Head of Engineering Contracts in the UK excluding London

Head of Engineering
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of Engineering daily rate in the UK excluding London is £700 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 396 450 519
Rank change year-on-year +54 +69 -100
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Engineering 7 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.034% 0.029% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.031% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 3
10th Percentile £625 £637 £613
25th Percentile £650 £648 £669
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £680 £775
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -12.26% +19.23%
75th Percentile £872 £698 £788
90th Percentile £888 £699 -
UK median daily rate £750 £800 £800
% change year-on-year -6.25% - +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,132 22,540 29,612
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.57% 94.26% 95.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,680 15,813 20,744
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £398 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,253 1,158 1,481
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.21
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.01 £14.25
Median hourly rate £39.55 £42.37 £19.52
Median % change year-on-year -6.64% +117.03% +2.74%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%

Head of Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Head of Engineering in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Engineering in the UK excluding London

Head of Engineering
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Engineering in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Head of Engineering in the UK excluding London

Head of Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Engineering in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Engineering in the UK excluding London

Head of Engineering
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Engineering within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
South East - 4 £650 - 9
North of England +30 3 £875 +25.00% 3
North West +18 3 £875 +25.00% 3
Head of Engineering
UK

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Head of 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 UK excluding London region featuring Head of Engineering in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
2 5 (71.43%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (57.14%) Data Engineering
4 3 (42.86%) Coaching
4 3 (42.86%) Data Science
4 3 (42.86%) Python
4 3 (42.86%) Finance
4 3 (42.86%) Software Architecture
4 3 (42.86%) Customer Service
4 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
5 2 (28.57%) Budget Management
5 2 (28.57%) Platform Engineering
5 2 (28.57%) Big Data
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (28.57%) Azure
5 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
5 2 (28.57%) Data Management
5 2 (28.57%) Cost Optimisation
5 2 (28.57%) Microservices
5 2 (28.57%) API Design
6 1 (14.29%) Databricks
6 1 (14.29%) PySpark
6 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (14.29%) Cost Reduction
6 1 (14.29%) Metadata
6 1 (14.29%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (14.29%) Data Development
6 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 1 (14.29%) Social Skills

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Big Data
2 1 (14.29%) Metadata
2 1 (14.29%) Metadata Repository
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Military
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
2 5 (71.43%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (57.14%) Data Engineering
4 3 (42.86%) Coaching
4 3 (42.86%) Customer Service
4 3 (42.86%) Data Science
4 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
4 3 (42.86%) Software Architecture
5 2 (28.57%) API Design
5 2 (28.57%) Budget Management
5 2 (28.57%) Cost Optimisation
5 2 (28.57%) Data Management
5 2 (28.57%) Data Modelling
5 2 (28.57%) Microservices
5 2 (28.57%) Platform Engineering
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
6 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
6 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Databricks