Head of Technology Jobs in the Thames Valley

Head of Technology
South East > Thames Valley

The median Head of Technology salary in the Thames Valley is £130,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 172 - 259
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Technology 7 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.21% - 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% - 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £78,750 - -
25th Percentile £86,875 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 - -
75th Percentile £165,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £107,500 - £84,101
% change year-on-year - - -6.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,800 6,392 5,494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.16% 94.72% 89.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 4,520 3,208
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,954
25th Percentile £38,813 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £86,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Head of Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Technology in the Thames Valley

Head of Technology
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of Technology in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Head of Technology in the Thames Valley

Head of Technology
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Technology in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Technology in the Thames Valley

Head of Technology
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 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
Berkshire - 3 £160,000 - 1
Buckinghamshire - 2 £110,000 - 2
Oxfordshire - 2 £80,000 - 2
Head of Technology
South East

Head of Technology Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 7 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 Thames Valley region featuring Head of Technology in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Technology Transformation
2 4 (57.14%) SaaS
2 4 (57.14%) Fintech
3 3 (42.86%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (42.86%) Sales Enablement
3 3 (42.86%) Insurtech
4 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
4 2 (28.57%) Budgeting
4 2 (28.57%) Azure
4 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 2 (28.57%) Finance
5 1 (14.29%) Migration
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Scrum
5 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
5 1 (14.29%) Agile
5 1 (14.29%) AS400
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 1 (14.29%) RPG
5 1 (14.29%) Oracle
5 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
5 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
5 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
5 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
5 1 (14.29%) Service Management
5 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 1 (14.29%) Strategic Planning

Head of Technology Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) SaaS
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (14.29%) AS400
2 1 (14.29%) iSeries
2 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Technology Transformation
2 4 (57.14%) Fintech
3 3 (42.86%) Artificial Intelligence
3 3 (42.86%) Insurtech
3 3 (42.86%) Sales Enablement
4 2 (28.57%) Budgeting
4 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
4 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
5 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (14.29%) Contract Management
5 1 (14.29%) IT Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) Planning and Forecasting
5 1 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 1 (14.29%) SAFe Practitioner
5 1 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (14.29%) Service Management
5 1 (14.29%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (14.29%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) RPG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) PMO
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle
1 1 (14.29%) Salesforce