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 £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 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
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 298 326 406
Rank change year-on-year +28 +80 +192
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Head of IT 8 6 10
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.081% 0.046% 0.048%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.050% 0.050%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 7
10th Percentile £450 £765 £500
25th Percentile £463 £788 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £850 £700
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% +21.43% +7.69%
75th Percentile £588 £1,066 £831
90th Percentile £660 £1,364 £850
UK median daily rate £500 £800 £640
% change year-on-year -37.50% +25.00% -1.54%

All DemandTrendContract 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,221 12,081 19,925
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 93.60% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,062 7,994 14,065
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £533
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -1.41% -2.29%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -1.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 334 477
10th Percentile £13.28 £17.20 £16.99
25th Percentile £18.67 £28.31 £24.62
Median hourly rate £36.64 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.58% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.61 £68.75
90th Percentile £69.56 £75.00 £80.10
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.32
% change year-on-year -41.51% -0.73% +66.60%

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 Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Head of IT job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Head of IT job vacancies

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 hybrid or remote work options featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Service Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (37.50%) Security Posture
3 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Samsung
3 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 2 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 2 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
3 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) AWS
3 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (25.00%) Android
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Line Management
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (25.00%) Windows
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
3 2 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) IT Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) Legal
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) CRM
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence

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 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
1 2 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
General
1 1 (12.50%) Banking
1 1 (12.50%) Finance
1 1 (12.50%) Legal
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Security Posture
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Android
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Service Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (25.00%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
3 2 (25.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (25.00%) Incident Response
3 2 (25.00%) Knowledge Management
3 2 (25.00%) Line Management
3 2 (25.00%) Patch Management
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Management
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Budget Management
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (12.50%) Culture Change
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Software Engineering
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Samsung