Head of Software Development Jobs in South Yorkshire

Head of Software Development
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median Head of Software Development salary in South Yorkshire is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Software Development 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 0.26% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - -
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 - - -
Yorkshire median annual salary £100,000 - £75,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 South Yorkshire with a recognized job title 372 1,251 1,369
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.62% 92.32% 86.87%
Number of salaries quoted 246 1,008 527
10th Percentile £25,875 £28,350 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,938 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £70,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £49,500 £49,000 £54,882
% change year-on-year +1.02% -10.72% +9.76%

Head of Software Development
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Software Development in South Yorkshire

Head of Software Development
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Head of Software Development in South Yorkshire

Head of Software Development
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 3 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
Sheffield - 1 £82,500 -
Head of Software Development
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire 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