Head of Test Contracts in London

Head of Test
England > London

As of 7 May 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 London.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 393 - 606
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Test 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.011% - 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% - 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £525
75th Percentile - - £750
90th Percentile - - £878
England median daily rate - £650 £525
% change year-on-year - +23.81% -

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 16,398 25,035 36,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 95.25% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,880 18,137 26,928
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £445 £463 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £681 £700 £683
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 328 282 444
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.66 £22.50
Median hourly rate £27.25 £35.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.78% +2.14% +8.63%
75th Percentile £44.75 £62.64 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £79.80 £67.94
England median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +100.00% +2.27%

Head of Test
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Test in London

Head of Test
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Head of Test in London

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 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 London 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 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:

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