Head of IT Jobs in the City of London

Head of Information Technology
Central London > City of London

The median Head of Information Technology salary in the City of London is £108,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 147 230 266
Rank change year-on-year +83 +36 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 31 8 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.92% 0.17% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 0.18% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 24 8 9
10th Percentile - £65,513 £70,000
25th Percentile £98,750 £71,090 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £108,750 £74,105 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +46.75% -4.38% -16.22%
75th Percentile £119,375 £98,438 £87,500
90th Percentile £140,000 £109,500 £90,500
Central London median annual salary £108,750 £74,105 £82,500
% change year-on-year +46.75% -10.18% -10.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 3,223 4,537 6,818
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.92% 96.37% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,565 3,811 5,675
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,441 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £74,744 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.00% +3.10% +3.57%

Head of IT
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

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

Head of IT
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Head of IT in the City of London

Head of IT
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of IT in the City of London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of IT in the City of London

Head of IT
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of IT within the City of London region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
London Bridge - 1 £125,000 -
Head of IT
Central London

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Head of IT 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 IT in the job title.

1 13 (41.94%) Finance
1 13 (41.94%) Roadmaps
2 12 (38.71%) ITIL
3 9 (29.03%) Windows
3 9 (29.03%) Azure
3 9 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (25.81%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (25.81%) Decision-Making
4 8 (25.81%) ITSM
4 8 (25.81%) Service Delivery
5 7 (22.58%) Service Management
5 7 (22.58%) Active Directory
5 7 (22.58%) Agile
5 7 (22.58%) Technical Leadership
5 7 (22.58%) DevOps
6 6 (19.35%) Critical Success Factor
6 6 (19.35%) Service Desk Management
6 6 (19.35%) Vulnerability Management
6 6 (19.35%) Major Incident Management
6 6 (19.35%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (19.35%) IT Strategy
6 6 (19.35%) Strategic Thinking
6 6 (19.35%) Scrum
6 6 (19.35%) Statistical Analysis
6 6 (19.35%) Incident Management
6 6 (19.35%) Kanban
6 6 (19.35%) CRM
6 6 (19.35%) SLA
6 6 (19.35%) Microsoft
7 5 (16.13%) VPN

Head of IT 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 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (12.90%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 9 (29.03%) Azure
2 8 (25.81%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (16.13%) AWS
4 4 (12.90%) Power Platform
5 3 (9.68%) WhatsApp
6 1 (3.23%) Mimecast
6 1 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.13%) Firewall
1 5 (16.13%) VPN
2 2 (6.45%) Network Security
3 1 (3.23%) DHCP
3 1 (3.23%) DNS
3 1 (3.23%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.23%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (12.90%) Power BI
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
General
1 13 (41.94%) Finance
2 4 (12.90%) Social Skills
3 3 (9.68%) Law
3 3 (9.68%) Legal
3 3 (9.68%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.23%) Advertising
5 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.23%) Marketing
5 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.23%) Cyberattack
2 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (29.03%) Windows
2 5 (16.13%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (41.94%) Roadmaps
2 12 (38.71%) ITIL
3 9 (29.03%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (25.81%) Decision-Making
4 8 (25.81%) ITSM
4 8 (25.81%) Service Delivery
5 7 (22.58%) Agile
5 7 (22.58%) DevOps
5 7 (22.58%) Service Management
5 7 (22.58%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (19.35%) Critical Success Factor
6 6 (19.35%) Incident Management
6 6 (19.35%) IT Strategy
6 6 (19.35%) Kanban
6 6 (19.35%) Major Incident Management
6 6 (19.35%) Scrum
6 6 (19.35%) Service Desk Management
6 6 (19.35%) Statistical Analysis
6 6 (19.35%) Strategic Thinking
6 6 (19.35%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) Degree
2 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.23%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.23%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) SLA
2 1 (3.23%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (22.58%) Active Directory
2 6 (19.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (16.13%) AirWatch
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.13%) CrowdStrike
2 5 (16.13%) LogicMonitor
2 5 (16.13%) Okta
2 5 (16.13%) Palo Alto
3 4 (12.90%) Talend
4 1 (3.23%) Cisco
4 1 (3.23%) Meraki
4 1 (3.23%) Zscaler