Head of IT Contracts in England

Head of Information Technology
UK > England

The median Head of Information Technology daily rate in England is £625, 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 459 513 606
Rank change year-on-year +54 +93 +119
Contract jobs requiring a Head of IT 26 29 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.11% 0.078% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.084% 0.098%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 24 41
10th Percentile £455 £475 £425
25th Percentile £550 £575 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +13.64% -20.00%
75th Percentile £681 £809 £763
90th Percentile £700 £893 £850
UK median daily rate £613 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -2.00% +13.64% -20.00%

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
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT in England

Head of IT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Head of IT in England

Head of IT
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of IT in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Head of IT in England

Head of IT
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Head of IT in England

Head of IT
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 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 +33 12 £613 - 28
Midlands +23 4 £675 -20.59% 9
North of England +21 4 £675 -1.82% 15
North West +19 4 £675 -1.82% 13
East of England +30 3 £600 - 2
West Midlands +13 2 £675 -20.59% 8
South West - 2 - - 4
South East +43 1 £375 -42.31% 14
Head of IT
UK

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

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

1 9 (34.62%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 8 (30.77%) Roadmaps
3 7 (26.92%) ITIL
3 7 (26.92%) Business Continuity
4 6 (23.08%) Risk Management
5 5 (19.23%) Change Management
5 5 (19.23%) Azure
5 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
5 5 (19.23%) Service Design
5 5 (19.23%) GDPR
6 4 (15.38%) People Management
6 4 (15.38%) IT Strategy
6 4 (15.38%) Incident Management
6 4 (15.38%) Data Protection
6 4 (15.38%) Project Management
6 4 (15.38%) Windows
6 4 (15.38%) Active Directory
7 3 (11.54%) CRM
7 3 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (11.54%) Data Security
7 3 (11.54%) DevOps
7 3 (11.54%) User Experience
7 3 (11.54%) Information Governance
7 3 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (11.54%) Data Centre
8 2 (7.69%) Power BI
8 2 (7.69%) Entra ID
8 2 (7.69%) Contract Management
8 2 (7.69%) Business Strategy

Head of IT 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 5 (19.23%) Azure
2 3 (11.54%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.69%) Entra ID
3 2 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) LAN
1 1 (3.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.69%) Power BI
2 1 (3.85%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (19.23%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Finance
2 2 (7.69%) Local Government
3 1 (3.85%) Banking
3 1 (3.85%) Health Technology
3 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.85%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (7.69%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.85%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (15.38%) Windows
2 2 (7.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (34.62%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (30.77%) Roadmaps
3 7 (26.92%) Business Continuity
3 7 (26.92%) ITIL
4 6 (23.08%) Risk Management
5 5 (19.23%) Change Management
5 5 (19.23%) Service Design
6 4 (15.38%) Data Protection
6 4 (15.38%) Incident Management
6 4 (15.38%) IT Strategy
6 4 (15.38%) People Management
6 4 (15.38%) Project Management
7 3 (11.54%) CRM
7 3 (11.54%) Data Security
7 3 (11.54%) DevOps
7 3 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (11.54%) Information Governance
7 3 (11.54%) User Experience
8 2 (7.69%) Service Delivery
8 2 (7.69%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (3.85%) CISSP
2 1 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.85%) Degree
2 1 (3.85%) MCP
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (3.85%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.85%) PMP
2 1 (3.85%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) GDPR
2 2 (7.69%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.85%) Apple
2 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow
2 1 (3.85%) VMware