Technology Director Contracts in England

Director of Technology
UK > England

The median Director of Technology 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 479 529 649
Rank change year-on-year +50 +120 +123
Contract jobs requiring a Technology Director 6 13 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.035% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.038% 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 12 1
10th Percentile - £668 -
25th Percentile £738 £759 £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £888 £850
Median % change year-on-year -12.68% +4.41% -6.85%
75th Percentile £813 £1,022 £875
90th Percentile - £1,178 -
UK median daily rate £775 £900 £850
% change year-on-year -13.89% +5.88% -6.85%

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%

Technology Director
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Technology Director in England

Technology Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Technology Director in England

Technology 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 Technology 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
South West +47 2 - - 2
London +28 1 - - 48
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
Midlands - 1 - - 4
North East - 1 £775 -
East of England - 1 - - 3
North of England - 1 £775 - 5
Technology Director
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Technology 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 Technology Director in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) Unix
3 2 (33.33%) Windows
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) IT Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Data Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Tech Ops
4 1 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (16.67%) Insurtech
4 1 (16.67%) Product Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 1 (16.67%) Service Catalogue
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 1 (16.67%) SAP
4 1 (16.67%) Active Directory

Technology 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 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Unix
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Agile
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Data Centre Operations
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (16.67%) Fintech
4 1 (16.67%) Microservices
4 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Avaya
2 1 (16.67%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) VMware