Head of IT Job Trends in Bury St Edmunds

Head of Information Technology
Suffolk > Bury St Edmunds

The median Head of Information Technology salary in Bury St Edmunds is £71,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bury St Edmunds 2.04% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.33% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £69,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 - -
75th Percentile £73,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median annual salary £71,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bury St Edmunds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bury St Edmunds. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Bury St Edmunds with a recognized job title 43 12 80
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.76% 100.00% 93.02%
Number of salaries quoted 24 9 37
10th Percentile £30,000 £42,950 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £45,875 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% +22.22% +28.57%
75th Percentile £47,625 - £47,500
90th Percentile - £65,750 £54,000
Suffolk median annual salary £45,000 £65,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -30.77% +62.50% +4.58%

Head of IT Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bury St Edmunds

For the 6 months to 29 May 2026, Head of IT job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bury St Edmunds region featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Escalation Management
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Head of IT Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bury St Edmunds by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Escalation Management
1 1 (100.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft