Head of Development Jobs in Glasgow

Head of Development
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Head of Development salary in Glasgow is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 - 127
Rank change year-on-year - - -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Development 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.41% - 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.46% - 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £90,500 - -
25th Percentile £91,250 - £91,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - £92,500
75th Percentile £108,750 - £93,750
90th Percentile £109,500 - -
Scotland median annual salary £67,500 - £111,653

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 436 3,906 1,354
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.34% 98.04% 85.97%
Number of salaries quoted 258 845 685
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.54% -4.55% +14.58%
75th Percentile £75,270 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,700 £78,450 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +9.52%

Head of Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Development in Glasgow

Head of Development
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary trend for Head of Development in Glasgow

Head of Development Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

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

1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) OWASP
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (50.00%) Presales
2 1 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 14001
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security

Head of Development Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Innovative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) ISMS
2 1 (50.00%) OWASP
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
2 1 (50.00%) Presales
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Security Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (50.00%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 14001
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS