Associate Director
UK

The median Associate Director salary in the UK is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 832 949 1052
Rank change year-on-year +117 +103 -170
Permanent jobs requiring an Associate Director 76 49 153
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.078% 0.046% 0.100%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 0.050% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 37 21 24
10th Percentile £62,500 - £47,447
25th Percentile £65,000 £47,447 £58,737
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £50,238 £83,395
Median % change year-on-year +44.31% -39.76% +19.14%
75th Percentile £78,656 £105,000 £93,921
90th Percentile £107,500 £120,000 £102,675
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,867 £50,238 £57,619
% change year-on-year +41.06% -12.81% -3.97%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 91,989 97,583 147,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.61% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,379 61,119 85,881
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Associate Director
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Associate Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Associate Director in the UK

Associate Director
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Associate Director.

Salary trend for Associate Director in the UK

Associate Director
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Associate Director over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Associate Director in the UK

Associate Director
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Associate Director within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 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
England +161 74 £72,500 +5.27% 62
UK excluding London +33 38 £70,867 +41.06% 24
London +165 36 £74,910 -21.15% 36
Work from Home +113 32 £65,000 -40.91% 24
Midlands +31 17 £69,235 - 2
South East +11 12 - - 3
West Midlands +42 10 £69,235 - 2
South West -6 7 £75,000 +49.29% 4
East Midlands - 7 £72,500 -
North of England +49 2 - - 12
North West +10 1 - - 8
North East - 1 - - 1

Associate Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, Associate Director 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 featuring Associate Director in the job title.

1 30 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 24 (31.58%) Business Development
3 23 (30.26%) Analytics
4 22 (28.95%) Agile
5 21 (27.63%) Data Management
5 21 (27.63%) Microsoft
6 19 (25.00%) Degree
7 16 (21.05%) Finance
8 15 (19.74%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (19.74%) DevOps
8 15 (19.74%) Line Management
8 15 (19.74%) Continuous Improvement
8 15 (19.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (18.42%) Business Strategy
9 14 (18.42%) SaaS
9 14 (18.42%) Azure
10 13 (17.11%) PaaS
10 13 (17.11%) IaaS
10 13 (17.11%) Life Science
11 12 (15.79%) Marketing
11 12 (15.79%) Change Control
11 12 (15.79%) Project Management
11 12 (15.79%) Pharmaceutical
12 11 (14.47%) Service Management
12 11 (14.47%) Billing
12 11 (14.47%) Roadmaps
13 10 (13.16%) Project Delivery
13 10 (13.16%) Power Platform
13 10 (13.16%) Data Science
13 10 (13.16%) Power BI

Associate Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 7 (9.21%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.95%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (13.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (11.84%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (9.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (9.21%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 14 (18.42%) Azure
1 14 (18.42%) SaaS
2 13 (17.11%) IaaS
2 13 (17.11%) PaaS
3 10 (13.16%) Power Platform
4 9 (11.84%) Azure Stack
5 8 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (9.21%) OneDrive
6 7 (9.21%) Power Automate
6 7 (9.21%) PowerApps
6 7 (9.21%) ShareGate
7 1 (1.32%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (13.16%) Power BI
2 6 (7.89%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (6.58%) Data Mining
4 3 (3.95%) Spotfire
4 3 (3.95%) Tableau
5 1 (1.32%) Base SAS
5 1 (1.32%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 3 (3.95%) RStudio
General
1 30 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 16 (21.05%) Finance
3 15 (19.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (15.79%) Marketing
4 12 (15.79%) Pharmaceutical
5 11 (14.47%) Billing
6 6 (7.89%) Manufacturing
6 6 (7.89%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (5.26%) Law
7 4 (5.26%) Local Government
8 2 (2.63%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.32%) Automotive
9 1 (1.32%) Electronics
9 1 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.32%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.32%) React
1 1 (1.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.11%) Life Science
2 8 (10.53%) Blog
2 8 (10.53%) Cloud Native
3 7 (9.21%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (6.58%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.95%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.95%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (3.95%) Social Media
6 2 (2.63%) Biopharmaceutical
6 2 (2.63%) Data Structures
6 2 (2.63%) Pharmacovigilance
7 1 (1.32%) Blockchain
7 1 (1.32%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.32%) Molecular Biology
7 1 (1.32%) NHS
7 1 (1.32%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (31.58%) Business Development
2 23 (30.26%) Analytics
3 22 (28.95%) Agile
4 21 (27.63%) Data Management
5 15 (19.74%) Business Intelligence
5 15 (19.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (19.74%) DevOps
5 15 (19.74%) Line Management
6 14 (18.42%) Business Strategy
7 12 (15.79%) Change Control
7 12 (15.79%) Project Management
8 11 (14.47%) Roadmaps
8 11 (14.47%) Service Management
9 10 (13.16%) Data Science
9 10 (13.16%) Master Data Management
9 10 (13.16%) Project Delivery
9 10 (13.16%) Statistics
9 10 (13.16%) Visualisation
10 9 (11.84%) QMS
10 9 (11.84%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.58%) Python
2 3 (3.95%) SQL
3 2 (2.63%) C#
3 2 (2.63%) R
4 1 (1.32%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (25.00%) Degree
2 9 (11.84%) Master's Degree
3 7 (9.21%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (3.95%) Numerate Degree
6 2 (2.63%) MAPM
6 2 (2.63%) MRICS
6 2 (2.63%) PhD
6 2 (2.63%) Postgraduate
6 2 (2.63%) Security Cleared
7 1 (1.32%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.32%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.32%) CCSP
7 1 (1.32%) CIPD
7 1 (1.32%) CISA
7 1 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.32%) CISM
7 1 (1.32%) CISSP
7 1 (1.32%) CREST Certified
7 1 (1.32%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (13.16%) QA
2 5 (6.58%) Data Quality
3 3 (3.95%) SLA
4 2 (2.63%) Accessibility
4 2 (2.63%) GAAP
4 2 (2.63%) IFRS
4 2 (2.63%) PMO
5 1 (1.32%) CDISC
5 1 (1.32%) Good Clinical Practice
System Software
1 7 (9.21%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 21 (27.63%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.21%) Nintex
3 3 (3.95%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.32%) Databricks
4 1 (1.32%) NEC