Head of Information Services Contracts

Head of Information Services
UK

The median Head of Information Services daily rate in the UK is £825, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 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
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 554 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Information Services 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £813 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £825 - -
75th Percentile £838 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate £825 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 30,315 36,280 50,499
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 92.94% 94.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,223 23,530 34,843
10th Percentile £281 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -0.46%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,498 2,061 1,518
10th Percentile £13.64 £14.16 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.12 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.75
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +0.58% +66.47%
75th Percentile £53.99 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.90 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £39.55
% change year-on-year -42.71% +11.00% +86.12%

Head of Information Services
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Head of Information Services in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Information Services in the UK

Head of Information Services
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Information Services.

Daily rate trend for Head of Information Services in the UK

Head of Information Services
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Information Services within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England - 2 £825 -
UK excluding London - 2 £825 -
North of England - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
South West - 1 £825 -

Head of Information Services Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 August 2025, Head of Information Services 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 Head of Information Services in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CISA
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) COBIT
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat

Head of Information Services 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Resilience
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
1 1 (50.00%) Threat Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISA
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) COBIT
1 1 (50.00%) GDPR
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) QA