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 18 October 2026.

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

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	705	625	719
Rank change year-on-year	-80	+94	+9
Permanent jobs requiring a Technology Director	103	45	30
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.086%	0.092%	0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.093%	0.10%	0.045%
Number of salaries quoted	55	17	16
10^th Percentile	£85,000	-	£82,500
25^th Percentile	£89,570	-	£84,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£100,000	£90,000	£98,500
Median % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-8.63%	-17.92%
75^th Percentile	£123,750	£102,500	£133,125
90^th Percentile	£148,000	£112,000	£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.

	6 months to 18 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title	110,370	44,004	66,431
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title	92.35%	89.88%	95.35%
Number of salaries quoted	74,737	25,905	38,039
10^th Percentile	£30,250	£28,000	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,000	£41,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£58,750	£52,500	£56,000
Median % change year-on-year	+11.90%	-6.25%	-6.67%
75^th Percentile	£76,250	£73,750	£75,000
90^th Percentile	£98,750	£95,000	£95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£55,000	£45,390	£50,000
% change year-on-year	+21.17%	-9.22%	-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 Salary Trend

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 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 18 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	-101	88	£100,000	+11.11%	92
UK excluding London	-75	63	£100,000	-	24
London	-61	38	£117,500	+30.56%	69
Work from Home	-51	37	£100,000	-18.37%	33
North of England	-	14	£100,000	-	9
North West	-	12	£100,000	-	6
South West	-	11	£91,550	-	1
South East	-48	10	£85,000	-15.00%	8
Midlands	-33	9	£85,000	-	2
Scotland	-	9	-	-	2
East of England	-	8	£121,283	-	2
West Midlands	-42	6	£85,000	-	2
Wales	-	5	-	-
East Midlands	-	3	£91,550	-
Yorkshire	-	2	£112,500	-	3

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	IT Strategy	34.0%	35
1	Technology Strategy	34.0%	35
3	Risk Management	23.3%	24
4	Stakeholder Management	22.3%	23
5	Cybersecurity	20.4%	21
6	Decision-Making	19.4%	20
7	Roadmaps	18.4%	19
8	ERP	14.6%	15
9	Continuous Improvement	13.6%	14
9	Service Delivery	13.6%	14
9	Strategic Thinking	13.6%	14
12	Analytics	12.6%	13
12	Data Strategy	12.6%	13
12	Technology Transformation	12.6%	13
15	Strategic Roadmap	11.7%	12
16	Commercial Awareness	10.7%	11
16	Digital Strategy	10.7%	11
16	Stakeholder Engagement	10.7%	11
19	AI	8.7%	9
19	Data Governance	8.7%	9
19	GRC	8.7%	9
22	Coaching	7.8%	8
22	Data Architecture	7.8%	8
24	Business Strategy	6.8%	7
24	Business Transformation	6.8%	7
24	Culture Change	6.8%	7
24	Data Analytics	6.8%	7
24	Information Security	6.8%	7
29	Business Case	5.8%	6
29	Data Engineering	5.8%	6

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

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

Rank	Job Title	Share	Job Ads
1	Digital Director	14.6%	15
2	Business Change Director	6.8%	7
3	IT Director	5.8%	6
3	Managing Director	5.8%	6
3	Services Director	5.8%	6
6	Account Director	4.9%	5
7	Commercial Director	3.9%	4
7	Insight Director	3.9%	4
9	Programme Director	1.9%	2
9	Transformation Director	1.9%	2
11	Client Director	1.0%	1
11	Delivery Director	1.0%	1
11	Head of CRM	1.0%	1
11	Head of IT	1.0%	1
11	Head of Technology	1.0%	1
11	Operations Director	1.0%	1
11	Procurement Director	1.0%	1
11	Product Director	1.0%	1
11	Sales Director	1.0%	1