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 24 October 2026.

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

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	713	620	731
Rank change year-on-year	-93	+111	-21
Permanent Technology Director jobs	102	52	27
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.084%	0.11%	0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.091%	0.12%	0.041%
Number of salaries quoted	53	24	13
10^th Percentile	£85,000	-	£64,500
25^th Percentile	£89,140	-	£82,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£100,000	£90,000	£87,000
Median % change year-on-year	+11.11%	+3.45%	-27.50%
75^th Percentile	£125,000	£92,500	£120,000
90^th Percentile	£149,000	£107,750	£160,000
UK excluding London median annual salary	£100,000	-	£85,000
% change year-on-year	-	-	-26.09%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

	6 months to 24 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title	111,477	44,406	65,669
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title	92.18%	89.83%	95.30%
Number of salaries quoted	75,138	26,267	37,427
10^th Percentile	£30,500	£28,177	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,000	£41,591
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£59,300	£52,500	£56,500
Median % change year-on-year	+12.95%	-7.08%	-5.83%
75^th Percentile	£76,250	£73,750	£75,000
90^th Percentile	£98,750	£93,750	£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 Technology Director job postings 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 Technology Director jobs over the 6 months to 24 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 Technology Director jobs within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
England	-109	87	£100,000	+11.11%	95
UK excluding London	-73	61	£100,000	-	31
London	-69	39	£117,500	+30.56%	65
Work from Home	-52	38	£100,000	-18.37%	33
North of England	-	14	£100,000	-	12
North West	-	12	£100,000	-	5
South East	-62	10	£85,000	-	9
Midlands	-57	9	£85,000	-	3
South West	-	9	£100,000	-	1
Scotland	-	9	-	-	2
East of England	-	8	£121,283	-	2
West Midlands	-41	6	£85,000	-	3
Wales	-	5	-	-
East Midlands	-	3	£91,550	-
Yorkshire	-	2	£112,500	-	5

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

For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, Technology Director job ads cited 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 Technology Director job ads.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	IT Strategy	35.3%	36
1	Technology Strategy	35.3%	36
3	Risk Management	23.5%	24
4	Stakeholder Management	22.5%	23
5	Cybersecurity	20.6%	21
6	Decision-Making	19.6%	20
7	Roadmaps	18.6%	19
8	ERP	14.7%	15
9	Continuous Improvement	13.7%	14
9	Service Delivery	13.7%	14
9	Strategic Thinking	13.7%	14
12	Analytics	12.7%	13
12	Data Strategy	12.7%	13
12	Technology Transformation	12.7%	13
15	Strategic Roadmap	11.8%	12
16	Commercial Awareness	10.8%	11
16	Digital Strategy	10.8%	11
16	Stakeholder Engagement	10.8%	11
19	AI	8.8%	9
19	Data Governance	8.8%	9
19	GRC	8.8%	9
22	Coaching	7.8%	8
22	Data Architecture	7.8%	8
24	Business Strategy	6.9%	7
24	Business Transformation	6.9%	7
24	Culture Change	6.9%	7
24	Data Analytics	6.9%	7
24	Enterprise Architecture	6.9%	7
24	Information Security	6.9%	7
30	Business Case	5.9%	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	14.7%	15
2	Business Change Director	6.9%	7
3	IT Director	5.9%	6
3	Managing Director	5.9%	6
3	Services Director	5.9%	6
6	Account Director	4.9%	5
7	Commercial Director	3.9%	4
7	Insight Director	3.9%	4
9	Programme Director	2.0%	2
9	Transformation Director	2.0%	2
11	Associate Director	1.0%	1
11	Client Director	1.0%	1
11	Delivery Director	1.0%	1
11	Enterprise Architecture 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