Head of Software Development Jobs in the Midlands

Head of Software Development
England > Midlands

The median Head of Software Development salary in the Midlands is £100,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 306 329 337
Rank change year-on-year +23 +8 -66
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Software Development 8 1 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.070% 0.010% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% 0.011% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 14
10th Percentile £88,000 - £61,494
25th Percentile £90,000 - £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - £81,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.00%
75th Percentile - - £87,500
90th Percentile - - £91,875
England median annual salary £90,000 £100,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +14.29% +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 10,771 8,748 10,346
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 89.46% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 8,166 4,815 7,203
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,551 £37,500 £36,250
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 £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Head of Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Software Development in the Midlands

Head of Software Development
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Head of Software Development in the Midlands

Head of Software Development
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Software Development in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Software Development in the Midlands

Head of Software 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 Software Development within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 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 - 8 £100,000 -
Head of Software Development
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Head of Software 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 Software Development in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Agile
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 6 (75.00%) Code Quality
2 6 (75.00%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) Git
2 6 (75.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (75.00%) QA
2 6 (75.00%) Manual Testing
2 6 (75.00%) DevOps
2 6 (75.00%) SDLC
3 1 (12.50%) Kanban
3 1 (12.50%) Confluence
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
3 1 (12.50%) JIRA
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Sprint Review
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (12.50%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (12.50%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership

Head of Software 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 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 6 (75.00%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 6 (75.00%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Agile
2 6 (75.00%) Code Quality
2 6 (75.00%) Decision-Making
2 6 (75.00%) DevOps
2 6 (75.00%) Manual Testing
2 6 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 6 (75.00%) SDLC
2 6 (75.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 1 (12.50%) Conflict Resolution
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (12.50%) Kanban
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (12.50%) Sprint Review
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (75.00%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft