IT Director Job Trends in Cheshire

Director of IT
North West > Cheshire

The median Director of IT salary in Cheshire is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 March 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Director 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.063% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.074% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £90,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - -
75th Percentile £110,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £100,000 £82,100 £75,000
% change year-on-year +21.80% +9.47% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cheshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,346 365 1,240
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 84.34% 81.47% 96.65%
Number of salaries quoted 716 246 933
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,000 £24,872
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +0.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £61,123
90th Percentile £73,125 £77,250 £76,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -9.09%

IT Director
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Director' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

IT Director job vacancy trend in Cheshire

IT Director
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for IT Director job vacancies in Cheshire.

Salary distribution trend for IT Director job vacancies in Cheshire

IT Director
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Director within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 17 March 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chester - 1 £100,000 -
IT Director
North West

IT Director Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire

For the 6 months to 17 March 2026, IT Director 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 Cheshire region featuring IT Director in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) GxP
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Post-Merger Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) QMS
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust

IT Director Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Post-Merger Integration
1 1 (100.00%) QMS
1 1 (100.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) GxP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft