Lead Contracts in the East Midlands

Leader
England > East Midlands

The median Leader daily rate in the East Midlands is £235 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 48 39
Rank change year-on-year +13 -9 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 31 36 65
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 4.05% 3.45% 4.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.31% 3.67% 4.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 30 46
10th Percentile £154 £451 £346
25th Percentile £172 £475 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £560 £480
Median % change year-on-year -58.04% +16.67% +14.63%
75th Percentile £534 £655 £666
90th Percentile £575 £743 £775
England median daily rate £584 £600 £586
% change year-on-year -2.75% +2.48% +11.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £22.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate - £24.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year - +41.18% -64.21%
75th Percentile - £26.00 £26.00
90th Percentile - - £34.50
England median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% +57.14% +34.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 719 982 1,346
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.86% 94.06% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 754 986
10th Percentile £166 £213 £179
25th Percentile £260 £325 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £550 £565 £504
90th Percentile £625 £700 £600
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 62 94
10th Percentile £11.81 £11.80 £9.59
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.35 £13.56
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.36 £17.29
Median % change year-on-year -14.05% +17.74% +17.64%
75th Percentile £26.15 £31.50 £24.38
90th Percentile £51.91 £64.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings that featured Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the East Midlands

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Lead in the East Midlands

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in the East Midlands

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Lead in the East Midlands

Lead
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Northamptonshire +11 10 £500 +5.26% 11
Nottinghamshire +1 7 £588 -7.84% 13
Leicestershire +13 5 £188 -68.67% 14
Derbyshire +2 5 £174 -70.00% 7
Lincolnshire +14 3 £210 -77.89% 11
Lead
England

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Lead 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 East Midlands region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 10 (32.26%) Time Management
3 9 (29.03%) Degree
4 8 (25.81%) Data Migration
4 8 (25.81%) Migration
4 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (25.81%) NVQ Level 3
4 8 (25.81%) Conflict Management
4 8 (25.81%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (16.13%) Agile
7 4 (12.90%) ERP
7 4 (12.90%) Service Delivery
8 3 (9.68%) Project Management
8 3 (9.68%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (9.68%) AWS
8 3 (9.68%) Mentoring
8 3 (9.68%) Data Mapping
8 3 (9.68%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (9.68%) Customer Service
9 2 (6.45%) Containerisation
9 2 (6.45%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (6.45%) Design Patterns
9 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
9 2 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
9 2 (6.45%) Technical Leadership
9 2 (6.45%) Housing Management
9 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
9 2 (6.45%) Project Delivery
9 2 (6.45%) Contingency Planning

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (25.81%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) Chatbot
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.23%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (6.45%) NEC Housing
2 2 (6.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) AWS
1 3 (9.68%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.23%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.23%) Smartsheet
2 1 (3.23%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) SMS
2 1 (3.23%) InfiniBand
2 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Power BI
General
1 15 (48.39%) Social Skills
2 2 (6.45%) Finance
2 2 (6.45%) Local Government
2 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
2 2 (6.45%) Retail
3 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Banking
3 1 (3.23%) Games
3 1 (3.23%) Law
3 1 (3.23%) Legal
3 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (3.23%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Flash
1 1 (3.23%) OpenAPI
1 1 (3.23%) OpenMP
1 1 (3.23%) RAML
1 1 (3.23%) RESTful
1 1 (3.23%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.45%) DataPower
2 2 (6.45%) FMCG
2 2 (6.45%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.45%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.23%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Linux
1 2 (6.45%) Windows
2 1 (3.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (32.26%) Time Management
2 8 (25.81%) Conflict Management
2 8 (25.81%) Data Migration
2 8 (25.81%) Migration
3 7 (22.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (16.13%) Agile
5 4 (12.90%) ERP
5 4 (12.90%) Service Delivery
6 3 (9.68%) Customer Service
6 3 (9.68%) Data Mapping
6 3 (9.68%) Mentoring
6 3 (9.68%) Project Management
7 2 (6.45%) Containerisation
7 2 (6.45%) Design Patterns
7 2 (6.45%) DevOps
7 2 (6.45%) Housing Management
7 2 (6.45%) Performance Monitoring
7 2 (6.45%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (6.45%) Project Delivery
7 2 (6.45%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) Java
1 2 (6.45%) SQL
2 1 (3.23%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) Degree
2 8 (25.81%) NVQ Level 3
3 2 (6.45%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (6.45%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.23%) ISEB
4 1 (3.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.23%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Docker
1 1 (3.23%) Lustre
1 1 (3.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.23%) SCCM
2 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (6.45%) IBM
1 2 (6.45%) NEC
1 2 (6.45%) Northgate
1 2 (6.45%) SAP
2 1 (3.23%) Apple
2 1 (3.23%) Google
2 1 (3.23%) Infor
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft