Head of IT Contracts with Work from Home Options

Head of Information Technology
UK > Work from Home

The median Head of Information Technology daily rate in Work from Home is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 337 463 602
Rank change year-on-year +126 +139 -124
Contract jobs requiring a Head of IT 11 13 20
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.073% 0.051% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.078% 0.053% 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 13
10th Percentile £563 £515 £495
25th Percentile £603 £572 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £725 £650
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +11.54% -7.14%
75th Percentile £838 £850 £838
90th Percentile £966 - £868
UK median daily rate £625 £550 £700
% change year-on-year +13.64% -21.43% +13.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 14,165 24,342 42,704
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.49% 95.31% 95.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,495 17,179 30,870
10th Percentile £325 £358 £356
25th Percentile £425 £443 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £718
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 559 605
10th Percentile £14.33 £17.68 £13.25
25th Percentile £23.29 £25.71 £18.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £54.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% +54.29% +42.86%
75th Percentile £62.75 £68.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
% change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%

Head of IT
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Head of IT in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Head of IT trend for jobs with a WFH option

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Head of IT over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

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 5 May 2024, 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 7 (63.64%) Finance
2 6 (54.55%) Budget Management
3 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (27.27%) .NET
4 3 (27.27%) CRM
4 3 (27.27%) GIS
4 3 (27.27%) Service Delivery
4 3 (27.27%) Local Government
4 3 (27.27%) Project Management
4 3 (27.27%) Business Case
4 3 (27.27%) Business Strategy
5 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (18.18%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (18.18%) Commercial Awareness
5 2 (18.18%) Line Management
5 2 (18.18%) Coaching
5 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (9.09%) People Management
6 1 (9.09%) SDLC
6 1 (9.09%) Resource Allocation
6 1 (9.09%) Project Planning
6 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
6 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
6 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
6 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
6 1 (9.09%) Azure
6 1 (9.09%) Portfolio Management
6 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) GIS
2 1 (9.09%) Data Warehouse
General
1 7 (63.64%) Finance
2 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
3 3 (27.27%) Local Government
4 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (9.09%) Military
5 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Budget Management
2 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (27.27%) Business Case
3 3 (27.27%) Business Strategy
3 3 (27.27%) CRM
3 3 (27.27%) Project Management
3 3 (27.27%) Service Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (18.18%) Coaching
4 2 (18.18%) Commercial Awareness
4 2 (18.18%) Line Management
4 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
5 1 (9.09%) Culture Change
5 1 (9.09%) Digital Strategy
5 1 (9.09%) Observability
5 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (9.09%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (9.09%) Site Reliability Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft