Head of Information Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Head of Information
UK > Work from Home

The median Head of Information daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £800, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 341 476
Rank change year-on-year +41 +135 +148
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Information 4 4 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.040% 0.026% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.028% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £730 - -
25th Percentile £738 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £367 £650
Median % change year-on-year +117.98% -43.54% -7.14%
75th Percentile £838 - -
90th Percentile £845 - -
UK median daily rate £775 £446 £688
% change year-on-year +73.77% -35.13% +2.80%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Head of Information
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Head of Information in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Head of Information trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Head of Information
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Head of Information.

Head of Information daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Head of Information Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Head of Information 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Head of Information in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (75.00%) GDPR
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (75.00%) Security Posture
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Application Security
2 2 (50.00%) Forensic Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) NIST
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Information Management
3 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Fintech
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security

Head of Information Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Incident Response
1 3 (75.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Application Security
2 2 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Forensic Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Security
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Data Management
3 1 (25.00%) Fintech
3 1 (25.00%) Information Management
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) GDPR
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (50.00%) NIST
3 1 (25.00%) PCI DSS