Director of IT
UK
The median Director of IT daily rate in the UK is £788 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 568 | 659 | 816 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +91 | +157 | -109 |
| Contract jobs requiring an IT Director | 7 | 23 | 22 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.016% | 0.041% | 0.025% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.018% | 0.043% | 0.026% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 12 | 20 |
| 10th Percentile | £638 | £719 | £586 |
| 25th Percentile | £656 | £808 | £664 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £788 | £900 | £788 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | +14.29% | +14.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £950 | £1,100 | £956 |
| 90th Percentile | £1,050 | - | £1,148 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £900 | £950 | £825 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.26% | +15.15% | +32.00% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 39,969 | 53,015 | 83,520 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.83% | 94.58% | 95.35% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,870 | 37,031 | 58,844 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £409 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +7.69% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +5.26% | +10.21% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,841 | 1,476 | 1,963 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.06 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £24.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +83.67% | +12.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.60 | £65.75 | £49.33 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £76.13 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +5.26% |
IT Director
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured IT Director in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
IT Director
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Director.
IT Director
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Director over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
IT Director
Top 10 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +75 | 7 | £788 | -12.50% | 20 |
| Work from Home | +102 | 3 | £675 | -32.50% | 7 |
| London | +85 | 3 | £675 | -25.00% | 3 |
| UK excluding London | +31 | 3 | £900 | -5.26% | 19 |
| Midlands | +24 | 2 | £1,050 | - | 3 |
| North West | +21 | 1 | £900 | - | 1 |
| North of England | +20 | 1 | £900 | - | 6 |
| West Midlands | +14 | 1 | £900 | - | 2 |
| South East | +11 | 1 | £1,200 | - | 6 |
| East Midlands | - | 1 | £1,200 | - | 1 |
IT Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 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 featuring IT Director in the job title.
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IT Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: