Head of Applications Jobs in the West Midlands

Head of Applications
England > West Midlands

The median Head of Applications salary in the West Midlands is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 August 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 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 226 219
Rank change year-on-year +38 -7 +100
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Applications 1 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.025% 0.030% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.031% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - - £83,625
25th Percentile - £83,750 £90,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £87,500 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% -12.50% +48.15%
75th Percentile - £91,250 £105,000
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £100,000 £93,750 £88,750
% change year-on-year +6.67% +5.63% +7.58%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,675 6,382 4,444
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.94% 94.39% 90.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,100 4,278 3,082
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £29,775
25th Percentile £33,125 £35,680 £38,357
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,563 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,875 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Head of Applications
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Applications in the West Midlands

Head of Applications
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Head of Applications in the West Midlands

Head of Applications
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 August 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
Coventry - 1 £60,000 - 1
Head of Applications
England

Head of Applications Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 1 August 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Head of Applications in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Workload Management
1 1 (100.00%) Smartsheet
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery

Head of Applications Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Smartsheet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Logistics
1 1 (100.00%) Portfolio Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workload Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft