IT Director Contracts in London

Director of IT
England > London

The median Director of IT daily rate in London is £725, 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 340 - 478
Rank change year-on-year - - +107
Contract jobs requiring an IT Director 13 0 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.10% - 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 10
10th Percentile £643 - £640
25th Percentile £669 - £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £825
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.24%
75th Percentile £751 - £988
90th Percentile £760 - £1,105
England median daily rate £775 £900 £825
% change year-on-year -13.89% +9.09% +6.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

IT Director
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Director in London

IT Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Director in London

IT Director
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London - 1 - - 7
IT Director
England

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

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 London region featuring IT Director in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Roadmaps
2 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
3 5 (38.46%) Budget Management
4 4 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
4 4 (30.77%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (30.77%) CRM
4 4 (30.77%) Service Delivery
4 4 (30.77%) Finance
4 4 (30.77%) CMS
4 4 (30.77%) Data Management
4 4 (30.77%) Supplier Management
5 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (23.08%) Migration
5 3 (23.08%) Information Governance
5 3 (23.08%) IT Strategy
6 2 (15.38%) Data Strategy
6 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
6 2 (15.38%) Technology Roadmap
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (15.38%) Project Management
6 2 (15.38%) VMware
6 2 (15.38%) Agile
6 2 (15.38%) Banking
6 2 (15.38%) Local Government
6 2 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
6 2 (15.38%) Change Management
6 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (15.38%) Portfolio Management

IT Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (30.77%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) AWS
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
1 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.69%) 5G
1 1 (7.69%) Internet
1 1 (7.69%) LAN
1 1 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
2 4 (30.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (15.38%) Banking
3 2 (15.38%) Local Government
3 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
4 1 (7.69%) Health Technology
4 1 (7.69%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.69%) Credit Risk
2 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.69%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (7.69%) IoT
2 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Roadmaps
2 5 (38.46%) Budget Management
3 4 (30.77%) CRM
3 4 (30.77%) Data Management
3 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
3 4 (30.77%) Service Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) Strategic Roadmap
3 4 (30.77%) Supplier Management
4 3 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (23.08%) Information Governance
4 3 (23.08%) IT Strategy
4 3 (23.08%) Migration
5 2 (15.38%) Agile
5 2 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (15.38%) Change Management
5 2 (15.38%) Data Strategy
5 2 (15.38%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (15.38%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) AWS Certification
1 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
1 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) PMI Certification
1 1 (7.69%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Basel II
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.69%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) VMware
2 1 (7.69%) CheckPoint
2 1 (7.69%) Extreme Networks
2 1 (7.69%) F5
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Palo Alto
2 1 (7.69%) Salesforce