Managing Director
UK

The median Managing Director salary in the UK is £100,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 881 980 1221
Rank change year-on-year +99 +241 -324
Permanent jobs requiring a Managing Director 13 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.001% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.001% 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 13 0 1
10th Percentile £92,500 - -
25th Percentile - - £135,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - £140,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +86.67%
75th Percentile £140,000 - £145,000
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 - -

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 93,899 92,293 151,422
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.47% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,283 58,235 84,441
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,627 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Managing Director
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Managing Director in the UK

Managing Director
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Managing Director in the UK

Managing Director
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Managing Director over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Managing Director in the UK

Managing Director
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Managing Director within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 - 12 £120,000 - 6
UK excluding London +8 6 £100,000 - 1
Work from Home - 6 £120,000 - 5
London - 6 £140,000 - 3
South East - 4 £100,000 - 1
West Midlands - 2 £67,500 -
Midlands - 2 £67,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Managing 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 Managing Director in the job title.

1 6 (46.15%) Finance
1 6 (46.15%) Police
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Customer Service
3 4 (30.77%) Customer Experience
3 4 (30.77%) Business Agility
3 4 (30.77%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (30.77%) Marketing
3 4 (30.77%) Service Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (23.08%) Strategic Thinking
4 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) GIS
4 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
5 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 2 (15.38%) Contract Negotiation
5 2 (15.38%) Product Strategy
5 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (15.38%) B2B
5 2 (15.38%) Legal
5 2 (15.38%) Cadence
5 2 (15.38%) Performance Measurement
5 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
6 1 (7.69%) Marketing Strategy
6 1 (7.69%) Business Transformation
6 1 (7.69%) People Management
6 1 (7.69%) React

Managing 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) GIS
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
1 6 (46.15%) Police
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Marketing
3 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
4 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Legal
4 2 (15.38%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Fire and Rescue
5 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Local Government
5 1 (7.69%) Publishing
5 1 (7.69%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Bulma
1 1 (7.69%) CSS
1 1 (7.69%) HTML
1 1 (7.69%) jQuery
1 1 (7.69%) React
1 1 (7.69%) Ruby on Rails
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Customer Service
2 4 (30.77%) Business Agility
2 4 (30.77%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (30.77%) Customer Experience
2 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (30.77%) Service Delivery
3 3 (23.08%) Decision-Making
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (15.38%) B2B
4 2 (15.38%) Contract Negotiation
4 2 (15.38%) Performance Measurement
4 2 (15.38%) Product Strategy
4 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
4 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
5 1 (7.69%) Agile
5 1 (7.69%) Digital Strategy
5 1 (7.69%) Project Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) Scrum
5 1 (7.69%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.69%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Cadence