Head of IT Jobs in Cheshire

Head of Information Technology
North West > Cheshire

The median Head of Information Technology salary in Cheshire is £65,000 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 97 84 97
Rank change year-on-year -13 +13 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 8 7 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 0.52% 0.75% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.84% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 6
10th Percentile - - £53,750
25th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £59,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £79,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% -5.66% +22.31%
75th Percentile £76,250 £96,250 £81,750
90th Percentile £92,000 £107,500 -
North West median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £79,500
% change year-on-year -9.68% -2.52% +22.31%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,487 837 978
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.00% 89.33% 93.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,116 477 526
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,352 £24,813
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,781
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,074 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £88,750 £72,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Head of IT
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT in Cheshire

Head of IT
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Head of IT in Cheshire

Head of IT
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

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

Salary histogram for Head of IT in Cheshire

Head of IT
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of IT within the Cheshire 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Crewe +8 3 £65,000 -40.91%
Warrington -24 3 - -
Nantwich - 1 - - 1
Head of IT
North West

Head of IT Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Head of IT 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 Cheshire region featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 6 (75.00%) Degree
3 4 (50.00%) Azure
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 4 (50.00%) IT Strategy
4 3 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
4 3 (37.50%) GDPR
4 3 (37.50%) Waterfall
4 3 (37.50%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 3 (37.50%) SDLC
4 3 (37.50%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
4 3 (37.50%) Commercetools
4 3 (37.50%) Technology Strategy
4 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
4 3 (37.50%) Design Patterns
4 3 (37.50%) Budget Responsibility
4 3 (37.50%) Dynamics NAV
4 3 (37.50%) Games
4 3 (37.50%) Business Continuity
4 3 (37.50%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) Retail
4 3 (37.50%) Salesforce
4 3 (37.50%) BCP
4 3 (37.50%) ERP
4 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
4 3 (37.50%) Windows

Head of IT Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 (12.50%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (37.50%) AWS
2 3 (37.50%) Commercetools
2 3 (37.50%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (87.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Games
2 3 (37.50%) Influencing Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) IT Strategy
1 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 3 (37.50%) Agile Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) BCP
2 3 (37.50%) Budget Responsibility
2 3 (37.50%) Business Continuity
2 3 (37.50%) Business Continuity Planning
2 3 (37.50%) CI/CD
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) Data Protection
2 3 (37.50%) Design Patterns
2 3 (37.50%) DevOps
2 3 (37.50%) ERP
2 3 (37.50%) Open Source
2 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
2 3 (37.50%) SDLC
2 3 (37.50%) Technology Strategy
2 3 (37.50%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) GDPR
1 3 (37.50%) PCI DSS
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Salesforce
3 1 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) Snow