IT Director Jobs in England

Director of IT
UK > England

The median Director of IT salary in England is £88,560 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 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
18 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 773 810 1082
Rank change year-on-year +37 +272 -225
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Director 90 84 104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.094% 0.10% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.11% 0.075%
Number of salaries quoted 75 53 63
10th Percentile £55,832 £60,500 £70,000
25th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £70,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £88,560 £90,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% -5.26% -12.64%
75th Percentile £118,750 £125,000 £111,875
90th Percentile £145,000 £154,500 £124,750
UK median annual salary £88,560 £90,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -1.60% -5.26% -12.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

IT Director
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Director in England

IT Director
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Director in England.

Salary trend for IT Director in England

IT Director
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Director in England over the 6 months to 18 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Director in England

IT Director
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Director within the England region over the 6 months to 18 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
London +81 35 £115,000 +17.95% 8
Midlands -18 23 £75,000 -55.88% 4
West Midlands +5 19 £75,000 -55.88% 3
North of England +13 11 £85,000 +13.33% 5
South East -31 10 £82,500 -8.33% 2
South West -34 7 £88,560 +18.08%
North West -22 6 £72,500 -3.33% 1
Yorkshire +68 5 £92,500 -33.93% 3
East of England -7 4 £70,000 -17.65% 1
East Midlands - 3 £105,000 - 1
IT Director
UK

IT Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 June 2024, IT Director 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 England region featuring IT Director in the job title.

1 33 (36.67%) Degree
2 30 (33.33%) IT Strategy
3 28 (31.11%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (25.56%) Technology Strategy
5 20 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (22.22%) Project Management
6 18 (20.00%) Finance
6 18 (20.00%) Social Skills
7 15 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
7 15 (16.67%) Service Delivery
8 13 (14.44%) Strategic Planning
8 13 (14.44%) Roadmaps
9 12 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
9 12 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
9 12 (13.33%) Computer Science
10 10 (11.11%) Decision-Making
10 10 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (10.00%) Project Delivery
11 9 (10.00%) Analytics
11 9 (10.00%) Data Security
11 9 (10.00%) Microsoft
12 8 (8.89%) ITIL
12 8 (8.89%) Change Management
12 8 (8.89%) Agile
12 8 (8.89%) TOGAF
12 8 (8.89%) Data Analytics
12 8 (8.89%) Line Management
12 8 (8.89%) Thought Leadership
13 7 (7.78%) Digital Strategy
13 7 (7.78%) Business Strategy

IT Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.78%) SaaS
2 4 (4.44%) Power Platform
2 4 (4.44%) WhatsApp
3 1 (1.11%) AWS
3 1 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.11%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.67%) LAN
1 6 (6.67%) WAN
2 5 (5.56%) Structured Cabling
2 5 (5.56%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (2.22%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.44%) Power BI
2 1 (1.11%) Data Warehouse
General
1 18 (20.00%) Finance
1 18 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
3 5 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (4.44%) Banking
4 4 (4.44%) Public Sector
4 4 (4.44%) Retail
5 2 (2.22%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.11%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.11%) Automotive
6 1 (1.11%) Electronics
6 1 (1.11%) Legal
6 1 (1.11%) Local Government
6 1 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.11%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.44%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.78%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.56%) CMDB
3 3 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.22%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.11%) Educational Technology
5 1 (1.11%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.11%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (1.11%) Molecular Biology
5 1 (1.11%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.11%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.11%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (33.33%) IT Strategy
2 28 (31.11%) Cybersecurity
3 23 (25.56%) Technology Strategy
4 20 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (22.22%) Project Management
5 15 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 15 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
6 13 (14.44%) Roadmaps
6 13 (14.44%) Strategic Planning
7 12 (13.33%) Artificial Intelligence
7 12 (13.33%) Computer Science
7 12 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (11.11%) Decision-Making
9 9 (10.00%) Analytics
9 9 (10.00%) Data Security
9 9 (10.00%) Project Delivery
10 8 (8.89%) Agile
10 8 (8.89%) Change Management
10 8 (8.89%) ITIL
10 8 (8.89%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 33 (36.67%) Degree
2 5 (5.56%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (5.56%) RIBA
3 4 (4.44%) Master's Degree
4 3 (3.33%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.11%) CISSP
6 1 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.11%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.11%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.44%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.33%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.22%) GDPR
3 2 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.11%) GRC
4 1 (1.11%) NIST
4 1 (1.11%) QA
4 1 (1.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.44%) Salesforce
2 4 (4.44%) SAP
3 3 (3.33%) Pega