IT Director Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Director of IT
UK > Work from Home

The median Director of IT daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £738, 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 296 - 466
Rank change year-on-year - - +161
Contract jobs requiring an IT Director 8 0 11
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.081% - 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% - 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 9
10th Percentile £644 - £670
25th Percentile £672 - £850
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £738 - £1,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.11%
75th Percentile £797 - £1,100
90th Percentile £821 - £1,110
UK median daily rate £775 £900 £900
% change year-on-year -13.89% - +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

IT Director
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured IT Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

IT Director trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

IT Director
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing IT Director.

IT Director daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

IT Director
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing IT Director over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

IT Director daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

IT Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with a WFH option featuring IT Director in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Decision-Making
2 4 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) Data Management
2 4 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 4 (50.00%) CRM
2 4 (50.00%) CMS
2 4 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (50.00%) Budget Management
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
3 2 (25.00%) IT Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Azure
4 1 (12.50%) AWS
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) User Experience
4 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (12.50%) Software Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Service Management
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) ITSM
4 1 (12.50%) Finance

IT Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (50.00%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
General
1 4 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Decision-Making
2 4 (50.00%) Budget Management
2 4 (50.00%) CRM
2 4 (50.00%) Data Management
2 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (50.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 4 (50.00%) Supplier Management
3 2 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
4 1 (12.50%) ERP
4 1 (12.50%) ETL
4 1 (12.50%) ITSM
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Service Management
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Salesforce