Director of IT
UK

The median Director of IT salary in the UK is £88,560 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 821 908 1124
Rank change year-on-year +87 +216 -284
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Director 90 91 89
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.091% 0.088% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.096% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 79 48 61
10th Percentile £55,832 £58,750 -
25th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £88,560 £98,750 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.32% +3.95% -8.43%
75th Percentile £117,500 £125,000 £111,250
90th Percentile £145,000 £152,500 £120,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £76,000 £90,000 £78,500
% change year-on-year -15.56% +14.65% -12.78%

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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

IT Director
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Director in the UK

IT Director
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for IT Director in the UK

IT Director
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Director over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Director in the UK

IT Director
Top 13 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 4 May 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 +92 89 £88,560 -9.17% 19
UK excluding London +17 53 £76,000 -15.56% 14
London +101 35 £115,000 +15.00% 5
Work from Home +81 24 £110,000 -4.35% 8
Midlands +36 21 £75,000 -44.44% 2
West Midlands +31 17 £75,000 -44.44% 1
South East +21 16 £90,000 - 3
North of England +30 6 £90,000 -24.21% 6
South West - 6 £88,560 - 1
East of England +26 5 £70,000 -17.65% 2
North West +9 5 £75,000 - 4
East Midlands - 2 £105,000 - 1
Yorkshire +88 1 £100,000 -31.03% 2

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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.

1 29 (32.22%) Degree
1 29 (32.22%) IT Strategy
2 27 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (23.33%) Project Management
3 21 (23.33%) Technology Strategy
4 20 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 19 (21.11%) Finance
6 16 (17.78%) Service Delivery
6 16 (17.78%) Roadmaps
7 15 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
8 14 (15.56%) Strategic Planning
9 13 (14.44%) Computer Science
10 12 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
11 11 (12.22%) Line Management
12 10 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
12 10 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (10.00%) Decision-Making
13 9 (10.00%) Agile
13 9 (10.00%) Change Management
13 9 (10.00%) Management Information System
13 9 (10.00%) Microsoft
14 8 (8.89%) ITIL
14 8 (8.89%) Data Security
14 8 (8.89%) Service Management
14 8 (8.89%) TOGAF
14 8 (8.89%) Analytics
14 8 (8.89%) Business Strategy
14 8 (8.89%) Thought Leadership
15 7 (7.78%) Data Analytics

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.78%) SaaS
2 3 (3.33%) Power Platform
2 3 (3.33%) WhatsApp
3 1 (1.11%) AWS
3 1 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.33%) LAN
1 3 (3.33%) WAN
2 2 (2.22%) Internet
2 2 (2.22%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.33%) Power BI
2 2 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
General
1 20 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 19 (21.11%) Finance
3 10 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
4 5 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.44%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.44%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.22%) Banking
6 2 (2.22%) Legal
6 2 (2.22%) Retail
7 1 (1.11%) Automotive
7 1 (1.11%) Electronics
7 1 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.11%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.33%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.00%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.56%) CMDB
3 4 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.22%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.22%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.11%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.11%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.11%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (1.11%) Molecular Biology
6 1 (1.11%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.11%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (32.22%) IT Strategy
2 27 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
3 21 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (23.33%) Project Management
3 21 (23.33%) Technology Strategy
4 16 (17.78%) Roadmaps
4 16 (17.78%) Service Delivery
5 15 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
6 14 (15.56%) Strategic Planning
7 13 (14.44%) Computer Science
8 12 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (12.22%) Line Management
10 10 (11.11%) Artificial Intelligence
11 9 (10.00%) Agile
11 9 (10.00%) Change Management
11 9 (10.00%) Decision-Making
12 8 (8.89%) Business Strategy
12 8 (8.89%) Data Security
12 8 (8.89%) Service Management
12 8 (8.89%) Thought Leadership
Qualifications
1 29 (32.22%) Degree
2 5 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (4.44%) Master's Degree
4 3 (3.33%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (2.22%) RIBA
6 1 (1.11%) CISSP
6 1 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.11%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.44%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.33%) SLA
4 2 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.22%) GDPR
4 2 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.11%) NIST
Vendors
1 9 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (3.33%) Salesforce
2 3 (3.33%) SAP
3 2 (2.22%) Pega