Head of IT Contracts in England

Head of Information Technology
UK > England

The median Head of Information Technology daily rate in England is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 524 599 734
Rank change year-on-year +75 +135 -95
Contract jobs requiring a Head of IT 27 43 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.074% 0.090% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% 0.095% 0.066%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 37 27
10th Percentile £475 £465 £525
25th Percentile £575 £500 £638
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £600 £700
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £775 £800 £828
90th Percentile £890 £850 £950
UK median daily rate £625 £600 £688
% change year-on-year +4.17% -12.73% +11.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £32.88
Median hourly rate - - £35.08
75th Percentile - - £37.27
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £35.08
% change year-on-year - - -39.00%

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 34,083 45,136 67,813
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 94.56% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,425 32,131 48,554
10th Percentile £284 £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% +7.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,578 1,311 1,787
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.57
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +88.21% +11.73%
75th Percentile £62.00 £65.38 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.46
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.97% +12.51%

Head of IT
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Head of IT in England

Head of IT
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Head of IT in England

Head of IT
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Head of IT in England over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Head of IT in England

Head of IT
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Head of IT in England.

Hourly rate trend for Head of IT in England

Head of IT
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 IT within the England region over the 6 months to 3 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 +105 17 £613 -18.33% 24
South East +16 4 £650 +13.04% 4
East of England - 3 - - 4
Midlands +23 2 £850 +21.43% 7
West Midlands +17 2 £850 +17.24% 4
North of England +4 1 £688 +25.00% 8
North West 0 1 £688 -1.79% 6
Head of IT
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 June 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 job ads across the England region featuring Head of IT in the job title.

1 9 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 8 (29.63%) Service Delivery
2 8 (29.63%) Finance
3 7 (25.93%) Project Management
3 7 (25.93%) IT Strategy
3 7 (25.93%) Public Sector
4 5 (18.52%) CRM
5 4 (14.81%) .NET
5 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (14.81%) Local Government
5 4 (14.81%) Data Protection
6 3 (11.11%) Line Management
6 3 (11.11%) Business Case
6 3 (11.11%) Business Strategy
6 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (11.11%) Coaching
6 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (11.11%) ITIL
6 3 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (11.11%) E-Commerce
6 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
6 3 (11.11%) GIS
6 3 (11.11%) Manufacturing
6 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
6 3 (11.11%) Information Security
6 3 (11.11%) Retail
7 2 (7.41%) Data Security
7 2 (7.41%) Service Management
7 2 (7.41%) ITSM

Head of IT 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.41%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (7.41%) Azure
2 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
2 2 (7.41%) WhatsApp
3 1 (3.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (11.11%) GIS
General
1 8 (29.63%) Finance
2 7 (25.93%) Public Sector
3 4 (14.81%) Local Government
4 3 (11.11%) Manufacturing
4 3 (11.11%) Retail
4 3 (11.11%) Telecoms
5 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.70%) Military
6 1 (3.70%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.81%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) NHS
2 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Budget Management
2 8 (29.63%) Service Delivery
3 7 (25.93%) IT Strategy
3 7 (25.93%) Project Management
4 5 (18.52%) CRM
5 4 (14.81%) Data Protection
5 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (11.11%) Business Case
6 3 (11.11%) Business Strategy
6 3 (11.11%) Coaching
6 3 (11.11%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (11.11%) E-Commerce
6 3 (11.11%) Information Security
6 3 (11.11%) ITIL
6 3 (11.11%) Line Management
7 2 (7.41%) Analytical Thinking
7 2 (7.41%) CI/CD
7 2 (7.41%) Commercial Awareness
7 2 (7.41%) Observability
7 2 (7.41%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
1 1 (3.70%) SC Cleared
1 1 (3.70%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.41%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (7.41%) GDPR
3 1 (3.70%) COBIT
3 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 1 (3.70%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) Sage
2 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow