Technology Director Job Trends

Director of Technology
UK

The median Director of Technology salary in the UK is £102,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 642 744 751
Rank change year-on-year +102 +7 +374
Permanent jobs requiring a Technology Director 34 52 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.069% 0.067% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.070% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 6 23 16
10th Percentile £96,250 £65,000 £100,000
25th Percentile £98,125 £82,500 £103,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £102,500 £110,000 £120,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -8.33% +21.52%
75th Percentile £113,750 £157,500 £184,000
90th Percentile £130,000 £170,000 £200,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £85,000 £115,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -26.09% +9.52%

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 44,338 74,395 56,728
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.65% 95.25% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 26,053 44,780 43,966
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

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

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 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Technology Director in the UK

Technology Director
Top 8 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 18 September 2025. 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
Work from Home +83 26 £122,500 +25.64% 14
England +88 25 £102,500 -10.87% 19
London +61 14 £107,500 -12.24% 11
UK excluding London +91 7 £100,000 +17.65% 14
South East +49 4 £100,000 -37.50% 9
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
West Midlands +43 1 - - 1
Midlands +41 1 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, 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 18 (52.94%) Roadmaps
2 17 (50.00%) Project Management
3 15 (44.12%) Finance
3 15 (44.12%) IT Strategy
4 12 (35.29%) Technology Strategy
5 11 (32.35%) Technology Roadmap
5 11 (32.35%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (32.35%) Legal
5 11 (32.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (32.35%) Retail
5 11 (32.35%) IT Governance
5 11 (32.35%) Portfolio Management
6 10 (29.41%) People Management
6 10 (29.41%) PMO
6 10 (29.41%) Thought Leadership
6 10 (29.41%) Conflict Resolution
6 10 (29.41%) Budget Responsibility
6 10 (29.41%) GTM Strategy
7 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (23.53%) Artificial Intelligence
7 8 (23.53%) Business Development
8 7 (20.59%) SaaS
8 7 (20.59%) SQL
9 6 (17.65%) Mentoring
9 6 (17.65%) User Experience
9 6 (17.65%) Data Centre
9 6 (17.65%) Power BI
9 6 (17.65%) Workshop Facilitation
9 6 (17.65%) Regulatory Change
9 6 (17.65%) Technical Leadership

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:

Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Elite 3E
1 1 (2.94%) NetSuite
1 1 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.94%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.59%) SaaS
2 6 (17.65%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.94%) AWS
3 1 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.65%) Power BI
General
1 15 (44.12%) Finance
2 11 (32.35%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (32.35%) Legal
2 11 (32.35%) Retail
3 6 (17.65%) Fire and Rescue
4 3 (8.82%) Social Skills
5 2 (5.88%) Financial Institution
5 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.94%) Back Office
6 1 (2.94%) Law
6 1 (2.94%) Marketing
6 1 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.94%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) Kafka
1 1 (2.94%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (2.94%) React
1 1 (2.94%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Data Centre
1 6 (17.65%) Management Information System
1 6 (17.65%) NHS
2 2 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.94%) Life Science
3 1 (2.94%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.94%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (52.94%) Roadmaps
2 17 (50.00%) Project Management
3 15 (44.12%) IT Strategy
4 12 (35.29%) Technology Strategy
5 11 (32.35%) IT Governance
5 11 (32.35%) Portfolio Management
5 11 (32.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (32.35%) Technology Roadmap
6 10 (29.41%) Budget Responsibility
6 10 (29.41%) Conflict Resolution
6 10 (29.41%) GTM Strategy
6 10 (29.41%) People Management
6 10 (29.41%) Thought Leadership
7 8 (23.53%) Artificial Intelligence
7 8 (23.53%) Business Development
7 8 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
8 6 (17.65%) Mentoring
8 6 (17.65%) Project Delivery
8 6 (17.65%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) SQL
2 1 (2.94%) Python
2 1 (2.94%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (5.88%) CISA
2 1 (2.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (2.94%) ACCA
2 1 (2.94%) CCSP
2 1 (2.94%) CIMA
2 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.94%) CISM
2 1 (2.94%) CISSP
2 1 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.94%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (29.41%) PMO
2 3 (8.82%) GRC
3 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.94%) GDPR
3 1 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Alteryx
2 3 (8.82%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.94%) Aderant
3 1 (2.94%) Citrix
3 1 (2.94%) Oracle
3 1 (2.94%) SAP
3 1 (2.94%) Workday
3 1 (2.94%) Xero