Technology Director Jobs

Director of Technology
UK

The median Director of Technology salary in the UK is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 848 906 1173
Rank change year-on-year +58 +267 -287
Permanent jobs requiring a Technology Director 74 39 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.068% 0.042% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.046% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 31 25 36
10th Percentile £65,000 £97,750 -
25th Percentile £67,387 £107,500 £76,135
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £117,800 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.60% +27.35% +1.65%
75th Percentile £127,500 £125,000 £115,000
90th Percentile £170,000 £141,000 £135,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £80,000 £117,800 £110,000
% change year-on-year -32.09% +7.09% +37.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

Technology Director
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technology Director in the UK

Technology Director
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technology Director in the UK

Technology Director
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technology Director over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Technology Director in the UK

Technology Director
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technology Director within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
UK excluding London -27 54 £80,000 -32.09% 9
England +55 53 £90,000 -25.00% 20
Scotland - 20 - -
London +67 17 £110,000 -8.33% 12
Midlands -18 14 £69,235 -52.25%
West Midlands +2 13 £69,235 -52.25%
Work from Home +51 10 £80,000 -32.09% 11
South East +1 9 £146,250 +30.00% 2
South West - 6 £60,000 - 3
North of England +24 5 £120,000 - 2
North West -7 4 £120,000 - 1
North East - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 - -

Technology Director Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Technology 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 featuring Technology Director in the job title.

1 38 (51.35%) Finance
2 29 (39.19%) Product Management
3 28 (37.84%) Cloud Native
3 28 (37.84%) Decision-Making
4 24 (32.43%) Software Engineering
4 24 (32.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (32.43%) Product Ownership
5 23 (31.08%) Marketing
5 23 (31.08%) Law
6 20 (27.03%) AWS
7 18 (24.32%) IT Strategy
7 18 (24.32%) Degree
7 18 (24.32%) CI/CD
8 17 (22.97%) Business Analysis
9 16 (21.62%) ETL
9 16 (21.62%) Databricks
9 16 (21.62%) Analytics
9 16 (21.62%) Roadmaps
9 16 (21.62%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (21.62%) Data Pipeline
10 15 (20.27%) Apache NiFi
10 15 (20.27%) Technology Strategy
10 15 (20.27%) Machine Learning
10 15 (20.27%) Data Modelling
10 15 (20.27%) Apache
10 15 (20.27%) Python
10 15 (20.27%) Agile
10 15 (20.27%) TDD
10 15 (20.27%) Data Analysis
10 15 (20.27%) Taxonomies

Technology Director 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (20.27%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (27.03%) AWS
2 11 (14.86%) Azure
3 10 (13.51%) SaaS
4 8 (10.81%) Azure Stack
4 8 (10.81%) IaaS
4 8 (10.81%) PaaS
5 3 (4.05%) WhatsApp
6 2 (2.70%) FinancialForce
6 2 (2.70%) GCP
6 2 (2.70%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.35%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) Power BI
2 1 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
General
1 38 (51.35%) Finance
2 24 (32.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (31.08%) Law
3 23 (31.08%) Marketing
4 16 (21.62%) Presentation Skills
5 13 (17.57%) Social Skills
6 3 (4.05%) Retail
7 2 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.70%) Games
7 2 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.70%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.35%) Automotive
8 1 (1.35%) Legal
8 1 (1.35%) Local Government
8 1 (1.35%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.35%) Social Housing
8 1 (1.35%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (20.27%) Apache NiFi
2 3 (4.05%) RESTful
2 3 (4.05%) Spring
2 3 (4.05%) Spring Boot
2 3 (4.05%) Web Services
3 2 (2.70%) React
3 2 (2.70%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 28 (37.84%) Cloud Native
2 24 (32.43%) Product Ownership
3 15 (20.27%) Taxonomies
4 6 (8.11%) Onboarding
4 6 (8.11%) Virtual Team
5 4 (5.41%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.35%) Blockchain
6 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.35%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (39.19%) Product Management
2 28 (37.84%) Decision-Making
3 24 (32.43%) Software Engineering
4 18 (24.32%) CI/CD
4 18 (24.32%) IT Strategy
5 17 (22.97%) Business Analysis
6 16 (21.62%) Analytics
6 16 (21.62%) Data Pipeline
6 16 (21.62%) ETL
6 16 (21.62%) Roadmaps
7 15 (20.27%) Agile
7 15 (20.27%) Data Analysis
7 15 (20.27%) Data Modelling
7 15 (20.27%) Machine Learning
7 15 (20.27%) TDD
7 15 (20.27%) Technology Strategy
7 15 (20.27%) Use Case
8 14 (18.92%) Information Management
9 11 (14.86%) Continuous Delivery
9 11 (14.86%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 15 (20.27%) Python
2 8 (10.81%) Java
3 2 (2.70%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.35%) C#
4 1 (1.35%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 18 (24.32%) Degree
2 5 (6.76%) AWS Certification
3 4 (5.41%) Master's Degree
4 3 (4.05%) AWS Certified Developer
5 1 (1.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.35%) CCSP
5 1 (1.35%) CISA
5 1 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.35%) CISM
5 1 (1.35%) CISSP
5 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.35%) CREST Certified
5 1 (1.35%) MBA
5 1 (1.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.05%) QA
2 1 (1.35%) COBIT
Vendors
1 16 (21.62%) Databricks
2 12 (16.22%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.70%) Google
3 2 (2.70%) Salesforce
3 2 (2.70%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud