Director of Technology
UK
The median Director of Technology salary in the UK is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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 31 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 685 | 827 | 931 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +142 | +104 | +228 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Technology Director | 17 | 80 | 37 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.030% | 0.077% | 0.039% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.034% | 0.081% | 0.042% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 8 | 32 | 25 |
| 10th Percentile | £91,250 | £65,239 | £97,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £98,750 | £67,387 | £107,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £100,000 | £90,000 | £117,800 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -23.60% | +27.35% |
| 75th Percentile | £101,250 | £131,563 | £125,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £117,000 | £168,250 | £141,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £100,000 | £80,000 | £117,800 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -32.09% | +7.09% |
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 | 50,444 | 98,297 | 87,491 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.33% | 94.81% | 91.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,384 | 69,991 | 55,965 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,748 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.49% |
Technology Director
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Technology Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Technology Director
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technology Director.
Technology Director
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Technology Director over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
Technology 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 Technology Director within the UK over the 6 months to 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +130 | 13 | £100,000 | +11.11% | 44 |
| UK excluding London | +133 | 9 | £100,000 | +25.00% | 18 |
| Work from Home | +116 | 5 | £140,000 | +75.00% | 17 |
| Midlands | +56 | 5 | £100,000 | +44.44% | 3 |
| West Midlands | +48 | 5 | £100,000 | +44.44% | 1 |
| South East | +73 | 4 | £100,000 | -31.62% | 5 |
| London | +90 | 2 | £140,000 | +27.27% | 28 |
Technology Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Technology 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 Technology Director in the job title.
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Technology 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: