Head of IT Operations Contracts in England

Head of Information Technology Operations
UK > England

The median Head of Information Technology Operations daily rate in England is £701, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 539 647
Rank change year-on-year +58 +108 +131
Contract jobs requiring a Head of IT Operations 4 3 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.008% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.009% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 4
10th Percentile £640 - £644
25th Percentile £663 £675 £680
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £701 £700 £713
Median % change year-on-year +0.07% -1.75% +9.62%
75th Percentile £719 £863 £784
90th Percentile £730 £945 £869
UK median daily rate £701 £700 £713
% change year-on-year +0.07% -1.75% +9.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Head of IT Operations
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT Operations in England

Head of IT Operations
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Head of IT Operations in England

Head of IT Operations
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 IT Operations within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +40 4 £701 +0.07% 6
Head of IT Operations
UK

Head of IT Operations Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Head of IT Operations 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 IT Operations in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Health Technology
2 1 (25.00%) Service Design
2 1 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (25.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (25.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Head of IT Operations 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Health Technology
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Storage
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (25.00%) Information Governance
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Service Design
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) VMware