Technology Director Jobs

Director of Technology
UK

The median Director of Technology salary in the UK is £115,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2024.

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

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 754 787 1111
Rank change year-on-year +33 +324 -139
Permanent jobs requiring a Technology Director 51 25 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.062% 0.039% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.041% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 22 16 30
10th Percentile £66,750 £100,000 £72,853
25th Percentile £83,125 £103,750 £76,135
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £120,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £163,750 £184,000 £103,750
90th Percentile £170,000 £200,000 £121,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £102,500 £115,000 £105,000
% change year-on-year -10.87% +9.52% +23.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 78,816 60,475 146,850
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.49% 94.54% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 44,448 44,203 82,221
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £44,186
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £97,500 £97,290
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%

Technology Director
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technology Director in the UK

Technology Director
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technology Director in the UK

Technology Director
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technology Director over the 6 months to 20 September 2024.

Salary histogram for Technology Director in the UK

Technology Director
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technology Director within the UK over the 6 months to 20 September 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
England +6 45 £120,000 - 25
UK excluding London -20 30 £102,500 -10.87% 7
London +29 18 £122,500 +2.08% 20
Work from Home +29 16 £110,000 -29.94% 17
Midlands -16 10 £85,000 -41.38% 1
East Midlands - 7 £85,000 - 1
South West - 6 £60,000 -
South East -22 5 £160,000 +68.42% 4
Scotland - 5 - -
North of England 0 4 £120,000 - 2
West Midlands -17 3 £65,000 -55.17%
North West - 3 £120,000 - 1
Yorkshire +13 1 - - 1

Technology Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 September 2024, Technology 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 featuring Technology Director in the job title.

1 20 (39.22%) Agile
2 18 (35.29%) Finance
3 17 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 17 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 16 (31.37%) Degree
5 13 (25.49%) Roadmaps
6 12 (23.53%) Technology Strategy
6 12 (23.53%) Computer Science
6 12 (23.53%) Technology Roadmap
6 12 (23.53%) IT Strategy
7 10 (19.61%) Java
8 9 (17.65%) Product Management
8 9 (17.65%) Software Engineering
9 8 (15.69%) Marketing
9 8 (15.69%) Law
9 8 (15.69%) Information Management
9 8 (15.69%) SDLC
9 8 (15.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (13.73%) Business Strategy
10 7 (13.73%) Product Ownership
10 7 (13.73%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (13.73%) Cloud Native
10 7 (13.73%) Matrix Organization
10 7 (13.73%) Operational Stability
10 7 (13.73%) Change Management
10 7 (13.73%) Microsoft
10 7 (13.73%) Mathematics
11 6 (11.76%) AWS
11 6 (11.76%) Local Government
11 6 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence

Technology 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.92%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.76%) AWS
2 5 (9.80%) Azure
2 5 (9.80%) GCP
3 2 (3.92%) Azure Stack
3 2 (3.92%) FinancialForce
3 2 (3.92%) IaaS
3 2 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (3.92%) PaaS
3 2 (3.92%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.92%) SaaS
4 1 (1.96%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) Power BI
General
1 18 (35.29%) Finance
2 17 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 8 (15.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (15.69%) Law
3 8 (15.69%) Marketing
4 6 (11.76%) Local Government
5 5 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.88%) Games
7 2 (3.92%) Billing
7 2 (3.92%) Retail
8 1 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.96%) Legal
8 1 (1.96%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.88%) RESTful
1 3 (5.88%) Ruby on Rails
1 3 (5.88%) Spring
1 3 (5.88%) Spring Boot
1 3 (5.88%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 3 (5.88%) Web Services
2 2 (3.92%) React
2 2 (3.92%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) Cloud Native
1 7 (13.73%) Product Ownership
2 4 (7.84%) Client/Server
3 3 (5.88%) Housing Association
3 3 (5.88%) Mobile Games
4 2 (3.92%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (39.22%) Agile
2 17 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 13 (25.49%) Roadmaps
4 12 (23.53%) Computer Science
4 12 (23.53%) IT Strategy
4 12 (23.53%) Technology Roadmap
4 12 (23.53%) Technology Strategy
5 9 (17.65%) Product Management
5 9 (17.65%) Software Engineering
6 8 (15.69%) Information Management
6 8 (15.69%) SDLC
7 7 (13.73%) Business Strategy
7 7 (13.73%) Change Management
7 7 (13.73%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (13.73%) Mathematics
7 7 (13.73%) Matrix Organization
7 7 (13.73%) Operational Stability
8 6 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (11.76%) Product Roadmap
8 6 (11.76%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 10 (19.61%) Java
2 3 (5.88%) C#
2 3 (5.88%) Ruby
3 2 (3.92%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.92%) Python
3 2 (3.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 16 (31.37%) Degree
2 4 (7.84%) AWS Certification
2 4 (7.84%) Master's Degree
3 3 (5.88%) AWS Certified Developer
4 1 (1.96%) PhD
4 1 (1.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.80%) QA
2 1 (1.96%) COBIT
Vendors
1 7 (13.73%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.80%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.92%) Google
3 2 (3.92%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud