IT Director Job Trends in Scotland

Director of IT
UK > Scotland

As of 31 December 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Director of IT salary in Scotland.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 145 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Director 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.073% 0.074% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 0.079% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £90,000 -
UK median annual salary £100,000 £95,000 £95,700
% change year-on-year +5.26% -0.73% -13.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,407 2,547 2,855
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.43% 94.12% 96.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,205 1,141 1,787
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

IT Director
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'IT Director' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

IT Director job vacancy trend in Scotland

IT Director
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for IT Director job vacancies in Scotland.

Salary distribution trend for IT Director job vacancies in Scotland

IT Director
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Director within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Edinburgh - 2 - - 1
IT Director
UK

IT Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, IT Director job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring IT Director in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Bioinformatics
1 2 (100.00%) Biotechnology
1 2 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 2 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 2 (100.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
1 2 (100.00%) Business Case
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Capacity Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 2 (100.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 2 (100.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) GxP
1 2 (100.00%) Incident Response

IT Director Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Weka
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Linux
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Bioinformatics
1 2 (100.00%) Biotechnology
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Data Management
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (100.00%) CISM
1 2 (100.00%) CISSP
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Kubernetes