Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
UK
The median Chief Technology Officer (CTO) salary in the UK is £122,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 11 Jan 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 720 | 705 | 950 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -15 | +245 | +32 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Chief Technology Officer | 36 | 29 | 65 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.055% | 0.049% | 0.059% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.059% | 0.052% | 0.062% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 23 | 21 | 45 |
| 10th Percentile | £94,000 | - | £86,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £100,000 | £82,500 | £94,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £122,500 | £115,000 | £115,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.52% | - | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £138,750 | £137,500 | £145,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £153,000 | £165,000 | £173,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £120,000 | £85,000 | £115,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +41.18% | -26.09% | +43.75% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 | 60,724 | 56,083 | 104,395 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 93.06% | 95.46% | 95.31% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 28,191 | 41,125 | 67,762 |
| 10th Percentile | £34,750 | £30,213 | £33,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £41,250 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,033 | £57,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.93% | -4.17% | +1.51% |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £77,500 | £82,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £96,250 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £53,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Chief Technology Officer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Chief Technology Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Chief Technology Officer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Chief Technology Officer.
Chief Technology Officer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Chief Technology Officer over the 6 months to 11 January 2025.
Chief Technology Officer
Top 12 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Chief Technology Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 11 January 2025. 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 | -29 | 32 | £120,000 | +4.35% | 33 |
| UK excluding London | -15 | 25 | £120,000 | +41.18% | 16 |
| Work from Home | +44 | 18 | £120,000 | +4.35% | 20 |
| London | +10 | 9 | £140,000 | +21.74% | 16 |
| South East | -13 | 9 | £120,000 | -33.33% | 7 |
| North of England | - | 8 | £125,000 | - | 3 |
| North West | - | 6 | £125,000 | - | 2 |
| South West | - | 4 | - | - | 2 |
| Midlands | -25 | 2 | £102,500 | +20.59% | 2 |
| North East | - | 2 | - | - | |
| Scotland | - | 2 | £145,000 | - | |
| East Midlands | - | 2 | £102,500 | - |
Chief Technology Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 11 January 2025, Chief Technology Officer 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 featuring Chief Technology Officer in the job title.
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Chief Technology Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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: