Lead Contracts in Reading

Leader
Berkshire > Reading

The median Leader daily rate in Reading is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 41 23
Rank change year-on-year +13 -18 0
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 70 49 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 5.91% 4.71% 6.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.32% 4.92% 7.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 40 51
10th Percentile £460 £469 £375
25th Percentile £479 £509 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £595 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.36% +8.18% -
75th Percentile £625 £680 £628
90th Percentile - £735 £676
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £600 £525
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
Berkshire median hourly rate £68.67 £55.00 -
% change year-on-year +24.85% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,107 996 1,290
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 95.68% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 630 664 875
10th Percentile £213 £363 £182
25th Percentile £413 £453 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £622 £651 £596
90th Percentile £688 £721 £652
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £490
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.14% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 24 7
10th Percentile £35.00 £26.45 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £51.48 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £74.66 £74.20 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £60.00 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +5.48% +170.88% -2.33%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Reading

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in Reading

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in Reading over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Reading

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Reading region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 27 (38.57%) Analytical Skills
2 26 (37.14%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (30.00%) Analytics
4 20 (28.57%) Alteryx
4 20 (28.57%) Tableau
4 20 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
4 20 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 20 (28.57%) Snowflake
5 19 (27.14%) Finance
5 19 (27.14%) Azure
6 18 (25.71%) Node.js
7 15 (21.43%) Degree
8 14 (20.00%) Credit Risk
8 14 (20.00%) Legal
8 14 (20.00%) DevOps
8 14 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
9 13 (18.57%) Agile
9 13 (18.57%) JavaScript
10 11 (15.71%) AngularJS
11 10 (14.29%) Coaching
11 10 (14.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 10 (14.29%) Azure Key Vault
11 10 (14.29%) Social Skills
11 10 (14.29%) Telecoms
12 9 (12.86%) API Development
12 9 (12.86%) API Design
12 9 (12.86%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (12.86%) Azure Cognitive Search
13 8 (11.43%) React
13 8 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (1.43%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Maximo
1 1 (1.43%) Primavera
1 1 (1.43%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 20 (28.57%) Snowflake
2 19 (27.14%) Azure
3 10 (14.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 10 (14.29%) Azure Key Vault
4 9 (12.86%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 9 (12.86%) Azure Monitor
5 7 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.29%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.86%) Azure Functions
7 2 (2.86%) Serverless
8 1 (1.43%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.43%) NuGet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.57%) IP Telephony
2 2 (2.86%) Firewall
2 2 (2.86%) Internet
2 2 (2.86%) LAN
2 2 (2.86%) Network Security
2 2 (2.86%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (28.57%) Tableau
2 3 (4.29%) Power BI
3 1 (1.43%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.43%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (7.14%) Git
General
1 27 (38.57%) Analytical Skills
2 19 (27.14%) Finance
3 14 (20.00%) Legal
4 10 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 10 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 7 (10.00%) Billing
6 2 (2.86%) Retail
7 1 (1.43%) Marketing
7 1 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (25.71%) Node.js
2 11 (15.71%) AngularJS
3 8 (11.43%) React
4 7 (10.00%) React Native
5 5 (7.14%) CSS
5 5 (7.14%) HTML
6 1 (1.43%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 14 (20.00%) Credit Risk
2 2 (2.86%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.43%) CSOC
3 1 (1.43%) Cyberattack
3 1 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.43%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.43%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.43%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (37.14%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (30.00%) Analytics
3 20 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
3 20 (28.57%) Decision-Making
4 14 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
4 14 (20.00%) DevOps
5 13 (18.57%) Agile
6 10 (14.29%) Coaching
7 9 (12.86%) API Design
7 9 (12.86%) API Development
8 8 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (11.43%) Mathematics
8 8 (11.43%) Performance Analysis
8 8 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (10.00%) CI/CD
9 7 (10.00%) CRM
9 7 (10.00%) Software Engineering
10 6 (8.57%) Business Forecasting
10 6 (8.57%) Project Management
10 6 (8.57%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 13 (18.57%) JavaScript
2 5 (7.14%) PHP
3 2 (2.86%) SQL
4 1 (1.43%) C
4 1 (1.43%) C#
4 1 (1.43%) Java
4 1 (1.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (21.43%) Degree
2 3 (4.29%) DV Cleared
2 3 (4.29%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.43%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.71%) PMO
1 4 (5.71%) QA
2 3 (4.29%) GDPR
3 2 (2.86%) COBIT
3 2 (2.86%) NIST
4 1 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (1.43%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.43%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (28.57%) Alteryx
2 3 (4.29%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.86%) Cisco
3 2 (2.86%) Citrix
3 2 (2.86%) Juniper
4 1 (1.43%) IFS
4 1 (1.43%) Virgin Media
4 1 (1.43%) Workday