Head of Software Development Job Trends in Basingstoke

Head of Software Development
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The median Head of Software Development salary in Basingstoke is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Software Development 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basingstoke 0.36% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 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 £70,000 -
% change year-on-year +17.86% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 259 433 273
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 96.65% 91.61%
Number of salaries quoted 225 316 211
10th Percentile £31,000 £38,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,400 £86,250 £85,000
Hampshire median annual salary £51,750 £52,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -1.43% -1.87% +1.90%

Head of Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Software Development in Basingstoke

Head of Software Development
Salary Trend in Basingstoke

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

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

Head of Software Development Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke

For the 6 months to 14 September 2025, Head of Software 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 across the Basingstoke region featuring Head of Software Development in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) Kendo UI
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Vue
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture

Head of Software Development Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) Kendo UI
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA