Head of IT Jobs in Central London

Head of Information Technology
London > Central London

The median Head of Information Technology salary in Central London is £110,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2024.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 162 220 285
Rank change year-on-year +58 +65 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 28 13 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.73% 0.26% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.27% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 22 11 17
10th Percentile - £56,750 £72,500
25th Percentile £98,750 £69,750 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £110,000 £73,210 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.25% -13.87% +3.03%
75th Percentile £123,125 £84,375 £95,000
90th Percentile £140,000 £98,750 £101,000
London median annual salary £100,000 £86,250 £77,500
% change year-on-year +15.94% +11.29% -6.06%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 3,633 4,753 8,121
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.30% 96.02% 95.71%
Number of salaries quoted 2,746 3,925 6,408
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,750 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,744 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +3.10% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £93,063
90th Percentile £110,000 £112,500 £107,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Head of IT
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT in Central London

Head of IT
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of IT in Central London.

Salary trend for Head of IT in Central London

Head of IT
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of IT in Central London over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of IT in Central London

Head of IT
Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 11 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +65 28 £110,000 +50.25% 1
Southwark +21 1 £125,000 +73.61%
Head of IT
London

Head of IT Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 11 June 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 Central London region featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 12 (42.86%) Finance
1 12 (42.86%) Roadmaps
2 11 (39.29%) ITIL
3 9 (32.14%) Azure
3 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 8 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (28.57%) Agile
4 8 (28.57%) Windows
5 7 (25.00%) ITSM
5 7 (25.00%) Active Directory
5 7 (25.00%) Service Delivery
5 7 (25.00%) DevOps
6 6 (21.43%) Service Desk Management
6 6 (21.43%) Vulnerability Management
6 6 (21.43%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (21.43%) Critical Success Factor
6 6 (21.43%) IT Strategy
6 6 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (21.43%) Major Incident Management
6 6 (21.43%) Service Management
6 6 (21.43%) CRM
6 6 (21.43%) SLA
6 6 (21.43%) Statistical Analysis
6 6 (21.43%) Incident Management
6 6 (21.43%) Scrum
6 6 (21.43%) Kanban
7 5 (17.86%) AWS
7 5 (17.86%) Mac OS
7 5 (17.86%) Firewall

Head of IT Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.57%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (14.29%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 9 (32.14%) Azure
2 8 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (17.86%) AWS
4 4 (14.29%) Power Platform
5 2 (7.14%) WhatsApp
6 1 (3.57%) Mimecast
6 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) Firewall
1 5 (17.86%) VPN
2 1 (3.57%) DHCP
2 1 (3.57%) DNS
2 1 (3.57%) Network Security
2 1 (3.57%) SD-WAN
2 1 (3.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (14.29%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (10.71%) Organisational Skills
2 3 (10.71%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.14%) Financial Institution
4 1 (3.57%) Advertising
4 1 (3.57%) Law
4 1 (3.57%) Legal
4 1 (3.57%) Marketing
4 1 (3.57%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.57%) Derivative
2 1 (3.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (28.57%) Windows
2 5 (17.86%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) Roadmaps
2 11 (39.29%) ITIL
3 9 (32.14%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (28.57%) Agile
4 8 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 7 (25.00%) DevOps
5 7 (25.00%) ITSM
5 7 (25.00%) Service Delivery
6 6 (21.43%) Critical Success Factor
6 6 (21.43%) CRM
6 6 (21.43%) Incident Management
6 6 (21.43%) IT Strategy
6 6 (21.43%) Kanban
6 6 (21.43%) Major Incident Management
6 6 (21.43%) Scrum
6 6 (21.43%) Service Desk Management
6 6 (21.43%) Service Management
6 6 (21.43%) Statistical Analysis
6 6 (21.43%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (21.43%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (21.43%) SLA
2 1 (3.57%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (21.43%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (17.86%) AirWatch
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.57%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) CrowdStrike
1 5 (17.86%) LogicMonitor
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
1 5 (17.86%) Okta
1 5 (17.86%) Palo Alto
2 4 (14.29%) Talend
3 1 (3.57%) Cisco
3 1 (3.57%) Meraki
3 1 (3.57%) Sophis
3 1 (3.57%) Zscaler