IT Director Jobs in Manchester

Director of IT
North West > Manchester

The median Director of IT salary in Manchester is £105,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 208 235
Rank change year-on-year +45 +27 +15
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Director 1 5 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.044% 0.096% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.10% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £65,000 -
25th Percentile £97,500 £76,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £105,000 £87,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +16.67% -
75th Percentile £112,500 £95,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £105,000 £85,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +23.53% +13.33% +1.69%

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 2,069 4,937 4,426
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.47% 94.36% 92.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1,266 3,807 2,601
10th Percentile £31,500 £30,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,063 £40,988 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £93,125 £82,040 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

IT Director
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Director in Manchester

IT Director
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for IT Director in Manchester

IT Director Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 17 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 Manchester region featuring IT Director in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) MBA
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Management
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience

IT Director 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Operations Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (100.00%) MBA
1 1 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PMP
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow