IT director: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: Information technology directors (SOC 1137)
About £67,471 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +3.3% on last year
£8,177 a month About £5,623 a month after tax 60 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £63,156 in 2021 to £98,127 in 2026 (+55%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | x | £46,824 | £63,156 | x | x |
| 2022 | £41,318 | £51,937 | £73,834 | £96,151 | x |
| 2023 | £42,483 | £59,384 | £80,734 | £105,077 | x |
| 2024 | £45,927 | £60,499 | £83,961 | £111,167 | x |
| 2025 | £55,124 | £70,044 | £94,998 | £122,833 | x |
| 2026 | £56,208 | £73,235 | £98,127 | £138,192 | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £98,127 a year and half earn more. That is 140% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
The middle half earn between £73,235 and £138,192; one in ten earns less than £56,208.
Ranked by median, it is number 2 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
The mean (£116,759) is well above the median: a minority in this job earn much more than most.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £5,623 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £5,355 in Scotland.
The median for men is £102,370 and for women £87,031, a gap of 15% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | £56,208 | £4,684 |
| 20th | £68,794 | £5,733 |
| 25th (P25) | £73,235 | £6,103 |
| 30th | £79,525 | £6,627 |
| 40th | £90,006 | £7,500 |
| Median (50th) | £98,127 | £8,177 |
| 60th | £113,221 | £9,435 |
| 70th | £126,044 | £10,504 |
| 75th (P75) | £138,192 | £11,516 |
| 80th | £149,094 | £12,424 |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £102,370 | £120,441 | 48 |
| Women | £87,031 | £102,167 | 12 |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £67,471 | £5,623 |
| Scotland | £64,265 | £5,355 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £98,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 40 job titles to SOC 1137 Information technology directors. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Chief AI officer
- Chief information officer
- Chief operating officer
- Chief technical officer
- Chief technology officer
- CIO
- Company director
- Computer technical director
- COO
- CTO
- Development director
- Digital director
- Digital transformation lead
- Director
- Director of communications
- Director of information security
- Director of IT
- Director of software engineering
- Head of computer services
- Head of digital transformation
- Head of ict
- Head of information security
- Head of information technology
- Head of IT
- Head of IT operations
- Head of operations
- Head of software development
- Head of technology
- IT director
- IT programme manager
- Managing director
- Operations director
- Owner
- Product director
- Programme director
- Programme manager
- Software company managing director
- Technical director
- Technology director
- Telecommunications director
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.