Head of Software Engineering Contracts in Manchester

Head of Software Engineering
North West > Manchester

The median Head of Software Engineering daily rate in Manchester is £650 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 101 - 139
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Software Engineering 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.13% - 0.039%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £675
75th Percentile - - £713
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £650 - £675

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,470 1,836 2,512
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.70% 96.63% 97.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,021 1,368 1,976
10th Percentile £313 £313 £213
25th Percentile £394 £409 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £584 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £655 £650
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £465
% change year-on-year -1.40% +7.53% +9.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 56 62
10th Percentile £12.07 £14.13 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £20.00 £11.82
Median hourly rate £25.10 £35.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.30% +100.00% +8.59%
75th Percentile £62.50 £47.81 £22.90
90th Percentile £73.75 £68.00 £33.75
North West median hourly rate £26.53 £30.54 £20.49
% change year-on-year -13.15% +49.05% +12.41%

Head of Software Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Software Engineering in Manchester

Head of Software Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Software Engineering in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for Head of Software Engineering in Manchester

Head of Software Engineering Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Head of Software Engineering 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 Manchester region featuring Head of Software Engineering in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Military
2 1 (50.00%) Agile

Head of Software Engineering Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership