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 9 October 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 711 646 736
Rank change year-on-year -65 +90 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Technology Director 97 34 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.082% 0.068% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.089% 0.076% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 53 6 17
10th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £82,500
25th Percentile £90,000 £95,625 £84,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £102,500 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -6.82% -8.33%
75th Percentile £125,000 £113,750 £145,000
90th Percentile £149,000 £130,000 £170,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £100,000 £86,000
% change year-on-year - +16.28% -25.22%

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 109,260 44,699 69,182
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 89.81% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 74,288 25,844 39,771
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,750 £35,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,210 £53,688 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% -2.39% -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -8.00% -4.76%

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 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Technology Director in the UK

Technology Director
Top 15 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 9 October 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 -76 82 £100,000 -2.44% 115
UK excluding London -83 59 £100,000 - 30
London -41 37 £120,000 +14.29% 88
Work from Home -23 33 £100,000 -18.37% 36
North of England - 11 £100,000 - 12
South West - 11 £91,550 - 2
South East -44 10 £85,000 -15.00% 6
North West - 9 £100,000 - 8
Scotland - 9 - - 3
Midlands -38 8 £88,275 - 2
East of England - 8 £121,283 - 4
West Midlands -37 5 £85,000 - 2
Wales - 5 - -
East Midlands - 3 £91,550 -
Yorkshire - 2 £112,500 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 9 October 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 36 (37.11%) IT Strategy
1 36 (37.11%) Technology Strategy
2 22 (22.68%) Risk Management
3 21 (21.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (19.59%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (17.53%) Roadmaps
6 16 (16.49%) Decision-Making
7 15 (15.46%) ERP
8 11 (11.34%) Strategic Thinking
8 11 (11.34%) Technology Transformation
9 10 (10.31%) Analytics
9 10 (10.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (10.31%) Data Strategy
9 10 (10.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (9.28%) AI
10 9 (9.28%) Commercial Awareness
10 9 (9.28%) Data Governance
10 9 (9.28%) GRC
11 8 (8.25%) Coaching
11 8 (8.25%) Data Architecture
11 8 (8.25%) Digital Strategy
11 8 (8.25%) Service Delivery
11 8 (8.25%) Strategic Roadmap
12 7 (7.22%) Information Security
13 6 (6.19%) Data Engineering
13 6 (6.19%) Enterprise Architecture
13 6 (6.19%) Matrix Organization
13 6 (6.19%) Migration
13 6 (6.19%) SAP
13 6 (6.19%) SAP S/4HANA

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 6 (6.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (4.12%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.06%) AWS
1 2 (2.06%) Azure
2 1 (1.03%) GCP
2 1 (1.03%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.06%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.03%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 25 (25.77%) Social Skills
2 23 (23.71%) Finance
3 18 (18.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (13.40%) Public Sector
5 6 (6.19%) Manufacturing
5 6 (6.19%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (5.15%) Banking
7 4 (4.12%) Advertising
7 4 (4.12%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.09%) Law
8 3 (3.09%) Retail
9 2 (2.06%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.06%) Legal
9 2 (2.06%) Military
9 2 (2.06%) Retail Banking
10 1 (1.03%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (1.03%) Front Office
10 1 (1.03%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.03%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.03%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.15%) Onboarding
2 4 (4.12%) AI Agents
2 4 (4.12%) Cloud Native
2 4 (4.12%) IoT
3 3 (3.09%) EPoS
3 3 (3.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (3.09%) Management Information System
3 3 (3.09%) Operational Technology
4 2 (2.06%) Derivative
4 2 (2.06%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.06%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.03%) Equities
5 1 (1.03%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.03%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.03%) NHS
5 1 (1.03%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.03%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (37.11%) IT Strategy
1 36 (37.11%) Technology Strategy
2 22 (22.68%) Risk Management
3 21 (21.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 19 (19.59%) Cybersecurity
5 17 (17.53%) Roadmaps
6 16 (16.49%) Decision-Making
7 15 (15.46%) ERP
8 11 (11.34%) Strategic Thinking
8 11 (11.34%) Technology Transformation
9 10 (10.31%) Analytics
9 10 (10.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (10.31%) Data Strategy
9 10 (10.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (9.28%) AI
10 9 (9.28%) Commercial Awareness
10 9 (9.28%) Data Governance
11 8 (8.25%) Digital Strategy
11 8 (8.25%) Service Delivery
11 8 (8.25%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (4.12%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (2.06%) Degree
2 2 (2.06%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (2.06%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (1.03%) CCSK
3 1 (1.03%) CISA
3 1 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.03%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.28%) GRC
2 3 (3.09%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.06%) GDPR
3 2 (2.06%) QA
4 1 (1.03%) HL7
4 1 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.03%) NCSC
Vendors
1 6 (6.19%) SAP
2 1 (1.03%) Cerner
2 1 (1.03%) Databricks
2 1 (1.03%) Google
2 1 (1.03%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.03%) Oracle
2 1 (1.03%) Salesforce