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 £86,100 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 718 743 792
Rank change year-on-year +25 +49 -122
Permanent jobs requiring a Chief Technology Officer 46 12 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.065% 0.020% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.022% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 38 10 21
10th Percentile £78,875 - £75,000
25th Percentile £80,000 £40,401 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,100 £105,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.00% -4.55% +37.50%
75th Percentile £117,813 £122,266 £157,500
90th Percentile £154,000 £126,250 £160,000
UK median annual salary £87,500 £113,936 £110,000
% change year-on-year -23.20% +3.58% +22.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 67,146 53,642 68,538
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 89.24% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 47,498 30,589 42,749
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 13 May 2024.

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 13 May 2024. 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
South East +26 15 £87,500 -25.53% 3
Scotland -48 8 £80,000 -29.79%
Midlands - 8 £100,000 - 1
North of England +52 7 £91,100 +114.30% 2
South West -11 7 £80,000 -27.27%
West Midlands - 7 £117,500 -
North West - 5 £84,700 - 1
Yorkshire +80 2 £115,000 +170.52% 1
East of England +17 1 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 £100,000 - 1
Chief Technology Officer
UK

Chief Technology Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, 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 17 (36.96%) Roadmaps
2 15 (32.61%) Full Stack Development
2 15 (32.61%) Security Cleared
3 12 (26.09%) IT Strategy
4 11 (23.91%) Technology Roadmap
4 11 (23.91%) Social Skills
4 11 (23.91%) Software Engineering
5 10 (21.74%) Artificial Intelligence
5 10 (21.74%) Technology Strategy
5 10 (21.74%) Strategic Roadmap
5 10 (21.74%) Public Sector
6 9 (19.57%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (19.57%) SaaS
6 9 (19.57%) Software Deployment
6 9 (19.57%) Finance
7 8 (17.39%) Agile
8 7 (15.22%) Java
8 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (15.22%) Technical Leadership
8 7 (15.22%) Business Strategy
9 6 (13.04%) DevOps
9 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
9 6 (13.04%) React
9 6 (13.04%) Degree
10 5 (10.87%) COBIT
10 5 (10.87%) AWS
10 5 (10.87%) SQL
10 5 (10.87%) ITIL
10 5 (10.87%) PRINCE2
10 5 (10.87%) TOGAF

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 9 (19.57%) SaaS
2 5 (10.87%) AWS
3 3 (6.52%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (4.35%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.70%) DB2
1 4 (8.70%) SQL Server
2 3 (6.52%) Relational Database
General
1 11 (23.91%) Social Skills
2 10 (21.74%) Public Sector
3 9 (19.57%) Finance
4 6 (13.04%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.70%) Telecoms
6 3 (6.52%) Marketing
7 2 (4.35%) Aviation
8 1 (2.17%) Electronics
8 1 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.17%) Local Government
8 1 (2.17%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.17%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.04%) React
2 3 (6.52%) .NET
3 2 (4.35%) MACH
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) PMI
2 2 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.17%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.70%) Windows
2 3 (6.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (36.96%) Roadmaps
2 15 (32.61%) Full Stack Development
3 12 (26.09%) IT Strategy
4 11 (23.91%) Software Engineering
4 11 (23.91%) Technology Roadmap
5 10 (21.74%) Artificial Intelligence
5 10 (21.74%) Strategic Roadmap
5 10 (21.74%) Technology Strategy
6 9 (19.57%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (19.57%) Software Deployment
7 8 (17.39%) Agile
8 7 (15.22%) Business Strategy
8 7 (15.22%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (15.22%) Technical Leadership
9 6 (13.04%) DevOps
10 5 (10.87%) ITIL
10 5 (10.87%) PRINCE2
10 5 (10.87%) Strategic Thinking
10 5 (10.87%) Thought Leadership
10 5 (10.87%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.22%) Java
2 5 (10.87%) SQL
3 4 (8.70%) RPG
4 3 (6.52%) JavaScript
4 3 (6.52%) Python
4 3 (6.52%) TypeScript
5 2 (4.35%) C#
5 2 (4.35%) PHP
6 1 (2.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 15 (32.61%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.04%) Degree
3 4 (8.70%) DV Cleared
3 4 (8.70%) PMI Certification
3 4 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.35%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) COBIT
System Software
1 3 (6.52%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (8.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.17%) Oracle