Head of Software Engineering Contracts in England

Head of Software Engineering
UK > England

The median Head of Software Engineering daily rate in England is £975 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 534 - 775
Rank change year-on-year - - -151
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Software Engineering 2 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.005% - 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% - 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £650
25th Percentile £938 - £731
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £975 - £800
Median % change year-on-year - - +14.29%
75th Percentile £1,013 - £875
90th Percentile - - £900
UK median daily rate £975 £800 £800
% change year-on-year +21.88% - +14.29%

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 34,391 47,499 67,898
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.62% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,834 33,731 48,300
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,437 1,404 1,900
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.34 £44.77 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.83% +98.96% +0.36%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.66 £76.85 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.14
% change year-on-year -19.07% +94.45% +2.04%

Head of Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Software Engineering in England

Head of Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Head of Software Engineering in England

Head of Software Engineering
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 Software Engineering within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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 - 1 - -
London - 1 £975 - 5
North West - 1 - -
Head of Software Engineering
UK

Head of Software Engineering Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Head of Software Engineering 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 Software Engineering in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Situational Awareness
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) BDD
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Military
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) TDD

Head of Software Engineering 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 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) BDD
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Situational Awareness
2 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership