Head of IT Jobs in England

Head of Information Technology
UK > England

The median Head of Information Technology salary in England is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 534 558 703
Rank change year-on-year +24 +145 +164
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 149 281 233
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.33% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.35% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 103 236 114
10th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £56,028
25th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £81,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +3.45%
75th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £116,875 £120,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +3.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 43,739 81,048 82,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.49% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 24,774 60,528 52,373
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,531 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Head of IT
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT in England

Head of IT
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of IT in England.

Salary trend for Head of IT in England

Head of IT
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of IT in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of IT in England

Head of IT
Job Locations in England

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 England region over the 6 months to 10 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
North of England +11 49 £78,750 +12.50% 10
South East +118 37 £72,500 -12.12% 15
London +57 36 £88,750 -11.25% 27
North West -19 32 £75,000 +7.14% 7
Yorkshire +48 16 £100,000 -10.11% 3
South West +105 14 £72,500 +10.69% 4
Midlands +50 12 £72,500 -3.33% 6
East Midlands +45 5 £47,500 -20.83% 2
West Midlands +35 5 £200,000 +166.67% 4
North East +48 1 £70,000 -25.13%
East of England +14 1 - - 2
Head of IT
UK

Head of IT Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, 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 England region featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 63 (42.28%) IT Strategy
2 55 (36.91%) Cybersecurity
3 50 (33.56%) Finance
4 46 (30.87%) Project Management
4 46 (30.87%) Social Skills
5 44 (29.53%) ITIL
6 41 (27.52%) Service Delivery
7 36 (24.16%) Degree
8 35 (23.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 30 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
10 27 (18.12%) Roadmaps
11 26 (17.45%) Microsoft
12 25 (16.78%) Computer Science
13 24 (16.11%) Project Delivery
14 23 (15.44%) Agile
14 23 (15.44%) Service Management
14 23 (15.44%) ERP
15 22 (14.77%) GDPR
15 22 (14.77%) Microsoft 365
15 22 (14.77%) PRINCE2
16 20 (13.42%) Process Improvement
16 20 (13.42%) People Management
16 20 (13.42%) Budget Management
17 18 (12.08%) Azure
17 18 (12.08%) DBS Check
17 18 (12.08%) Windows
17 18 (12.08%) Disaster Recovery
18 17 (11.41%) Data Management
18 17 (11.41%) Data Security
19 15 (10.07%) Scrum

Head of IT Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.68%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.01%) Moodle
2 3 (2.01%) nginx
3 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (9.40%) Microsoft Project
1 14 (9.40%) Trello
2 6 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (2.01%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (2.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.34%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.67%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.77%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (12.08%) Azure
3 10 (6.71%) Power Platform
4 5 (3.36%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (2.68%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.01%) SaaS
7 2 (1.34%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (9.40%) Network Security
2 5 (3.36%) Firewall
3 3 (2.01%) NAS
3 3 (2.01%) SAN
4 2 (1.34%) VPN
5 1 (0.67%) DHCP
5 1 (0.67%) DNS
5 1 (0.67%) Internet
5 1 (0.67%) LAN
5 1 (0.67%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.37%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (4.70%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.03%) Power BI
4 3 (2.01%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (2.01%) MySQL
5 1 (0.67%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 14 (9.40%) JIRA
General
1 50 (33.56%) Finance
2 46 (30.87%) Social Skills
3 11 (7.38%) Legal
4 10 (6.71%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (6.04%) Manufacturing
6 7 (4.70%) Pharmaceutical
7 6 (4.03%) Marketing
7 6 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.68%) Local Government
8 4 (2.68%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.01%) Back Office
9 3 (2.01%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.34%) Banking
11 1 (0.67%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.67%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.67%) Front Office
11 1 (0.67%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.67%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.68%) .NET
2 3 (2.01%) LEMP Stack
3 2 (1.34%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.34%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.67%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.67%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.40%) Social Media
2 5 (3.36%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.68%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (2.01%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.01%) Learning Management System
5 2 (1.34%) AS400
5 2 (1.34%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.34%) FMCG
5 2 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.34%) iSeries
5 2 (1.34%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.34%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.67%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.67%) Hedge funds
6 1 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.67%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.67%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (12.08%) Windows
2 9 (6.04%) Linux
3 7 (4.70%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.01%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (42.28%) IT Strategy
2 55 (36.91%) Cybersecurity
3 46 (30.87%) Project Management
4 44 (29.53%) ITIL
5 41 (27.52%) Service Delivery
6 35 (23.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 30 (20.13%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (18.12%) Roadmaps
9 25 (16.78%) Computer Science
10 24 (16.11%) Project Delivery
11 23 (15.44%) Agile
11 23 (15.44%) ERP
11 23 (15.44%) Service Management
12 22 (14.77%) PRINCE2
13 20 (13.42%) Budget Management
13 20 (13.42%) People Management
13 20 (13.42%) Process Improvement
14 18 (12.08%) Disaster Recovery
15 17 (11.41%) Data Management
15 17 (11.41%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.37%) SQL
2 4 (2.68%) C#
2 4 (2.68%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.01%) PHP
4 2 (1.34%) Java
4 2 (1.34%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.34%) Python
4 2 (1.34%) RPG
4 2 (1.34%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.67%) C++
5 1 (0.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 36 (24.16%) Degree
2 18 (12.08%) DBS Check
3 15 (10.07%) PMI Certification
3 15 (10.07%) PMP
4 6 (4.03%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.34%) HNC
6 2 (1.34%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.34%) MCP
6 2 (1.34%) MCSE
6 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.67%) CISSP
7 1 (0.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (14.77%) GDPR
2 7 (4.70%) GxP
3 5 (3.36%) SLA
4 4 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.01%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 2 (1.34%) PCI DSS
6 2 (1.34%) QA
7 1 (0.67%) GRC
7 1 (0.67%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (3.36%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.01%) Docker
2 3 (2.01%) Samba
3 2 (1.34%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 4 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.34%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
2 2 (1.34%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (17.45%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.03%) Google
2 6 (4.03%) SAP
3 2 (1.34%) Citrix
3 2 (1.34%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.67%) Cisco
4 1 (0.67%) ForeScout
4 1 (0.67%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.67%) IBM
4 1 (0.67%) Oracle
4 1 (0.67%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.67%) Workday