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 15 October 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 699 616 723
Rank change year-on-year -83 +107 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Technology Director 104 41 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.088% 0.083% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.095% 0.093% 0.047%
Number of salaries quoted 56 13 17
10th Percentile £85,000 - £82,500
25th Percentile £89,785 - £84,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £90,000 £110,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £125,000 £105,000 £142,500
90th Percentile £147,500 £114,000 £170,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £100,000 £100,000 £87,000
% change year-on-year - +14.94% -24.35%

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 109,883 44,162 67,664
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.51% 89.77% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 74,751 25,776 38,845
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £35,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.35% -2.73% -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 15 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 15 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 -87 89 £100,000 +11.11% 96
UK excluding London -108 62 £100,000 - 26
London -57 40 £120,000 +33.33% 73
Work from Home -39 36 £100,000 -18.37% 33
North of England - 13 £100,000 - 10
North West - 11 £100,000 - 7
South West - 11 £91,550 - 1
South East -46 10 £85,000 -15.00% 9
Midlands -36 9 £85,000 - 3
Scotland - 9 - - 3
East of England - 8 £121,283 -
West Midlands -41 6 £85,000 - 3
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 15 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 37 (35.58%) IT Strategy
1 37 (35.58%) Technology Strategy
2 25 (24.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 23 (22.12%) Risk Management
4 22 (21.15%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (19.23%) Roadmaps
6 19 (18.27%) Decision-Making
7 15 (14.42%) ERP
8 14 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (12.50%) Analytics
9 13 (12.50%) Service Delivery
9 13 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
9 13 (12.50%) Technology Transformation
10 12 (11.54%) Data Strategy
10 12 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (10.58%) Commercial Awareness
11 11 (10.58%) Strategic Roadmap
12 10 (9.62%) Digital Strategy
13 9 (8.65%) AI
13 9 (8.65%) Data Governance
13 9 (8.65%) GRC
14 8 (7.69%) Coaching
14 8 (7.69%) Data Architecture
14 8 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
15 7 (6.73%) Data Analytics
15 7 (6.73%) Information Security
16 6 (5.77%) Business Case
16 6 (5.77%) Business Strategy
16 6 (5.77%) Business Transformation
16 6 (5.77%) CRM

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 (5.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.85%) Distributed Ledger
Cloud Services
1 1 (0.96%) AWS
1 1 (0.96%) Azure
1 1 (0.96%) SaaS
1 1 (0.96%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.92%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.96%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 28 (26.92%) Social Skills
2 23 (22.12%) Finance
3 21 (20.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 15 (14.42%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.77%) Manufacturing
5 6 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (4.81%) Banking
7 4 (3.85%) Advertising
7 4 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.88%) Law
8 3 (2.88%) Retail
9 2 (1.92%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.92%) Legal
9 2 (1.92%) Military
9 2 (1.92%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.96%) Digital Healthcare
10 1 (0.96%) Front Office
10 1 (0.96%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.96%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.96%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.81%) Onboarding
1 5 (4.81%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.85%) AI Agents
2 4 (3.85%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 4 (3.85%) IoT
3 3 (2.88%) EPoS
3 3 (2.88%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.88%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.92%) Derivative
4 2 (1.92%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.96%) Equities
5 1 (0.96%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.96%) Market Risk
5 1 (0.96%) NHS
5 1 (0.96%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (35.58%) IT Strategy
1 37 (35.58%) Technology Strategy
2 25 (24.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 23 (22.12%) Risk Management
4 22 (21.15%) Cybersecurity
5 20 (19.23%) Roadmaps
6 19 (18.27%) Decision-Making
7 15 (14.42%) ERP
8 14 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (12.50%) Analytics
9 13 (12.50%) Service Delivery
9 13 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
9 13 (12.50%) Technology Transformation
10 12 (11.54%) Data Strategy
10 12 (11.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 11 (10.58%) Commercial Awareness
11 11 (10.58%) Strategic Roadmap
12 10 (9.62%) Digital Strategy
13 9 (8.65%) AI
13 9 (8.65%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (1.92%) Degree
2 2 (1.92%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (1.92%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.96%) DV Cleared
3 1 (0.96%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.65%) GRC
2 3 (2.88%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.92%) GDPR
3 2 (1.92%) QA
4 1 (0.96%) HL7
4 1 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.96%) NCSC
Vendors
1 6 (5.77%) SAP
2 1 (0.96%) Cerner
2 1 (0.96%) Databricks
2 1 (0.96%) Microsoft
2 1 (0.96%) Oracle
2 1 (0.96%) Salesforce