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 7 April 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 627 621 785
Rank change year-on-year -6 +164 +168
Permanent jobs requiring a Technology Director 86 14 74
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.10% 0.034% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.038% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 72 10 28
10th Percentile £85,000 £48,750 £66,671
25th Percentile - £83,000 £67,387
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £100,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -25.00%
75th Percentile £97,500 - £118,125
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,500 £141,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £95,000 £100,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +25.00% -32.09%

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 76,056 36,861 85,999
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 89.84% 94.54%
Number of salaries quoted 48,922 23,343 64,499
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,501
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +10.09% -9.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -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 7 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Technology Director in the UK

Technology Director
Top 11 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 7 April 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 +12 85 £90,000 -10.00% 14
London +48 52 £90,000 -14.29% 10
UK excluding London -58 32 £95,000 -5.00% 7
North of England -46 14 £92,482 +76.16%
Work from Home -1 12 £86,731 -17.40% 6
North West -21 10 £93,741 +78.55%
South East -33 8 £97,500 -2.50% 4
West Midlands -9 6 £85,000 -15.00% 2
Midlands -36 6 £85,000 -15.00% 2
South West - 5 £100,000 -
Yorkshire - 4 £83,210 -

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

For the 6 months to 7 April 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 46 (53.49%) IT Strategy
2 34 (39.53%) Accessibility
2 34 (39.53%) Data Protection
2 34 (39.53%) OpenUP
3 19 (22.09%) AI
3 19 (22.09%) Decision-Making
4 17 (19.77%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (18.60%) Technology Strategy
6 14 (16.28%) Roadmaps
7 11 (12.79%) Digital Innovation
8 10 (11.63%) Budget Management
8 10 (11.63%) Customer Experience
9 9 (10.47%) Risk Management
10 8 (9.30%) Agile
10 8 (9.30%) Business Transformation
10 8 (9.30%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (9.30%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 7 (8.14%) Analytics
11 7 (8.14%) Data Architecture
11 7 (8.14%) Service Management
11 7 (8.14%) Technology Transformation
12 6 (6.98%) Business Strategy
13 5 (5.81%) Data Strategy
13 5 (5.81%) Enterprise Architecture
13 5 (5.81%) Performance Management
14 4 (4.65%) Degree
14 4 (4.65%) Digital Strategy
14 4 (4.65%) Digital Transformation Strategy
14 4 (4.65%) Machine Learning

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 (1.16%) Ethereum
1 1 (1.16%) Hyperledger
Business Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (1.16%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (1.16%) Quorum
1 1 (1.16%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 3 (3.49%) Azure
2 2 (2.33%) AWS
2 2 (2.33%) SaaS
3 1 (1.16%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.33%) Metadata
General
1 15 (17.44%) Finance
2 8 (9.30%) Legal
2 8 (9.30%) Public Sector
3 7 (8.14%) Fire and Rescue
3 7 (8.14%) Social Skills
4 6 (6.98%) Local Government
5 4 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.49%) Law
6 3 (3.49%) Police
7 1 (1.16%) Advertising
7 1 (1.16%) French Language
7 1 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.16%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.33%) EDI
2 1 (1.16%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (1.16%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.65%) Cloud Native
1 4 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (2.33%) Blockchain
2 2 (2.33%) Housing Association
3 1 (1.16%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (1.16%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (1.16%) Web3
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (53.49%) IT Strategy
2 34 (39.53%) Data Protection
2 34 (39.53%) OpenUP
3 19 (22.09%) AI
3 19 (22.09%) Decision-Making
4 17 (19.77%) Cybersecurity
5 16 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (18.60%) Technology Strategy
6 14 (16.28%) Roadmaps
7 11 (12.79%) Digital Innovation
8 10 (11.63%) Budget Management
8 10 (11.63%) Customer Experience
9 9 (10.47%) Risk Management
10 8 (9.30%) Agile
10 8 (9.30%) Business Transformation
10 8 (9.30%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (9.30%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 7 (8.14%) Analytics
11 7 (8.14%) Data Architecture
11 7 (8.14%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.16%) C#
1 1 (1.16%) Go
1 1 (1.16%) Java
1 1 (1.16%) JavaScript
1 1 (1.16%) PHP
1 1 (1.16%) Python
1 1 (1.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (4.65%) Degree
2 1 (1.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (39.53%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.49%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (2.33%) SAP
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.16%) Oracle
2 1 (1.16%) Revolut