Chief Technology Officer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Chief Technology Officer (CTO) salary in the UK excluding London is £135,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 588 711 742
Rank change year-on-year +123 +31 +62
Permanent jobs requiring a Chief Technology Officer 3 46 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.008% 0.064% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.068% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 2 38 10
10th Percentile £122,500 £78,875 -
25th Percentile £126,250 £80,000 £40,401
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £135,000 £86,100 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +56.79% -18.00% -4.55%
75th Percentile £146,250 £117,813 £122,266
90th Percentile £151,500 £154,000 £126,250
UK median annual salary £130,000 £87,500 £114,468
% change year-on-year +48.57% -23.56% +4.06%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 36,162 67,952 52,783
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 94.86% 89.22%
Number of salaries quoted 18,671 47,990 30,170
10th Percentile £26,968 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £53,059
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.76% +6.12%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Chief Technology Officer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Chief Technology Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Chief Technology Officer in the UK excluding London

Chief Technology Officer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Chief Technology Officer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Chief Technology Officer in the UK excluding London

Chief Technology Officer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Chief Technology Officer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Chief Technology Officer in the UK excluding London

Chief Technology Officer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chief Technology Officer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
Scotland +119 1 £150,000 +87.50% 1
South East +75 1 £120,000 +37.14% 22
North of England +43 1 - - 1
North East - 1 - -
Chief Technology Officer
UK

Chief Technology Officer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, Chief Technology Officer 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 UK excluding London region featuring Chief Technology Officer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Kafka
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity

Chief Technology Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) IT Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (66.67%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Data Security
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Information Security
2 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree