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About CIO Jobs

The chief information officer (CIO), also known as IT Director in Europe, is a job title for the head of the board of Information Technology within an organisation. Usually within a CIO Job, the main role consists of proposing a long-term IT infrastructure plan, setting out key goals and objectives and then working within a budget to implement the plan.

CIO jobs in the UK

By working in a CIO job, you will be typically involved with analysing and reworking existing business processes, with identifying and developing the capability to use new tools, with reshaping the company’s physical infrastructure and network access and with identifying and exploiting the company’s knowledge resources

Requirements for CIO Jobs

No specific qualification is typical of CIO jobs in general; every CIO position has its own specific job description. In the past, many have had degrees in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Information Systems, but this is not universal. More recently, CIO leadership capabilities, business acumen and strategic perspectives have taken precedence over technical skills. It is now quite common for CIOs to be appointed from the business side of the organisation, especially if they have project management skills.

CIO salaries

The salary for a CIO in the UK is always a six-figure sum. It is obviously negotiable and it depends on the size of the organisation and on the candidate’s experience. In recent years, government departments have employed CIOs and have recruited them from the private sector.

Companies and Institutions hiring CIO

The prominence of the CIO position has risen greatly as Information Technology has become a more important part of business. The IT Job Board offers a broad range of clients looking for CIO. Many of the CIO jobs in the UK are offered by medium to large companies. By choosing the IT Job Board you will have the opportunity to work for some of Britain’s leading organisations offering CIO jobs.

Search for CIO jobs

Search for CIO jobs on IT Job Board.co.uk to find the latest CIO vacancies in the UK.