Head of IT Jobs in the West Midlands

Head of Information Technology
England > West Midlands

The median Head of Information Technology salary in the West Midlands is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 233 257 257
Rank change year-on-year +24 0 -39
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 27 22 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.37% 0.33% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.36% 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 25 12 18
10th Percentile £64,108 £56,750 £53,750
25th Percentile £70,000 £61,250 £62,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £64,791 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.76% -7.44% +7.30%
75th Percentile £96,250 £83,750 £103,125
90th Percentile £105,000 £111,875 £105,000
England median annual salary £82,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +3.45% -6.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,806 6,079 6,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.99% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,153 3,364 4,759
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,912 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Head of IT
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Head of IT in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT in the West Midlands

Head of IT
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of IT in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Head of IT in the West Midlands

Head of IT
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of IT in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of IT in the West Midlands

Head of IT
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of IT within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Birmingham -2 17 £92,500 +42.31% 4
Shropshire - 4 £75,000 -
Staffordshire -17 2 £55,000 -33.33%
Warwickshire +50 1 £75,000 +20.00%
Worcestershire - 1 £105,000 -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £61,000 -
Head of IT
England

Head of IT Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Head of IT 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 18 (66.67%) Project Management
2 17 (62.96%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (51.85%) IT Strategy
4 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
5 11 (40.74%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (40.74%) Disaster Recovery
5 11 (40.74%) Management Information System
6 10 (37.04%) Business Continuity
6 10 (37.04%) Degree
6 10 (37.04%) Decision-Making
6 10 (37.04%) Mentoring
7 9 (33.33%) Coaching
7 9 (33.33%) Business Continuity Planning
7 9 (33.33%) Finance
8 8 (29.63%) Security Management
8 8 (29.63%) Information Security
9 7 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (14.81%) Asset Management
10 4 (14.81%) TOGAF
10 4 (14.81%) Strategic Planning
10 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (14.81%) Agile
10 4 (14.81%) ITIL
10 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
10 4 (14.81%) Project Delivery
10 4 (14.81%) Budget Management
11 3 (11.11%) Supplier Relationship Management
11 3 (11.11%) Accessibility
11 3 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
11 3 (11.11%) SIAM

Head of IT Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (3.70%) Confluence
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Epicor Vantage
Cloud Services
1 2 (7.41%) Azure
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 12 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 11 (40.74%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (33.33%) Finance
4 3 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 3 (11.11%) Turkish Language
5 2 (7.41%) Retail
6 1 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 11 (40.74%) Management Information System
2 3 (11.11%) CMDB
3 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
1 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
1 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) Project Management
2 17 (62.96%) Cybersecurity
3 14 (51.85%) IT Strategy
4 11 (40.74%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (37.04%) Business Continuity
5 10 (37.04%) Decision-Making
5 10 (37.04%) Mentoring
6 9 (33.33%) Business Continuity Planning
6 9 (33.33%) Coaching
7 8 (29.63%) Information Security
7 8 (29.63%) Security Management
8 7 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (14.81%) Agile
9 4 (14.81%) Asset Management
9 4 (14.81%) ITIL
9 4 (14.81%) Project Delivery
9 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
9 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (14.81%) Strategic Planning
9 4 (14.81%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) Degree
2 3 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.70%) PMI Certification
3 1 (3.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 2 (7.41%) ISO 22301
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (3.70%) ISO 9001
3 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.70%) NIST
3 1 (3.70%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) Epicor