Head of Development Jobs in England

Head of Development
UK > England

The median Head of Development salary in England is £99,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 647 778 852
Rank change year-on-year +131 +74 +207
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Development 43 51 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.087% 0.059% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.063% 0.091%
Number of salaries quoted 35 45 69
10th Percentile £61,250 £46,100 £65,601
25th Percentile £73,125 £65,000 £76,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £99,000 £87,500 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.14% -12.50% +17.65%
75th Percentile £120,000 £100,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £150,000 £113,000 £128,000
UK median annual salary £95,000 £87,500 £100,000
% change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% +17.65%

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 45,023 81,588 81,077
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.06% 94.56% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 24,443 60,779 51,494
10th Percentile £29,913 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Head of Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Development in England

Head of Development
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Head of Development in England

Head of Development
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Development in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Development in England

Head of Development
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 Development within the England region over the 6 months to 17 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 +120 21 £135,000 +28.57% 22
North of England +49 9 £100,000 +17.65% 16
East of England - 9 £62,500 - 9
Yorkshire - 5 £100,000 - 4
South East +70 2 £97,500 +91.18% 8
West Midlands +47 2 £80,000 -20.00% 5
Midlands +43 2 £80,000 -11.11% 6
North West -1 2 £77,500 -8.82% 12
North East - 2 £90,000 -
Head of Development
UK

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 England region featuring Head of Development in the job title.

1 27 (62.79%) Agile
2 24 (55.81%) C#
3 17 (39.53%) Microsoft
4 16 (37.21%) Finance
4 16 (37.21%) .NET
4 16 (37.21%) SDLC
4 16 (37.21%) Social Skills
5 14 (32.56%) Software Engineering
6 12 (27.91%) Azure
6 12 (27.91%) Java
6 12 (27.91%) DevOps
7 11 (25.58%) People Management
7 11 (25.58%) JavaScript
8 10 (23.26%) React
9 9 (20.93%) Microservices
9 9 (20.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (20.93%) E-Commerce
9 9 (20.93%) Front Office
9 9 (20.93%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (20.93%) Derivative
9 9 (20.93%) Full-Stack Development
10 8 (18.60%) CI/CD
10 8 (18.60%) Business Strategy
10 8 (18.60%) Games
10 8 (18.60%) Law
10 8 (18.60%) PHP
10 8 (18.60%) SQL Server
10 8 (18.60%) SaaS
10 8 (18.60%) User Experience
10 8 (18.60%) Azure DevOps

Head of Development 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (13.95%) IIS
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.33%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Magento
1 2 (4.65%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 12 (27.91%) Azure
2 8 (18.60%) Azure DevOps
2 8 (18.60%) SaaS
3 7 (16.28%) Azure Logic Apps
3 7 (16.28%) GitHub
3 7 (16.28%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (16.28%) Power Automate
4 2 (4.65%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (2.33%) IaaS
5 1 (2.33%) PaaS
5 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (18.60%) SQL Server
2 6 (13.95%) Data Hub
2 6 (13.95%) SQL CLR
3 1 (2.33%) Big Data
3 1 (2.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 16 (37.21%) Finance
1 16 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 9 (20.93%) Front Office
3 8 (18.60%) Games
3 8 (18.60%) Law
4 6 (13.95%) Back Office
5 3 (6.98%) Banking
6 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Investment Banking
6 2 (4.65%) Retail
7 1 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.33%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (37.21%) .NET
2 10 (23.26%) React
3 7 (16.28%) .NET Core
3 7 (16.28%) HTML5 Canvas
3 7 (16.28%) Laravel
4 6 (13.95%) .NET Framework
4 6 (13.95%) Dapper ORM
4 6 (13.95%) Entity Framework
5 3 (6.98%) RESTful
6 2 (4.65%) AngularJS
6 2 (4.65%) Babylonjs
6 2 (4.65%) CSS
6 2 (4.65%) HTML
6 2 (4.65%) Sass
6 2 (4.65%) Svelte
6 2 (4.65%) WebGL
6 2 (4.65%) WebXR
7 1 (2.33%) Bootstrap
7 1 (2.33%) Kafka
7 1 (2.33%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.93%) Derivative
2 6 (13.95%) Private Cloud
2 6 (13.95%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (4.65%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (4.65%) Digital Media
4 1 (2.33%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.33%) Online Games
4 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.95%) Windows
1 6 (13.95%) Windows Server
2 1 (2.33%) Android
2 1 (2.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (62.79%) Agile
2 16 (37.21%) SDLC
3 14 (32.56%) Software Engineering
4 12 (27.91%) DevOps
5 11 (25.58%) People Management
6 9 (20.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (20.93%) E-Commerce
6 9 (20.93%) Full-Stack Development
6 9 (20.93%) Microservices
6 9 (20.93%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (18.60%) Business Strategy
7 8 (18.60%) CI/CD
7 8 (18.60%) User Experience
8 7 (16.28%) Infrastructure as Code
8 7 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (16.28%) Product Strategy
8 7 (16.28%) Scrum
8 7 (16.28%) Test Automation
9 6 (13.95%) Clean Code
9 6 (13.95%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (55.81%) C#
2 12 (27.91%) Java
3 11 (25.58%) JavaScript
4 8 (18.60%) PHP
5 7 (16.28%) SQL
6 4 (9.30%) Python
7 3 (6.98%) C++
7 3 (6.98%) TypeScript
8 1 (2.33%) Go
8 1 (2.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (2.33%) Azure Certification
1 1 (2.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.33%) QA
System Software
1 6 (13.95%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) Marathon
2 1 (2.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (39.53%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.95%) VMware
3 2 (4.65%) Adobe
3 2 (4.65%) WooCommerce
4 1 (2.33%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.33%) Salesforce