Director of IT
UK
The median Director of IT salary in the UK is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 August 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 658 | 706 | 790 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +48 | +84 | +381 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an IT Director | 63 | 115 | 54 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.10% | 0.13% | 0.074% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.14% | 0.080% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 42 | 70 | 48 |
| 10th Percentile | £85,000 | £57,932 | £67,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £95,000 | £79,688 | £75,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £100,000 | £95,000 | £90,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | +5.56% | -10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £110,000 | £135,938 | £120,625 |
| 90th Percentile | £135,000 | £148,875 | £172,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £97,500 | £88,030 | £90,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +10.76% | -2.19% | - |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 54,974 | 82,471 | 67,495 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.18% | 95.18% | 92.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 30,194 | 52,664 | 47,988 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,750 | £30,000 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £40,000 | £44,420 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -8.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,000 | £71,991 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £91,250 | £90,933 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -6.54% | +1.90% |
IT Director
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Director
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Director.
IT Director
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Director over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.
IT 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 IT Director within the UK over the 6 months to 18 August 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 |
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| England | +36 | 61 | £100,000 | +5.26% | 26 |
| London | +47 | 33 | £100,000 | -20.00% | 18 |
| UK excluding London | +68 | 28 | £97,500 | +10.76% | 12 |
| North of England | +8 | 11 | £95,000 | +8.57% | 6 |
| Work from Home | +13 | 10 | £100,000 | -16.67% | 12 |
| Yorkshire | +14 | 9 | £95,000 | +8.57% | 2 |
| South East | +17 | 8 | £100,000 | +15.94% | 6 |
| South West | +67 | 4 | £130,000 | +46.79% | |
| East of England | -17 | 3 | £110,000 | - | |
| Midlands | +34 | 2 | £93,750 | +61.94% | |
| West Midlands | +29 | 2 | £93,750 | +66.57% | |
| North West | -21 | 2 | £100,000 | +14.29% | 4 |
IT Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 August 2025, IT 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 IT Director in the job title.
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IT 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:
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