Lead Contract Job Trends in Barrow-in-Furness

Leader
Cumbria > Barrow-in-Furness

The median Leader daily rate in Barrow-in-Furness is £595, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 23 32
Rank change year-on-year +7 +9 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 4 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Barrow-in-Furness 4.30% 0.76% 1.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.44% 0.79% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £457 - -
25th Percentile £504 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 - £538
Median % change year-on-year - - +28.40%
75th Percentile £674 - -
90th Percentile £714 - -
Cumbria median daily rate £595 - £538
% change year-on-year - - +3.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £52.02 - -
25th Percentile £53.92 - -
Median hourly rate £58.96 £62.02 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% - -
75th Percentile £62.12 - -
90th Percentile £62.89 - -
Cumbria median hourly rate £58.96 £62.02 -
% change year-on-year -4.94% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Barrow-in-Furness

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness. 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 Barrow-in-Furness with a recognized job title 90 126 86
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.77% 95.45% 98.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 71 75
10th Percentile £410 £420 £450
25th Percentile £438 £464 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £588
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -14.89% +37.59%
75th Percentile £555 £659 £630
90th Percentile £638 £672 £672
Cumbria median daily rate £470 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -6.00% -9.09% +28.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 22 3
10th Percentile £27.14 £45.22 £26.65
25th Percentile £38.63 £48.60 £37.60
Median hourly rate £55.48 £62.32 £55.85
Median % change year-on-year -10.98% +11.58% +14.31%
75th Percentile £58.50 £69.83 £69.63
90th Percentile £70.29 £70.90 £77.89
Cumbria median hourly rate £50.00 £55.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -9.50% +0.45% +11.96%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Barrow-in-Furness

Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Barrow-in-Furness

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in Barrow-in-Furness over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Barrow-in-Furness

Lead
Hourly Rate Trend in Barrow-in-Furness

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Barrow-in-Furness

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

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, 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 Barrow-in-Furness region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Tanium
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Map
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Nessus
3 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Management
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Qualys
3 1 (25.00%) Confluence
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Barrow-in-Furness 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 (25.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Business Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Map
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (25.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Nessus
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Qualys
2 1 (25.00%) Tanium