Technology Director Job Trends

Director of Technology
UK

The median Director of Technology salary in the UK is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 May 2026.

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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 666 641 806
Rank change year-on-year -25 +165 +106
Permanent jobs requiring a Technology Director 61 14 81
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.066% 0.032% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.035% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 43 9 33
10th Percentile £80,497 £75,750 £65,477
25th Percentile £86,731 £95,000 £67,387
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +11.11% -23.60%
75th Percentile £105,000 - £136,250
90th Percentile £135,000 £105,000 £170,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £92,482 £100,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -7.52% +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 85,613 39,653 91,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.33% 89.71% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 56,627 23,002 67,400
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% -5.66%

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 18 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Technology Director in the UK

Technology Director
Top 12 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 May 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 -17 57 £95,000 -5.00% 15
UK excluding London -17 38 £92,482 -7.52% 7
London +3 21 £120,000 +14.29% 12
Work from Home +58 15 £86,731 -17.40% 5
North of England -26 14 £92,482 +76.16% 2
North West +18 10 £93,741 +78.55%
South West - 9 £90,000 -
South East -12 7 £97,500 -2.50% 3
West Midlands -18 6 £85,000 -15.00%
Midlands -28 6 £85,000 -15.00%
Yorkshire - 4 £83,210 - 2
Wales - 3 - -

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 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 20 (32.79%) Cybersecurity
1 20 (32.79%) Decision-Making
2 19 (31.15%) AI
3 17 (27.87%) Roadmaps
3 17 (27.87%) Technology Strategy
4 16 (26.23%) IT Strategy
5 15 (24.59%) Digital Innovation
6 13 (21.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (21.31%) Risk Management
7 11 (18.03%) Analytics
8 10 (16.39%) Data Architecture
9 9 (14.75%) Budget Management
9 9 (14.75%) Customer Experience
9 9 (14.75%) Enterprise Architecture
10 8 (13.11%) Agile
10 8 (13.11%) Business Transformation
10 8 (13.11%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (13.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 8 (13.11%) Technology Transformation
11 7 (11.48%) Service Management
12 6 (9.84%) Business Strategy
12 6 (9.84%) Change Management
12 6 (9.84%) CRM
12 6 (9.84%) Digital Strategy
12 6 (9.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 5 (8.20%) Data Strategy
13 5 (8.20%) Performance Management
13 5 (8.20%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (8.20%) Stakeholder Management
14 4 (6.56%) Accessibility

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 (1.64%) Ethereum
1 1 (1.64%) Hyperledger
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Distributed Ledger
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (1.64%) Quorum
1 1 (1.64%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.56%) Azure
2 3 (4.92%) AWS
3 2 (3.28%) SaaS
4 1 (1.64%) GCP
4 1 (1.64%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.28%) Metadata
General
1 21 (34.43%) Finance
2 8 (13.11%) Legal
2 8 (13.11%) Public Sector
2 8 (13.11%) Social Skills
3 7 (11.48%) Fire and Rescue
3 7 (11.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (9.84%) Local Government
5 4 (6.56%) Advertising
5 4 (6.56%) Retail
6 3 (4.92%) Law
6 3 (4.92%) Police
7 1 (1.64%) Banking
7 1 (1.64%) French Language
7 1 (1.64%) Front Office
7 1 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.64%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.64%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) EDI
2 1 (1.64%) Smart Contracts
2 1 (1.64%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.56%) Cloud Native
1 4 (6.56%) EPoS
1 4 (6.56%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (3.28%) Blockchain
2 2 (3.28%) Housing Association
3 1 (1.64%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (1.64%) Derivative
3 1 (1.64%) Equities
3 1 (1.64%) Fixed Income
3 1 (1.64%) Market Risk
3 1 (1.64%) Private Cloud
3 1 (1.64%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (1.64%) Web3
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (32.79%) Cybersecurity
1 20 (32.79%) Decision-Making
2 19 (31.15%) AI
3 17 (27.87%) Roadmaps
3 17 (27.87%) Technology Strategy
4 16 (26.23%) IT Strategy
5 15 (24.59%) Digital Innovation
6 13 (21.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 13 (21.31%) Risk Management
7 11 (18.03%) Analytics
8 10 (16.39%) Data Architecture
9 9 (14.75%) Budget Management
9 9 (14.75%) Customer Experience
9 9 (14.75%) Enterprise Architecture
10 8 (13.11%) Agile
10 8 (13.11%) Business Transformation
10 8 (13.11%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (13.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 8 (13.11%) Technology Transformation
11 7 (11.48%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.28%) Python
2 1 (1.64%) C#
2 1 (1.64%) Go
2 1 (1.64%) Java
2 1 (1.64%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.64%) PHP
2 1 (1.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (6.56%) Degree
2 1 (1.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 1 (1.64%) CCSK
2 1 (1.64%) CISA
2 1 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (1.64%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.56%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.92%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.92%) GRC
Vendors
1 2 (3.28%) SAP
2 1 (1.64%) Google
2 1 (1.64%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.64%) Oracle
2 1 (1.64%) Revolut