IT Director Contracts in the Midlands

Director of IT
England > Midlands

The median Director of IT daily rate in the Midlands is £1,050 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate 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 135 - 198
Rank change year-on-year - - -43
Contract jobs requiring an IT Director 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.073% - 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% - 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £885 - -
25th Percentile £938 - £1,050
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,050 - £1,100
Median % change year-on-year - - +57.14%
75th Percentile £1,138 - £1,150
90th Percentile £1,175 - -
England median daily rate £900 £750 £775
% change year-on-year +20.00% -3.23% +12.73%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,522 3,270 4,862
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 94.54% 95.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,704 2,299 3,556
10th Percentile £213 £224 £205
25th Percentile £325 £363 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +3.66% +14.56%
75th Percentile £588 £579 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 130 179
10th Percentile £11.84 £11.98 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.13 £13.74
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +16.92% +12.16%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.38 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.80 £60.50 £32.10
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

IT Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Director in the Midlands

IT Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Director in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for IT Director in the Midlands

IT Director
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Director within the Midlands region 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands - 1 £900 - 2
East Midlands - 1 £1,200 -
IT Director
England

IT Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, IT Director contract 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 contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring IT Director in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Digital Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy

IT Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Local Government
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP