Head of IT Jobs in the UK excluding London

Head of Information Technology
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of Information Technology salary in the UK excluding London is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 460 556 583
Rank change year-on-year +96 +27 +127
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 115 208 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.30% 0.29% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.31% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 83 178 67
10th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £53,100
25th Percentile £71,250 £62,500 £57,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £74,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.67% +6.43% +1.62%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,375 £109,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +3.45%

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 35,016 67,223 53,634
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.80% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,742 47,591 30,483
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,906 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,225 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Head of IT
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT in the UK excluding London

Head of IT
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of IT in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Head of IT in the UK excluding London

Head of IT
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of IT in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of IT in the UK excluding London

Head of IT
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 Head of IT within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 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
North of England +2 49 £78,750 +12.50% 10
South East +113 37 £72,500 -12.12% 16
North West -19 32 £75,000 +7.14% 7
Yorkshire +48 16 £100,000 -10.11% 3
South West +108 14 £72,500 +10.69% 4
Midlands +44 12 £72,500 -3.33% 6
East Midlands +45 5 £47,500 -20.83% 2
West Midlands +38 5 £200,000 +166.67% 4
Scotland +125 2 £90,500 +0.56%
North East +47 1 £70,000 -25.13%
East of England +8 1 - - 2
Head of IT
UK

Head of IT Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, Head of IT 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 Head of IT in the job title.

1 45 (39.13%) IT Strategy
2 43 (37.39%) ITIL
3 41 (35.65%) Social Skills
4 40 (34.78%) Finance
4 40 (34.78%) Cybersecurity
5 39 (33.91%) Project Management
5 39 (33.91%) Service Delivery
6 34 (29.57%) Degree
7 31 (26.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (23.48%) Roadmaps
8 27 (23.48%) Problem-Solving
9 25 (21.74%) Computer Science
10 23 (20.00%) Project Delivery
11 21 (18.26%) ERP
12 20 (17.39%) PRINCE2
12 20 (17.39%) Process Improvement
13 19 (16.52%) Agile
14 18 (15.65%) DBS Check
15 17 (14.78%) People Management
15 17 (14.78%) Data Management
16 16 (13.91%) Budget Management
17 15 (13.04%) GDPR
17 15 (13.04%) Scrum
17 15 (13.04%) PMP
17 15 (13.04%) PMI Certification
18 14 (12.17%) Microsoft Project
18 14 (12.17%) Network Security
18 14 (12.17%) JIRA
18 14 (12.17%) Social Media
18 14 (12.17%) Systems Engineering

Head of IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (3.48%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (12.17%) Microsoft Project
1 14 (12.17%) Trello
2 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (2.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.74%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.87%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.87%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (7.83%) Azure
3 5 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (4.35%) Power Platform
4 4 (3.48%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (3.48%) Entra ID
5 3 (2.61%) SaaS
6 2 (1.74%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (12.17%) Network Security
2 2 (1.74%) Firewall
2 2 (1.74%) VPN
3 1 (0.87%) Internet
3 1 (0.87%) LAN
3 1 (0.87%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.96%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.61%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.74%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.87%) MS Access
4 1 (0.87%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (12.17%) JIRA
General
1 41 (35.65%) Social Skills
2 40 (34.78%) Finance
3 9 (7.83%) Legal
3 9 (7.83%) Manufacturing
4 6 (5.22%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (3.48%) Local Government
6 3 (2.61%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.61%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.74%) Marketing
7 2 (1.74%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.87%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.87%) Agriculture
8 1 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.87%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.74%) .NET
1 2 (1.74%) ASP.NET
1 2 (1.74%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.17%) Social Media
2 2 (1.74%) AS400
2 2 (1.74%) FMCG
2 2 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (1.74%) iSeries
2 2 (1.74%) Mainframe
2 2 (1.74%) Management Information System
2 2 (1.74%) Onboarding
3 1 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (0.87%) Data Centre
3 1 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (0.87%) Product Ownership
3 1 (0.87%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.22%) Windows
1 6 (5.22%) Windows Server
2 3 (2.61%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (39.13%) IT Strategy
2 43 (37.39%) ITIL
3 40 (34.78%) Cybersecurity
4 39 (33.91%) Project Management
4 39 (33.91%) Service Delivery
5 31 (26.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (23.48%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (23.48%) Roadmaps
7 25 (21.74%) Computer Science
8 23 (20.00%) Project Delivery
9 21 (18.26%) ERP
10 20 (17.39%) PRINCE2
10 20 (17.39%) Process Improvement
11 19 (16.52%) Agile
12 17 (14.78%) Data Management
12 17 (14.78%) People Management
13 16 (13.91%) Budget Management
14 15 (13.04%) Scrum
15 14 (12.17%) Systems Engineering
16 13 (11.30%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.61%) C#
1 3 (2.61%) SQL
2 2 (1.74%) PowerShell
2 2 (1.74%) RPG
3 1 (0.87%) VBA
Qualifications
1 34 (29.57%) Degree
2 18 (15.65%) DBS Check
3 15 (13.04%) PMI Certification
3 15 (13.04%) PMP
4 6 (5.22%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.74%) HNC
6 2 (1.74%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.87%) CISSP
7 1 (0.87%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.04%) GDPR
2 6 (5.22%) SLA
3 4 (3.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.61%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (2.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (1.74%) QA
6 1 (0.87%) GRC
6 1 (0.87%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (3.48%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.61%) Docker
3 2 (1.74%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.74%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
2 2 (1.74%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (11.30%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.22%) Google
2 6 (5.22%) SAP
3 2 (1.74%) Citrix
4 1 (0.87%) Cisco
4 1 (0.87%) ForeScout
4 1 (0.87%) Fortinet
4 1 (0.87%) IBM
4 1 (0.87%) Oracle
4 1 (0.87%) Salesforce
4 1 (0.87%) Workday