Head of Development Jobs in the Midlands

Head of Development
England > Midlands

The median Head of Development salary in the Midlands is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 310 330
Rank change year-on-year +13 +20 -58
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Development 20 14 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.17% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.16% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18 13 17
10th Percentile £85,875 - £57,460
25th Percentile £86,250 £65,006 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £80,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% +36.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £103,000 - £93,000
England median annual salary £87,500 £95,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -7.89% +8.57% +12.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 10,986 8,613 10,285
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 89.50% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 8,233 4,790 7,091
10th Percentile £26,050 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

Head of Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Development in the Midlands

Head of Development
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Head of Development in the Midlands

Head of Development
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Development in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Development in the Midlands

Head of Development
Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 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
West Midlands +30 11 £100,000 +21.67%
East Midlands -14 9 £87,500 +9.38% 2
Head of Development
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 Midlands region featuring Head of Development in the job title.

1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 10 (50.00%) Agile
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (45.00%) Roadmaps
3 8 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
3 8 (40.00%) Git
4 7 (35.00%) Strategic Thinking
5 6 (30.00%) Decision-Making
5 6 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (30.00%) DevOps
5 6 (30.00%) SDLC
5 6 (30.00%) SaaS
5 6 (30.00%) Test Automation
5 6 (30.00%) QA
5 6 (30.00%) Manual Testing
5 6 (30.00%) Code Quality
6 3 (15.00%) JIRA
6 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (15.00%) Analytical Thinking
6 3 (15.00%) CI/CD
7 2 (10.00%) Technology Roadmap
7 2 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
7 2 (10.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
7 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
7 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (10.00%) Apex Code
7 2 (10.00%) Data Management
7 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (10.00%) Technical Architecture

Head of Development Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (5.00%) Confluence
1 1 (5.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (30.00%) SaaS
3 1 (5.00%) AWS
3 1 (5.00%) Azure
3 1 (5.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (40.00%) Git
2 3 (15.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Digital Health
4 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) .NET
1 1 (5.00%) jQuery
1 1 (5.00%) Laravel
1 1 (5.00%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Agile
2 9 (45.00%) Roadmaps
3 7 (35.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 6 (30.00%) Code Quality
4 6 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
4 6 (30.00%) Decision-Making
4 6 (30.00%) DevOps
4 6 (30.00%) Manual Testing
4 6 (30.00%) SDLC
4 6 (30.00%) Test Automation
5 3 (15.00%) Analytical Thinking
5 3 (15.00%) CI/CD
6 2 (10.00%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
6 2 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.00%) Data Management
6 2 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (10.00%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (10.00%) Technology Roadmap
7 1 (5.00%) Backlog Refinement
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) Apex Code
2 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (30.00%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) Salesforce