Lead Contracts in Leicestershire

Leader
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Leader daily rate in Leicestershire is £188 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 21 34 15
Rank change year-on-year +13 -19 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 5 1 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 3.16% 0.56% 6.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.47% 0.57% 7.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 17
10th Percentile £165 - £150
25th Percentile £174 £575 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £188 £600 £390
Median % change year-on-year -68.67% +53.85% -10.86%
75th Percentile £227 £625 £533
90th Percentile £250 - £850
East Midlands median daily rate £235 £560 £480
% change year-on-year -58.04% +16.67% +14.63%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 144 174 252
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.14% 97.75% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 148 204
10th Percentile £136 £243 £152
25th Percentile £257 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £395 £400
Median % change year-on-year -5.06% -1.25% +18.52%
75th Percentile £575 £450 £475
90th Percentile £634 £561 £538
East Midlands median daily rate £413 £450 £425
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.88% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 12
10th Percentile £14.98 £13.02 -
25th Percentile £19.81 £14.54 £14.82
Median hourly rate £25.00 £20.46 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +22.19% +9.12% +17.19%
75th Percentile £27.81 £32.81 £39.38
90th Percentile £28.38 £62.63 £46.50
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.50 £20.36 £17.29
% change year-on-year -14.05% +17.74% +17.64%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Leicestershire

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in Leicestershire

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in Leicestershire

Lead
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Leicestershire 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
Melton Mowbray - 3 £179 -
Leicester +7 1 £260 -56.67% 10
Lead
East Midlands

Lead Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Time Management
1 3 (60.00%) NVQ Level 3
1 3 (60.00%) Conflict Management
1 3 (60.00%) Self-Motivation
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (20.00%) Power BI
3 1 (20.00%) Chatbot
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Conversational UI
3 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (20.00%) Chatbot
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Conflict Management
1 3 (60.00%) Time Management
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Conversational UI
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) NVQ Level 3
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared