Head of Information Technology
UK

The median Head of Information Technology salary in the UK is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 602 748 972
Rank change year-on-year +146 +224 -216
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 302 248 267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.24% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.27% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 254 116 194
10th Percentile £55,000 £55,702 £52,500
25th Percentile £64,108 £61,250 £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -6.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £116,250 £121,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £74,500 £68,750 £68,886
% change year-on-year +8.36% -0.20% -7.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,864 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,182 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Head of IT
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT in the UK

Head of IT
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Head of IT in the UK

Head of IT
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of IT over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of IT in the UK

Head of IT
Top 17 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 8 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
England +128 282 £80,000 +6.67% 36
UK excluding London +18 208 £74,500 +8.36% 25
Work from Home +121 107 £85,000 +3.66% 11
North of England +77 97 £70,000 +7.69% 6
London +146 87 £100,000 +14.29% 14
North West +46 64 £70,000 -15.15% 4
Midlands +3 31 £75,000 +15.76% 5
East of England +26 30 £90,000 +20.00% 3
Yorkshire +78 29 £111,250 +88.54% 1
West Midlands +15 26 £75,000 +15.38% 3
South West -30 20 £65,500 +6.94% 2
South East +6 18 £82,500 -0.96% 6
Wales +12 7 £52,508 - 1
East Midlands -16 5 £60,000 -26.15% 2
North East -4 4 £93,500 +91.79% 1
Scotland -66 3 £90,000 -12.20% 2
Northern Ireland - 2 - -

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

For the 6 months to 8 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 featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 97 (32.12%) IT Strategy
2 86 (28.48%) Social Skills
3 71 (23.51%) Project Management
4 68 (22.52%) Finance
5 66 (21.85%) Continuous Improvement
6 65 (21.52%) ITIL
7 64 (21.19%) Cybersecurity
8 62 (20.53%) Roadmaps
9 54 (17.88%) Degree
10 51 (16.89%) Service Delivery
11 49 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
12 48 (15.89%) Microsoft
13 47 (15.56%) ERP
13 47 (15.56%) Microsoft 365
14 45 (14.90%) Budget Management
15 44 (14.57%) Azure
15 44 (14.57%) ITSM
16 41 (13.58%) Service Management
17 40 (13.25%) CRM
17 40 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
18 39 (12.91%) Mentoring
19 38 (12.58%) Windows
20 35 (11.59%) Retail
21 34 (11.26%) SLA
22 32 (10.60%) Management Information System
22 32 (10.60%) Risk Management
22 32 (10.60%) Manufacturing
23 31 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
24 30 (9.93%) Agile
25 29 (9.60%) VMware

Head of IT Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 11 (3.64%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (3.31%) AutoCAD
1 10 (3.31%) Revit
2 3 (0.99%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (0.99%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.65%) NetSuite
2 5 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.99%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.33%) Epicor Vantage
5 1 (0.33%) Magento
5 1 (0.33%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 47 (15.56%) Microsoft 365
2 44 (14.57%) Azure
3 15 (4.97%) AWS
4 10 (3.31%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 10 (3.31%) Power Platform
5 6 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (1.32%) SaaS
6 4 (1.32%) WhatsApp
7 3 (0.99%) Commercetools
7 3 (0.99%) Entra ID
7 3 (0.99%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 1 (0.33%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.33%) Mimecast
8 1 (0.33%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.29%) Firewall
2 17 (5.63%) LAN
3 16 (5.30%) WAN
4 14 (4.64%) VPN
5 9 (2.98%) WLAN
6 7 (2.32%) Broadband
7 6 (1.99%) Network Security
7 6 (1.99%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (1.66%) VoIP
9 2 (0.66%) SAN
9 2 (0.66%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.66%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.33%) DHCP
10 1 (0.33%) DNS
10 1 (0.33%) NAS
10 1 (0.33%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (3.31%) Power BI
3 5 (1.66%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.66%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.33%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.33%) GIS
Development Applications
1 4 (1.32%) Eclipse
2 3 (0.99%) JIRA
General
1 86 (28.48%) Social Skills
2 68 (22.52%) Finance
3 40 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (11.59%) Retail
5 32 (10.60%) Manufacturing
6 27 (8.94%) Legal
7 18 (5.96%) Influencing Skills
7 18 (5.96%) Public Sector
8 13 (4.30%) Games
8 13 (4.30%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (3.97%) Telecoms
10 9 (2.98%) Banking
11 6 (1.99%) Back Office
12 5 (1.66%) Law
12 5 (1.66%) Marketing
13 4 (1.32%) Automotive
13 4 (1.32%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.99%) Turkish Language
15 2 (0.66%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.31%) Unreal Engine
1 10 (3.31%) V-Ray
2 2 (0.66%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (10.60%) Management Information System
2 17 (5.63%) Video Conferencing
3 14 (4.64%) FMCG
4 10 (3.31%) Augmented Reality
4 10 (3.31%) e-Learning
4 10 (3.31%) HoloLens
4 10 (3.31%) HTC Vive
4 10 (3.31%) Oculus
4 10 (3.31%) Virtual Reality
5 8 (2.65%) Driving Licence
5 8 (2.65%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.32%) PMI
7 5 (1.66%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.66%) Freedom of Information
7 5 (1.66%) Onboarding
8 3 (0.99%) Cloud Native
8 3 (0.99%) CMDB
8 3 (0.99%) Hedge funds
8 3 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.66%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 38 (12.58%) Windows
2 16 (5.30%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.65%) Linux
4 5 (1.66%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (32.12%) IT Strategy
2 71 (23.51%) Project Management
3 66 (21.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 65 (21.52%) ITIL
5 64 (21.19%) Cybersecurity
6 62 (20.53%) Roadmaps
7 51 (16.89%) Service Delivery
8 49 (16.23%) Problem-Solving
9 47 (15.56%) ERP
10 45 (14.90%) Budget Management
11 44 (14.57%) ITSM
12 41 (13.58%) Service Management
13 40 (13.25%) CRM
14 39 (12.91%) Mentoring
15 32 (10.60%) Risk Management
16 31 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
17 30 (9.93%) Agile
18 29 (9.60%) Collaborative Culture
18 29 (9.60%) Information Security
19 27 (8.94%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 24 (7.95%) SQL
2 2 (0.66%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.33%) Bash
Qualifications
1 54 (17.88%) Degree
2 14 (4.64%) PMI Certification
3 11 (3.64%) CISSP
3 11 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (3.31%) ITIL Certification
5 7 (2.32%) PMP
5 7 (2.32%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.32%) Security Cleared
6 6 (1.99%) Master's Degree
7 5 (1.66%) CISA
7 5 (1.66%) CISM
7 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.99%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (0.99%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.99%) MCSE
9 2 (0.66%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.33%) CRISC
10 1 (0.33%) MBA
10 1 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.26%) SLA
2 29 (9.60%) GDPR
3 27 (8.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.65%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.32%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.32%) NIST
5 4 (1.32%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.66%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.33%) COBIT
7 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.33%) GRC
7 1 (0.33%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.33%) PMO
7 1 (0.33%) QA
7 1 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 29 (9.60%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.99%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (1.32%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (1.66%) AirWatch
2 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.33%) Backup Exec
3 1 (0.33%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 1 (0.33%) Computer Incident Response Team
3 1 (0.33%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (0.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 48 (15.89%) Microsoft
2 29 (9.60%) VMware
3 16 (5.30%) SAP
4 13 (4.30%) Adobe
5 10 (3.31%) Autodesk
6 6 (1.99%) Palo Alto
6 6 (1.99%) Veeam
7 5 (1.66%) Cisco
7 5 (1.66%) CrowdStrike
7 5 (1.66%) LogicMonitor
7 5 (1.66%) Okta
8 4 (1.32%) Meraki
8 4 (1.32%) Oracle
8 4 (1.32%) Talend
9 3 (0.99%) Google
9 3 (0.99%) Sage
9 3 (0.99%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.99%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.66%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.66%) NEC