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (20.00%) UML

Head of Software Development
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region that cited Head of Software Development in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Head of Software Development in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Scrum
2 4 (80.00%) Software Engineering
3 3 (60.00%) B2B
4 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (20.00%) Security Management
5 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
5 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (20.00%) CMMI
5 1 (20.00%) ITIL
5 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
5 1 (20.00%) UML
5 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript