Head of Engineering Contract Job Trends in West End of London

Head of Engineering
Central London > West End of London

The median Head of Engineering daily rate in West End of London is £773, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 September 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
24 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Engineering 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West End of London 2.38% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.78% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £761 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £773 - -
75th Percentile £784 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £773 £850 £1,150
% change year-on-year -9.12% -26.09% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West End of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West End of 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 West End of London with a recognized job title 36 42 87
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.71% 80.77% 98.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 27 56
10th Percentile £243 £151 £178
25th Percentile £295 £359 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £505 £498
Median % change year-on-year -3.47% +1.51% -7.87%
75th Percentile £675 £550 £609
90th Percentile £789 £682 £688
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +1.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 1
10th Percentile - £29.24 -
25th Percentile £50.72 - -
Median hourly rate £51.44 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +46.97% +34.62% -37.35%
75th Percentile £52.16 £41.75 -
90th Percentile - £42.05 -
Central London median hourly rate £27.83 £35.00 £35.50
% change year-on-year -20.50% -1.41% -8.39%

Head of Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in West End of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of Engineering in West End of London

Head of Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in West End of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Engineering job vacancies in West End of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Head of Engineering job vacancies in West End of London

Head of Engineering
Contract Job Locations in West End of 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 West End of London region over the 6 months to 24 September 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
Westminster - 1 £773 - 1
Head of Engineering
Central London

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West End of London

For the 6 months to 24 September 2025, 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 West End of London region featuring Head of Engineering 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%) Telecoms
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Use Case
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
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
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) NETCONF

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West End of 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:

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%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
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%) Veracode