Technology Director Contracts

Director of Technology
UK

The median Director of Technology daily rate in the UK is £754, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 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
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 546 566 676
Rank change year-on-year +20 +110 +181
Contract jobs requiring a Technology Director 7 4 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.010% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.011% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 5
10th Percentile £718 £746 -
25th Percentile £722 £797 £825
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £754 £925 £900
Median % change year-on-year -18.51% +2.78% -18.18%
75th Percentile £797 £1,022 £963
90th Percentile £806 £1,061 £1,255
UK excluding London median daily rate £775 £850 £1,400
% change year-on-year -8.82% -39.29% +60.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 30,107 36,433 50,404
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.41% 92.93% 94.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,087 23,537 34,777
10th Percentile £282 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -0.46%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,495 2,061 1,513
10th Percentile £13.62 £14.16 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% - +67.45%
75th Percentile £53.99 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.05 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £38.95
% change year-on-year -42.71% +12.71% +83.08%

Technology Director
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technology Director in the UK

Technology Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Technology Director in the UK

Technology Director
Top 9 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 4 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
England +16 7 £754 -18.51% 20
UK excluding London +11 4 £775 -8.82% 6
London 0 2 - - 18
South West - 2 - -
Work from Home - 2 - - 19
North of England -9 1 £775 -8.82% 1
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -
North East - 1 £775 -

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

For the 6 months to 4 August 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 featuring Technology Director in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Roadmaps
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Technology Strategy
2 3 (42.86%) Data Centre
3 2 (28.57%) Unix
3 2 (28.57%) Windows
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) Tech Ops
4 1 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Product Strategy
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 1 (14.29%) Service Catalogue
4 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 1 (14.29%) SAP
4 1 (14.29%) Legal
4 1 (14.29%) VMware
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
4 1 (14.29%) Avaya
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Telecoms

Technology Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (14.29%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (42.86%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Unix
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Roadmaps
2 3 (42.86%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Metrics
4 1 (14.29%) Agile
4 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Cloud Security
4 1 (14.29%) Commercial Awareness
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (14.29%) Data Centre Operations
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
4 1 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (14.29%) Service Catalogue
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Tech Ops
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Avaya
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) SAP
1 1 (14.29%) VMware