Head of IT Contracts in the UK excluding London

Head of Information Technology
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of Information Technology daily rate in the UK excluding London is £800 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 373 422 470
Rank change year-on-year +49 +48 -62
Contract jobs requiring a Head of IT 13 34 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.064% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.15% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 29 17
10th Percentile £475 £445 £510
25th Percentile £578 £475 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £550 £750
Median % change year-on-year +45.45% -26.67% +27.66%
75th Percentile £875 £750 £838
90th Percentile £940 £850 £943
UK median daily rate £625 £550 £700
% change year-on-year +13.64% -21.43% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
UK median hourly rate - - £35.08
% change year-on-year - - -39.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,847 22,167 29,345
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,464 15,534 20,562
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £399 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,241 1,145 1,448
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.24
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.57
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%

Head of IT
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT in the UK excluding London

Head of IT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of IT in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Head of IT in the UK excluding London

Head of IT
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of IT in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of IT in the UK excluding London

Head of IT
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Head of IT in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Head of IT in the UK excluding London

Head of IT
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of IT within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 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
South East +22 4 £650 +13.04% 8
East of England - 3 - - 3
Scotland +46 2 - - 2
Midlands +32 2 £850 +21.43% 4
West Midlands +26 2 £850 +17.24% 3
North West +15 2 £688 +5.77% 4
North of England +4 2 £688 +25.00% 6
Head of IT
UK

Head of IT Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Head of IT 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 UK excluding London region featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 5 (38.46%) Budget Management
2 3 (23.08%) Business Strategy
2 3 (23.08%) IT Strategy
2 3 (23.08%) E-Commerce
2 3 (23.08%) Project Management
2 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing
2 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (23.08%) Retail
2 3 (23.08%) Line Management
3 2 (15.38%) Coaching
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
3 2 (15.38%) Sage
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (15.38%) Commercial Awareness
3 2 (15.38%) WhatsApp
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (15.38%) CRM
3 2 (15.38%) GDPR
3 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (7.69%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Oracle
4 1 (7.69%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.69%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Management

Head of IT Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (7.69%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) WhatsApp
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
1 3 (23.08%) Manufacturing
1 3 (23.08%) Retail
1 3 (23.08%) Telecoms
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (7.69%) Military
3 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Budget Management
2 3 (23.08%) Business Strategy
2 3 (23.08%) E-Commerce
2 3 (23.08%) IT Strategy
2 3 (23.08%) Line Management
2 3 (23.08%) Project Management
2 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (15.38%) Coaching
3 2 (15.38%) Commercial Awareness
3 2 (15.38%) CRM
3 2 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
3 2 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (7.69%) Programme Management
4 1 (7.69%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (7.69%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.69%) Security Operations
4 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.69%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) DV Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) GDPR
2 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Sage
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle