Lead Contracts in Lancashire

Leader
North West > Lancashire

The median Leader daily rate in Lancashire is £301 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 16 23
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 12 19 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 6.15% 7.85% 7.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.19% 8.64% 7.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 10 15
10th Percentile £97 £456 £490
25th Percentile £168 £475 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £301 £675 £700
Median % change year-on-year -55.37% -3.57% +4.48%
75th Percentile £445 £775 £726
90th Percentile £523 - £750
North West median daily rate £590 £550 £500
% change year-on-year +7.27% +10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 3
10th Percentile - £22.34 £16.15
25th Percentile - £23.97 £16.19
Median hourly rate £15.00 £42.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.71% +142.86% -
75th Percentile - £43.75 £19.62
90th Percentile - £45.70 £20.14
North West median hourly rate £15.00 £24.16 £30.25
% change year-on-year -37.90% -20.15% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 167 220 253
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.64% 90.91% 97.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 124 163
10th Percentile £200 £240 £205
25th Percentile £363 £408 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +18.75%
75th Percentile £650 £625 £572
90th Percentile £750 £700 £700
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 36 48
10th Percentile £15.00 £23.05 £14.98
25th Percentile £25.60 £28.40 £17.19
Median hourly rate £42.91 £41.37 £35.63
Median % change year-on-year +3.72% +16.13% +39.71%
75th Percentile £46.18 £52.13 £44.03
90th Percentile £49.69 £54.91 £53.64
North West median hourly rate £26.53 £30.54 £20.31
% change year-on-year -13.15% +50.37% +12.47%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Lancashire

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead in Lancashire.

Daily rate trend for Lead in Lancashire

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Lancashire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in Lancashire over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Lancashire

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead in Lancashire.

Hourly rate trend for Lead in Lancashire

Lead
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 29 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
Chorley - 6 - - 2
Preston +2 1 £550 +36.65% 2
Lead
North West

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 29 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 Lancashire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 6 (50.00%) DBS Check
2 6 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (25.00%) ERP
4 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (25.00%) Budget Management
5 2 (16.67%) Digital Engineering
5 2 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
5 2 (16.67%) GitOps
5 2 (16.67%) PyTorch
5 2 (16.67%) TensorFlow
5 2 (16.67%) Service Design
5 2 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
5 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (16.67%) Machine Learning
5 2 (16.67%) Transition Management
5 2 (16.67%) DevOps
5 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
5 2 (16.67%) Git
5 2 (16.67%) Visualisation
5 2 (16.67%) Azure
5 2 (16.67%) AWS
5 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
5 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Project

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) AWS
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Git
General
1 8 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Retail
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) PyTorch
1 2 (16.67%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Budget Management
1 3 (25.00%) ERP
1 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (16.67%) DevOps
2 2 (16.67%) Digital Engineering
2 2 (16.67%) GitOps
2 2 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
2 2 (16.67%) Machine Learning
2 2 (16.67%) Portfolio Management
2 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (16.67%) Service Design
2 2 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (16.67%) Systems Engineering
2 2 (16.67%) Transition Management
2 2 (16.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (8.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (8.33%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) DBS Check
2 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) Cadence
2 2 (16.67%) SAP