Head of Technology Jobs in the UK excluding London

Head of Technology
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of Technology salary in the UK excluding London is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 558 752 725
Rank change year-on-year +194 -27 +64
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of Technology 19 19 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.048% 0.025% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% 0.027% 0.058%
Number of salaries quoted 15 17 23
10th Percentile £45,000 £51,262 -
25th Percentile £60,000 £54,250 £65,006
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £65,000 £73,500
Median % change year-on-year +46.15% -11.56% -13.52%
75th Percentile £150,000 £75,000 £81,251
90th Percentile £165,000 £101,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £91,250 £76,250 £87,500
% change year-on-year +19.67% -12.86% -2.78%

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 35,540 70,800 51,694
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 94.95% 89.10%
Number of salaries quoted 17,956 49,914 29,611
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%
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% -

Head of Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Head of Technology
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Head of Technology in the UK excluding London

Head of Technology
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of Technology in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Head of Technology in the UK excluding London

Head of Technology
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 Technology within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
South East +101 14 £125,000 +31.58% 11
North of England +48 4 £60,000 -11.11%
Yorkshire +60 2 £60,000 -4.97%
North West +5 2 £110,000 +56.17%
Midlands +84 1 £95,000 -13.64% 4
West Midlands +56 1 £95,000 -13.64%
Head of Technology
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 UK excluding London region featuring Head of Technology in the job title.

1 11 (57.89%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (36.84%) IT Strategy
2 7 (36.84%) Technology Transformation
2 7 (36.84%) Technology Strategy
3 6 (31.58%) Azure
3 6 (31.58%) SaaS
3 6 (31.58%) Project Management
3 6 (31.58%) Service Delivery
4 5 (26.32%) SharePoint
4 5 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (26.32%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (21.05%) Data Management
5 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
5 4 (21.05%) Finance
5 4 (21.05%) Information Security
5 4 (21.05%) Roadmaps
5 4 (21.05%) Sales Enablement
5 4 (21.05%) Power Platform
5 4 (21.05%) Technology Roadmap
5 4 (21.05%) Insurtech
5 4 (21.05%) Fintech
5 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (21.05%) GDPR
6 3 (15.79%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (15.79%) Windows Server
6 3 (15.79%) Entra ID
6 3 (15.79%) Decision-Making
6 3 (15.79%) Power Automate
6 3 (15.79%) Customer Service
6 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery

Head of Technology 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 5 (26.32%) SharePoint
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Azure
1 6 (31.58%) SaaS
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (21.05%) Power Platform
4 3 (15.79%) Entra ID
4 3 (15.79%) Power Automate
5 1 (5.26%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (5.26%) GitHub
5 1 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.26%) Power BI
General
1 4 (21.05%) Finance
2 2 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (10.53%) Retail
3 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.26%) Military
3 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) AS400
1 2 (10.53%) iSeries
1 2 (10.53%) Mainframe
2 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.26%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
1 3 (15.79%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (57.89%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (36.84%) IT Strategy
2 7 (36.84%) Technology Strategy
2 7 (36.84%) Technology Transformation
3 6 (31.58%) Project Management
3 6 (31.58%) Service Delivery
4 5 (26.32%) Artificial Intelligence
5 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (21.05%) Data Management
5 4 (21.05%) Fintech
5 4 (21.05%) Information Security
5 4 (21.05%) Insurtech
5 4 (21.05%) Roadmaps
5 4 (21.05%) Sales Enablement
5 4 (21.05%) Technology Roadmap
6 3 (15.79%) Change Management
6 3 (15.79%) Cost Control
6 3 (15.79%) ITIL
6 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
6 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) PowerShell
2 2 (10.53%) RPG
3 1 (5.26%) Python
3 1 (5.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) GDPR
2 3 (15.79%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (15.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
3 1 (5.26%) PMO
3 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.26%) Foundry
2 1 (5.26%) Oracle
2 1 (5.26%) Palantir
2 1 (5.26%) Salesforce