Head of IT Contracts in Central London

Head of Information Technology
London > Central London

The median Head of Information Technology daily rate in Central London is £1,150 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 131 179 194
Rank change year-on-year +48 +15 -42
Contract jobs requiring a Head of IT 2 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.081% 0.026% 0.088%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.027% 0.094%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £870 - -
25th Percentile £956 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £1,150 £500 -
Median % change year-on-year +130.00% - -
75th Percentile £1,381 - -
90th Percentile £1,490 - -
London median daily rate £613 £600 £675
% change year-on-year +2.08% -11.11% -17.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,351 3,681 4,277
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.26% 95.34% 94.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,676 2,515 3,259
10th Percentile £347 £321 £363
25th Percentile £450 £463 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £560
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +3.57% +6.67%
75th Percentile £683 £725 £675
90th Percentile £789 £813 £763
London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 30 50
10th Percentile £19.23 £15.50 £13.74
25th Percentile £21.44 £18.93 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.78 £35.00 £37.25
Median % change year-on-year -26.34% -6.04% +107.23%
75th Percentile £27.81 £58.75 £51.50
90th Percentile £48.30 £85.33 £62.83
London median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +12.90%

Head of IT
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT in Central London

Head of IT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Head of IT in Central London

Head of IT
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of IT in Central London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of IT in Central London

Head of IT
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 25 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
City of London +44 2 £1,150 +130.00%
Head of IT
London

Head of IT Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 25 April 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 Central London region featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) COBIT
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) People Management
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
1 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Observability
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD

Head of IT Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) People Management
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Security Management
1 1 (50.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) COBIT
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft