Head of Technology Jobs in the North of England

Head of Technology
England > North of England

The median Head of Technology salary in the North of England is £68,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 330 382 437
Rank change year-on-year +52 +55 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Technology 6 6 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.052% 0.034% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% 0.036% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 2
10th Percentile - £61,280 £66,082
25th Percentile £60,000 £62,210 £67,152
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £70,438 £70,700
Median % change year-on-year -2.40% -0.37% -1.46%
75th Percentile £89,688 £75,000 £74,983
90th Percentile £104,875 £97,500 £76,493
England median annual salary £88,750 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +4.41% +6.25% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 10,578 16,586 15,451
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.99% 94.87% 89.58%
Number of salaries quoted 5,737 12,834 8,216
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,265 £30,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £39,577
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £78,100 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Head of Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Technology in the North of England

Head of Technology
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Technology in the North of England.

Salary trend for Head of Technology in the North of England

Head of Technology
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Technology in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Technology in the North of England

Head of Technology
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Technology within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 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
North West +6 4 £93,750 +28.53% 1
Yorkshire +75 2 £60,000 -4.97%
Head of Technology
England

Head of Technology Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 14 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 North of England region featuring Head of Technology in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
1 4 (66.67%) IT Strategy
1 4 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Data Management
2 3 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Retail
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) Information Management
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) People Management
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
4 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
4 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
4 1 (16.67%) Power BI
4 1 (16.67%) Data Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Adaptive Web Design
4 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering

Head of Technology Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 2 (33.33%) Retail
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET
1 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) IT Strategy
1 4 (66.67%) Project Management
1 4 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Data Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) Data Management
2 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Information Management
3 2 (33.33%) People Management
3 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft