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Information Technology and Telecommunications Directors

Job holders in this unit group plan, organise, direct and co-ordinate the work and resources necessary to provide and operate information technology and telecommunications services within an organisation.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£ 9,990
£ 55,313
£ 119,888

New workers start around £9,990. Normal pay is £55,313 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £119,888.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 92,638 vacancies for this type of job

2.67%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Ensures that new technologies are researched and evaluated in the light of the organisation.

  • Prioritises and schedules major IT/telecommunications projects.

  • Considers the required IT/telecommunications staffing levels, oversees recruitment and appointment of staff and directs training policy.

  • Develops the periodic business plan and operational budget for IT/telecommunications to deliver agreed service levels.

  • Directs the implementation within the organisation of IT/telecommunications strategy, infrastructure, procurement, procedures and standards.

  • Develops in consultation with other senior management the IT/telecommunications strategy of the organisation.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Project Management

  • IT Service Management

  • Information Technology Infrastructure Library

  • Agile Methodology

  • Procurement

  • IT Infrastructure

  • Stakeholder Management

  • Microsoft Azure

  • Auditing

  • Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Management

  • Communications

  • Leadership

  • Planning

  • Operations

  • Governance

  • Customer Service

  • Innovation

  • Influencing Skills

  • Problem Solving

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

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