Lead Contracts in the South East

Leader
England > South East

The median Leader daily rate in the South East is £550 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 35 38 35
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 -5
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 269 301 428
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 4.87% 5.18% 5.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.27% 5.48% 5.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 154 221 279
10th Percentile £408 £363 £375
25th Percentile £463 £500 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £650
90th Percentile £700 £788 £726
England median daily rate £584 £600 £585
% change year-on-year -2.75% +2.56% +11.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 9
10th Percentile £18.35 £49.25 £34.65
25th Percentile £22.18 £50.00 -
Median hourly rate £31.00 £57.99 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.54% +65.69% +7.69%
75th Percentile £68.84 £69.50 -
90th Percentile £70.50 £78.07 £35.95
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
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 5,108 5,493 7,428
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 94.56% 95.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,065 3,830 5,033
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £400 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £615 £604 £588
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 478 240 336
10th Percentile £12.78 £18.04 £12.24
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.16 £15.50
Median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.16 £43.56
90th Percentile £76.90 £75.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.38% +100.00% +0.29%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the South East

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in the South East

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for Lead in the South East

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in the South East

Lead
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Lead in the South East over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Lead in the South East

Lead
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Thames Valley +4 152 £560 -5.88% 79
Berkshire +5 123 £575 -4.17% 39
Hampshire +5 50 £582 -3.00% 53
Surrey +3 38 £525 -16.00% 28
Buckinghamshire -10 16 £550 +4.76% 24
Oxfordshire +12 13 £450 - 17
West Sussex +7 11 £525 -12.50% 8
Kent +10 10 £488 - 20
East Sussex +2 3 £650 -17.72% 13
Home Counties -1 1 £530 -51.82%
Sussex -4 1 £450 -33.33% 2
Lead
England

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

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 South East region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 68 (25.28%) Social Skills
2 64 (23.79%) Finance
3 55 (20.45%) Security Cleared
4 53 (19.70%) Agile
5 41 (15.24%) Analytical Skills
6 40 (14.87%) Azure
7 39 (14.50%) Decision-Making
7 39 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (12.27%) Microsoft
9 32 (11.90%) Project Management
9 32 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 30 (11.15%) DV Cleared
10 30 (11.15%) Degree
11 28 (10.41%) Stakeholder Management
12 27 (10.04%) DevOps
13 26 (9.67%) Analytics
14 23 (8.55%) SAP
15 22 (8.18%) Coaching
16 20 (7.43%) Alteryx
16 20 (7.43%) Tableau
16 20 (7.43%) Actionable Insight
16 20 (7.43%) Management Information System
16 20 (7.43%) Public Sector
16 20 (7.43%) Project Delivery
16 20 (7.43%) Snowflake
17 18 (6.69%) Service Delivery
17 18 (6.69%) SC Cleared
17 18 (6.69%) Node.js
18 17 (6.32%) SIEM
18 17 (6.32%) Legal

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (0.74%) Confluence
2 1 (0.37%) SAS
Applications
1 16 (5.95%) Microsoft Excel
1 16 (5.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (4.09%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.60%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.60%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.49%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (1.49%) Adobe Premiere
4 4 (1.49%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 6 (2.23%) SAP MDG
2 4 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.74%) SAP CO
3 2 (0.74%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.74%) SAP HR
3 2 (0.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.37%) Maximo
4 1 (0.37%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.37%) Primavera
4 1 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.37%) SAP LE
4 1 (0.37%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.37%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.37%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 40 (14.87%) Azure
2 20 (7.43%) Snowflake
3 13 (4.83%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (4.46%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 12 (4.46%) Power Platform
5 10 (3.72%) Azure Key Vault
6 9 (3.35%) AWS
6 9 (3.35%) Azure Cognitive Search
6 9 (3.35%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.60%) SuccessFactors
8 5 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.86%) PaaS
9 4 (1.49%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (1.49%) PowerApps
9 4 (1.49%) SaaS
10 3 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.12%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.12%) IaaS
10 3 (1.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.97%) Firewall
2 6 (2.23%) IP Telephony
2 6 (2.23%) VPN
3 4 (1.49%) BGP
3 4 (1.49%) CATAPAN
3 4 (1.49%) IPv4
3 4 (1.49%) IPv6
3 4 (1.49%) LAN
3 4 (1.49%) Network Security
3 4 (1.49%) OSPF
3 4 (1.49%) SNA
3 4 (1.49%) VLAN
3 4 (1.49%) VoIP
3 4 (1.49%) WAN
4 3 (1.12%) VSAN
5 2 (0.74%) DAB
5 2 (0.74%) Internet
6 1 (0.37%) 5G
6 1 (0.37%) NAS
6 1 (0.37%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.43%) Tableau
2 10 (3.72%) Power BI
3 3 (1.12%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.74%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.37%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.37%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.37%) Electronic Patient Records
5 1 (0.37%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.37%) Redis
5 1 (0.37%) SAP Data Services
5 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (2.97%) Git
2 4 (1.49%) JIRA
3 3 (1.12%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (1.12%) Selenium
4 2 (0.74%) ClearCase
4 2 (0.74%) ClearQuest
4 2 (0.74%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.74%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.74%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.37%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.37%) JUnit
5 1 (0.37%) Maven
5 1 (0.37%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.37%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.37%) Terragrunt
General
1 68 (25.28%) Social Skills
2 64 (23.79%) Finance
3 41 (15.24%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (7.43%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.32%) Legal
6 15 (5.58%) Telecoms
7 12 (4.46%) Billing
8 11 (4.09%) Marketing
9 9 (3.35%) Local Government
10 8 (2.97%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.49%) Retail
13 3 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.37%) Automotive
14 1 (0.37%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.37%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (6.69%) Node.js
2 12 (4.46%) AngularJS
3 9 (3.35%) .NET
3 9 (3.35%) React
4 7 (2.60%) React Native
4 7 (2.60%) Web Services
5 6 (2.23%) CSS
5 6 (2.23%) HTML
6 4 (1.49%) GraphQL
6 4 (1.49%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (1.49%) Visualforce
7 3 (1.12%) YAML
8 2 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (0.74%) REST
9 1 (0.37%) EDI
9 1 (0.37%) IDoc
9 1 (0.37%) Next.js
9 1 (0.37%) SAP Fiori
9 1 (0.37%) SOAP
9 1 (0.37%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.43%) Management Information System
2 14 (5.20%) Credit Risk
3 10 (3.72%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 10 (3.72%) Cyber Threat
4 9 (3.35%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.97%) Cyber Defence
6 5 (1.86%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (1.49%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.49%) Motion Graphics
7 4 (1.49%) Video Editing
8 3 (1.12%) Animation
8 3 (1.12%) NHS
8 3 (1.12%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.74%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.74%) Life Science
9 2 (0.74%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.74%) PMI
9 2 (0.74%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.60%) Windows
2 4 (1.49%) Android
2 4 (1.49%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.49%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.74%) Linux
4 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (19.70%) Agile
2 39 (14.50%) Decision-Making
2 39 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (11.90%) Continuous Improvement
3 32 (11.90%) Project Management
4 28 (10.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 27 (10.04%) DevOps
6 26 (9.67%) Analytics
7 22 (8.18%) Coaching
8 20 (7.43%) Actionable Insight
8 20 (7.43%) Project Delivery
9 18 (6.69%) Service Delivery
10 17 (6.32%) ITIL
10 17 (6.32%) Migration
10 17 (6.32%) SIEM
11 16 (5.95%) Cybersecurity
11 16 (5.95%) Mentoring
11 16 (5.95%) Software Engineering
12 15 (5.58%) Change Management
12 15 (5.58%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 16 (5.95%) JavaScript
2 14 (5.20%) SQL
3 11 (4.09%) Python
4 8 (2.97%) C#
5 7 (2.60%) PHP
6 6 (2.23%) Java
7 3 (1.12%) C
7 3 (1.12%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.74%) C++
8 2 (0.74%) Ruby
8 2 (0.74%) Scala
9 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 55 (20.45%) Security Cleared
2 30 (11.15%) Degree
2 30 (11.15%) DV Cleared
3 18 (6.69%) SC Cleared
4 4 (1.49%) CCDP
4 4 (1.49%) CCNP
4 4 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (1.49%) JNCIS
5 3 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.12%) NVQ Level 4
6 2 (0.74%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.74%) PgMP
6 2 (0.74%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.37%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.37%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.37%) ISACA
7 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.37%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.20%) PMO
2 12 (4.46%) NIST
3 10 (3.72%) NIST 800
4 6 (2.23%) GDPR
4 6 (2.23%) QA
5 5 (1.86%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.86%) SLA
6 4 (1.49%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.74%) COBIT
8 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 4 (1.49%) VMware NSX
2 3 (1.12%) Docker
2 3 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.74%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.74%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.37%) Firmware
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 6 (2.23%) Terraform
2 5 (1.86%) Ansible
3 4 (1.49%) vRealize
4 3 (1.12%) Kubernetes
4 3 (1.12%) vCenter Server
5 2 (0.74%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.37%) MOM
6 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.37%) Puppet
6 1 (0.37%) SCCM
6 1 (0.37%) VxRail
Vendors
1 33 (12.27%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.55%) SAP
3 20 (7.43%) Alteryx
4 12 (4.46%) ServiceNow
5 7 (2.60%) Cisco
6 6 (2.23%) IFS
6 6 (2.23%) Juniper
6 6 (2.23%) VMware
7 5 (1.86%) Guidewire
7 5 (1.86%) Informatica
7 5 (1.86%) Salesforce
7 5 (1.86%) Virgin Media
8 4 (1.49%) Apple
8 4 (1.49%) Databricks
8 4 (1.49%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.12%) Dell
9 3 (1.12%) Facebook
9 3 (1.12%) LogRhythm
9 3 (1.12%) Oracle
9 3 (1.12%) Splunk