Head of Development Contracts in England

Head of Development
UK > England

The median Head of Development daily rate in England is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

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

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 540 638 754
Rank change year-on-year +98 +116 -134
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Development 9 8 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.024% 0.016% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.017% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 8 21
10th Percentile £410 £553 £475
25th Percentile £481 £697 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £775 £700
Median % change year-on-year -25.81% +10.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £850 £881 £800
90th Percentile - £975 £838
UK median daily rate £575 £775 £725
% change year-on-year -25.81% +6.90% +5.45%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,080 46,338 66,904
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,599 32,894 47,614
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £645 £663 £644
90th Percentile £750 £760 £740
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,444 1,371 1,856
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.50
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +95.65% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.30 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.00 £64.88
UK median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%

Head of Development
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Head of Development in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Development in England

Head of Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Development in England.

Daily rate trend for Head of Development in England

Head of Development
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Development in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Development in England

Head of Development
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Development within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England - 3 £425 - 4
West Midlands - 3 £800 -
Midlands - 3 £800 - 2
North West - 3 £425 - 1
London +90 2 - - 5
South East +21 1 £550 -12.00% 5
Head of Development
UK

Head of Development Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Head of Development contract 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 contract job ads across the England region featuring Head of Development in the job title.

1 3 (33.33%) PHP
1 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
1 3 (33.33%) Law
1 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (33.33%) Supplier Management
1 3 (33.33%) SDLC
2 2 (22.22%) Sales Enablement
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
2 2 (22.22%) Coaching
2 2 (22.22%) Web Development
2 2 (22.22%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) C#
3 1 (11.11%) .NET
3 1 (11.11%) B2B
3 1 (11.11%) Data Integration
3 1 (11.11%) Product Management
3 1 (11.11%) SaaS
3 1 (11.11%) PaaS
3 1 (11.11%) Marketing
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) React
3 1 (11.11%) Laravel
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (11.11%) IT Strategy

Head of Development Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) PaaS
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
1 3 (33.33%) Law
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) Laravel
1 1 (11.11%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) SDLC
1 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (33.33%) Supplier Management
2 2 (22.22%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) Coaching
2 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
2 2 (22.22%) Sales Enablement
2 2 (22.22%) Web Development
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (11.11%) B2B
3 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
3 1 (11.11%) Data Integration
3 1 (11.11%) IT Strategy
3 1 (11.11%) Product Management
3 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) PHP
2 2 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 1 (11.11%) C#