Head of IT Jobs with Work from Home Options

Head of Information Technology
UK > Work from Home

The median Head of Information Technology salary for remote or hybrid work is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 498 583 763
Rank change year-on-year +85 +180 -202
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 104 52 128
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.14% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.14% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 91 44 102
10th Percentile £60,250 £56,028 £52,545
25th Percentile £62,500 £60,625 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% -
75th Percentile £105,000 £113,750 £87,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £126,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,750
% change year-on-year - -0.99% +1.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 34,116 36,108 73,498
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.27% 95.94% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,883 26,404 42,665
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of IT
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Head of IT in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Head of IT trend for jobs with a WFH option

Head of IT
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Head of IT.

Head of IT salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Head of IT
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Head of IT over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Head of IT salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Head of IT Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 11 June 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 32 (30.77%) ITIL
2 31 (29.81%) IT Strategy
3 27 (25.96%) Finance
4 24 (23.08%) Azure
4 24 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 24 (23.08%) Budget Management
5 23 (22.12%) Roadmaps
5 23 (22.12%) Project Management
6 21 (20.19%) Service Delivery
6 21 (20.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (19.23%) Mentoring
8 18 (17.31%) Microsoft 365
8 18 (17.31%) Microsoft
8 18 (17.31%) Digital Strategy
9 17 (16.35%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (16.35%) Agile
10 16 (15.38%) Management Information System
10 16 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
10 16 (15.38%) Data Protection
10 16 (15.38%) Degree
11 15 (14.42%) ERP
12 14 (13.46%) Disaster Recovery
12 14 (13.46%) Information Security
12 14 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
12 14 (13.46%) Customer Service
13 13 (12.50%) Decision-Making
13 13 (12.50%) Coaching
13 13 (12.50%) CRM
14 12 (11.54%) GDPR
15 11 (10.58%) Public Sector

Head of IT Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (4.81%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 24 (23.08%) Azure
2 18 (17.31%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.92%) AWS
4 1 (0.96%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.92%) Firewall
1 2 (1.92%) Network Security
1 2 (1.92%) VPN
2 1 (0.96%) LAN
2 1 (0.96%) NAS
2 1 (0.96%) SAN
2 1 (0.96%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.96%) WAN
General
1 27 (25.96%) Finance
2 24 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 14 (13.46%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (10.58%) Public Sector
5 8 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (4.81%) Legal
7 3 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (2.88%) Turkish Language
8 2 (1.92%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.92%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.96%) Advertising
9 1 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.96%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.96%) WSH
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.38%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.81%) Freedom of Information
3 3 (2.88%) CMDB
3 3 (2.88%) Driving Licence
4 2 (1.92%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.92%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.96%) Clustering
5 1 (0.96%) Derivative
5 1 (0.96%) Enterprise Storage
5 1 (0.96%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.96%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.96%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.96%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.96%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.92%) Windows
1 2 (1.92%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (30.77%) ITIL
2 31 (29.81%) IT Strategy
3 24 (23.08%) Budget Management
4 23 (22.12%) Project Management
4 23 (22.12%) Roadmaps
5 21 (20.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (20.19%) Service Delivery
6 20 (19.23%) Mentoring
7 18 (17.31%) Digital Strategy
8 17 (16.35%) Agile
8 17 (16.35%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
9 16 (15.38%) Data Protection
10 15 (14.42%) ERP
11 14 (13.46%) Customer Service
11 14 (13.46%) Disaster Recovery
11 14 (13.46%) Information Security
12 13 (12.50%) Coaching
12 13 (12.50%) CRM
12 13 (12.50%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.58%) SQL
2 2 (1.92%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.96%) Bash
3 1 (0.96%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (15.38%) Degree
2 9 (8.65%) CISSP
3 6 (5.77%) PMI Certification
3 6 (5.77%) PMP
3 6 (5.77%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.77%) Security Cleared
4 5 (4.81%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (3.85%) CISA
5 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.88%) CISM
6 3 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.88%) MCSE
7 2 (1.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (11.54%) GDPR
2 8 (7.69%) SLA
3 7 (6.73%) Cyber Essentials
4 6 (5.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (2.88%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.92%) NIST
6 2 (1.92%) PMO
7 1 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.96%) GRC
7 1 (0.96%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.96%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.96%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (10.58%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.96%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 18 (17.31%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.92%) Cisco
2 2 (1.92%) Sage
2 2 (1.92%) VMware
3 1 (0.96%) Bloomberg
3 1 (0.96%) F5
3 1 (0.96%) Meraki
3 1 (0.96%) OneTrust
3 1 (0.96%) Palo Alto
3 1 (0.96%) Snow
3 1 (0.96%) Sophis
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