Head of Applications Contracts in London

Head of Applications
England > London

The median Head of Applications daily rate in London is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 383 499 606
Rank change year-on-year +116 +107 -130
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Applications 5 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.028% 0.007% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.008% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile £545 £414 £544
25th Percentile £575 £416 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £438 £638
Median % change year-on-year +37.14% -31.37% +55.87%
75th Percentile £838 £466 £697
90th Percentile £1,055 £471 £721
England median daily rate £800 £438 £725
% change year-on-year +82.86% -39.66% +73.86%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,501 25,472 37,134
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 95.25% 95.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,931 18,450 27,143
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £681
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 290 447
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.40
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.53 £22.24
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.25 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.99% +0.71% +10.62%
75th Percentile £43.75 £61.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £78.20 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.50 £44.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -17.05% +95.56% +2.27%

Head of Applications
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Applications in London

Head of Applications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Applications in London.

Daily rate trend for Head of Applications in London

Head of Applications
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Applications in London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Applications in London

Head of Applications
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Applications within the London region over the 6 months to 5 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
Central London +41 1 £825 +83.33% 1
Head of Applications
England

Head of Applications Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Head of Applications 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 London region featuring Head of Applications in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (40.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (20.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Case Management
2 1 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (20.00%) ERP

Head of Applications Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Investment Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Budget Management
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Architectural Design
2 1 (20.00%) Case Management
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (20.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (20.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle