IT Director Jobs in the East of England

Director of IT
England > East of England

The median Director of IT salary in the East of England is £110,000 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 169 208 230
Rank change year-on-year +39 +22 +36
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Director 4 5 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.12% 0.082% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.087% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £70,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +57.14% -17.65% -2.02%
75th Percentile - - £87,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £105,000 £89,280 £98,750
% change year-on-year +17.61% -9.59% +1.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 2,999 5,752 4,468
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.32% 93.93% 83.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,562 4,392 2,235
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £36,428
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,200 £63,338 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

IT Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings that featured IT Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for IT Director in the East of England

IT Director
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Director in the East of England.

Salary trend for IT Director in the East of England

IT Director
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Director within the East of England region over the 6 months to 11 May 2025. 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
Cambridgeshire - 3 £110,000 - 3
Essex - 1 - -
IT Director
England

IT Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, IT Director 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 East of England region featuring IT Director in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (75.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Budget Management
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
3 1 (25.00%) GDPR
3 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
3 1 (25.00%) People Management
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) CISSP
3 1 (25.00%) PMP
3 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification

IT Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 3 (75.00%) Budget Management
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (75.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (25.00%) Information Security
3 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Operations Management
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CISSP
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (25.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft