IT Director Job Trends in Chester

Director of IT
Cheshire > Chester

The median Director of IT salary in Chester 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 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Director 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Chester 0.61% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% - -
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 - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £100,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Chester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title 151 34 171
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 100.00% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 109 25 140
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,750 £25,450
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +6.74%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 - £65,000
Cheshire median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +0.53%

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

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 Chester 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 Chester 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