Head of Applications
UK

The median Head of Applications salary in the UK is £100,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 890 975 1175
Rank change year-on-year +85 +200 -292
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Applications 21 24 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.023% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.025% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 21 21 33
10th Percentile £63,888 £62,500 £53,661
25th Percentile £72,863 £71,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £90,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +12.50% -11.11%
75th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £118,750 - £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £100,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +53.85% -13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Head of Applications
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Applications in the UK

Head of Applications
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Applications.

Salary trend for Head of Applications in the UK

Head of Applications
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Applications over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Applications in the UK

Head of Applications
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Applications within the UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +87 21 £100,000 +11.11% 6
UK excluding London -4 11 £100,000 - 1
London +112 10 £101,250 +15.71% 3
Work from Home +80 9 £87,500 -12.50% 4
East of England +25 4 £112,500 -10.00%
Midlands +17 4 £93,750 -6.25% 1
West Midlands +14 2 £87,500 -12.50% 1
North West - 2 £74,425 -
East Midlands - 2 £100,000 -
North of England - 2 £74,425 -
South East - 1 £10,500 -

Head of Applications Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Head of Applications 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 featuring Head of Applications in the job title.

1 14 (66.67%) CRM
2 13 (61.90%) Agile
2 13 (61.90%) Roadmaps
3 12 (57.14%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (47.62%) Finance
4 10 (47.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (47.62%) ERP
5 9 (42.86%) ITIL
5 9 (42.86%) Azure
6 8 (38.10%) DevOps
6 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
7 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
8 6 (28.57%) Power Platform
8 6 (28.57%) CI/CD
8 6 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (28.57%) Salesforce
9 5 (23.81%) Project Management
9 5 (23.81%) Decision-Making
10 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (19.05%) Databricks
10 4 (19.05%) Customer Experience
10 4 (19.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (19.05%) ServiceNow
10 4 (19.05%) Power BI
10 4 (19.05%) SaaS
10 4 (19.05%) PaaS
10 4 (19.05%) Talend
10 4 (19.05%) IaaS
10 4 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
10 4 (19.05%) Oracle

Head of Applications Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (9.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (47.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (19.05%) NetSuite
2 4 (19.05%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (9.52%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (4.76%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 9 (42.86%) Azure
2 6 (28.57%) Power Platform
3 4 (19.05%) IaaS
3 4 (19.05%) PaaS
3 4 (19.05%) SaaS
4 3 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (19.05%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 10 (47.62%) Finance
2 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 6 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (19.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (19.05%) Law
5 3 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) CRM
2 13 (61.90%) Agile
2 13 (61.90%) Roadmaps
3 10 (47.62%) ERP
4 9 (42.86%) ITIL
5 8 (38.10%) DevOps
6 6 (28.57%) CI/CD
7 5 (23.81%) Decision-Making
7 5 (23.81%) Project Management
8 4 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (19.05%) Collaborative Culture
8 4 (19.05%) Customer Experience
8 4 (19.05%) Enterprise Architecture
8 4 (19.05%) Information Security
8 4 (19.05%) ITSM
8 4 (19.05%) Migration
8 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (14.29%) Innovative Thinking
9 3 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
9 3 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 3 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 6 (28.57%) Salesforce
3 4 (19.05%) Databricks
3 4 (19.05%) Oracle
3 4 (19.05%) SAP
3 4 (19.05%) ServiceNow
3 4 (19.05%) Talend