Software Development Director Jobs in England

Software Development Director
UK > England

The median Software Development Director salary in England is £130,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 812 948 1127
Rank change year-on-year +136 +179 -280
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Director 24 2 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.028% 0.002% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.002% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 24 2 6
10th Percentile - £90,500 £83,750
25th Percentile £125,000 £95,000 £86,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 £107,500 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.93% +7.50% +25.00%
75th Percentile £135,000 £122,500 £107,500
90th Percentile - £128,500 £118,750
UK median annual salary £130,000 £107,500 £100,000
% change year-on-year +20.93% +7.50% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 79,927 86,214 125,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.56% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 59,989 54,425 75,776
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

Software Development Director
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Development Director in England

Software Development Director
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Development Director in England.

Salary trend for Software Development Director in England

Software Development Director
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Development Director in England over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Software Development Director in England

Software Development Director
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Development Director within the England region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. 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
South East +37 21 £130,000 +20.93%
North of England - 2 £130,000 - 3
South West - 1 £95,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 £130,000 - 1
North West - 1 £130,000 - 2
Software Development Director
UK

Software Development Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Software Development Director 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 Software Development Director in the job title.

1 22 (91.67%) Agile
2 21 (87.50%) Computer Science
2 21 (87.50%) Degree
3 20 (83.33%) C#
3 20 (83.33%) JavaScript
4 18 (75.00%) .NET
4 18 (75.00%) TypeScript
4 18 (75.00%) React
5 4 (16.67%) SaaS
5 4 (16.67%) QA
5 4 (16.67%) SDLC
5 4 (16.67%) Line Management
6 3 (12.50%) Project Delivery
6 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
7 2 (8.33%) CI/CD
7 2 (8.33%) Roadmaps
7 2 (8.33%) Code Quality
7 2 (8.33%) Product Ownership
7 2 (8.33%) Product Strategy
7 2 (8.33%) Case Management
7 2 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
7 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (8.33%) Development Roadmap
7 2 (8.33%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (8.33%) Test Automation
7 2 (8.33%) Product Management
7 2 (8.33%) Azure
7 2 (8.33%) Waterfall
7 2 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (8.33%) Performance Improvement

Software Development Director 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (16.67%) SaaS
2 2 (8.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (8.33%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (75.00%) .NET
1 18 (75.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (91.67%) Agile
2 21 (87.50%) Computer Science
3 4 (16.67%) Line Management
3 4 (16.67%) SDLC
4 3 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 2 (8.33%) B2B
5 2 (8.33%) Case Management
5 2 (8.33%) CI/CD
5 2 (8.33%) Code Quality
5 2 (8.33%) Continuous Delivery
5 2 (8.33%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (8.33%) Development Roadmap
5 2 (8.33%) Pair Programming
5 2 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (8.33%) Product Management
5 2 (8.33%) Product Strategy
5 2 (8.33%) Roadmaps
5 2 (8.33%) Software Testing
5 2 (8.33%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (8.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 20 (83.33%) C#
1 20 (83.33%) JavaScript
2 18 (75.00%) TypeScript
3 2 (8.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (87.50%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.17%) DBS Check
2 1 (4.17%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (8.33%) BT
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft