Technical Director Jobs in Scotland

Technical Director
UK > Scotland

The median Technical Director salary in Scotland is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Director 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £87,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 - -
75th Percentile £102,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £75,000 £100,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +17.65% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 2,704 5,364 3,440
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 80.05% 97.19% 92.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,289 2,371 2,015
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,000 £40,041
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.63% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Technical Director
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Director in Scotland

Technical Director
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Director in Scotland.

Salary trend for Technical Director in Scotland

Technical 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 Technical Director within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
Inverclyde - 2 - -
Midlothian - 1 - -
Technical Director
UK

Technical Director Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 2 August 2025, Technical 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 Scotland region featuring Technical Director in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
1 5 (100.00%) Business Development
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) SCADA
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (60.00%) Facebook
2 3 (60.00%) Systems Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Strategic Planning
2 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (60.00%) Data Centre
2 3 (60.00%) Resource Allocation
2 3 (60.00%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineering
2 3 (60.00%) YouTube
2 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (60.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 2 (40.00%) CRM
3 2 (40.00%) Firmware
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Electronics
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Engagement

Technical Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (60.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Electronics
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (60.00%) Renewable Energy
1 3 (60.00%) SCADA
2 2 (40.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Business Development
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
2 3 (60.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (60.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (60.00%) Resource Allocation
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (60.00%) Strategic Planning
2 3 (60.00%) Systems Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Systems Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) CRM
3 2 (40.00%) Customer Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Firmware
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Facebook
1 3 (60.00%) YouTube