IT Director Jobs in London

Director of IT
England > London

The median Director of IT salary in London is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 377 471 555
Rank change year-on-year +94 +84 +331
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Director 16 36 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.13% 0.15% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.16% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 5 33 22
10th Percentile - £76,500 £58,750
25th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £60,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £120,000 £97,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +23.08% -9.30%
75th Percentile £120,000 £145,000 £125,000
90th Percentile £129,000 - £153,000
England median annual salary £110,000 £88,560 £90,000
% change year-on-year +24.21% -1.60% -5.26%

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 11,455 22,637 31,177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.43% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,909 16,798 22,986
10th Percentile £40,971 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,000 £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 £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

IT Director
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Director in London

IT Director
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for IT Director in London

IT Director
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Director in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for IT Director in London

IT Director
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Director within the London region over the 6 months to 30 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
West London +14 2 £90,000 -2.70% 4
Central London +22 1 £120,000 -14.29% 3
IT Director
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 London region featuring IT Director in the job title.

1 12 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (62.50%) Project Management
3 8 (50.00%) Degree
3 8 (50.00%) Business Strategy
4 7 (43.75%) Mentoring
4 7 (43.75%) GDPR
4 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (37.50%) Marketing
5 6 (37.50%) Decision-Making
6 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (31.25%) Business Development
6 5 (31.25%) Strategic Planning
6 5 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (25.00%) CISSP
7 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2
7 4 (25.00%) GxP
7 4 (25.00%) Law
7 4 (25.00%) Validation
7 4 (25.00%) PMP
7 4 (25.00%) PMI Certification
7 4 (25.00%) Quality Management
7 4 (25.00%) Data Security
7 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
7 4 (25.00%) Agile
7 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (25.00%) QMS
7 4 (25.00%) Data Protection
7 4 (25.00%) HIPAA
7 4 (25.00%) Azure
7 4 (25.00%) AWS

IT Director 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) AWS
1 4 (25.00%) Azure
1 4 (25.00%) SaaS
2 3 (18.75%) Azure Key Vault
2 3 (18.75%) Entra ID
2 3 (18.75%) GCP
2 3 (18.75%) GitHub
2 3 (18.75%) Miro
3 1 (6.25%) IaaS
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JIRA
General
1 12 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Marketing
3 4 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (25.00%) Law
4 3 (18.75%) Finance
5 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Banking
5 1 (6.25%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (6.25%) Games
5 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (6.25%) Legal
5 1 (6.25%) Military
5 1 (6.25%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 4 (25.00%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (18.75%) Cloud Native
2 3 (18.75%) Cloud Security Posture
2 3 (18.75%) Machine to Machine
2 3 (18.75%) Security Posture
3 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
3 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
3 1 (6.25%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (62.50%) Project Management
2 8 (50.00%) Business Strategy
3 7 (43.75%) Mentoring
3 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (37.50%) Decision-Making
5 5 (31.25%) Business Development
5 5 (31.25%) Cybersecurity
5 5 (31.25%) Strategic Planning
6 4 (25.00%) Agile
6 4 (25.00%) Cloud Security
6 4 (25.00%) Customer Service
6 4 (25.00%) Data Protection
6 4 (25.00%) Data Security
6 4 (25.00%) Lead Generation
6 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2
6 4 (25.00%) QMS
6 4 (25.00%) Quality Management
6 4 (25.00%) Roadmaps
6 4 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (25.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) PowerShell
1 3 (18.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Degree
2 5 (31.25%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 4 (25.00%) CISSP
3 4 (25.00%) PMI Certification
3 4 (25.00%) PMP
4 3 (18.75%) CCSP
5 1 (6.25%) CCIE
5 1 (6.25%) CCNA
5 1 (6.25%) GIAC
5 1 (6.25%) MCSE
5 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) GDPR
2 4 (25.00%) GxP
2 4 (25.00%) HIPAA
2 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (25.00%) NIST
3 3 (18.75%) SOC 2
4 1 (6.25%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Progress Chef
1 3 (18.75%) Puppet
1 3 (18.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 3 (18.75%) Alibaba
2 3 (18.75%) Google
3 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.25%) VMware