Head of Development Jobs

Head of Development
UK

The median Head of Development salary in the UK is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 830 906 1072
Rank change year-on-year +76 +166 -298
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Development 64 83 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.065% 0.079% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.086% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 54 77 71
10th Percentile £47,000 £66,800 £71,250
25th Percentile £65,313 £72,500 £75,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £95,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +8.57% +12.90%
75th Percentile £105,000 £105,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £113,500 £123,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £87,500 £90,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% +5.88% +21.43%

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 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Head of Development
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Development in the UK

Head of Development
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Head of Development in the UK

Head of Development
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Development over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of Development in the UK

Head of Development
Top 13 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 25 April 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 +79 50 £87,500 -7.89% 19
UK excluding London -4 48 £87,500 -2.78% 19
Midlands +14 20 £90,000 +12.50% 2
Work from Home +60 19 £100,000 - 8
South East +13 14 £49,000 -48.42% 7
London +114 13 £105,000 +5.00% 2
West Midlands +22 11 £100,000 +21.67%
East Midlands -12 9 £87,500 +9.38% 2
Wales - 5 £100,000 - 1
North of England +39 3 £85,000 +13.33% 4
North West +13 3 £85,000 +6.25% 2
Scotland -59 3 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 3 £100,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 featuring Head of Development in the job title.

1 25 (39.06%) Social Skills
2 17 (26.56%) Agile
3 15 (23.44%) Finance
3 15 (23.44%) Roadmaps
4 13 (20.31%) Marketing
5 12 (18.75%) Microsoft
6 11 (17.19%) CRM
6 11 (17.19%) .NET
6 11 (17.19%) Project Management
7 9 (14.06%) Strategic Thinking
8 8 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (12.50%) Budget Management
8 8 (12.50%) QA
8 8 (12.50%) Git
8 8 (12.50%) DevOps
9 7 (10.94%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (10.94%) SaaS
9 7 (10.94%) Line Management
9 7 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (10.94%) Code Quality
9 7 (10.94%) Decision-Making
9 7 (10.94%) Project Delivery
10 6 (9.38%) SDLC
10 6 (9.38%) Test Automation
10 6 (9.38%) Manual Testing
10 6 (9.38%) Software Engineering
10 6 (9.38%) PHP
10 6 (9.38%) C#
11 5 (7.81%) Java

Head of Development 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 1 (1.56%) Confluence
1 1 (1.56%) Umbraco
1 1 (1.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (4.69%) Magento
2 2 (3.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
2 7 (10.94%) SaaS
3 3 (4.69%) Azure
4 2 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.56%) AWS
5 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.56%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.69%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.56%) MySQL
2 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (12.50%) Git
2 3 (4.69%) JIRA
General
1 25 (39.06%) Social Skills
2 15 (23.44%) Finance
3 13 (20.31%) Marketing
4 7 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.81%) Law
6 4 (6.25%) Front Office
7 3 (4.69%) Banking
7 3 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.69%) Legal
7 3 (4.69%) Retail
8 2 (3.13%) Digital Health
8 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.56%) German Language
9 1 (1.56%) International Banking
9 1 (1.56%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Spanish Language
9 1 (1.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (17.19%) .NET
2 2 (3.13%) ASP.NET
2 2 (3.13%) Laravel
2 2 (3.13%) Spring
2 2 (3.13%) Vue
3 1 (1.56%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.56%) ASP.NET Core
3 1 (1.56%) BREW
3 1 (1.56%) jQuery
3 1 (1.56%) React
3 1 (1.56%) Symfony
3 1 (1.56%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.81%) IoT
2 3 (4.69%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (4.69%) Hedge funds
3 2 (3.13%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.13%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.13%) Social Media
4 1 (1.56%) Credit Risk
4 1 (1.56%) Derivative
4 1 (1.56%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (26.56%) Agile
2 15 (23.44%) Roadmaps
3 11 (17.19%) CRM
3 11 (17.19%) Project Management
4 9 (14.06%) Strategic Thinking
5 8 (12.50%) Budget Management
5 8 (12.50%) DevOps
5 8 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (10.94%) Code Quality
6 7 (10.94%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (10.94%) Decision-Making
6 7 (10.94%) Line Management
6 7 (10.94%) Project Delivery
7 6 (9.38%) Manual Testing
7 6 (9.38%) SDLC
7 6 (9.38%) Software Engineering
7 6 (9.38%) Test Automation
8 5 (7.81%) Analytical Thinking
8 5 (7.81%) E-Commerce
8 5 (7.81%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.38%) C#
1 6 (9.38%) PHP
2 5 (7.81%) Java
3 4 (6.25%) JavaScript
3 4 (6.25%) SQL
4 3 (4.69%) C++
4 3 (4.69%) Python
5 2 (3.13%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 5 (7.81%) Degree
2 3 (4.69%) Master's Degree
2 3 (4.69%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.50%) QA
2 3 (4.69%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.56%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 12 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.25%) Salesforce