Head of Development Job Trends in Hampshire

Head of Development
South East > Hampshire

The median Head of Development salary in Hampshire is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 September 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 179 134
Rank change year-on-year +62 -45 +109
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Development 1 3 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 0.051% 0.081% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.083% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £65,250 -
25th Percentile £78,750 £65,625 £105,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £67,500 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -38.64% +37.50%
75th Percentile £86,250 £71,875 £115,000
90th Percentile - £73,750 -
South East median annual salary £73,750 £63,575 £100,000
% change year-on-year +16.00% -36.43% +23.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,877 3,602 1,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.04% 96.85% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,146 2,414 1,390
10th Percentile £27,375 £30,150 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -1.87% +1.90%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,625 £80,000 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £51,749 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.38% -5.91% -

Head of Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Development in Hampshire

Head of Development
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for Head of Development job vacancies in Hampshire.

Salary distribution trend for Head of Development job vacancies in Hampshire

Head of Development
Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 14 September 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
Basingstoke -1 1 £82,500 +22.22% 2
Head of Development
South East

Head of Development Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 14 September 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 Hampshire region featuring Head of Development in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) Kendo UI
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Vue
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture

Head of Development Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) Kendo UI
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA