Head of IT Jobs with Work from Home Options

Head of Information Technology
UK > Work from Home

The median Head of Information Technology salary in Work from Home is £85,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 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
4 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 480 603 736
Rank change year-on-year +123 +133 -215
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 104 60 109
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.31% 0.14% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.15% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 97 51 84
10th Percentile £60,250 £55,933 £51,625
25th Percentile £63,000 £61,875 £55,548
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £82,000 £68,886
Median % change year-on-year +3.66% +19.04% -1.59%
75th Percentile £115,000 £110,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £123,749 £126,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £76,250 £72,500
% change year-on-year +4.92% +5.17% -6.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 32,422 40,723 66,198
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 96.03% 97.39%
Number of salaries quoted 24,878 28,925 42,092
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of IT
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Head of IT in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Head of IT trend for jobs with a WFH option

Head of IT
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Head of IT.

Head of IT salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Head of IT
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Head of IT over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Head of IT salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Head of IT Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 4 May 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 33 (31.73%) Finance
2 32 (30.77%) IT Strategy
3 29 (27.88%) Social Skills
4 26 (25.00%) Budget Management
4 26 (25.00%) ITIL
5 23 (22.12%) Roadmaps
6 22 (21.15%) Project Management
6 22 (21.15%) Service Delivery
6 22 (21.15%) Azure
7 21 (20.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 21 (20.19%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (18.27%) Agile
8 19 (18.27%) Cybersecurity
9 18 (17.31%) Mentoring
9 18 (17.31%) Digital Strategy
10 17 (16.35%) Microsoft
11 16 (15.38%) Information Security
11 16 (15.38%) Management Information System
11 16 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
11 16 (15.38%) Degree
12 15 (14.42%) Data Protection
12 15 (14.42%) ITSM
13 14 (13.46%) Risk Management
13 14 (13.46%) ERP
13 14 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
13 14 (13.46%) Customer Service
14 13 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
15 12 (11.54%) Active Directory
15 12 (11.54%) CRM
16 11 (10.58%) SQL

Head of IT Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 3 (2.88%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Carpe Diem
1 1 (0.96%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 22 (21.15%) Azure
2 16 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (0.96%) AWS
3 1 (0.96%) Entra ID
3 1 (0.96%) SaaS
3 1 (0.96%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.88%) Network Security
2 2 (1.92%) VPN
3 1 (0.96%) Firewall
3 1 (0.96%) LAN
3 1 (0.96%) NAS
3 1 (0.96%) SAN
3 1 (0.96%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.96%) WAN
General
1 33 (31.73%) Finance
2 29 (27.88%) Social Skills
3 14 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (10.58%) Public Sector
5 8 (7.69%) Legal
6 6 (5.77%) Banking
6 6 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.88%) Law
7 3 (2.88%) Turkish Language
8 2 (1.92%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.92%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.96%) Advertising
9 1 (0.96%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.81%) Freedom of Information
3 3 (2.88%) CMDB
3 3 (2.88%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.92%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.92%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.96%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.96%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.96%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.92%) Windows
2 1 (0.96%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (30.77%) IT Strategy
2 26 (25.00%) Budget Management
2 26 (25.00%) ITIL
3 23 (22.12%) Roadmaps
4 22 (21.15%) Project Management
4 22 (21.15%) Service Delivery
5 21 (20.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (20.19%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (18.27%) Agile
6 19 (18.27%) Cybersecurity
7 18 (17.31%) Digital Strategy
7 18 (17.31%) Mentoring
8 16 (15.38%) Information Security
9 15 (14.42%) Data Protection
9 15 (14.42%) ITSM
10 14 (13.46%) Customer Service
10 14 (13.46%) ERP
10 14 (13.46%) Risk Management
11 13 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
12 12 (11.54%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.58%) SQL
2 1 (0.96%) Bash
2 1 (0.96%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 16 (15.38%) Degree
2 7 (6.73%) SC Cleared
2 7 (6.73%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.77%) CISSP
4 5 (4.81%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (3.85%) CISA
5 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.88%) CISM
6 3 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.88%) MCSE
6 3 (2.88%) PMI Certification
6 3 (2.88%) PMP
7 2 (1.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (9.62%) GDPR
2 8 (7.69%) SLA
3 6 (5.77%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.88%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.92%) NIST
7 1 (0.96%) GRC
7 1 (0.96%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.96%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.96%) PMO
7 1 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (11.54%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 17 (16.35%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.92%) Cisco
2 2 (1.92%) Sage
3 1 (0.96%) Bloomberg
3 1 (0.96%) F5
3 1 (0.96%) Meraki
3 1 (0.96%) OneTrust
3 1 (0.96%) Palo Alto
3 1 (0.96%) Snow
3 1 (0.96%) VMware
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