Director of Technology
UK

The median Director of Technology salary in the UK is £170,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

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 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 720 996 1016
Rank change year-on-year +276 +20 -284
Permanent jobs requiring a Technology Director 21 80 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.039% 0.065% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.068% 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 12 37 43
10th Percentile £104,550 £84,100 £77,500
25th Percentile £116,250 £100,000 £82,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £170,000 £102,500 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +65.85% -2.38% -16.00%
75th Percentile £188,000 £127,500 £131,250
90th Percentile £200,000 £145,000 £139,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £147,500 £112,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +31.11% +32.35% -8.11%

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 50,797 118,142 122,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.42% 95.32% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 37,144 73,821 84,079
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

Technology Director
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technology Director in the UK

Technology Director
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technology Director in the UK

Technology Director
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technology Director over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Technology Director in the UK

Technology Director
Top 10 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 4 December 2023. 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 +277 18 £165,000 +60.98% 17
London +215 12 £165,000 +60.98% 12
Work from Home +238 11 £184,000 +79.51% 4
UK excluding London +242 8 £147,500 +31.11% 5
North of England +149 4 - -
Yorkshire - 4 - -
Scotland - 2 - -
Midlands - 1 £120,000 -
South West - 1 £175,000 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £120,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 4 December 2023, 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.

1 11 (52.38%) Finance
2 8 (38.10%) Technology Strategy
3 7 (33.33%) Analytics
4 6 (28.57%) IT Strategy
4 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 6 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (28.57%) Agile
4 6 (28.57%) Degree
4 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
5 5 (23.81%) Product Management
5 5 (23.81%) Retail
5 5 (23.81%) ITIL
6 4 (19.05%) SOA
6 4 (19.05%) PMP
6 4 (19.05%) PMI Certification
6 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
6 4 (19.05%) MBA
6 4 (19.05%) Project Management
6 4 (19.05%) TOGAF
6 4 (19.05%) Software Engineering
6 4 (19.05%) Strategic Planning
6 4 (19.05%) Marketing
6 4 (19.05%) Contract Negotiation
6 4 (19.05%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 4 (19.05%) Master's Degree
6 4 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (19.05%) Creative Thinking
6 4 (19.05%) Innovative Thinking
6 4 (19.05%) Performance Monitoring

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.52%) Apache
Business Applications
1 2 (9.52%) IBM Planning Analytics
1 2 (9.52%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) SAP Fieldglass
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (52.38%) Finance
2 6 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
2 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 5 (23.81%) Retail
4 4 (19.05%) Marketing
5 2 (9.52%) Banking
5 2 (9.52%) Billing
5 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (9.52%) Law
5 2 (9.52%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Multimedia
6 1 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
2 3 (14.29%) Product Ownership
3 2 (9.52%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (9.52%) Cloud Native
3 2 (9.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (9.52%) Mobile App
3 2 (9.52%) Taxonomies
3 2 (9.52%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (4.76%) Educational Technology
4 1 (4.76%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Android
1 2 (9.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Technology Strategy
2 7 (33.33%) Analytics
3 6 (28.57%) Agile
3 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 6 (28.57%) IT Strategy
3 6 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (23.81%) ITIL
4 5 (23.81%) Product Management
5 4 (19.05%) Budget Management
5 4 (19.05%) Business Case
5 4 (19.05%) Business Strategy
5 4 (19.05%) Contract Negotiation
5 4 (19.05%) Customer Experience
5 4 (19.05%) Performance Monitoring
5 4 (19.05%) Project Management
5 4 (19.05%) Roadmaps
5 4 (19.05%) SOA
5 4 (19.05%) Software Engineering
5 4 (19.05%) Strategic Planning
5 4 (19.05%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) Python
2 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Degree
2 4 (19.05%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (19.05%) Master's Degree
2 4 (19.05%) MBA
2 4 (19.05%) PMI Certification
2 4 (19.05%) PMP
3 2 (9.52%) ACCA
3 2 (9.52%) CISA
3 2 (9.52%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (9.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (9.52%) ITGC
1 2 (9.52%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Databricks
1 2 (9.52%) IBM
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
1 2 (9.52%) Oracle
2 1 (4.76%) Ariba
2 1 (4.76%) SAP