IT Director Jobs in England

Director of IT
UK > England

The median Director of IT salary in England is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 742 869 1048
Rank change year-on-year +127 +179 -263
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Director 90 87 80
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.093% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.10% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 79 44 61
10th Percentile £55,832 £58,750 -
25th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £100,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £120,000 £131,250 £115,000
90th Percentile £145,000 £150,250 £133,750
UK median annual salary £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +2.56% -11.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,061 86,064 125,517
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.56% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,068 54,328 75,797
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

IT Director
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Director in England

IT Director
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Director in England.

Salary trend for IT Director in England

IT Director
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Director in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Director in England

IT Director
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Director within the England region over the 6 months to 24 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
London +138 34 £120,000 +20.00% 3
Midlands +25 23 £75,000 -44.44% 2
West Midlands +48 19 £75,000 -44.44% 2
South East +27 15 £90,000 +5.88% 7
South West - 7 £88,560 -
North of England +47 6 £90,000 -35.71% 3
East of England +33 5 £70,000 -17.65% 3
North West +9 5 £75,000 - 2
East Midlands - 2 £105,000 -
Yorkshire +88 1 £100,000 -31.03% 1
IT Director
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, IT Director 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 England region featuring IT Director in the job title.

1 28 (31.11%) Degree
2 27 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
2 27 (30.00%) IT Strategy
3 22 (24.44%) Social Skills
4 21 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (23.33%) Project Management
5 19 (21.11%) Finance
5 19 (21.11%) Technology Strategy
6 18 (20.00%) Service Delivery
7 16 (17.78%) Roadmaps
8 15 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
8 15 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
9 14 (15.56%) Line Management
10 13 (14.44%) Computer Science
10 13 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (11.11%) Service Management
11 10 (11.11%) ITIL
12 9 (10.00%) Microsoft
12 9 (10.00%) Change Management
12 9 (10.00%) Management Information System
12 9 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
12 9 (10.00%) Decision-Making
13 8 (8.89%) Business Strategy
13 8 (8.89%) Thought Leadership
13 8 (8.89%) Agile
13 8 (8.89%) TOGAF
13 8 (8.89%) Analytics
14 7 (7.78%) Data Analytics
14 7 (7.78%) Business Development

IT Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.67%) SaaS
2 3 (3.33%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.33%) WhatsApp
3 1 (1.11%) AWS
3 1 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.22%) Internet
1 2 (2.22%) LAN
1 2 (2.22%) WAN
2 1 (1.11%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.33%) Power BI
2 2 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
General
1 22 (24.44%) Social Skills
2 19 (21.11%) Finance
3 10 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.44%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.44%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.22%) Banking
6 2 (2.22%) Legal
6 2 (2.22%) Retail
7 1 (1.11%) Automotive
7 1 (1.11%) Billing
7 1 (1.11%) Electronics
7 1 (1.11%) Marketing
7 1 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.11%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.33%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.56%) CMDB
3 4 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.22%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.22%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.11%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.11%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.11%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.11%) Molecular Biology
6 1 (1.11%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.11%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
1 27 (30.00%) IT Strategy
2 21 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 21 (23.33%) Project Management
3 19 (21.11%) Technology Strategy
4 18 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 16 (17.78%) Roadmaps
6 15 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
6 15 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
7 14 (15.56%) Line Management
8 13 (14.44%) Computer Science
8 13 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (11.11%) ITIL
9 10 (11.11%) Service Management
10 9 (10.00%) Artificial Intelligence
10 9 (10.00%) Change Management
10 9 (10.00%) Decision-Making
11 8 (8.89%) Business Strategy
11 8 (8.89%) Thought Leadership
11 8 (8.89%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 28 (31.11%) Degree
2 5 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (5.56%) Master's Degree
3 3 (3.33%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.22%) CISSP
4 2 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.11%) ACCA
5 1 (1.11%) CISA
5 1 (1.11%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.11%) PMP
5 1 (1.11%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.44%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (3.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.33%) SLA
4 2 (2.22%) GDPR
5 1 (1.11%) ITGC
5 1 (1.11%) NIST
5 1 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 9 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.33%) Salesforce
2 3 (3.33%) SAP
3 2 (2.22%) Pega