Head of Applications Contracts in England

Head of Applications
UK > England

The median Head of Applications daily rate in England is £813 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 536 637 788
Rank change year-on-year +101 +151 -153
Contract jobs requiring a Head of Applications 6 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.016% 0.004% 0.008%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.004% 0.009%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 5
10th Percentile £575 £414 £578
25th Percentile £619 £416 £656
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £813 £438 £725
Median % change year-on-year +85.71% -39.66% +77.26%
75th Percentile £888 £466 £738
90th Percentile £1,050 £471 -
UK median daily rate £813 £438 £694
% change year-on-year +85.71% -36.94% +69.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,255 45,148 67,437
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.56% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,555 32,138 48,275
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,585 1,311 1,778
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.54
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.47%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%

Head of Applications
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Head of Applications in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Head of Applications in England

Head of Applications
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Head of Applications in England.

Daily rate trend for Head of Applications in England

Head of Applications
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of Applications in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of Applications in England

Head of Applications
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Head of Applications within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +102 4 £713 +62.86% 1
Midlands - 2 £850 -
West Midlands - 2 £850 -
Head of Applications
UK

Head of Applications Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Head of Applications 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 England region featuring Head of Applications in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Budget Management
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
3 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
4 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (16.67%) QA
4 1 (16.67%) Azure
4 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
4 1 (16.67%) Information Governance
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Line Management
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Legal
4 1 (16.67%) ERP
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft

Head of Applications Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Investment Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Budget Management
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) Business Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Coaching
2 2 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
2 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) Architectural Design
3 1 (16.67%) Case Management
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Information Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft