IT Director Jobs in London

Director of IT
England > London

The median Director of IT salary in London is £120,000 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 461 583 826
Rank change year-on-year +122 +243 -259
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Director 34 55 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.14% 0.15% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.16% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 31 24 22
10th Percentile £76,250 £58,750 £54,000
25th Percentile £85,625 £65,313 £91,253
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £120,000 £100,000 £106,250
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -5.88% -3.41%
75th Percentile £145,000 £126,250 £117,813
90th Percentile £148,750 £142,000 £129,250
England median annual salary £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 22,150 34,100 62,950
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 95.04% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 16,676 24,965 34,895
10th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,375 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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 +55 6 £140,000 +7.69% 1
West London - 5 £107,500 -
IT Director
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 15 (44.12%) Roadmaps
2 11 (32.35%) IT Strategy
3 10 (29.41%) Social Skills
4 8 (23.53%) Line Management
4 8 (23.53%) Thought Leadership
4 8 (23.53%) Service Management
4 8 (23.53%) Service Delivery
5 7 (20.59%) ITIL
6 6 (17.65%) Change Management
6 6 (17.65%) Agile
6 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (17.65%) Technology Strategy
7 5 (14.71%) Major Incident Management
7 5 (14.71%) Strategic Roadmap
7 5 (14.71%) Project Management
7 5 (14.71%) ITSM
7 5 (14.71%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
7 5 (14.71%) Incident Management
7 5 (14.71%) CMDB
7 5 (14.71%) Problem Management
7 5 (14.71%) Test Automation
7 5 (14.71%) Trend Analysis
7 5 (14.71%) Process Improvement
8 4 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (11.76%) Finance
9 3 (8.82%) Scrum
9 3 (8.82%) SLA

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:

Applications
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.82%) WhatsApp
2 1 (2.94%) AWS
2 1 (2.94%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.94%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.88%) LAN
1 2 (5.88%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (5.88%) WAN
1 2 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
General
1 10 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.76%) Finance
3 2 (5.88%) Banking
3 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 2 (5.88%) Retail
4 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Legal
4 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) CMDB
2 2 (5.88%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.94%) e-Learning
3 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (44.12%) Roadmaps
2 11 (32.35%) IT Strategy
3 8 (23.53%) Line Management
3 8 (23.53%) Service Delivery
3 8 (23.53%) Service Management
3 8 (23.53%) Thought Leadership
4 7 (20.59%) ITIL
5 6 (17.65%) Agile
5 6 (17.65%) Change Management
5 6 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (17.65%) Technology Strategy
6 5 (14.71%) ITSM
6 5 (14.71%) Major Incident Management
6 5 (14.71%) Problem Management
6 5 (14.71%) Process Improvement
6 5 (14.71%) Project Management
6 5 (14.71%) Strategic Roadmap
6 5 (14.71%) Test Automation
6 5 (14.71%) Trend Analysis
Qualifications
1 5 (14.71%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (8.82%) Degree
3 2 (5.88%) DBS Check
3 2 (5.88%) RIBA
4 1 (2.94%) CISSP
4 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) SLA
2 2 (5.88%) GDPR
3 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.94%) NIST
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.88%) Pega
3 2 (5.88%) SAP