The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Director role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Director in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Director
Rank 846 825 865
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Director 22 60 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.020% 0.050% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.021% 0.052% 0.014%
Number of salaries quoted 19 55 16
Average salary £75,000 £65,000 £51,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% +26.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £43,700 £52,500 £50,000
10% offered a salary of more than £93,000 £92,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £57,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year
+9.52% +5.00%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102828 114458 120840
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.97% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 85533 98230 102542
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%

Technical Director
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Technical Director within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Technical Director Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Director
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Technical Director within the UK.

Technical Director Salary Trend

Technical Director
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Director over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 within the UK.

Technical Director Salary Histogram

Technical Director
Top 20 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Director within the UK over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -14 21 £72,500 +11.53% 5
London +9 12 £90,000 +28.57% 2
City of London -11 4 £90,000 +50.00%
South East +8 3 £61,250 -12.50% 1
South West - 2 £42,500 -
Tyne and Wear - 2 £60,000 -
North East - 2 £60,000 -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 2 £60,000 -
Bristol - 2 £42,500 -
Cambridgeshire +6 1 £44,000 -16.19%
East of England -6 1 £44,000 -16.19% 1
Scotland - 1 £87,500 -
East Sussex - 1 - -
Kent - 1 £57,500 - 1
Middlesex - 1 £65,000 -
Warwickshire - 1 £47,500 -
Glasgow - 1 £87,500 -
Maidstone - 1 £57,500 - 1
Peterborough - 1 £44,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £47,500 -

Technical Director
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Technical Director in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Technical Director in their job title.

1 20 (40.82%) .NET
2 16 (32.65%) PHP
3 15 (30.61%) C#
4 12 (24.49%) CSS
5 10 (20.41%) JavaScript
5 10 (20.41%) MVC
5 10 (20.41%) Android
5 10 (20.41%) HTML5
5 10 (20.41%) Apple iOS
6 9 (18.37%) Python
6 9 (18.37%) ASP.NET
7 8 (16.33%) E-Commerce
7 8 (16.33%) Internet
7 8 (16.33%) Project Management
7 8 (16.33%) Open Source
7 8 (16.33%) Mobile App
8 7 (14.29%) TDD
8 7 (14.29%) Java
9 6 (12.24%) C++
9 6 (12.24%) Web Services
9 6 (12.24%) CMS
9 6 (12.24%) Microsoft
9 6 (12.24%) ASP.NET MVC
9 6 (12.24%) Ruby
9 6 (12.24%) Technical Architecture
10 5 (10.20%) Degree
10 5 (10.20%) Digital Media
10 5 (10.20%) HTML
11 4 (8.163%) MySQL
11 4 (8.163%) Windows

Technical Director
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Technical Director in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Technical Director in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 20 (40.82%) .NET
2 12 (24.49%) CSS
3 10 (20.41%) HTML5
4 9 (18.37%) ASP.NET
5 6 (12.24%) Web Services
5 6 (12.24%) ASP.NET MVC
6 5 (10.20%) HTML
7 4 (8.163%) Middleware
7 4 (8.163%) .NET Framework
8 3 (6.122%) WCF
8 3 (6.122%) WPF
8 3 (6.122%) jQuery
8 3 (6.122%) BREW
8 3 (6.122%) Node.js
8 3 (6.122%) CSS3
8 3 (6.122%) J2ME
9 2 (4.082%) SOAP
9 2 (4.082%) LAMP
9 2 (4.082%) REST
9 2 (4.082%) Symfony
Application Platforms
1 6 (12.24%) CMS
2 1 (2.041%) WordPress
2 1 (2.041%) Drupal
2 1 (2.041%) Magento
2 1 (2.041%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (2.041%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.082%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.33%) Internet
2 2 (4.082%) Intranet
3 1 (2.041%) Firewall
3 1 (2.041%) SAN
3 1 (2.041%) HTTP
3 1 (2.041%) LAN
3 1 (2.041%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.163%) MySQL
1 4 (8.163%) Big Data
2 2 (4.082%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.041%) Hudson
General
1 4 (8.163%) Telecoms
2 3 (6.122%) Multimedia
2 3 (6.122%) Finance
3 2 (4.082%) Games
3 2 (4.082%) Marketing
4 1 (2.041%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.041%) Advertising
4 1 (2.041%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.33%) Open Source
1 8 (16.33%) Mobile App
2 5 (10.20%) Digital Media
3 4 (8.163%) N-Tier
3 4 (8.163%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (6.122%) Handset
4 3 (6.122%) Blackberry
5 2 (4.082%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (4.082%) Social Media
5 2 (4.082%) SaaS
6 1 (2.041%) Social Network
6 1 (2.041%) Mashup
6 1 (2.041%) Computer Science
6 1 (2.041%) Streaming Media
6 1 (2.041%) iPad
6 1 (2.041%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 10 (20.41%) Android
1 10 (20.41%) Apple iOS
2 4 (8.163%) Windows
3 3 (6.122%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (20.41%) MVC
2 8 (16.33%) E-Commerce
2 8 (16.33%) Project Management
3 7 (14.29%) TDD
4 6 (12.24%) Technical Architecture
5 4 (8.163%) Web Development
6 3 (6.122%) Data Management
6 3 (6.122%) Waterfall
6 3 (6.122%) Mobile Application Development
6 3 (6.122%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (6.122%) RUP
7 2 (4.082%) OOP
7 2 (4.082%) CRM
7 2 (4.082%) B2C
7 2 (4.082%) Quality Management
7 2 (4.082%) Service Delivery
8 1 (2.041%) Analytics
8 1 (2.041%) Risk Management
8 1 (2.041%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (2.041%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 16 (32.65%) PHP
2 15 (30.61%) C#
3 10 (20.41%) JavaScript
4 9 (18.37%) Python
5 7 (14.29%) Java
6 6 (12.24%) C++
6 6 (12.24%) Ruby
7 3 (6.122%) F#
7 3 (6.122%) SQL
8 1 (2.041%) PHP5
8 1 (2.041%) PHP4
8 1 (2.041%) ActionScript 3.0
8 1 (2.041%) ActionScript 2.0
8 1 (2.041%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 5 (10.20%) Degree
2 2 (4.082%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.082%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.122%) QA
2 2 (4.082%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (2.041%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.122%) Zend
3 2 (4.082%) Facebook
4 1 (2.041%) WatchGuard
4 1 (2.041%) SonicWALL
4 1 (2.041%) Google
4 1 (2.041%) Twitter
4 1 (2.041%) Veeam
4 1 (2.041%) VMware
4 1 (2.041%) HP
4 1 (2.041%) Dell
4 1 (2.041%) NetApp
4 1 (2.041%) Cisco
4 1 (2.041%) IBM
Maidstone, South East
Greywood Associates are now recruiting a Technical Director for a digital agency to work out of their Maidstone offices. This is a fantastic position in an established company...
greywood
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Leeds based market leading, award winning, specialist digital agency that delivers high standard creative and technical projects is looking to fill an existing role with an experienced Technical...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Posted: 30 May 2013
London
The Technical Director must have a background with: - Mechanical Engineering - 2D/3D CAD - Product Development - Special Purpose Machinery - Management The main objective for the Technical Director should be...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Holidays, Share Scheme
Posted: 6 June 2013
Essex, South East
The Technical Director must have a background with: - Mechanical Engineering - 2D/3D CAD - Product Development - Special Purpose Machinery - Management The main objective for the Technical Director should be...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Pension, Bonus, Shares
Posted: 6 June 2013
London
The Technical Director must have a background with: - Mechanical Engineering - 2D/3D CAD - Product Development - Special Purpose Machinery - Management The main objective for the Technical Director should be...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Bonus, Share, Pension
Posted: 6 June 2013