Head of Software Development Jobs in Sheffield

Head of Software Development
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Head of Software Development salary in Sheffield is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Software Development 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 0.35% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £78,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 - -
75th Percentile £86,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £82,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 275 1,012 819
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.82% 95.47% 88.44%
Number of salaries quoted 189 821 398
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -2.06% -7.62%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £63,438
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £71,170
South Yorkshire median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -10.00%

Head of Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Software Development in Sheffield

Head of Software Development
Salary Trend in Sheffield

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

Salary trend for Head of Software Development in Sheffield

Head of Software Development Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Sheffield region featuring Head of Software Development in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Law
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) Bootstrap
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Chatbot
1 1 (100.00%) Redux
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps

Head of Software Development Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Bootstrap
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Redux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) Conversational UI
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA