Head of IT Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Head of Information Technology
UK > Work from Home

The median Head of Information Technology daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £600, 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 295 334 464
Rank change year-on-year +39 +130 +148
Contract jobs requiring a Head of IT 9 11 13
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.091% 0.072% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.077% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 12
10th Percentile £513 £563 £515
25th Percentile £550 £603 £572
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £725
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -13.79% +11.54%
75th Percentile £669 £838 £850
90th Percentile £706 £966 -
UK median daily rate £613 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -2.00% +13.64% -20.00%

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 IT
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Head of IT
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 IT.

Head of IT daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Head of IT
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Head of IT over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Head of IT daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Head of IT Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Head of IT 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 IT in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (55.56%) Business Continuity
3 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
4 3 (33.33%) CRM
4 3 (33.33%) IT Strategy
5 2 (22.22%) Data Governance
5 2 (22.22%) Contract Management
5 2 (22.22%) Business Transformation
5 2 (22.22%) Information Governance
5 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 2 (22.22%) Finance
5 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (22.22%) Information Security
5 2 (22.22%) Data Management
5 2 (22.22%) Local Government
5 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
6 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
6 1 (11.11%) Budget Management
6 1 (11.11%) Azure
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (11.11%) Banking
6 1 (11.11%) Retail
6 1 (11.11%) Data Security
6 1 (11.11%) Service Management
6 1 (11.11%) Change Management
6 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (11.11%) Regulatory Compliance
6 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity Planning
6 1 (11.11%) User Experience
6 1 (11.11%) Power BI

Head of IT 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 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
1 2 (22.22%) Local Government
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (55.56%) Business Continuity
3 4 (44.44%) Risk Management
4 3 (33.33%) CRM
4 3 (33.33%) IT Strategy
5 2 (22.22%) Business Transformation
5 2 (22.22%) Contract Management
5 2 (22.22%) Data Governance
5 2 (22.22%) Data Management
5 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (22.22%) Information Governance
5 2 (22.22%) Information Security
5 2 (22.22%) Project Management
6 1 (11.11%) Business Continuity Planning
6 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (11.11%) Change Management
6 1 (11.11%) Data Security
6 1 (11.11%) Service Management
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (11.11%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) GDPR
154 Head of IT jobs Nationwide