Head of IT Jobs in the South East

Head of Information Technology
England > South East

The median Head of Information Technology salary in the South East is £82,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 369 380 451
Rank change year-on-year +11 +71 -89
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 18 29 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.11% 0.20% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.22% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 13 10 24
10th Percentile - £69,000 £55,125
25th Percentile £46,250 £71,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £83,301 £73,443
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% +13.42% -10.98%
75th Percentile £90,000 £96,566 £98,125
90th Percentile £143,500 £108,000 £109,250
England median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -6.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,669 13,202 19,109
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.92% 90.39% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11,272 8,288 12,502
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT in the South East

Head of IT
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of IT in the South East.

Salary trend for Head of IT in the South East

Head of IT
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of IT in the South East over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of IT in the South East

Head of IT
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 7 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
Kent 0 6 £64,250 -33.25%
Thames Valley +5 5 £67,500 - 1
Surrey +9 4 £120,000 +42.69% 3
Hampshire -18 3 £47,500 -
Buckinghamshire -23 3 £100,000 -
Berkshire - 2 £50,000 -
Head of IT
England

Head of IT Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 7 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 South East region featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 7 (38.89%) IT Strategy
2 6 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 5 (27.78%) Migration
3 5 (27.78%) Service Management
4 4 (22.22%) Oracle
4 4 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
4 4 (22.22%) ITSM
4 4 (22.22%) Finance
4 4 (22.22%) NetSuite
4 4 (22.22%) Power Platform
4 4 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (22.22%) Power BI
5 3 (16.67%) Change Management
6 2 (11.11%) Degree
6 2 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (11.11%) Incident Management
6 2 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (11.11%) Resource Management
6 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 2 (11.11%) Problem Management
6 2 (11.11%) Azure
6 2 (11.11%) SaaS
6 2 (11.11%) High Availability
6 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (11.11%) Data Security
6 2 (11.11%) Workflow
6 2 (11.11%) Agile
6 2 (11.11%) Project Management

Head of IT Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (22.22%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (22.22%) Power Platform
2 2 (11.11%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (22.22%) Power BI
General
1 4 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Legal
3 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.56%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) IT Strategy
2 6 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 5 (27.78%) Migration
3 5 (27.78%) Service Management
4 4 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (22.22%) ITSM
5 3 (16.67%) Change Management
6 2 (11.11%) Agile
6 2 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (11.11%) Computer Science
6 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (11.11%) Data Security
6 2 (11.11%) High Availability
6 2 (11.11%) Incident Management
6 2 (11.11%) ITIL
6 2 (11.11%) Problem Management
6 2 (11.11%) Project Management
6 2 (11.11%) Resource Management
6 2 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
6 2 (11.11%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (5.56%) GDPR
1 1 (5.56%) GRC
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
1 4 (22.22%) Oracle