Lead Contracts in Birmingham

Leader
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Leader daily rate in Birmingham is £588 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 24 20 27
Rank change year-on-year -4 +7 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 45 64 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 5.87% 7.08% 5.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.37% 7.36% 5.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 48 51
10th Percentile £396 £463 £338
25th Percentile £444 £500 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £613 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.08% +13.95% +13.16%
75th Percentile £675 £731 £656
90th Percentile £708 £743 £775
West Midlands median daily rate £598 £569 £538
% change year-on-year +5.05% +5.81% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £16.75 - -
25th Percentile £25.19 - £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.50 - £21.50
75th Percentile £65.88 - £22.25
90th Percentile £80.35 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £39.00 - £21.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 706 870 1,265
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 96.24% 96.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 495 583 928
10th Percentile £250 £263 £209
25th Percentile £325 £375 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £578
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +18.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 35 22
10th Percentile £13.10 £11.40 £12.53
25th Percentile £17.75 £12.50 £14.08
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.49
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +14.35% -2.83%
75th Percentile £48.75 £24.94 £18.00
90th Percentile £57.91 £60.50 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.25 £19.50 £17.28
% change year-on-year +14.10% +12.85% +9.71%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Birmingham

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in Birmingham

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

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

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Birmingham

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in Birmingham

Lead
Hourly Rate Histogram in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate histogram for Lead in Birmingham

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

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 Birmingham region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 16 (35.56%) Social Skills
2 11 (24.44%) Finance
3 7 (15.56%) Oracle
3 7 (15.56%) Agile
4 6 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (13.33%) Java
4 6 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
5 5 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 5 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 4 (8.89%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (8.89%) Roadmaps
6 4 (8.89%) OCI
6 4 (8.89%) Presales
6 4 (8.89%) Analytics
6 4 (8.89%) 5G
6 4 (8.89%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (8.89%) Azure
6 4 (8.89%) SAP
6 4 (8.89%) ERP
6 4 (8.89%) Migration
6 4 (8.89%) Telecoms
7 3 (6.67%) Data Management
7 3 (6.67%) Data Modelling
7 3 (6.67%) SC Cleared
7 3 (6.67%) Test Strategy
7 3 (6.67%) Data Quality
7 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure Management
7 3 (6.67%) Data Migration
7 3 (6.67%) Data Cleansing

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 (2.22%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.22%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (8.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.22%) NetSuite
2 1 (2.22%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (2.22%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (2.22%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (2.22%) Oracle General Ledger
2 1 (2.22%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (2.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (2.22%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.89%) Azure
1 4 (8.89%) OCI
2 2 (4.44%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (4.44%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.22%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.22%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.89%) 5G
2 1 (2.22%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (2.22%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) JIRA
2 1 (2.22%) Selenium
2 1 (2.22%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 16 (35.56%) Social Skills
2 11 (24.44%) Finance
3 5 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.89%) Telecoms
5 3 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.44%) Local Government
6 2 (4.44%) Marketing
6 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.22%) Arabic Language
7 1 (2.22%) Back Office
7 1 (2.22%) Games
7 1 (2.22%) German Language
7 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.89%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.22%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (2.22%) Cyberattack
2 1 (2.22%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.22%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.22%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (2.22%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.44%) Windows
2 1 (2.22%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (15.56%) Agile
2 6 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (8.89%) Analytics
3 4 (8.89%) ERP
3 4 (8.89%) Migration
3 4 (8.89%) Presales
3 4 (8.89%) Roadmaps
4 3 (6.67%) Contingency Planning
4 3 (6.67%) Data Cleansing
4 3 (6.67%) Data Management
4 3 (6.67%) Data Migration
4 3 (6.67%) Data Modelling
4 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure Management
4 3 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (6.67%) Test Strategy
5 2 (4.44%) Data Extraction
5 2 (4.44%) Data Mapping
5 2 (4.44%) Security Testing
5 2 (4.44%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.33%) Java
2 2 (4.44%) SQL
3 1 (2.22%) C#
3 1 (2.22%) ProC
Qualifications
1 5 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 3 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.22%) ACCA
3 1 (2.22%) CIMA
3 1 (2.22%) CIPD
3 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.22%) Degree
3 1 (2.22%) ISTQB
3 1 (2.22%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
3 1 (2.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (2.22%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.44%) QA
3 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.22%) NIST
3 1 (2.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) HP ALM
1 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (15.56%) Oracle
2 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.89%) SAP
4 1 (2.22%) Apple
4 1 (2.22%) Autodesk
4 1 (2.22%) Darktrace
4 1 (2.22%) FireEye
4 1 (2.22%) HP
4 1 (2.22%) LogRhythm
4 1 (2.22%) Pega
4 1 (2.22%) Rapid7
4 1 (2.22%) Sage
4 1 (2.22%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.22%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.22%) Sophos
4 1 (2.22%) Splunk