Head of IT Jobs in the UK excluding London

Head of Information Technology
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of Information Technology salary in the UK excluding London is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 554 638 715
Rank change year-on-year +84 +77 -118
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 220 95 148
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.29% 0.17% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.19% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 183 72 114
10th Percentile £52,011 £55,093 £51,250
25th Percentile £60,750 £58,750 £54,223
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -4.76%
75th Percentile £93,750 £91,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £111,750 £99,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.23%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 72,397 50,271 70,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.93% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,949 29,577 42,673
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Head of IT
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT in the UK excluding London

Head of IT
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Head of IT in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Head of IT in the UK excluding London

Head of IT
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Head of IT in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Head of IT in the UK excluding London

Head of IT
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of IT within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
North of England +111 103 £70,000 +3.70% 8
North West +48 70 £70,000 -12.50% 6
Midlands +7 36 £75,000 +15.38% 7
East of England +17 31 £90,000 +20.00% 4
West Midlands +5 30 £75,000 +11.11% 4
Yorkshire +73 28 £85,000 +36.55% 1
South East -11 19 £82,500 +10.00% 4
South West -25 19 £65,500 +4.80% 4
Wales - 7 £52,508 -
East Midlands -11 6 £60,000 -26.15% 3
North East - 5 £93,500 - 1
Scotland -72 3 £64,250 -26.57% 1
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
Head of IT
UK

Head of IT Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 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 job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 66 (30.00%) IT Strategy
2 64 (29.09%) Social Skills
3 54 (24.55%) Continuous Improvement
4 53 (24.09%) Project Management
5 50 (22.73%) ITIL
6 44 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
7 42 (19.09%) ERP
8 38 (17.27%) Microsoft
8 38 (17.27%) Finance
8 38 (17.27%) Roadmaps
9 36 (16.36%) Budget Management
9 36 (16.36%) Azure
10 35 (15.91%) Microsoft 365
10 35 (15.91%) Service Delivery
11 32 (14.55%) Degree
12 31 (14.09%) Retail
13 30 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
13 30 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
14 28 (12.73%) SLA
15 27 (12.27%) Manufacturing
15 27 (12.27%) ITSM
15 27 (12.27%) Management Information System
16 26 (11.82%) VMware
17 25 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
17 25 (11.36%) Service Management
17 25 (11.36%) CRM
18 23 (10.45%) Disaster Recovery
18 23 (10.45%) Customer Service
19 21 (9.55%) SQL
19 21 (9.55%) Active Directory

Head of IT Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (4.09%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.82%) NetSuite
2 3 (1.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.45%) Epicor Vantage
3 1 (0.45%) Magento
3 1 (0.45%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 36 (16.36%) Azure
2 35 (15.91%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (4.55%) AWS
4 6 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (2.27%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.36%) Commercetools
6 3 (1.36%) SaaS
6 3 (1.36%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 2 (0.91%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.45%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.91%) LAN
2 12 (5.45%) Firewall
3 11 (5.00%) WAN
4 9 (4.09%) VPN
4 9 (4.09%) WLAN
5 7 (3.18%) Broadband
6 6 (2.73%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (2.27%) VoIP
8 3 (1.36%) Network Security
9 2 (0.91%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.45%) SAN
10 1 (0.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.27%) Power BI
2 4 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (1.82%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.91%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.45%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 3 (1.36%) JIRA
General
1 64 (29.09%) Social Skills
2 38 (17.27%) Finance
3 31 (14.09%) Retail
4 30 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (12.27%) Manufacturing
6 18 (8.18%) Influencing Skills
6 18 (8.18%) Public Sector
7 11 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (5.00%) Telecoms
8 7 (3.18%) Legal
9 6 (2.73%) Back Office
10 4 (1.82%) Automotive
10 4 (1.82%) Marketing
11 3 (1.36%) Games
11 3 (1.36%) Turkish Language
12 2 (0.91%) Banking
12 2 (0.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.45%) Law
13 1 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.91%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.27%) Management Information System
2 14 (6.36%) FMCG
3 8 (3.64%) Driving Licence
3 8 (3.64%) Product Ownership
4 7 (3.18%) PMI
5 6 (2.73%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (2.27%) Freedom of Information
7 3 (1.36%) CMDB
8 2 (0.91%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.91%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.91%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.45%) CCTV
9 1 (0.45%) Cyberattack
9 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Licensing
9 1 (0.45%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.45%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.36%) Windows
2 11 (5.00%) Windows Server
3 8 (3.64%) Linux
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (30.00%) IT Strategy
2 54 (24.55%) Continuous Improvement
3 53 (24.09%) Project Management
4 50 (22.73%) ITIL
5 44 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
6 42 (19.09%) ERP
7 38 (17.27%) Roadmaps
8 36 (16.36%) Budget Management
9 35 (15.91%) Service Delivery
10 30 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
11 27 (12.27%) ITSM
12 25 (11.36%) CRM
12 25 (11.36%) Service Management
12 25 (11.36%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (10.45%) Customer Service
13 23 (10.45%) Disaster Recovery
14 21 (9.55%) Contract Negotiation
14 21 (9.55%) Mentoring
15 20 (9.09%) Digital Strategy
15 20 (9.09%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 21 (9.55%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (14.55%) Degree
2 13 (5.91%) PMI Certification
3 7 (3.18%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.18%) Security Cleared
4 6 (2.73%) CISSP
4 6 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (2.73%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (2.73%) PMP
5 4 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.36%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.36%) MCSE
7 1 (0.45%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.45%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (12.73%) SLA
2 21 (9.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 17 (7.73%) GDPR
4 9 (4.09%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.36%) Accessibility
5 3 (1.36%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.91%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.91%) NIST
6 2 (0.91%) PMO
7 1 (0.45%) GRC
7 1 (0.45%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.45%) QA
7 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (9.55%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.36%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.45%) Backup Exec
2 1 (0.45%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 38 (17.27%) Microsoft
2 26 (11.82%) VMware
3 13 (5.91%) SAP
4 6 (2.73%) Veeam
5 4 (1.82%) Oracle
6 3 (1.36%) Sage
6 3 (1.36%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.91%) Cisco
7 2 (0.91%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.91%) Meraki
8 1 (0.45%) Avaya
8 1 (0.45%) Epicor
8 1 (0.45%) Google
8 1 (0.45%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.45%) Snow
8 1 (0.45%) Sophos
8 1 (0.45%) Spiceworks
8 1 (0.45%) Symantec