Head of Development Contracts in the Thames Valley

Head of Development
South East > Thames Valley

The median Head of Development daily rate in the Thames Valley is £748, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 August 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
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Head of Development 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.060% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £724 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £748 - -
75th Percentile £771 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £748 £550 -
% change year-on-year +35.91% - -

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,523 2,064 2,635
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.80% 91.53% 95.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 922 1,181 1,794
10th Percentile £272 £255 £263
25th Percentile £400 £403 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £619 £613
90th Percentile £686 £688 £699
South East median daily rate £500 £516 £500
% change year-on-year -3.10% +3.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 123 91
10th Percentile £14.20 £16.06 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.13 £22.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +18.80% +145.06%
75th Percentile £62.37 £70.39 £66.00
90th Percentile £86.40 £87.49 £74.79
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +124.72%

Head of Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Development in the Thames Valley

Head of Development
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Development job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Development job vacancies in the Thames Valley

Head of Development
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Development within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Berkshire - 1 £748 - 1
Head of Development
South East

Head of Development Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 21 August 2025, Head of Development 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 Thames Valley region featuring Head of Development in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jinja
1 1 (100.00%) Robot Framework
1 1 (100.00%) SonarQube
1 1 (100.00%) Veracode
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Tricentis Tosca
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Appian
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making

Head of Development Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (100.00%) Appian
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Tricentis Tosca
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Robot Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SonarQube
General
1 1 (100.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Jinja
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) NETCONF
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) YANG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Veracode