Lead Contracts in Berkshire

Leader
South East > Berkshire

The median Leader daily rate in Berkshire 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 25 30 24
Rank change year-on-year +5 -6 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 123 111 166
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 6.24% 6.11% 6.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.62% 6.44% 7.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 84 88
10th Percentile £452 £374 £374
25th Percentile £485 £500 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £653 £600
90th Percentile £638 £746 £663
South East median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £63.37 - -
25th Percentile £64.67 £53.50 -
Median hourly rate £68.67 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +24.85% - -
75th Percentile £70.34 £56.50 -
90th Percentile £70.43 - -
South East median hourly rate £31.00 £57.99 £35.00
% change year-on-year -46.54% +65.69% +7.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Berkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,858 1,723 2,285
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 94.88% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 986 1,107 1,469
10th Percentile £213 £325 £206
25th Percentile £376 £415 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £490
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +7.14% +8.89%
75th Percentile £608 £625 £580
90th Percentile £688 £713 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 117 56 41
10th Percentile £18.80 £17.61 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.50 £22.66 £17.00
Median hourly rate £60.00 £56.89 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% +170.88% -2.33%
75th Percentile £70.50 £73.69 £32.50
90th Percentile £86.19 £79.72 £68.25
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Berkshire

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in Berkshire

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Berkshire

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in Berkshire

Lead
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Berkshire 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
Reading +13 70 £575 -3.36% 24
Bracknell +1 16 £625 - 4
Slough 0 8 £600 - 1
Wokingham -1 7 £568 -12.69%
Windsor -6 4 - -
Maidenhead -2 2 £650 +1.96% 3
Newbury - 2 - - 4
Hungerford - 1 £475 - 2
Lead
South East

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

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 Berkshire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 31 (25.20%) Analytical Skills
2 27 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (19.51%) Azure
4 23 (18.70%) Finance
5 22 (17.89%) Degree
6 21 (17.07%) Analytics
6 21 (17.07%) Decision-Making
7 20 (16.26%) Actionable Insight
7 20 (16.26%) Snowflake
7 20 (16.26%) Alteryx
7 20 (16.26%) Tableau
7 20 (16.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 19 (15.45%) Coaching
8 19 (15.45%) Social Skills
9 18 (14.63%) DevOps
9 18 (14.63%) Node.js
10 17 (13.82%) Security Cleared
11 16 (13.01%) Legal
11 16 (13.01%) Agile
12 15 (12.20%) Project Management
13 14 (11.38%) JavaScript
13 14 (11.38%) Credit Risk
13 14 (11.38%) Dashboard Development
14 13 (10.57%) Stakeholder Management
15 11 (8.94%) Telecoms
15 11 (8.94%) AngularJS
16 10 (8.13%) DV Cleared
16 10 (8.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 10 (8.13%) Azure Key Vault
17 9 (7.32%) CI/CD

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (0.81%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (4.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (3.25%) Adobe After Effects
2 4 (3.25%) Adobe Premiere
2 4 (3.25%) CINEMA 4D
2 4 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (4.88%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.81%) Maximo
2 1 (0.81%) Primavera
2 1 (0.81%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 24 (19.51%) Azure
2 20 (16.26%) Snowflake
3 10 (8.13%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 10 (8.13%) Azure Key Vault
4 9 (7.32%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 9 (7.32%) Azure Monitor
5 8 (6.50%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (5.69%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (4.07%) AWS
8 4 (3.25%) PaaS
9 3 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (2.44%) IaaS
9 3 (2.44%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.44%) SaaS
10 2 (1.63%) Azure API Management
10 2 (1.63%) Azure Event Grid
10 2 (1.63%) Azure Functions
10 2 (1.63%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.63%) NuGet
10 2 (1.63%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.88%) IP Telephony
2 5 (4.07%) Firewall
2 5 (4.07%) VPN
3 4 (3.25%) LAN
3 4 (3.25%) Network Security
3 4 (3.25%) VoIP
3 4 (3.25%) WAN
4 3 (2.44%) BGP
4 3 (2.44%) CATAPAN
4 3 (2.44%) IPv4
4 3 (2.44%) IPv6
4 3 (2.44%) OSPF
4 3 (2.44%) VLAN
5 2 (1.63%) Internet
6 1 (0.81%) 5G
6 1 (0.81%) DAB
6 1 (0.81%) NAS
6 1 (0.81%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (16.26%) Tableau
2 3 (2.44%) Power BI
3 1 (0.81%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.81%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.81%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 5 (4.07%) Git
2 2 (1.63%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.63%) Selenium
2 2 (1.63%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.81%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.81%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.81%) JIRA
3 1 (0.81%) Maven
3 1 (0.81%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.81%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.81%) SonarQube
General
1 31 (25.20%) Analytical Skills
2 23 (18.70%) Finance
3 19 (15.45%) Social Skills
4 16 (13.01%) Legal
5 11 (8.94%) Telecoms
6 8 (6.50%) Marketing
6 8 (6.50%) Public Sector
7 7 (5.69%) Billing
8 3 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.63%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.63%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.63%) Retail
10 1 (0.81%) Automotive
10 1 (0.81%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (14.63%) Node.js
2 11 (8.94%) AngularJS
3 8 (6.50%) React
4 7 (5.69%) React Native
5 5 (4.07%) CSS
5 5 (4.07%) HTML
6 4 (3.25%) .NET
6 4 (3.25%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (3.25%) Visualforce
7 2 (1.63%) Web Services
8 1 (0.81%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.81%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 14 (11.38%) Credit Risk
2 5 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.25%) Motion Graphics
3 4 (3.25%) Video Editing
4 3 (2.44%) Animation
5 2 (1.63%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.63%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.63%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.63%) PMI
5 2 (1.63%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.63%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.81%) CSOC
6 1 (0.81%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.81%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.81%) Life Science
6 1 (0.81%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.81%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.81%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.07%) Windows
2 4 (3.25%) Android
2 4 (3.25%) Apple iOS
2 4 (3.25%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (17.07%) Analytics
2 21 (17.07%) Decision-Making
3 20 (16.26%) Actionable Insight
3 20 (16.26%) Continuous Improvement
4 19 (15.45%) Coaching
5 18 (14.63%) DevOps
6 16 (13.01%) Agile
7 15 (12.20%) Project Management
8 14 (11.38%) Dashboard Development
9 13 (10.57%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (7.32%) API Design
10 9 (7.32%) API Development
10 9 (7.32%) CI/CD
11 8 (6.50%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (6.50%) Mathematics
11 8 (6.50%) Performance Analysis
11 8 (6.50%) Programme Management
11 8 (6.50%) Risk Management
11 8 (6.50%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.38%) JavaScript
2 7 (5.69%) PHP
3 5 (4.07%) Python
4 4 (3.25%) C#
4 4 (3.25%) Java
5 2 (1.63%) Ruby
5 2 (1.63%) SQL
6 1 (0.81%) C
6 1 (0.81%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (17.89%) Degree
2 17 (13.82%) Security Cleared
3 10 (8.13%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.44%) CCDP
4 3 (2.44%) CCNP
4 3 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.44%) JNCIS
5 2 (1.63%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.63%) PgMP
5 2 (1.63%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.63%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.81%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.88%) QA
2 5 (4.07%) GDPR
3 4 (3.25%) PMO
4 3 (2.44%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.63%) COBIT
5 2 (1.63%) NIST
6 1 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.81%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.44%) Docker
2 2 (1.63%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.63%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.63%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.81%) Firmware
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.44%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.81%) Ansible
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.81%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (16.26%) Alteryx
2 8 (6.50%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.69%) SAP
4 6 (4.88%) Cisco
5 5 (4.07%) Juniper
6 4 (3.25%) Apple
6 4 (3.25%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.44%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (2.44%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.44%) Splunk
8 2 (1.63%) Adobe
8 2 (1.63%) Citrix
8 2 (1.63%) VMware
9 1 (0.81%) Checkmarx
9 1 (0.81%) IFS
9 1 (0.81%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.81%) Proofpoint
9 1 (0.81%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.81%) Virgin Media
9 1 (0.81%) Workday