Head of IT Jobs in the UK excluding London

Head of Information Technology
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of Information Technology salary in the UK excluding London is £74,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 556 638 708
Rank change year-on-year +82 +70 -116
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 212 132 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.22% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.25% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 182 67 109
10th Percentile £52,011 £54,400 £49,550
25th Percentile £62,500 £57,500 £54,223
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% +7.14% -4.76%
75th Percentile £93,750 £91,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £114,750 £113,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year +6.67% +1.69% -4.84%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 68,862 52,395 69,656
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.16% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 48,635 29,827 42,609
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,250 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +6.13% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of IT
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT in the UK excluding London

Head of IT
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of IT in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Head of IT in the UK excluding London

Head of IT
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of IT in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of IT in the UK excluding London

Head of IT
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
North of England +98 100 £70,000 +5.66% 6
North West +51 66 £70,000 -12.50% 5
Midlands 0 32 £75,000 +15.76% 5
Yorkshire +89 30 £110,000 +76.71%
East of England +27 30 £90,000 +20.00% 2
West Midlands +18 27 £75,000 +15.38% 3
South West -17 20 £65,500 +6.94% 1
South East +5 18 £82,500 - 11
Wales +14 7 £52,508 -
East Midlands -6 5 £60,000 -26.15% 2
North East -5 4 £93,500 +91.79% 1
Scotland -64 3 £90,000 +1.41% 3
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
Head of IT
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 67 (31.60%) Social Skills
2 65 (30.66%) IT Strategy
3 56 (26.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 51 (24.06%) Project Management
5 47 (22.17%) ITIL
6 43 (20.28%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (19.81%) ERP
7 42 (19.81%) Finance
8 39 (18.40%) Service Delivery
9 38 (17.92%) Microsoft
10 37 (17.45%) Roadmaps
11 36 (16.98%) Budget Management
12 33 (15.57%) Microsoft 365
13 31 (14.62%) Azure
13 31 (14.62%) ITSM
13 31 (14.62%) Retail
13 31 (14.62%) Degree
14 30 (14.15%) Stakeholder Management
14 30 (14.15%) Analytical Skills
15 29 (13.68%) Service Management
16 28 (13.21%) SLA
16 28 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
17 27 (12.74%) Manufacturing
17 27 (12.74%) Management Information System
17 27 (12.74%) VMware
18 25 (11.79%) CRM
19 24 (11.32%) Collaborative Culture
20 23 (10.85%) Customer Service
20 23 (10.85%) Disaster Recovery
21 22 (10.38%) Risk Management

Head of IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (3.77%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.89%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.42%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.47%) Epicor Vantage
3 1 (0.47%) Magento
3 1 (0.47%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 33 (15.57%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (14.62%) Azure
3 9 (4.25%) AWS
4 6 (2.83%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (2.36%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.42%) Commercetools
6 3 (1.42%) SaaS
6 3 (1.42%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 2 (0.94%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.47%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.13%) LAN
2 11 (5.19%) Firewall
2 11 (5.19%) WAN
3 9 (4.25%) VPN
3 9 (4.25%) WLAN
4 7 (3.30%) Broadband
5 6 (2.83%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (2.36%) VoIP
7 3 (1.42%) Network Security
8 2 (0.94%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.47%) SAN
9 1 (0.47%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.36%) Power BI
2 4 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.89%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.94%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.47%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (1.42%) JIRA
General
1 67 (31.60%) Social Skills
2 42 (19.81%) Finance
3 31 (14.62%) Retail
4 30 (14.15%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (12.74%) Manufacturing
6 18 (8.49%) Influencing Skills
6 18 (8.49%) Public Sector
7 11 (5.19%) Telecoms
8 10 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.83%) Back Office
9 6 (2.83%) Banking
9 6 (2.83%) Legal
10 4 (1.89%) Automotive
10 4 (1.89%) Marketing
11 3 (1.42%) Games
11 3 (1.42%) Turkish Language
12 2 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.47%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.74%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.60%) FMCG
3 8 (3.77%) Driving Licence
3 8 (3.77%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.30%) PMI
5 6 (2.83%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (2.36%) Freedom of Information
7 3 (1.42%) CMDB
8 2 (0.94%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.94%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.94%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.47%) CCTV
9 1 (0.47%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Licensing
9 1 (0.47%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.47%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.60%) Windows
2 11 (5.19%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.77%) Linux
4 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (30.66%) IT Strategy
2 56 (26.42%) Continuous Improvement
3 51 (24.06%) Project Management
4 47 (22.17%) ITIL
5 43 (20.28%) Cybersecurity
6 42 (19.81%) ERP
7 39 (18.40%) Service Delivery
8 37 (17.45%) Roadmaps
9 36 (16.98%) Budget Management
10 31 (14.62%) ITSM
11 30 (14.15%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (13.68%) Service Management
13 28 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
14 25 (11.79%) CRM
15 24 (11.32%) Collaborative Culture
16 23 (10.85%) Customer Service
16 23 (10.85%) Disaster Recovery
17 22 (10.38%) Risk Management
18 20 (9.43%) Information Security
18 20 (9.43%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 21 (9.91%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (14.62%) Degree
2 13 (6.13%) PMI Certification
3 7 (3.30%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.30%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.83%) CISSP
4 6 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.83%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (2.83%) PMP
5 4 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.42%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.42%) MCSE
7 1 (0.47%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.47%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (13.21%) SLA
2 21 (9.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (8.02%) GDPR
4 8 (3.77%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.42%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.42%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.94%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.94%) NIST
7 1 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.47%) GRC
7 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.47%) PMO
7 1 (0.47%) QA
7 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (9.91%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.42%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.47%) Backup Exec
2 1 (0.47%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 38 (17.92%) Microsoft
2 27 (12.74%) VMware
3 14 (6.60%) SAP
4 6 (2.83%) Veeam
5 4 (1.89%) Oracle
6 3 (1.42%) Sage
6 3 (1.42%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.94%) Cisco
7 2 (0.94%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.94%) Meraki
8 1 (0.47%) Avaya
8 1 (0.47%) Epicor
8 1 (0.47%) Google
8 1 (0.47%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.47%) Snow
8 1 (0.47%) Sophos
8 1 (0.47%) Spiceworks
8 1 (0.47%) Symantec