Head of Technology Jobs in Manchester

Head of Technology
North West > Manchester

The median Head of Technology salary in Manchester is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 224 238
Rank change year-on-year +65 +14 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Technology 4 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.18% 0.019% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.020% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £73,750 - £65,369
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £120,000 £66,400
Median % change year-on-year -35.42% +80.72% -7.46%
75th Percentile £98,125 - £67,430
90th Percentile £108,250 - -
North West median annual salary £77,500 £72,938 £70,700
% change year-on-year +6.26% +3.17% -8.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,053 4,904 4,482
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.40% 91.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1,285 3,784 2,640
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.26% -5.22% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,250 £81,250 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Head of Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Technology in Manchester

Head of Technology
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Technology in Manchester.

Salary trend for Head of Technology in Manchester

Head of Technology
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Technology in Manchester over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Technology in Manchester

Head of Technology Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, Head of Technology 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 Manchester region featuring Head of Technology in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) MVC
2 2 (50.00%) C#
2 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) QA
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Debt
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Adaptive Web Design
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity

Head of Technology Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 2 (50.00%) IT Strategy
2 2 (50.00%) MVC
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Adaptive Web Design
3 1 (25.00%) ArchiMate
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Debt
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft