Head of IT Jobs in Leeds

Head of Information Technology
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Head of Information Technology salary in Leeds is £112,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 159 201
Rank change year-on-year +38 +42 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 15 16 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.66% 0.52% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.55% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 15 11 2
10th Percentile £58,244 £53,500 £57,750
25th Percentile £78,750 £55,471 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £112,500 £58,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +92.31% -10.00% +35.42%
75th Percentile £116,250 £65,250 £70,000
90th Percentile - £72,500 £72,250
West Yorkshire median annual salary £112,500 £58,507 £65,000
% change year-on-year +92.29% -9.99% +13.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 2,186 2,910 3,655
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.96% 95.22% 97.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,569 1,743 2,549
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,600 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,438 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £86,250 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

Head of IT
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT in Leeds

Head of IT
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Head of IT in Leeds

Head of IT
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of IT in Leeds over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of IT in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 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 Leeds region featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 8 (53.33%) Roadmaps
1 8 (53.33%) Budget Management
2 5 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (20.00%) Digital Strategy
5 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Data Pipeline
5 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (13.33%) Data Governance
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
5 2 (13.33%) VPN
5 2 (13.33%) Sage
5 2 (13.33%) Service Management
5 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
6 1 (6.67%) ITSM
6 1 (6.67%) Risk Management
6 1 (6.67%) Finance
6 1 (6.67%) Automotive
6 1 (6.67%) ITIL
6 1 (6.67%) Agile
6 1 (6.67%) Banking
6 1 (6.67%) Incident Management
6 1 (6.67%) Problem Management
6 1 (6.67%) User Experience
6 1 (6.67%) Performance Improvement
6 1 (6.67%) Digital Transformation Strategy
6 1 (6.67%) Customer-Centricity
6 1 (6.67%) Organisational Learning
6 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving

Head of IT Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) VPN
General
1 5 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (13.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Automotive
3 1 (6.67%) Banking
3 1 (6.67%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Budget Management
1 8 (53.33%) Roadmaps
2 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (20.00%) Digital Strategy
4 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (13.33%) Data Governance
4 2 (13.33%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
4 2 (13.33%) Service Management
5 1 (6.67%) Agile
5 1 (6.67%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (6.67%) Culture Change
5 1 (6.67%) Emotional Intelligence
5 1 (6.67%) Incident Management
5 1 (6.67%) ITIL
5 1 (6.67%) ITSM
5 1 (6.67%) Performance Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) Problem Management
5 1 (6.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (6.67%) User Experience
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Sage