Digital Director Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Digital Director
UK > UK excluding London

The median Digital Director salary in the UK excluding London is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 524 - 695
Rank change year-on-year - - +68
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Director 16 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.030% - 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% - 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £45,900 - £97,750
25th Percentile £56,250 - £101,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £112,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +95.65%
75th Percentile £58,750 - £121,875
90th Percentile £83,500 - £125,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £110,000 £112,500
% change year-on-year -47.73% -2.22% +87.50%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 48,400 25,371 55,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.91% 90.44% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 30,652 14,216 41,990
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £26,700
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,983 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.06% +9.97% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £64,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Digital Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Digital Director job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Digital Director
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Digital Director job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Digital Director job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Digital Director
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Director in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Digital Director in the UK excluding London

Digital Director
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 Digital Director within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 March 2026. 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
North of England - 5 £70,000 - 1
East Midlands - 4 - - 1
Midlands - 4 - - 1
North West - 4 £100,000 - 1
South East - 4 - - 4
South West - 3 £57,500 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £40,000 -
Digital Director
UK

Digital Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 March 2026, Digital 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 UK excluding London region featuring Digital Director in the job title.

1 7 (43.75%) Roadmaps
2 4 (25.00%) Agile
2 4 (25.00%) CISM
2 4 (25.00%) CISSP
2 4 (25.00%) Coaching
2 4 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
2 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (25.00%) ERP
2 4 (25.00%) Integrated Marketing
2 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (25.00%) Multichannel Marketing
2 4 (25.00%) NIST
2 4 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
2 4 (25.00%) Regulatory Change
2 4 (25.00%) SaaS
2 4 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 4 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (18.75%) Content Strategy
3 3 (18.75%) Data Strategy
3 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
3 3 (18.75%) Digital Innovation
3 3 (18.75%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (18.75%) SEO
3 3 (18.75%) Service Management
4 2 (12.50%) CSS
4 2 (12.50%) HTML

Digital Director Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 4 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) SaaS
2 1 (6.25%) Azure
General
1 8 (50.00%) Marketing
2 4 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Retail
3 3 (18.75%) Finance
3 3 (18.75%) Fire and Rescue
3 3 (18.75%) Presentation Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 3 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Advertising
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) CSS
1 2 (12.50%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Cyber Defence
1 4 (25.00%) Digital Signage
2 3 (18.75%) Social Media
3 1 (6.25%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Roadmaps
2 4 (25.00%) Agile
2 4 (25.00%) Coaching
2 4 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
2 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (25.00%) ERP
2 4 (25.00%) Integrated Marketing
2 4 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (25.00%) Multichannel Marketing
2 4 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
2 4 (25.00%) Regulatory Change
2 4 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (18.75%) Content Strategy
3 3 (18.75%) Data Strategy
3 3 (18.75%) Decision-Making
3 3 (18.75%) Digital Innovation
3 3 (18.75%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (18.75%) SEO
3 3 (18.75%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) CISM
1 4 (25.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (25.00%) NIST
1 4 (25.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Databricks