IT Director Jobs in London

Director of IT
England > London

The median Director of IT salary in London is £115,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 474 555 890
Rank change year-on-year +81 +335 -282
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Director 35 48 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.14% 0.15% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.16% 0.050%
Number of salaries quoted 32 22 29
10th Percentile £77,750 £58,750 £64,500
25th Percentile £87,500 £60,938 £88,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £115,000 £97,500 £107,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.95% -9.30% -2.27%
75th Percentile £145,000 £125,000 £122,750
90th Percentile £148,375 £153,000 £132,500
England median annual salary £88,560 £90,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year -1.60% -5.26% -12.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 23,403 29,645 71,541
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 94.97% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,198 22,316 34,853
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,988 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

IT Director
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for IT Director in London

IT Director
Salary Trend in London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing IT Director in London.

Salary trend for IT Director in London

IT Director
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing IT Director in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for IT Director in London

IT Director
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Director within the London region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
West London - 6 £92,500 -
Central London +42 5 £140,000 +7.69% 1
IT Director
England

IT Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, IT Director 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 London region featuring IT Director in the job title.

1 13 (37.14%) IT Strategy
2 12 (34.29%) Roadmaps
3 9 (25.71%) Technology Strategy
4 8 (22.86%) Thought Leadership
5 7 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 7 (20.00%) ITIL
5 7 (20.00%) Project Management
6 6 (17.14%) Service Delivery
6 6 (17.14%) Change Management
6 6 (17.14%) Agile
6 6 (17.14%) Degree
6 6 (17.14%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
7 5 (14.29%) RIBA
7 5 (14.29%) Line Management
7 5 (14.29%) Project Delivery
7 5 (14.29%) Major Incident Management
7 5 (14.29%) Structured Cabling
7 5 (14.29%) Trend Analysis
7 5 (14.29%) Project Governance
7 5 (14.29%) Process Improvement
7 5 (14.29%) Test Automation
7 5 (14.29%) Incident Management
7 5 (14.29%) CMDB
7 5 (14.29%) Problem Management
7 5 (14.29%) Service Management
7 5 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (14.29%) Programme Management
7 5 (14.29%) ITSM

IT Director Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (8.57%) WhatsApp
2 1 (2.86%) AWS
2 1 (2.86%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.29%) LAN
1 5 (14.29%) Structured Cabling
1 5 (14.29%) WAN
1 5 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.43%) Banking
2 4 (11.43%) Finance
3 3 (8.57%) Retail
4 2 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.29%) CMDB
2 2 (5.71%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.86%) e-Learning
3 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.86%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) IT Strategy
2 12 (34.29%) Roadmaps
3 9 (25.71%) Technology Strategy
4 8 (22.86%) Thought Leadership
5 7 (20.00%) ITIL
5 7 (20.00%) Project Management
6 6 (17.14%) Agile
6 6 (17.14%) Change Management
6 6 (17.14%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (17.14%) Service Delivery
7 5 (14.29%) Incident Management
7 5 (14.29%) ITSM
7 5 (14.29%) Line Management
7 5 (14.29%) Major Incident Management
7 5 (14.29%) PRINCE2
7 5 (14.29%) Programme Management
7 5 (14.29%) Project Delivery
7 5 (14.29%) Service Management
7 5 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 6 (17.14%) Degree
2 5 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
2 5 (14.29%) RIBA
3 3 (8.57%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.86%) CISSP
4 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.86%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.71%) GDPR
2 1 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.86%) NIST
2 1 (2.86%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.43%) Salesforce
3 3 (8.57%) Pega
3 3 (8.57%) SAP