IT Director Contracts in England

Director of IT
UK > England

The median Director of IT daily rate in England is £900 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 531 644 772
Rank change year-on-year +113 +128 -169
Contract jobs requiring an IT Director 5 16 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.013% 0.031% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.033% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 15
10th Percentile £645 £630 £586
25th Percentile £675 £713 £628
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £750 £775
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -3.23% +12.73%
75th Percentile £950 £950 £938
90th Percentile £1,100 £1,110 £1,140
UK median daily rate £900 £856 £788
% change year-on-year +5.11% +8.73% +12.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,509 48,061 68,243
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.57% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,973 34,073 48,458
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,410 1,449 1,922
10th Percentile £12.91 £14.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%

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 24 April 2024.

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 24 April 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +41 2 £775 - 4
Midlands - 2 £1,050 - 2
North West - 2 £775 - 2
South East +13 1 £1,200 - 7
West Midlands - 1 £900 - 2
East Midlands - 1 £1,200 -
IT Director
UK

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

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Technology Transformation
3 1 (20.00%) Educational Technology
3 1 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Economy
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (20.00%) WhatsApp
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Data Sharing
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) Data Privacy
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Cloud

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Economy
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Educational Technology
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Analytics
2 2 (40.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (40.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) ERP
3 1 (20.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (20.00%) Network Management
3 1 (20.00%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) SAP