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 30 October 2026.

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

	6 months to 30 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	712	602	735
Rank change year-on-year	-110	+133	-27
Permanent Technology Director jobs	109	61	25
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK	0.089%	0.12%	0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category	0.097%	0.14%	0.039%
Number of salaries quoted	60	33	13
10^th Percentile	£85,000	-	£64,500
25^th Percentile	£98,813	-	£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	£126,650	-	£120,000
90^th Percentile	£155,500	£102,000	£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 30 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in the UK matching a recognised job title	112,430	45,048	64,840
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title	91.98%	90.17%	95.28%
Number of salaries quoted	75,241	27,084	36,853
10^th Percentile	£30,750	£28,250	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£41,250	£35,000	£42,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£59,000	£52,500	£57,000
Median % change year-on-year	+12.38%	-7.89%	-5.00%
75^th Percentile	£76,250	£73,750	£75,000
90^th Percentile	£97,500	£93,750	£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 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 30 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 30 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	-115	95	£100,000	+11.11%	6
UK excluding London	-85	66	£100,000	-	1
London	-65	41	£120,000	+33.33%	6
Work from Home	-46	38	£100,000	-18.37%	5
North of England	-	17	£100,000	-
South East	-67	13	£85,000	-	1
North West	-	13	£100,000	-
Midlands	-59	9	£85,000	-
South West	-	9	£100,000	-
Scotland	-	9	-	-
East of England	-	8	£121,283	-
West Midlands	-50	6	£85,000	-
Yorkshire	-	4	£150,000	-
Wales	-	4	-	-
East Midlands	-	3	£91,550	-

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

For the 6 months to 30 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	37.6%	41
1	Technology Strategy	37.6%	41
3	Cybersecurity	23.9%	26
4	Risk Management	22.0%	24
5	Stakeholder Management	20.2%	22
6	Decision-Making	19.3%	21
7	Continuous Improvement	18.3%	20
8	Roadmaps	17.4%	19
9	ERP	13.8%	15
9	Service Delivery	13.8%	15
9	Strategic Thinking	13.8%	15
12	Data Strategy	12.8%	14
13	Strategic Roadmap	11.9%	13
13	Technology Transformation	11.9%	13
15	Analytics	11.0%	12
16	Commercial Awareness	10.1%	11
16	Digital Strategy	10.1%	11
16	Disaster Recovery	10.1%	11
16	Service Management	10.1%	11
16	Stakeholder Engagement	10.1%	11
21	Security Operations	9.2%	10
21	Vulnerability Management	9.2%	10
23	AI	8.3%	9
23	Business Continuity	8.3%	9
23	Data Governance	8.3%	9
26	Business Strategy	7.3%	8
26	Business Transformation	7.3%	8
26	Coaching	7.3%	8
26	Culture Change	7.3%	8
26	GRC	7.3%	8

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	13.8%	15
2	Business Change Director	7.3%	8
3	IT Director	6.4%	7
4	Managing Director	5.5%	6
4	Services Director	5.5%	6
6	Account Director	4.6%	5
7	Commercial Director	3.7%	4
7	Insight Director	3.7%	4
9	Associate Director	1.8%	2
9	Programme Director	1.8%	2
9	Transformation Director	1.8%	2
12	Client Director	0.9%	1
12	Delivery Director	0.9%	1
12	Development Director	0.9%	1
12	Enterprise Architecture Director	0.9%	1
12	Head of CRM	0.9%	1
12	Head of IT	0.9%	1
12	Head of Technology	0.9%	1
12	Operations Director	0.9%	1
12	Procurement Director	0.9%	1