Head of IT Jobs in the North of England

Head of Information Technology
England > North of England

The median Head of Information Technology salary in the North of England is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 385 419
Rank change year-on-year +88 +34 -97
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 95 62 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.55% 0.35% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.40% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 78 20 25
10th Percentile £60,525 £51,938 £48,750
25th Percentile £63,000 £55,471 £52,955
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.45% +3.75% -7.69%
75th Percentile £93,063 £73,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £116,250 £80,750 £92,750
England median annual salary £82,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +9.33% +3.45% -6.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 16,454 15,637 17,369
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.95% 89.41% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 12,728 8,304 11,099
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,870
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Head of IT
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT in the North of England

Head of IT
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of IT in the North of England.

Salary trend for Head of IT in the North of England

Head of IT
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of IT in the North of England over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of IT in the North of England

Head of IT
Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 6 May 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
North West +56 62 £70,000 -15.15% 4
Yorkshire +93 29 £111,250 +90.13% 1
North East -9 4 £93,500 +91.79% 1
Head of IT
England

Head of IT Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 North of England region featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 29 (30.53%) Continuous Improvement
2 28 (29.47%) Social Skills
3 24 (25.26%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (23.16%) Azure
4 22 (23.16%) Microsoft
4 22 (23.16%) Finance
5 21 (22.11%) Service Delivery
5 21 (22.11%) Retail
5 21 (22.11%) ERP
5 21 (22.11%) Collaborative Culture
6 20 (21.05%) Active Directory
7 18 (18.95%) SQL
7 18 (18.95%) CRM
7 18 (18.95%) Service Management
7 18 (18.95%) Roadmaps
8 16 (16.84%) ITSM
8 16 (16.84%) SLA
8 16 (16.84%) Cybersecurity
9 15 (15.79%) Project Management
9 15 (15.79%) Budget Management
9 15 (15.79%) IT Strategy
10 14 (14.74%) ITIL
10 14 (14.74%) Management Information System
11 13 (13.68%) Stakeholder Management
11 13 (13.68%) Strategic Thinking
11 13 (13.68%) Contract Negotiation
12 12 (12.63%) Information Security
12 12 (12.63%) Windows
12 12 (12.63%) SDLC
13 10 (10.53%) Windows Server

Head of IT Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 6 (6.32%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (3.16%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.05%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 24 (25.26%) Microsoft 365
2 22 (23.16%) Azure
3 9 (9.47%) AWS
4 3 (3.16%) Commercetools
4 3 (3.16%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 2 (2.11%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.05%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.47%) Firewall
1 9 (9.47%) VPN
2 7 (7.37%) LAN
2 7 (7.37%) WAN
2 7 (7.37%) WLAN
3 6 (6.32%) Broadband
3 6 (6.32%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (5.26%) VoIP
5 2 (2.11%) Network Security
6 1 (1.05%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.16%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.11%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.05%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.11%) JIRA
General
1 28 (29.47%) Social Skills
2 22 (23.16%) Finance
3 21 (22.11%) Retail
4 7 (7.37%) Organisational Skills
4 7 (7.37%) Telecoms
5 6 (6.32%) Manufacturing
6 5 (5.26%) Legal
6 5 (5.26%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.21%) Automotive
7 4 (4.21%) Banking
7 4 (4.21%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (4.21%) Marketing
8 3 (3.16%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.16%) Games
9 1 (1.05%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.11%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.74%) Management Information System
2 7 (7.37%) PMI
2 7 (7.37%) Product Ownership
3 6 (6.32%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.11%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.05%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.05%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.05%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 12 (12.63%) Windows
2 10 (10.53%) Windows Server
3 8 (8.42%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (30.53%) Continuous Improvement
2 21 (22.11%) Collaborative Culture
2 21 (22.11%) ERP
2 21 (22.11%) Service Delivery
3 18 (18.95%) CRM
3 18 (18.95%) Roadmaps
3 18 (18.95%) Service Management
4 16 (16.84%) Cybersecurity
4 16 (16.84%) ITSM
5 15 (15.79%) Budget Management
5 15 (15.79%) IT Strategy
5 15 (15.79%) Project Management
6 14 (14.74%) ITIL
7 13 (13.68%) Contract Negotiation
7 13 (13.68%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (13.68%) Strategic Thinking
8 12 (12.63%) Information Security
8 12 (12.63%) SDLC
9 10 (10.53%) Customer Service
9 10 (10.53%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 18 (18.95%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (10.53%) Degree
1 10 (10.53%) PMI Certification
2 4 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.16%) CISSP
3 3 (3.16%) PMP
4 2 (2.11%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.11%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.05%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (16.84%) SLA
2 6 (6.32%) GDPR
3 3 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (3.16%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.05%) NIST
4 1 (1.05%) PMO
4 1 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 20 (21.05%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.16%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.05%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 22 (23.16%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.37%) VMware
3 6 (6.32%) Veeam
4 3 (3.16%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.11%) Sage
6 1 (1.05%) OneTrust
6 1 (1.05%) SAP
6 1 (1.05%) Snow