IT Director Contracts in the UK excluding London

Director of IT
UK > UK excluding London

The median Director of IT daily rate in the UK excluding London is £900, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 398 420 497
Rank change year-on-year +22 +77 -56
Contract jobs requiring an IT Director 3 10 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.014% 0.044% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.047% 0.024%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 7
10th Percentile - £802 £669
25th Percentile £850 £833 £716
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £900 £950 £825
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +15.15% +32.00%
75th Percentile £1,075 £1,100 £950
90th Percentile £1,150 - £960
UK median daily rate £788 £900 £800
% change year-on-year -12.50% +12.50% +16.36%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,709 21,379 29,050
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 94.21% 95.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,751 14,853 20,421
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £593 £600 £575
90th Percentile £680 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,515 1,090 1,383
10th Percentile £12.63 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +7.82%
75th Percentile £62.83 £65.00 £47.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.68 £62.45
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

IT Director
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Director in the UK excluding London

IT Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Director in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for IT Director in the UK excluding London

IT Director
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Director within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands +18 2 £1,050 - 3
West Midlands +18 1 £900 - 2
North West +15 1 £900 - 1
South East +15 1 £1,200 - 2
North of England +14 1 £900 - 4
East Midlands - 1 £1,200 - 1
IT Director
UK

IT Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, IT Director contract 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 contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring IT Director in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Business Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Finance

IT Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Local Government
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Business Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Data Privacy
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Generative AI
2 1 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP