Technical Director
UK
The median Technical Director salary in the UK is £120,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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 11 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 682 | 895 | 967 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +213 | +72 | +176 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Director | 24 | 3 | 14 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.044% | 0.003% | 0.014% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.048% | 0.003% | 0.015% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £104,500 | £55,250 | £96,875 |
| 25th Percentile | £115,000 | £57,500 | £99,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £120,000 | £65,000 | £110,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +84.62% | -40.91% | +37.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £127,500 | £72,500 | £116,875 |
| 90th Percentile | £138,000 | £74,750 | £118,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £125,000 | £65,000 | - |
| % change year-on-year | +92.31% | - | - |
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 | 49,511 | 93,886 | 92,389 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.48% | 94.63% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,626 | 67,255 | 58,266 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,443 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.41% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Technical Director
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Technical Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Technical Director
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Director.
Technical Director
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Director over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.
Technical 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 Technical Director within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK excluding London | +201 | 17 | £125,000 | +92.31% | 14 |
| England | +171 | 15 | £125,000 | +92.31% | 29 |
| Work from Home | +169 | 14 | £120,000 | - | 12 |
| North of England | - | 5 | £137,500 | - | 2 |
| South East | +104 | 4 | £105,000 | +82.61% | 7 |
| Midlands | +67 | 3 | - | - | 2 |
| Scotland | - | 3 | - | - | |
| North West | - | 3 | £137,500 | - | 2 |
| East Midlands | +45 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| South West | - | 2 | - | - | 3 |
| North East | - | 2 | - | - | |
| London | +110 | 1 | - | - | 15 |
| West Midlands | - | 1 | - | - |
Technical Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, Technical 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 Technical Director in the job title.
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Technical 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: