Head of Applications Jobs in England

Head of Applications
UK > England

The median Head of Applications salary in England is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 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
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 670 813 906
Rank change year-on-year +143 +93 +231
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Applications 7 21 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.015% 0.025% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.026% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 7 21 19
10th Percentile £80,500 £63,888 £61,720
25th Percentile £88,750 £72,863 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £100,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% +9.38%
75th Percentile £102,500 £117,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £110,500 £118,750 £121,000
UK median annual salary £97,500 £100,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -2.50% +14.29% +9.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 43,278 80,816 83,674
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 94.49% 91.51%
Number of salaries quoted 24,456 60,386 53,004
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,991 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,125 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,501 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Head of Applications
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Applications in England

Head of Applications
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Applications in England.

Salary trend for Head of Applications in England

Head of Applications
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Applications in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Applications in England

Head of Applications
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Applications within the England region over the 6 months to 8 May 2025. 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
London +100 4 £100,000 -1.23% 1
South East +108 2 £88,750 +745.24%
Midlands +45 1 £95,000 +1.33% 2
East Midlands +38 1 £95,000 -5.00% 1
Head of Applications
UK

Head of Applications Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, Head of Applications 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 England region featuring Head of Applications in the job title.

1 3 (42.86%) Agile
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Shadow IT
2 2 (28.57%) Service Catalogue
2 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
2 2 (28.57%) IT Governance
2 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Law
3 1 (14.29%) Scrum
3 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL
3 1 (14.29%) CRM
3 1 (14.29%) ERP
3 1 (14.29%) PMP
3 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management

Head of Applications Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Law
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Bootstrap
1 1 (14.29%) Node.js
1 1 (14.29%) React
1 1 (14.29%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (28.57%) Shadow IT
3 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
1 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
2 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
2 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) IT Governance
2 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
2 2 (28.57%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (14.29%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (14.29%) Coaching
3 1 (14.29%) Conversational UI
3 1 (14.29%) IT Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (14.29%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) PMI Certification
1 1 (14.29%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Adaptive Insights
1 1 (14.29%) Workday