Head of IT Jobs in London

Head of Information Technology
England > London

The median Head of Information Technology salary in London is £88,750 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 365 422 547
Rank change year-on-year +57 +125 +221
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 36 86 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.28% 0.36% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.39% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 22 69 49
10th Percentile £62,925 £55,000 £66,800
25th Percentile £67,983 £82,500 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £88,750 £100,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +14.29% +12.90%
75th Percentile £110,000 £116,250 £118,750
90th Percentile - £138,000 £130,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £81,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +3.45%

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 11,599 22,211 32,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.15% 94.13% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,448 16,662 24,070
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 IT
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT in London

Head of IT
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Head of IT in London

Head of IT
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Head of IT in London

Head of IT
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 IT within the London 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
Central London +5 9 £80,000 -27.27% 3
South London - 3 £57,500 -
Head of IT
England

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

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 London region featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 19 (52.78%) IT Strategy
2 15 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (38.89%) Data Security
4 13 (36.11%) Microsoft
5 12 (33.33%) Windows
5 12 (33.33%) Service Management
5 12 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (27.78%) Finance
7 9 (25.00%) Azure
7 9 (25.00%) GDPR
8 8 (22.22%) Project Management
9 7 (19.44%) Pharmaceutical
9 7 (19.44%) Validation
9 7 (19.44%) GxP
9 7 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (19.44%) Technical Leadership
10 6 (16.67%) Linux
11 5 (13.89%) SQL Server
11 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Office
11 5 (13.89%) SQL
11 5 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (13.89%) Disaster Recovery
11 5 (13.89%) Power BI
11 5 (13.89%) Social Skills
11 5 (13.89%) Decision-Making
11 5 (13.89%) Power Platform
11 5 (13.89%) Budget Management
12 4 (11.11%) Business Strategy
12 4 (11.11%) Customer Retention
12 4 (11.11%) Data Protection

Head of IT 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 (8.33%) Moodle
1 3 (8.33%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (8.33%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 12 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (25.00%) Azure
3 5 (13.89%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.33%) Firewall
1 3 (8.33%) NAS
1 3 (8.33%) SAN
2 1 (2.78%) DHCP
2 1 (2.78%) DNS
2 1 (2.78%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.89%) Power BI
1 5 (13.89%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.33%) MySQL
General
1 10 (27.78%) Finance
2 7 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (19.44%) Pharmaceutical
3 5 (13.89%) Social Skills
4 4 (11.11%) Marketing
5 3 (8.33%) Back Office
5 3 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.56%) Banking
6 2 (5.56%) Legal
6 2 (5.56%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.78%) Front Office
7 1 (2.78%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) LEMP Stack
2 2 (5.56%) .NET
3 1 (2.78%) .NET Core
3 1 (2.78%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (8.33%) Learning Management System
1 3 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.56%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.56%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.78%) Derivative
3 1 (2.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.78%) Hedge funds
3 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (33.33%) Windows
2 6 (16.67%) Linux
3 3 (8.33%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (52.78%) IT Strategy
2 15 (41.67%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (38.89%) Data Security
4 12 (33.33%) Service Management
5 8 (22.22%) Project Management
6 7 (19.44%) Technical Leadership
6 7 (19.44%) Validation
7 5 (13.89%) Budget Management
7 5 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (13.89%) Decision-Making
7 5 (13.89%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (11.11%) Agile
8 4 (11.11%) Business Strategy
8 4 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (11.11%) Customer Retention
8 4 (11.11%) Data Governance
8 4 (11.11%) Data Privacy
8 4 (11.11%) Data Protection
8 4 (11.11%) Infrastructure Management
9 3 (8.33%) Kalman Filter
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.89%) SQL
2 4 (11.11%) JavaScript
3 3 (8.33%) PHP
4 2 (5.56%) Java
4 2 (5.56%) Python
4 2 (5.56%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.78%) C#
5 1 (2.78%) C++
Qualifications
1 3 (8.33%) Degree
2 2 (5.56%) MCP
2 2 (5.56%) MCSE
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (25.00%) GDPR
2 7 (19.44%) GxP
3 2 (5.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (8.33%) Samba
2 1 (2.78%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 13 (36.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.56%) ServiceNow