Technology Director Job Trends

Director of Technology
UK

The median Director of Technology salary in the UK is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 667 662 790
Rank change year-on-year -5 +128 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a Technology Director 90 27 62
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.090% 0.055% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.061% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 62 8 33
10th Percentile £80,947 £98,500 £65,477
25th Percentile £90,597 - £67,387
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £100,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -23.60%
75th Percentile £121,563 £106,250 £130,000
90th Percentile £139,750 £120,500 £170,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £98,750 £100,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year -1.25% +21.21% -29.97%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 94,464 44,263 88,687
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.30% 90.01% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 64,822 26,191 62,318
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.85% -10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,183
90th Percentile £96,000 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

Technology Director
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technology Director' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Technology Director job vacancy trend in the UK

Technology Director
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Technology Director job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Technology Director job vacancies in the UK

Technology Director
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technology Director over the 6 months to 22 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Technology Director in the UK

Technology Director
Top 14 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 22 July 2026. 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 -7 80 £100,000 - 49
UK excluding London -28 60 £98,750 -1.25% 24
London -10 28 £120,000 -2.04% 31
Work from Home +1 25 £100,000 -18.37% 15
North of England - 22 £97,500 - 1
North West - 17 £100,000 -
South West - 13 £100,000 - 1
South East -23 8 £97,500 -2.50% 5
East of England - 6 £121,283 - 4
Yorkshire - 5 £83,210 - 1
Scotland - 5 - - 9
Wales - 4 - -
West Midlands -17 3 £110,000 +10.00% 4
Midlands -25 3 £110,000 +10.00% 4

Technology Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 22 July 2026, Technology Director job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Technology Director in the job title.

1 34 (37.78%) IT Strategy
2 33 (36.67%) Technology Strategy
3 27 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (28.89%) Decision-Making
5 23 (25.56%) Roadmaps
6 22 (24.44%) Risk Management
7 21 (23.33%) AI
8 15 (16.67%) Digital Innovation
9 14 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (14.44%) Budget Management
10 13 (14.44%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (13.33%) Analytics
11 12 (13.33%) ERP
11 12 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 12 (13.33%) Technology Transformation
12 11 (12.22%) Digital Strategy
13 10 (11.11%) Business Transformation
13 10 (11.11%) Data Architecture
13 10 (11.11%) Data Strategy
13 10 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
13 10 (11.11%) Service Management
14 9 (10.00%) Agile
14 9 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
14 9 (10.00%) Service Delivery
15 8 (8.89%) Business Strategy
15 8 (8.89%) Collaborative Working
15 8 (8.89%) CRM
15 8 (8.89%) Customer Experience
16 7 (7.78%) Strategic Roadmap
16 7 (7.78%) Strategic Thinking

Technology Director Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 3 (3.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.22%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (1.11%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 5 (5.56%) Azure
2 4 (4.44%) AWS
3 1 (1.11%) GCP
3 1 (1.11%) OCI
3 1 (1.11%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.22%) Metadata
2 1 (1.11%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.11%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 24 (26.67%) Finance
2 15 (16.67%) Social Skills
3 14 (15.56%) Public Sector
4 12 (13.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (11.11%) Legal
6 7 (7.78%) Fire and Rescue
7 6 (6.67%) Local Government
8 5 (5.56%) Advertising
9 4 (4.44%) Banking
9 4 (4.44%) Retail
10 3 (3.33%) Law
10 3 (3.33%) Manufacturing
10 3 (3.33%) Police
11 2 (2.22%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (2.22%) Retail Banking
12 1 (1.11%) Digital Healthcare
12 1 (1.11%) Investment Banking
12 1 (1.11%) Legal Technology
12 1 (1.11%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.11%) FHIR
1 1 (1.11%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.44%) EPoS
1 4 (4.44%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (3.33%) Cloud Native
2 3 (3.33%) Management Information System
2 3 (3.33%) Operational Technology
3 2 (2.22%) AI Agents
3 2 (2.22%) Housing Association
3 2 (2.22%) IoT
3 2 (2.22%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.11%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (1.11%) Blockchain
4 1 (1.11%) Derivative
4 1 (1.11%) Equities
4 1 (1.11%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.11%) Market Risk
4 1 (1.11%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.11%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.11%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.11%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (1.11%) Web3
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (37.78%) IT Strategy
2 33 (36.67%) Technology Strategy
3 27 (30.00%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (28.89%) Decision-Making
5 23 (25.56%) Roadmaps
6 22 (24.44%) Risk Management
7 21 (23.33%) AI
8 15 (16.67%) Digital Innovation
9 14 (15.56%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (14.44%) Budget Management
10 13 (14.44%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (13.33%) Analytics
11 12 (13.33%) ERP
11 12 (13.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 12 (13.33%) Technology Transformation
12 11 (12.22%) Digital Strategy
13 10 (11.11%) Business Transformation
13 10 (11.11%) Data Strategy
13 10 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
13 10 (11.11%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.22%) Python
2 1 (1.11%) C#
2 1 (1.11%) Go
2 1 (1.11%) Java
2 1 (1.11%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.11%) PHP
2 1 (1.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (6.67%) Degree
2 2 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (2.22%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (1.11%) CCSK
3 1 (1.11%) CISA
3 1 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.56%) GRC
2 4 (4.44%) Accessibility
3 3 (3.33%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.22%) GDPR
4 2 (2.22%) QA
5 1 (1.11%) HL7
5 1 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.11%) NCSC
Vendors
1 5 (5.56%) SAP
2 2 (2.22%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.22%) Oracle
3 1 (1.11%) Cerner
3 1 (1.11%) Google
3 1 (1.11%) Salesforce