Head of Information Contracts in England

Head of Information
UK > England

The median Head of Information daily rate in England is £446 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 529 655 766
Rank change year-on-year +126 +111 -144
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Information 7 5 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.019% 0.010% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.010% 0.032%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 20
10th Percentile £382 £615 £324
25th Percentile £403 £638 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £688 £669
Median % change year-on-year -35.13% +2.80% +40.79%
75th Percentile £495 £806 £775
90th Percentile £520 £818 £793
UK median daily rate £446 £688 £669
% change year-on-year -35.13% +2.80% +21.59%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,509 48,061 68,243
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.57% 95.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,973 34,073 48,458
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,410 1,449 1,922
10th Percentile £12.91 £14.35 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.49
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.00 £62.15
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%

Head of Information
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Information in England

Head of Information
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Head of Information in England

Head of Information
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Information in England over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Information in England

Head of Information
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Head of Information in England.

Hourly rate trend for Head of Information in England

Head of Information
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Information within the England region over the 6 months to 24 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
South East +14 3 - - 6
London +104 2 £367 -45.63% 9
East of England - 2 £525 -
Head of Information
UK

Head of Information Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Head of Information 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 England region featuring Head of Information in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Finance
1 4 (57.14%) Performance Management
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
2 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
2 3 (42.86%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
2 3 (42.86%) Security Monitoring
2 3 (42.86%) PCI DSS
2 3 (42.86%) Informatics
2 3 (42.86%) SIEM
2 3 (42.86%) Information Security
2 3 (42.86%) Information Management
2 3 (42.86%) Nessus
3 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
3 2 (28.57%) Firewall
3 2 (28.57%) Windows
3 2 (28.57%) LAN
3 2 (28.57%) WAN
3 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco
3 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (28.57%) Citrix
3 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (28.57%) VMware
3 2 (28.57%) XenApp
3 2 (28.57%) Electronic Patient Records

Head of Information Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) TCP/IP
1 2 (28.57%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Law
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Performance Management
2 3 (42.86%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (42.86%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (42.86%) Incident Response
2 3 (42.86%) Informatics
2 3 (42.86%) Information Management
2 3 (42.86%) Information Security
2 3 (42.86%) Security Monitoring
2 3 (42.86%) Security Operations
2 3 (42.86%) SIEM
2 3 (42.86%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (28.57%) Data Collection
3 2 (28.57%) Data Loss Prevention
3 2 (28.57%) Health Informatics
3 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (28.57%) Target Operating Model
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 1 (14.29%) Information Assurance
4 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
1 2 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (28.57%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 3 (42.86%) Nessus
2 2 (28.57%) Network Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) CheckPoint
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco
1 2 (28.57%) Citrix
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) Splunk
1 2 (28.57%) VMware