Head of Technology Contracts in England

Head of Technology
UK > England

The median Head of Technology daily rate in England is £800 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 538 641 726
Rank change year-on-year +103 +85 -116
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Technology 7 18 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.019% 0.036% 0.058%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.038% 0.060%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 18
10th Percentile £780 £618 £628
25th Percentile £788 £725 £663
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £875 £758
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +15.51% +10.58%
75th Percentile £988 £975 £938
90th Percentile £1,085 £1,225 £950
UK median daily rate £800 £875 £765
% change year-on-year -8.57% +14.38% +11.68%

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 34,467 47,939 67,846
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.60% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,885 33,999 48,181
10th Percentile £275 £310 £313
25th Percentile £411 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £640 £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 2,421 1,437 1,912
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.96 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% +97.91% +0.36%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.75 £48.62
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.35 £62.24
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.09% +95.65% +0.24%

Head of Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Technology in England

Head of Technology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Head of Technology in England

Head of Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Technology in England over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Technology in England

Head of Technology
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 Technology within the England region over the 6 months to 26 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 +107 6 £950 +18.75% 10
Head of Technology
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Head of Technology 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 Technology in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Python
3 2 (28.57%) Java
3 2 (28.57%) Web Services
3 2 (28.57%) Genesys
3 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 2 (28.57%) Domain-Driven Design
3 2 (28.57%) Scala
3 2 (28.57%) Azure
3 2 (28.57%) AWS
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
3 2 (28.57%) REST
3 2 (28.57%) Guidewire
3 2 (28.57%) Go
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Pyramid
3 2 (28.57%) Microservices
3 2 (28.57%) GCP
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Customer-Centricity
3 2 (28.57%) Architectural Design
3 2 (28.57%) Cloud Native
3 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
3 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
3 2 (28.57%) Customer Experience
3 2 (28.57%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (28.57%) Distributed Applications

Head of Technology 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) AWS
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) GCP
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Pyramid
1 2 (28.57%) REST
1 2 (28.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Cloud Native
1 2 (28.57%) Distributed Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (14.29%) Housing Association
2 1 (14.29%) Mainframe
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Architectural Design
2 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Experience
2 2 (28.57%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Domain-Driven Design
2 2 (28.57%) Microservices
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
3 1 (14.29%) Business Strategy
3 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 1 (14.29%) Fintech
3 1 (14.29%) Project Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 1 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (14.29%) Target Operating Model
3 1 (14.29%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Go
1 2 (28.57%) Java
1 2 (28.57%) Python
1 2 (28.57%) Scala
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) GRC
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Genesys
1 2 (28.57%) Guidewire