Head of Development Jobs in Cambridge

Head of Development
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Head of Development salary in Cambridge is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 May 2025.

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

6 months to
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Development 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 0.76% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £62,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 243 977 787
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 97.12% 84.62%
Number of salaries quoted 153 754 384
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,650
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -0.90% +0.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £85,000 £90,000
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%

Head of Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Development in Cambridge

Head of Development
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Head of Development in Cambridge

Head of Development Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, 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 across the Cambridge region featuring Head of Development in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Law
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) HTML5 Canvas
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 2 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD

Head of Development Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge 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 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Power Automate
General
1 2 (100.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) HTML5 Canvas
1 2 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft