Head of IT Jobs in Birmingham

Head of Information Technology
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Head of Information Technology salary in Birmingham is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 November 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 111 105 157
Rank change year-on-year -6 +52 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 16 4 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.72% 0.32% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.34% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 15
10th Percentile £65,500 £74,750 £61,500
25th Percentile £66,250 £78,125 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £92,500 £78,750
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% +17.46% +15.55%
75th Percentile - £103,750 £120,000
90th Percentile £73,000 £105,250 -
West Midlands median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +15.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,109 1,183 2,593
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.13% 95.40% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,122 977 2,012
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £52,398 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.80% - -

Head of IT
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings that featured Head of IT in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT in Birmingham

Head of IT
Salary Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of IT in Birmingham.

Salary trend for Head of IT in Birmingham

Head of IT Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 15 November 2024, Head of IT job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 14 (87.50%) Azure
2 12 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (68.75%) Customer Service
4 7 (43.75%) Microsoft
5 6 (37.50%) ITIL
5 6 (37.50%) Supplier Management
5 6 (37.50%) Project Management
5 6 (37.50%) Service Management
5 6 (37.50%) Service Delivery
5 6 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 6 (37.50%) Problem Management
5 6 (37.50%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
5 6 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (37.50%) Line Management
5 6 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (31.25%) Entra ID
6 5 (31.25%) SLA
6 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
6 5 (31.25%) Azure Certification
6 5 (31.25%) Budget Management
6 5 (31.25%) Strategic Thinking
6 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
7 2 (12.50%) Firewall
7 2 (12.50%) Finance
7 2 (12.50%) Law
7 2 (12.50%) IT Strategy
7 2 (12.50%) Banking

Head of IT Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 14 (87.50%) Azure
2 6 (37.50%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (31.25%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.25%) AWS
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) Firewall
General
1 2 (12.50%) Banking
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
1 2 (12.50%) Law
2 1 (6.25%) Legal
2 1 (6.25%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (68.75%) Customer Service
3 6 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (37.50%) ITIL
3 6 (37.50%) Line Management
3 6 (37.50%) Problem Management
3 6 (37.50%) Project Management
3 6 (37.50%) Service Delivery
3 6 (37.50%) Service Management
3 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 6 (37.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (37.50%) Supplier Management
4 5 (31.25%) Budget Management
4 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (31.25%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (12.50%) IT Strategy
5 2 (12.50%) Roadmaps
6 1 (6.25%) Strategic Planning
6 1 (6.25%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (31.25%) SLA
3 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (6.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 5 (31.25%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (43.75%) Microsoft