The first table below looks at the demand for the Head of IT role in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Head of IT 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 South East 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 Information Technology
Rank 221 241 257
Rank change year-on-year
+20 +16
Contract jobs requiring a Head of IT 2 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.026% 0.010% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.011% 0.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
Average daily rate £550 £840 £738
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-34.52% +13.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £840 £528
10% offered a daily rate of more than £710 £840 £948
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £575 £513
% change year-on-year
-32.60% +12.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7204 9391 9776
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 92.56% 92.35% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 3605 4218 4213
Average daily rate £350 £350 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £220 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 721 839
Average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.00 £42.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Head of IT
England

Head of IT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Head of IT Jobs Demand Trend

Head of IT
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Head of IT Daily Rate Trend

Head of IT
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Head of IT across the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South East Head of IT Daily Rate Histogram

Head of IT
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of IT within the South East region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Oxfordshire - 1 £350 -
M4 Corridor - 1 £750 -
Head of IT
England

Head of IT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Head of IT 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 IT in their job title.

1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Apache
3 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
3 1 (25.00%) VoIP
3 1 (25.00%) VMS
3 1 (25.00%) SLA
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco
3 1 (25.00%) IBM
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) HP
3 1 (25.00%) Intel
3 1 (25.00%) Avaya
3 1 (25.00%) SAN
3 1 (25.00%) Nokia
3 1 (25.00%) MPLS
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec
3 1 (25.00%) IT Governance
3 1 (25.00%) WebSphere
3 1 (25.00%) COBIT
3 1 (25.00%) WebLOAD
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) iSeries
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Management Information System

Head of IT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region that cited Head of IT 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 IT in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Apache
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) VoIP
1 1 (25.00%) SAN
1 1 (25.00%) MPLS
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) WebLOAD
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) iSeries
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) VMS
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) IT Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
1 1 (25.00%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) IBM
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) HP
1 1 (25.00%) Intel
1 1 (25.00%) Avaya
1 1 (25.00%) Nokia
1 1 (25.00%) F5