Head of Development Jobs in the North West

Head of Development
England > North West

As of 22 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Head of Development salary in the North West.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 290 288 295
Rank change year-on-year -2 +7 +36
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Development 1 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.013% 0.030% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.032% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £78,500 £73,500
25th Percentile - £80,000 £75,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.25% -
75th Percentile - £89,375 £85,000
90th Percentile - £90,500 £86,500
England median annual salary £100,000 £87,500 £100,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 7,193 9,462 6,909
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.99% 94.63% 89.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,847 7,265 4,026
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,069
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,260 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

Head of Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Development in the North West

Head of Development
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Head of Development in the North West

Head of Development
Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 22 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
Manchester +60 1 - - 12
Head of Development
England

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

For the 6 months to 22 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 North West region featuring Head of Development in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Back Office
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Wealth Management
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SQL CLR
1 1 (100.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Dapper ORM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Private Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID

Head of Development Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (100.00%) IIS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Hub
1 1 (100.00%) SQL CLR
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Back Office
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Dapper ORM
1 1 (100.00%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Private Cloud
1 1 (100.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Wealth Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) VMware