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 £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 550 629 728
Rank change year-on-year +79 +99 -129
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 232 99 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.18% 0.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.20% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 189 74 112
10th Percentile £50,000 £55,280 £51,250
25th Percentile £60,250 £59,375 £54,223
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £93,750 £89,375 £87,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £105,000 £99,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,750
% change year-on-year - -0.99% +1.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
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 12 June 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 12 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
North of England +94 108 £70,000 +3.70% 9
North West +44 75 £67,500 -18.18% 5
Midlands -20 36 £75,000 +15.38% 6
East of England +11 31 £90,000 +20.00% 3
West Midlands +5 31 £75,000 +11.11% 3
Yorkshire +77 28 £85,000 +30.77% 3
South East -28 21 £82,500 +10.00% 2
South West -34 21 £65,500 +4.80% 5
Wales - 7 £52,508 - 2
Scotland -69 6 £64,250 -26.57%
East Midlands -26 5 £60,000 -26.15% 3
North East - 5 £93,500 - 1
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 12 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 UK excluding London region featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 68 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 66 (28.45%) IT Strategy
3 56 (24.14%) Project Management
4 55 (23.71%) Continuous Improvement
5 52 (22.41%) ITIL
6 45 (19.40%) Cybersecurity
7 43 (18.53%) ERP
8 40 (17.24%) Azure
9 39 (16.81%) Microsoft
9 39 (16.81%) Roadmaps
10 38 (16.38%) Finance
10 38 (16.38%) Microsoft 365
11 36 (15.52%) Budget Management
12 35 (15.09%) Service Delivery
13 33 (14.22%) Degree
13 33 (14.22%) Problem-Solving
14 32 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
15 31 (13.36%) Retail
16 28 (12.07%) Manufacturing
16 28 (12.07%) SLA
17 27 (11.64%) ITSM
17 27 (11.64%) Management Information System
18 26 (11.21%) CRM
19 25 (10.78%) Service Management
19 25 (10.78%) VMware
20 24 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
21 23 (9.91%) Customer Service
22 22 (9.48%) SQL
22 22 (9.48%) Stakeholder Management
22 22 (9.48%) Mentoring

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 11 (4.74%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.43%) CMS
3 1 (0.43%) Confluence
3 1 (0.43%) Moodle
3 1 (0.43%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.72%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.29%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.43%) Epicor Vantage
3 1 (0.43%) Magento
3 1 (0.43%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 40 (17.24%) Azure
2 38 (16.38%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (4.74%) AWS
4 6 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (2.16%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.29%) Commercetools
6 3 (1.29%) SaaS
6 3 (1.29%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 2 (0.86%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.43%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.43%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.43%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.43%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.03%) Firewall
2 13 (5.60%) LAN
3 11 (4.74%) WAN
4 10 (4.31%) VPN
5 9 (3.88%) WLAN
6 7 (3.02%) Broadband
7 6 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (2.16%) VoIP
9 3 (1.29%) Network Security
10 2 (0.86%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.43%) SAN
11 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.43%) VLAN
11 1 (0.43%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.16%) Power BI
2 4 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.72%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.86%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.43%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.43%) FileMaker
4 1 (0.43%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (1.29%) JIRA
General
1 68 (29.31%) Social Skills
2 38 (16.38%) Finance
3 32 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (13.36%) Retail
5 28 (12.07%) Manufacturing
6 19 (8.19%) Public Sector
7 17 (7.33%) Influencing Skills
8 12 (5.17%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (4.74%) Telecoms
10 7 (3.02%) Legal
11 6 (2.59%) Back Office
12 4 (1.72%) Automotive
12 4 (1.72%) Marketing
13 3 (1.29%) Games
13 3 (1.29%) Turkish Language
14 2 (0.86%) Banking
14 2 (0.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.86%) Law
15 1 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.86%) Web Services
2 1 (0.43%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 27 (11.64%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.03%) FMCG
3 8 (3.45%) Driving Licence
3 8 (3.45%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.02%) PMI
5 6 (2.59%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (2.16%) Freedom of Information
7 3 (1.29%) CMDB
7 3 (1.29%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.86%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.86%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.86%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.86%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.43%) CCTV
9 1 (0.43%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.43%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Licensing
9 1 (0.43%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.43%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.47%) Windows
2 11 (4.74%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.88%) Linux
4 1 (0.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (28.45%) IT Strategy
2 56 (24.14%) Project Management
3 55 (23.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 52 (22.41%) ITIL
5 45 (19.40%) Cybersecurity
6 43 (18.53%) ERP
7 39 (16.81%) Roadmaps
8 36 (15.52%) Budget Management
9 35 (15.09%) Service Delivery
10 33 (14.22%) Problem-Solving
11 27 (11.64%) ITSM
12 26 (11.21%) CRM
13 25 (10.78%) Service Management
14 24 (10.34%) Disaster Recovery
15 23 (9.91%) Customer Service
16 22 (9.48%) Contract Negotiation
16 22 (9.48%) Mentoring
16 22 (9.48%) Stakeholder Management
17 20 (8.62%) Coaching
17 20 (8.62%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 22 (9.48%) SQL
2 1 (0.43%) PHP
Qualifications
1 33 (14.22%) Degree
2 13 (5.60%) PMI Certification
3 6 (2.59%) CISSP
3 6 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (2.59%) ITIL Certification
3 6 (2.59%) PMP
4 5 (2.16%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.16%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.29%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.29%) MCSE
7 1 (0.43%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.43%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (12.07%) SLA
2 20 (8.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (7.33%) GDPR
4 9 (3.88%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.29%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.29%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.86%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.86%) NIST
6 2 (0.86%) PMO
7 1 (0.43%) GRC
7 1 (0.43%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.43%) QA
7 1 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (9.05%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.72%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.43%) Backup Exec
2 1 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (0.43%) Plesk
Vendors
1 39 (16.81%) Microsoft
2 25 (10.78%) VMware
3 12 (5.17%) SAP
4 6 (2.59%) Veeam
5 4 (1.72%) Oracle
6 3 (1.29%) Sage
6 3 (1.29%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.86%) Cisco
7 2 (0.86%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.86%) Meraki
8 1 (0.43%) Avaya
8 1 (0.43%) Epicor
8 1 (0.43%) Google
8 1 (0.43%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.43%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.43%) Snow
8 1 (0.43%) Sophos
8 1 (0.43%) Spiceworks
8 1 (0.43%) Symantec