IT Director Contracts in England

Director of IT
UK > England

The median Director of IT daily rate in England is £775, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 463 538 635
Rank change year-on-year +75 +97 +131
Contract jobs requiring an IT Director 22 4 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.090% 0.011% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.098% 0.012% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 10
10th Percentile £678 £728 £640
25th Percentile £724 £806 £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £900 £825
Median % change year-on-year -13.89% +9.09% +6.45%
75th Percentile £894 £1,013 £988
90th Percentile £960 £1,125 £1,105
UK median daily rate £775 £900 £900
% change year-on-year -13.89% - +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

IT Director
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Director in England

IT Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Director in England.

Daily rate trend for IT Director in England

IT Director
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Director in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Director in England

IT Director
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Director within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London - 13 £725 - 52
Midlands +23 3 £800 -23.81% 3
West Midlands +16 3 £800 -11.11% 1
South West - 3 £950 - 1
South East +46 1 - - 17
North of England +19 1 - - 4
North West +17 1 - - 3
IT Director
UK

IT Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT Director contract 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 contract job ads across the England region featuring IT Director in the job title.

1 10 (45.45%) Roadmaps
2 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Decision-Making
3 5 (22.73%) Budget Management
3 5 (22.73%) CRM
3 5 (22.73%) Service Delivery
4 4 (18.18%) Finance
4 4 (18.18%) CMS
4 4 (18.18%) Data Management
4 4 (18.18%) Supplier Management
4 4 (18.18%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (18.18%) Data Centre
4 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (13.64%) IT Strategy
5 3 (13.64%) Service Management
5 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
5 3 (13.64%) Information Governance
5 3 (13.64%) Agile
5 3 (13.64%) Migration
5 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (13.64%) ITSM
5 3 (13.64%) Project Management
6 2 (9.09%) Unix
6 2 (9.09%) Windows
6 2 (9.09%) ERP
6 2 (9.09%) Change Management
6 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
6 2 (9.09%) Banking
6 2 (9.09%) VMware

IT Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 4 (18.18%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) AWS
1 2 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.55%) OCI
2 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) 5G
1 1 (4.55%) Internet
1 1 (4.55%) LAN
1 1 (4.55%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (36.36%) Social Skills
2 4 (18.18%) Finance
2 4 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (13.64%) Public Sector
4 2 (9.09%) Banking
4 2 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Local Government
4 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.55%) Health Technology
5 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Data Centre
2 1 (4.55%) Credit Risk
2 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (4.55%) FMCG
2 1 (4.55%) IoT
2 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Unix
1 2 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (45.45%) Roadmaps
2 5 (22.73%) Budget Management
2 5 (22.73%) CRM
2 5 (22.73%) Decision-Making
2 5 (22.73%) Service Delivery
3 4 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (18.18%) Data Management
3 4 (18.18%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (18.18%) Supplier Management
4 3 (13.64%) Agile
4 3 (13.64%) Information Governance
4 3 (13.64%) IT Strategy
4 3 (13.64%) ITSM
4 3 (13.64%) Migration
4 3 (13.64%) Project Management
4 3 (13.64%) Service Management
4 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (9.09%) Change Management
5 2 (9.09%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
1 1 (4.55%) Azure Certification
1 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
1 1 (4.55%) PMI Certification
1 1 (4.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) Basel II
1 1 (4.55%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.55%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (9.09%) VMware
2 1 (4.55%) CheckPoint
2 1 (4.55%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (4.55%) F5
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.55%) Palo Alto
2 1 (4.55%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow