Head of Digital Jobs in London

Head of Digital
England > London

The median Head of Digital salary in London is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 374 483 578
Rank change year-on-year +109 +95 +222
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Digital 26 17 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.20% 0.072% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.076% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 11 14 36
10th Percentile £70,500 £53,675 £68,125
25th Percentile £74,000 £59,821 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £64,017 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.97% -41.80% +22.22%
75th Percentile £145,000 £68,750 £140,000
90th Percentile - £118,750 -
England median annual salary £90,000 £66,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +36.36% -17.50% -3.03%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 11,742 22,276 32,688
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.14% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 7,310 16,685 24,119
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Head of Digital
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Digital in London

Head of Digital
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Head of Digital in London

Head of Digital
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Digital in London over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Digital in London

Head of Digital
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Digital within the London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Central London - 9 £140,000 - 3
East London - 3 - -
Head of Digital
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 London region featuring Head of Digital in the job title.

1 9 (34.62%) Project Management
2 8 (30.77%) Finance
2 8 (30.77%) Azure
2 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 8 (30.77%) Digital Strategy
3 7 (26.92%) Roadmaps
3 7 (26.92%) User Experience
3 7 (26.92%) Artificial Intelligence
3 7 (26.92%) Agile
3 7 (26.92%) Windows
3 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
4 6 (23.08%) Data Security
4 6 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (19.23%) Marketing
5 5 (19.23%) Risk Management
6 4 (15.38%) Advertising
6 4 (15.38%) Degree
6 4 (15.38%) Software Engineering
6 4 (15.38%) Google
6 4 (15.38%) AWS
6 4 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (15.38%) Digital Engineering
6 4 (15.38%) DevOps
6 4 (15.38%) DBS Check
6 4 (15.38%) Microservices
6 4 (15.38%) GCP
6 4 (15.38%) Coaching
6 4 (15.38%) Cloud Native
7 3 (11.54%) GDPR
7 3 (11.54%) IT Strategy

Head of Digital Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 3 (11.54%) CMS
1 3 (11.54%) Moodle
1 3 (11.54%) nginx
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (11.54%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (11.54%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) Azure
2 4 (15.38%) AWS
2 4 (15.38%) GCP
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (11.54%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Firewall
1 3 (11.54%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.54%) MySQL
1 3 (11.54%) Power BI
1 3 (11.54%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (30.77%) Finance
1 8 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (19.23%) Marketing
4 4 (15.38%) Advertising
5 3 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (11.54%) Back Office
5 3 (11.54%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (3.85%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Cloud Native
2 3 (11.54%) Learning Management System
3 2 (7.69%) NHS
3 2 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 2 (7.69%) Social Media
4 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.85%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Windows
2 3 (11.54%) Linux
3 1 (3.85%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (3.85%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Project Management
2 8 (30.77%) Digital Strategy
3 7 (26.92%) Agile
3 7 (26.92%) Artificial Intelligence
3 7 (26.92%) Roadmaps
3 7 (26.92%) User Experience
4 6 (23.08%) Data Security
5 5 (19.23%) Risk Management
6 4 (15.38%) Coaching
6 4 (15.38%) DevOps
6 4 (15.38%) Digital Engineering
6 4 (15.38%) Microservices
6 4 (15.38%) Software Engineering
7 3 (11.54%) Budget Management
7 3 (11.54%) Business Strategy
7 3 (11.54%) Content Strategy
7 3 (11.54%) Customer Experience
7 3 (11.54%) Decision-Making
7 3 (11.54%) IT Strategy
7 3 (11.54%) Paid Search
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) JavaScript
1 3 (11.54%) PHP
1 3 (11.54%) SQL
2 1 (3.85%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) DBS Check
1 4 (15.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.54%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (11.54%) Samba
2 1 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.85%) Ansible
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.85%) NetBackup
1 1 (3.85%) SCCM
1 1 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 4 (15.38%) Google
3 3 (11.54%) Facebook
3 3 (11.54%) YouTube
4 1 (3.85%) EMC
4 1 (3.85%) NetApp
4 1 (3.85%) VMware