IT Director Contracts in the UK excluding London

Director of IT
UK > UK excluding London

The median Director of IT daily rate in the UK excluding London is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 August 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
14 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 371 417
Rank change year-on-year +12 +46 +106
Contract jobs requiring an IT Director 8 4 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.052% 0.022% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.024% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 1
10th Percentile £745 - -
25th Percentile £756 £850 £900
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £900 £1,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -10.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £872 £1,013 £1,100
90th Percentile £934 £1,125 -
UK median daily rate £775 £900 £938
% change year-on-year -13.89% -4.00% +20.97%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,828 16,857 20,804
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.14% 92.07% 94.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,459 10,280 14,082
10th Percentile £215 £220 £225
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,233 1,735 1,133
10th Percentile £13.25 £14.05 £13.96
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +23.29% +71.36%
75th Percentile £54.01 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.16
% change year-on-year -41.51% +2.00% +64.15%

IT Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Director in the UK excluding London

IT Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for IT Director in the UK excluding London

IT Director
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Director in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Director in the UK excluding London

IT Director
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
West Midlands -9 4 £775 -13.89%
Midlands -10 4 £775 -26.19% 1
South West +32 3 £950 +5.56%
North West -8 1 - - 3
North of England -14 1 - - 6
IT Director
UK

IT Director Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 14 August 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 UK excluding London region featuring IT Director in the job title.

1 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
2 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
2 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
2 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
2 1 (12.50%) Unix
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) CRM
2 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
2 1 (12.50%) ERP
2 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (12.50%) Software Delivery
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
2 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (12.50%) Due Diligence
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills

IT Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

General
1 2 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Unix
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
2 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
2 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
2 1 (12.50%) Cloud Security
2 1 (12.50%) CRM
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
2 1 (12.50%) Due Diligence
2 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
2 1 (12.50%) ERP
2 1 (12.50%) IT Strategy
2 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (12.50%) Roadmaps
2 1 (12.50%) Software Delivery