Head of Development Jobs in London

Head of Development
England > London

The median Head of Development salary in London is £135,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 505 594
Rank change year-on-year +129 +89 +260
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Development 23 12 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.18% 0.051% 0.065%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.054% 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 17 9 21
10th Percentile £82,500 £72,000 £71,250
25th Percentile £95,000 - £95,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £135,000 £105,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £150,000 £115,000 £130,000
90th Percentile - £118,000 £137,500
England median annual salary £99,500 £87,500 £100,000
% change year-on-year +13.71% -12.50% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,743 22,315 32,111
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.31% 94.23% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 7,246 16,650 23,748
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,451
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

Head of Development
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Development in London

Head of Development
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Head of Development in London

Head of Development
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Development in London over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Development in London

Head of Development
Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 20 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
Central London +36 7 £100,000 -4.76% 5
Head of Development
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 London region featuring Head of Development in the job title.

1 16 (69.57%) Finance
2 15 (65.22%) C#
3 14 (60.87%) Social Skills
4 10 (43.48%) Java
4 10 (43.48%) Agile
5 9 (39.13%) Front Office
5 9 (39.13%) Derivative
6 8 (34.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (34.78%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (34.78%) Software Engineering
6 8 (34.78%) Business Strategy
6 8 (34.78%) People Management
7 7 (30.43%) Full-Stack Development
7 7 (30.43%) .NET
7 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
8 6 (26.09%) SQL Server
8 6 (26.09%) SaaS
8 6 (26.09%) GitHub
8 6 (26.09%) Data Privacy
8 6 (26.09%) Fintech
8 6 (26.09%) .NET Core
9 5 (21.74%) SOLID
9 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 5 (21.74%) Performance Tuning
9 5 (21.74%) Dapper ORM
9 5 (21.74%) Private Cloud
9 5 (21.74%) SDLC
9 5 (21.74%) Windows Server
9 5 (21.74%) Clean Code

Head of Development Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 5 (21.74%) IIS
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Magento
1 1 (4.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 6 (26.09%) GitHub
1 6 (26.09%) SaaS
2 2 (8.70%) Azure
3 1 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.35%) BigCommerce
3 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (26.09%) SQL Server
2 5 (21.74%) Data Hub
2 5 (21.74%) SQL CLR
3 1 (4.35%) Tableau
General
1 16 (69.57%) Finance
2 14 (60.87%) Social Skills
3 9 (39.13%) Front Office
4 5 (21.74%) Back Office
5 4 (17.39%) Games
6 3 (13.04%) Banking
6 3 (13.04%) Retail
7 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (8.70%) Investment Banking
7 2 (8.70%) Marketing
8 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (4.35%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (30.43%) .NET
2 6 (26.09%) .NET Core
3 5 (21.74%) .NET Framework
3 5 (21.74%) Dapper ORM
3 5 (21.74%) Entity Framework
4 3 (13.04%) Laravel
5 1 (4.35%) React
5 1 (4.35%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 9 (39.13%) Derivative
2 5 (21.74%) Private Cloud
2 5 (21.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 2 (8.70%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (4.35%) Cloud Native
4 1 (4.35%) EPoS
4 1 (4.35%) Online Games
4 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (21.74%) Windows
1 5 (21.74%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.35%) Android
2 1 (4.35%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (43.48%) Agile
2 8 (34.78%) Business Strategy
2 8 (34.78%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (34.78%) People Management
2 8 (34.78%) Software Engineering
2 8 (34.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (30.43%) Full-Stack Development
4 6 (26.09%) Data Privacy
4 6 (26.09%) Fintech
5 5 (21.74%) Clean Code
5 5 (21.74%) Collaborative Culture
5 5 (21.74%) High Availability
5 5 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 5 (21.74%) Performance Tuning
5 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (21.74%) Release Management
5 5 (21.74%) SDLC
5 5 (21.74%) SOLID
5 5 (21.74%) TDD
5 5 (21.74%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (65.22%) C#
2 10 (43.48%) Java
3 5 (21.74%) SQL
4 4 (17.39%) Python
5 3 (13.04%) C++
5 3 (13.04%) PHP
6 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) Azure Certification
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (21.74%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) VMware