Technology Director Job Trends

Director of Technology
UK

The median Director of Technology salary in the UK is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 November 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 570 732 688
Rank change year-on-year +162 -44 +327
Permanent jobs requiring a Technology Director 67 26 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.13% 0.038% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.040% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 41 14 14
10th Percentile - £58,875 £104,650
25th Percentile - £82,500 £116,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £87,000 £155,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -43.87% +51.22%
75th Percentile - £116,250 £184,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £155,000 £200,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £165,000 £85,000 £145,000
% change year-on-year +94.12% -41.38% +28.89%

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 48,061 64,786 49,849
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.17% 94.56% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 30,303 36,624 38,666
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% -2.86% -

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 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Technology Director in the UK

Technology Director
Top 6 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 November 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
England +140 59 £90,000 +3.45% 13
London +102 50 £90,000 -18.18% 8
Work from Home +112 24 £105,000 +10.53% 11
UK excluding London +71 5 £165,000 +94.12% 3
South East +46 3 £165,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 2 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 22 November 2025, 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 48 (71.64%) IT Strategy
2 36 (53.73%) Data Protection
3 34 (50.75%) Accessibility
3 34 (50.75%) OpenUP
4 17 (25.37%) Roadmaps
5 16 (23.88%) Technology Strategy
6 14 (20.90%) Project Management
7 11 (16.42%) IT Governance
7 11 (16.42%) Portfolio Management
7 11 (16.42%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (16.42%) Technology Roadmap
8 10 (14.93%) Budget Responsibility
8 10 (14.93%) Conflict Resolution
8 10 (14.93%) GTM Strategy
8 10 (14.93%) People Management
8 10 (14.93%) PMO
8 10 (14.93%) Thought Leadership
9 8 (11.94%) AI
10 7 (10.45%) Business Development
10 7 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (10.45%) Regulatory Change
10 7 (10.45%) SaaS
10 7 (10.45%) SQL
11 6 (8.96%) Alteryx
11 6 (8.96%) Business Intelligence
11 6 (8.96%) Power BI
11 6 (8.96%) Power Platform
11 6 (8.96%) Workshop Facilitation

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.49%) Ethereum
1 1 (1.49%) Hyperledger
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (1.49%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.49%) Quorum
1 1 (1.49%) R3 Corda
1 1 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.49%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (10.45%) SaaS
2 6 (8.96%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.49%) AWS
3 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.49%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.96%) Power BI
General
1 15 (22.39%) Finance
2 11 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (16.42%) Retail
3 10 (14.93%) Legal
4 6 (8.96%) Social Skills
5 4 (5.97%) Fire and Rescue
6 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.49%) Back Office
7 1 (1.49%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.49%) French Language
7 1 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) Kafka
1 1 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.49%) React
1 1 (1.49%) REST
1 1 (1.49%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.97%) Data Centre
1 4 (5.97%) Management Information System
1 4 (5.97%) NHS
2 2 (2.99%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.49%) Blockchain
3 1 (1.49%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.49%) Life Science
3 1 (1.49%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (71.64%) IT Strategy
2 36 (53.73%) Data Protection
3 34 (50.75%) OpenUP
4 17 (25.37%) Roadmaps
5 16 (23.88%) Technology Strategy
6 14 (20.90%) Project Management
7 11 (16.42%) IT Governance
7 11 (16.42%) Portfolio Management
7 11 (16.42%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (16.42%) Technology Roadmap
8 10 (14.93%) Budget Responsibility
8 10 (14.93%) Conflict Resolution
8 10 (14.93%) GTM Strategy
8 10 (14.93%) People Management
8 10 (14.93%) Thought Leadership
9 8 (11.94%) AI
10 7 (10.45%) Business Development
10 7 (10.45%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (10.45%) Cybersecurity
10 7 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.45%) SQL
2 1 (1.49%) Python
2 1 (1.49%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (2.99%) CISA
2 1 (1.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (1.49%) ACCA
2 1 (1.49%) CCSP
2 1 (1.49%) CIMA
2 1 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (1.49%) CISM
2 1 (1.49%) CISSP
2 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.49%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (50.75%) Accessibility
2 10 (14.93%) PMO
3 3 (4.48%) GRC
4 1 (1.49%) GDPR
4 1 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 6 (8.96%) Alteryx
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle
3 1 (1.49%) Revolut
3 1 (1.49%) SAP
3 1 (1.49%) Workday
3 1 (1.49%) Xero