The first table below looks at the demand for the Head of Technology role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Head of Technology in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Head of Technology
Rank 372 409 434
Rank change year-on-year
+37 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Technology 5 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.023% 0.004% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.004% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £1,000 £900 £1,150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -21.73%
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19937 24898 29250
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.14% 92.45% 92.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 13430 16056 18793
Average daily rate £450 £440 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 620 684
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Head of Technology
England

Head of Technology
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Head of Technology across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Head of Technology Jobs Demand Trend

Head of Technology
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Head of Technology across the London region.

London Head of Technology Daily Rate Trend

Head of Technology
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Head of Technology in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Head of Technology in their job title.

1 5 (50.00%) Degree
1 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) CMS
4 1 (10.00%) LAMP
4 1 (10.00%) E-Learning
4 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Content Management
4 1 (10.00%) ActionScript
4 1 (10.00%) XML
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (10.00%) Windows
4 1 (10.00%) Flash
4 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (10.00%) VoIP
4 1 (10.00%) ISEB
4 1 (10.00%) PMI
4 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
4 1 (10.00%) Zimbra
4 1 (10.00%) Asterisk PBX
4 1 (10.00%) ActionScript 3.0
4 1 (10.00%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (10.00%) SaaS
4 1 (10.00%) HTML5
4 1 (10.00%) Trixbox
4 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management

Head of Technology
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Head of Technology in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Head of Technology in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (10.00%) LAMP
1 1 (10.00%) XML
1 1 (10.00%) Flash
1 1 (10.00%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) CMS
1 1 (10.00%) Zimbra
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) VoIP
1 1 (10.00%) Asterisk PBX
1 1 (10.00%) Trixbox
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 4 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (10.00%) E-Learning
3 1 (10.00%) PMI
3 1 (10.00%) SaaS
3 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Project Management
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (10.00%) Content Management
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) E-Commerce
3 1 (10.00%) Portfolio Management
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) ActionScript
1 1 (10.00%) ActionScript 3.0
1 1 (10.00%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) ISEB
2 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Actimize
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