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 £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 261 249 302
Rank change year-on-year -12 +53 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Applications 2 4 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.023% 0.069% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.077% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile - £83,625 £54,661
25th Percentile £83,750 £90,938 £56,195
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £100,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +60.00% -
75th Percentile £91,250 £105,000 £68,750
90th Percentile - - £70,250
England median annual salary £106,250 £87,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +21.43% +2.94% -5.56%

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 8,050 5,197 7,395
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 89.93% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,794 3,200 4,854
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £29,256
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £38,000
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 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

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 12 June 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
Birmingham -21 2 £87,500 -12.50%
Head of Applications
England

Head of Applications Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Head of Applications in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) CMMI
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
1 2 (100.00%) IaaS
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience

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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) IaaS
1 2 (100.00%) PaaS
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) CMMI
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
1 2 (100.00%) ServiceNow