Head of Engineering Contract Job Trends in Westminster

Head of Engineering
City of Westminster > Westminster

The median Head of Engineering daily rate in Westminster 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 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Engineering 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Westminster 6.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 7.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £761 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £773 - -
75th Percentile £784 - -
90th Percentile - - -
City of Westminster median daily rate £773 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Westminster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Westminster. 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 Westminster with a recognized job title 14 4 18
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.50% 80.00% 94.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 16
10th Percentile £450 £393 £173
25th Percentile £459 £438 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £508 £265
Median % change year-on-year +25.62% +91.51% -48.54%
75th Percentile £788 £574 £526
90th Percentile £823 £635 £599
City of Westminster median daily rate £550 £533 £550
% change year-on-year +3.29% -3.18% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
City of Westminster median hourly rate £18.87 - £26.00

Head of Engineering Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Westminster

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 Westminster 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 Westminster 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