Chief Technology Officer Contracts

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
UK

The median Chief Technology Officer (CTO) daily rate in the UK is £785 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 575 684 843
Rank change year-on-year +109 +159 -168
Contract jobs requiring a Chief Technology Officer 16 23 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.038% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.040% 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 15
10th Percentile £623 £580 £629
25th Percentile £643 £606 £700
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £785 £750 £850
Median % change year-on-year +4.67% -11.76% +11.48%
75th Percentile £958 £875 £1,100
90th Percentile £1,308 £925 £1,420
UK excluding London median daily rate - £656 £717
% change year-on-year - -8.47% -1.10%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,491 57,026 85,241
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,430 39,779 59,788
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £408 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,635 1,621 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +0.94%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.99 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Chief Technology Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Chief Technology Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Chief Technology Officer in the UK

Chief Technology Officer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Chief Technology Officer.

Daily rate trend for Chief Technology Officer in the UK

Chief Technology Officer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Chief Technology Officer over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Chief Technology Officer in the UK

Chief Technology Officer
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Chief Technology Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 23 April 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
England +107 15 £750 - 29
London +96 11 £750 -9.09% 12
Work from Home +115 5 £650 -23.53% 9
UK excluding London +55 4 - - 16
South East +21 3 - - 3
North of England +31 1 - - 5
Yorkshire - 1 - - 1

Chief Technology Officer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 April 2024, Chief Technology Officer 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 featuring Chief Technology Officer in the job title.

1 6 (37.50%) IT Strategy
1 6 (37.50%) Technology Strategy
1 6 (37.50%) Roadmaps
2 5 (31.25%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (18.75%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
4 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
4 3 (18.75%) Operational Technology
5 2 (12.50%) Business Strategy
5 2 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 2 (12.50%) Digital Banking
5 2 (12.50%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (12.50%) Cost Reduction
5 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (12.50%) Robotics
5 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 2 (12.50%) Data Analytics
5 2 (12.50%) Analytics
5 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Target Operating Model
5 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
5 2 (12.50%) Finance
5 2 (12.50%) C#
5 2 (12.50%) PHP
5 2 (12.50%) .NET

Chief Technology Officer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (6.25%) Azure
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (6.25%) SaaS
General
1 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Banking
2 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (6.25%) Health Technology
3 1 (6.25%) Marketing
3 1 (6.25%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Operational Technology
2 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (12.50%) Robotics
3 1 (6.25%) PKI
3 1 (6.25%) PropTech
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) IT Strategy
1 6 (37.50%) Roadmaps
1 6 (37.50%) Technology Strategy
2 5 (31.25%) Technical Leadership
3 4 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 3 (18.75%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (12.50%) Analytics
5 2 (12.50%) Business Strategy
5 2 (12.50%) Cost Reduction
5 2 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 2 (12.50%) Data Analytics
5 2 (12.50%) Data Management
5 2 (12.50%) Digital Banking
5 2 (12.50%) Information Management
5 2 (12.50%) Process Improvement
5 2 (12.50%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (12.50%) Target Operating Model
6 1 (6.25%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) C#
1 2 (12.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.25%) Pegasus