Head of Development Jobs in the UK excluding London

Head of Development
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of Development salary in the UK excluding London is £87,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 708 701 789
Rank change year-on-year -7 +88 -171
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Development 48 58 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.068% 0.094% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.11% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 42 55 42
10th Percentile £45,650 £65,303 £56,635
25th Percentile £65,313 £72,500 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £90,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +5.88% +19.32%
75th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £109,500 £115,000 £97,375
UK median annual salary £90,000 £95,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% +8.57% +12.90%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,682 54,970 67,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.26% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 47,230 31,194 42,991
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,777 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.04% - +9.09%

Head of Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Development in the UK excluding London

Head of Development
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Development in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Head of Development in the UK excluding London

Head of Development
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Development in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Development in the UK excluding London

Head of Development
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Midlands +13 20 £90,000 +12.50% 2
South East +3 14 £49,000 -48.42% 7
West Midlands +28 11 £100,000 +21.67%
East Midlands -9 9 £87,500 +9.38% 2
Wales - 5 £100,000 - 1
North of England +38 3 £85,000 +13.33% 5
North West +9 3 £85,000 +6.25% 2
Scotland -64 3 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 3 £100,000 -
Head of Development
UK

Head of Development Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring Head of Development in the job title.

1 20 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 14 (29.17%) Roadmaps
2 14 (29.17%) Agile
3 12 (25.00%) Finance
4 11 (22.92%) Microsoft
4 11 (22.92%) Marketing
5 9 (18.75%) CRM
5 9 (18.75%) Strategic Thinking
6 8 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (16.67%) DevOps
6 8 (16.67%) Project Management
6 8 (16.67%) QA
6 8 (16.67%) Git
7 7 (14.58%) Line Management
7 7 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (14.58%) Decision-Making
8 6 (12.50%) Code Quality
8 6 (12.50%) Budget Management
8 6 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (12.50%) SDLC
8 6 (12.50%) Test Automation
8 6 (12.50%) SaaS
8 6 (12.50%) Manual Testing
8 6 (12.50%) PHP
9 5 (10.42%) .NET
9 5 (10.42%) Software Engineering
9 5 (10.42%) Project Delivery
9 5 (10.42%) Analytical Thinking
10 4 (8.33%) Technology Roadmap

Head of Development Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.08%) Confluence
1 1 (2.08%) Umbraco
1 1 (2.08%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (6.25%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
2 6 (12.50%) SaaS
3 2 (4.17%) Azure
3 2 (4.17%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (2.08%) AWS
4 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.08%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.08%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (16.67%) Git
2 3 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 20 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 12 (25.00%) Finance
3 11 (22.92%) Marketing
4 7 (14.58%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.25%) Retail
6 2 (4.17%) Digital Health
7 1 (2.08%) Banking
7 1 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.42%) .NET
2 2 (4.17%) Laravel
2 2 (4.17%) Spring
3 1 (2.08%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.08%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (2.08%) jQuery
3 1 (2.08%) Symfony
3 1 (2.08%) Twitter Bootstrap
3 1 (2.08%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (4.17%) Cloud Native
2 2 (4.17%) Product Ownership
2 2 (4.17%) Social Media
3 1 (2.08%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.08%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (29.17%) Agile
1 14 (29.17%) Roadmaps
2 9 (18.75%) CRM
2 9 (18.75%) Strategic Thinking
3 8 (16.67%) DevOps
3 8 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (16.67%) Project Management
4 7 (14.58%) Decision-Making
4 7 (14.58%) Line Management
5 6 (12.50%) Budget Management
5 6 (12.50%) Code Quality
5 6 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (12.50%) Manual Testing
5 6 (12.50%) SDLC
5 6 (12.50%) Test Automation
6 5 (10.42%) Analytical Thinking
6 5 (10.42%) Project Delivery
6 5 (10.42%) Software Engineering
7 4 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
7 4 (8.33%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.50%) PHP
2 3 (6.25%) C#
3 2 (4.17%) Apex Code
3 2 (4.17%) Java
4 1 (2.08%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (2.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.67%) QA
2 3 (6.25%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (2.08%) Docker
Vendors
1 11 (22.92%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.17%) Salesforce