Head of Test Contracts in England

Head of Test
UK > England

As of 26 April 2024, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Head of Test daily rate in England.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 543 658 762
Rank change year-on-year +115 +104 -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Test 2 1 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.005% 0.002% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.002% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £575
75th Percentile - - £719
90th Percentile - - £865
UK median daily rate - - £575

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 34,467 47,939 67,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.60% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,885 33,999 48,181
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
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 2,421 1,437 1,912
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.62
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.35 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

Head of Test
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Test in England

Head of Test
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Head of Test in England

Head of Test
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 Test within the England region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
London - 2 - -
Head of Test
UK

Head of Test Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Head of Test 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 Test in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) JMeter
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) WebDriver
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
1 1 (50.00%) WebSockets
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) ZeroMQ
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (50.00%) React
1 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Grafana
1 1 (50.00%) Blockchain
1 1 (50.00%) Gatling
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
1 1 (50.00%) Contentful
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon OpenSearch
1 1 (50.00%) Finsemble

Head of Test 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Amazon OpenSearch
1 1 (50.00%) Contentful
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (50.00%) Gatling
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) JMeter
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
1 1 (50.00%) React
1 1 (50.00%) WebSockets
1 1 (50.00%) ZeroMQ
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Blockchain
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Grafana
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Finsemble