Head of Development Job Trends in Basingstoke

Head of Development
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The median Head of Development salary in Basingstoke is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Development 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Basingstoke 0.62% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £78,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 - -
75th Percentile £86,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £82,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Basingstoke

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Basingstoke. 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 Basingstoke with a recognized job title 312 590 283
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.00% 95.47% 93.71%
Number of salaries quoted 248 467 184
10th Percentile £30,000 £44,460 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,563 £47,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £58,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year - +18.37% -10.91%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,375 £85,000 £77,500
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Head of Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Head of Development' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke.

Head of Development job vacancy trend in Basingstoke

Head of Development
Salary Trend in Basingstoke

Salary distribution trend for Head of Development job vacancies in Basingstoke.

Salary distribution trend for Head of Development job vacancies in Basingstoke

Head of Development Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Head of Development job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Basingstoke region featuring Head of Development in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) GitLab
2 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Kendo UI
2 1 (50.00%) Kotlin
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Development
2 1 (50.00%) MySQL
2 1 (50.00%) Objectives and Key Results
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery

Head of Development Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Basingstoke by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (50.00%) MySQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) GitLab
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (50.00%) Billing
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (50.00%) Kendo UI
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Kanban
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Development
2 1 (50.00%) Objectives and Key Results
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Secure Coding
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) Kotlin
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA