Head of IT Job Trends in West London

Head of Information Technology
London > West London

The median Head of Information Technology salary in West London is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 49 43
Rank change year-on-year +12 -6 +74
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 1 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in West London 0.31% 0.29% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.30% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92,500 £116,250 £116,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £122,500 £122,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.45% - +11.36%
75th Percentile £97,500 £128,750 £128,750
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £92,250 £87,500 £95,000
% change year-on-year +5.43% -7.89% +11.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West London. 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 West London with a recognized job title 280 330 311
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.69% 97.06% 93.67%
Number of salaries quoted 207 171 259
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £42,714
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,250 £87,500 £85,500
London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%

Head of IT
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Head of IT' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West London.

Head of IT job vacancy trend in West London

Head of IT
Salary Trend in West London

Salary distribution trend for Head of IT job vacancies in West London.

Salary distribution trend for Head of IT job vacancies in West London

Head of IT Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, Head of IT job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the West London region featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CASB
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Head of IT Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Security
1 1 (100.00%) Due Diligence
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (100.00%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISA
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) CASB
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM