IT Director Jobs in the UK excluding London

Director of IT
UK > UK excluding London

The median Director of IT salary in the UK excluding London is £76,000 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 718 734 811
Rank change year-on-year +16 +77 -154
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Director 53 27 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.075% 0.044% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.049% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 45 18 34
10th Percentile £55,069 £75,000 -
25th Percentile £57,500 £76,875 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,000 £90,000 £78,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +14.65% -12.78%
75th Percentile £95,000 £108,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £153,250 £113,125
UK median annual salary £88,560 £98,750 £97,500
% change year-on-year -10.32% +1.28% -6.02%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,883 54,717 68,218
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.25% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,333 31,108 43,002
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

IT Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Director in the UK excluding London

IT Director
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Director in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for IT Director in the UK excluding London

IT Director
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Director in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Director in the UK excluding London

IT Director
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Director within the UK excluding London 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
Midlands +34 21 £75,000 -44.44% 2
West Midlands +41 17 £75,000 -44.44% 1
South East +23 16 £90,000 - 3
North of England +50 6 £90,000 -24.21% 5
South West - 6 £88,560 -
East of England +21 5 £70,000 -17.65% 2
North West +16 5 £75,000 - 3
East Midlands - 2 £105,000 - 1
Yorkshire +94 1 £100,000 -31.03% 2
IT Director
UK

IT Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Director in the job title.

1 25 (47.17%) Degree
2 20 (37.74%) Cybersecurity
3 18 (33.96%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (32.08%) IT Strategy
5 16 (30.19%) Project Management
6 15 (28.30%) Finance
7 14 (26.42%) Technology Strategy
8 13 (24.53%) Strategic Planning
9 12 (22.64%) Strategic Thinking
10 11 (20.75%) Computer Science
11 10 (18.87%) Social Skills
12 9 (16.98%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (15.09%) TOGAF
13 8 (15.09%) Service Delivery
14 7 (13.21%) Management Information System
14 7 (13.21%) Artificial Intelligence
14 7 (13.21%) Business Strategy
14 7 (13.21%) Decision-Making
15 6 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
15 6 (11.32%) SaaS
15 6 (11.32%) High Availability
15 6 (11.32%) Analytics
15 6 (11.32%) Data Security
15 6 (11.32%) Workflow
16 5 (9.43%) Business Intelligence
16 5 (9.43%) CRM
16 5 (9.43%) Data Quality
16 5 (9.43%) Budget Management
16 5 (9.43%) Data Analytics
17 4 (7.55%) Coaching

IT Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.32%) SaaS
2 3 (5.66%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.89%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.77%) Internet
2 1 (1.89%) LAN
2 1 (1.89%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.66%) Power BI
2 2 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
General
1 15 (28.30%) Finance
2 10 (18.87%) Social Skills
3 9 (16.98%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (7.55%) Manufacturing
5 3 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.89%) Automotive
7 1 (1.89%) Electronics
7 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.66%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.21%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.55%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (5.66%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.77%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.89%) Driving Licence
5 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.89%) Molecular Biology
5 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (37.74%) Cybersecurity
2 18 (33.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 17 (32.08%) IT Strategy
4 16 (30.19%) Project Management
5 14 (26.42%) Technology Strategy
6 13 (24.53%) Strategic Planning
7 12 (22.64%) Strategic Thinking
8 11 (20.75%) Computer Science
9 8 (15.09%) Service Delivery
9 8 (15.09%) TOGAF
10 7 (13.21%) Artificial Intelligence
10 7 (13.21%) Business Strategy
10 7 (13.21%) Decision-Making
11 6 (11.32%) Analytics
11 6 (11.32%) Data Security
11 6 (11.32%) High Availability
11 6 (11.32%) Problem-Solving
11 6 (11.32%) Workflow
12 5 (9.43%) Business Intelligence
12 5 (9.43%) CRM
Qualifications
1 25 (47.17%) Degree
2 2 (3.77%) Master's Degree
2 2 (3.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.43%) Data Quality
2 4 (7.55%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (7.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.89%) SAP