Head of Applications Contract Job Trends in Stevenage

Head of Applications
Hertfordshire > Stevenage

The median Head of Applications daily rate in Stevenage is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Applications 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stevenage 0.28% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - -
75th Percentile £738 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £725 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Stevenage

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stevenage. 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 Stevenage with a recognized job title 356 133 308
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 98.07% 97.79% 86.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 22 40
10th Percentile £238 £315 £80
25th Percentile £413 £450 £256
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £533 £400
Median % change year-on-year -6.10% +33.13% +3.23%
75th Percentile £625 £622 £525
90th Percentile £738 £625 £650
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £525 £430
% change year-on-year - +22.09% -14.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 82 198
10th Percentile £28.37 £40.00 £39.55
25th Percentile £50.00 £56.63 £50.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £67.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £70.00 £81.27 £70.00
90th Percentile - £85.00 £85.00
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 £65.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -23.66% +4.80% -0.79%

Head of Applications Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage

For the 6 months to 22 March 2026, Head of Applications contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Stevenage region featuring Head of Applications in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) OCI
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements

Head of Applications Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stevenage by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) OCI
1 1 (100.00%) PaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Budgeting
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Contract Management
1 1 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Security Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Desk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle