Head of Projects Contracts

Head of Projects
UK

The median Head of Projects daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 April 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
17 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 590 - 857
Rank change year-on-year - - -170
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Projects 1 0 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.002% - 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% - 0.008%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +40.54%
75th Percentile - - £700
90th Percentile - - £715
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £650

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,563 57,633 85,848
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.56% 95.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,521 40,186 60,274
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £745 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,603 1,618 2,130
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.37 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.25 £15.37
Median hourly rate £35.00 £44.06 £22.94
Median % change year-on-year -20.55% +92.04% -0.26%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.43 £75.50 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.65 £42.08 £19.50
% change year-on-year -15.28% +115.78% +2.63%

Head of Projects
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Projects in the UK

Head of Projects
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Head of Projects in the UK

Head of Projects
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Projects within the UK over the 6 months to 17 April 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
London - 1 £600 - 2
England - 1 £600 - 6

Head of Projects Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 April 2024, Head of Projects 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 featuring Head of Projects in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) PMO
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case

Head of Projects Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Matrix Management
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) PMO