Head of Digital Jobs in the City of London

Head of Digital
Central London > City of London

The median Head of Digital salary in the City of London is £140,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 - 222
Rank change year-on-year - - +59
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Digital 9 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.44% - 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% - 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £94,050 - £104,625
25th Percentile £135,000 - £105,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £140,000 - £116,250
Median % change year-on-year - - +22.37%
75th Percentile £145,000 - £130,938
90th Percentile - - £134,875
Central London median annual salary £140,000 - £80,000
% change year-on-year - - -15.79%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,922 3,219 4,451
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 95.86% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,471 2,556 3,735
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,125 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% -1.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £74,372
% change year-on-year - -2.52% +2.58%

Head of Digital
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Head of Digital in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Digital in the City of London

Head of Digital
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Digital in the City of London.

Salary trend for Head of Digital in the City of London

Head of Digital
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Digital in the City of London over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Digital in the City of London

Head of Digital Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, Head of Digital 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 permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Head of Digital in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) AWS
2 4 (44.44%) DevOps
2 4 (44.44%) Software Engineering
2 4 (44.44%) Microservices
2 4 (44.44%) GCP
2 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
2 4 (44.44%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (44.44%) Google
2 4 (44.44%) Cloud Native
2 4 (44.44%) Digital Engineering
3 2 (22.22%) Social Media Management
3 2 (22.22%) Social Listening
3 2 (22.22%) Business Development
3 2 (22.22%) Advertising
3 2 (22.22%) NHS
3 2 (22.22%) Social Media
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
4 1 (11.11%) Coaching
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Web Filtering
4 1 (11.11%) Power BI
4 1 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Firewall
4 1 (11.11%) Data Security
4 1 (11.11%) SQL

Head of Digital Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (11.11%) Moodle
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) AWS
2 4 (44.44%) GCP
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (22.22%) Advertising
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Cloud Native
2 2 (22.22%) NHS
2 2 (22.22%) Social Media
3 1 (11.11%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Agile
1 4 (44.44%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) DevOps
1 4 (44.44%) Digital Engineering
1 4 (44.44%) Microservices
1 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
1 4 (44.44%) Software Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) Business Development
2 2 (22.22%) Social Listening
2 2 (22.22%) Social Media Management
3 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity
3 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity Planning
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Coaching
3 1 (11.11%) CRM
3 1 (11.11%) Data Security
3 1 (11.11%) IT Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (11.11%) Project Management
3 1 (11.11%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft