Head of Technology Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Head of Technology
UK > UK excluding London

The median Head of Technology daily rate in the UK excluding London is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025.

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

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 - 420
Rank change year-on-year - - +87
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Technology 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.031% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £515 - -
25th Percentile £594 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.28%
75th Percentile £775 - £638
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £683 £975 £838
% change year-on-year -30.00% +16.42% +28.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 14,592 15,620 19,896
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.53% 92.10% 94.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,993 8,918 13,254
10th Percentile £210 £220 £215
25th Percentile £363 £373 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,390 1,123 1,259
10th Percentile £13.60 £14.73 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £40.00 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.50% -9.09% +91.30%
75th Percentile £50.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.99 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +64.86%

Head of Technology
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Head of Technology' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Head of Technology job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Head of Technology
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Technology job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Technology job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Head of Technology
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Technology in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 October 2025.

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

Head of Technology
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 Technology within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 October 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England - 2 - - 2
North West - 2 - - 1
South West - 2 £750 -
Scotland - 1 £475 - 3
Head of Technology
UK

Head of Technology Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 25 October 2025, Head of Technology 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 UK excluding London region featuring Head of Technology in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) AI
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Conversational AI
1 2 (40.00%) Conversational UI
1 2 (40.00%) Line Management
1 2 (40.00%) People Management
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (40.00%) Unix
1 2 (40.00%) User Experience
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Control
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) GDPR
2 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance

Head of Technology Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Unix
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) AI
1 2 (40.00%) Conversational AI
1 2 (40.00%) Conversational UI
1 2 (40.00%) Line Management
1 2 (40.00%) People Management
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (40.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Control
2 1 (20.00%) Budget Management
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 1 (20.00%) GDPR