Lead Contract Job Trends in Bournemouth

Leader
Dorset > Bournemouth

The median Leader daily rate in Bournemouth is £335, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 15 18
Rank change year-on-year +9 +3 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bournemouth 10.87% 1.67% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.36% 1.75% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £199 - -
25th Percentile £249 £600 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -48.46% - -
75th Percentile £422 £700 -
90th Percentile £473 - -
Dorset median daily rate £450 £633 -
% change year-on-year -28.85% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bournemouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bournemouth. 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 Bournemouth with a recognized job title 44 57 81
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.65% 95.00% 96.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 38 56
10th Percentile £146 £367 £159
25th Percentile £203 £396 £172
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £475 £361
Median % change year-on-year -43.16% +31.49% -27.02%
75th Percentile £508 £506 £595
90th Percentile £675 £604 £825
Dorset median daily rate £500 £475 £525
% change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 6 19
10th Percentile £15.17 - £13.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.41 £15.04
Median hourly rate £15.50 £15.22 £15.62
Median % change year-on-year +1.87% -2.56% -0.86%
75th Percentile £15.75 £15.62 £18.24
90th Percentile £18.66 £20.40 £21.50
Dorset median hourly rate £15.50 £15.62 £56.49
% change year-on-year -0.77% -72.35% +186.61%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Bournemouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bournemouth.

Lead job vacancy trend in Bournemouth

Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Bournemouth

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Bournemouth.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Bournemouth

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Bournemouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in Bournemouth over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Bournemouth

Lead
Hourly Rate Trend in Bournemouth

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Bournemouth.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Bournemouth

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth

For the 6 months to 27 November 2025, Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bournemouth region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (60.00%) Design Patterns
2 3 (60.00%) Java
2 3 (60.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (60.00%) Middleware
2 3 (60.00%) MVC
2 3 (60.00%) OAuth
2 3 (60.00%) OAuth2
2 3 (60.00%) Scrum
2 3 (60.00%) SOAP
2 3 (60.00%) Spring
2 3 (60.00%) Spring Boot
2 3 (60.00%) Spring Security
2 3 (60.00%) User Stories
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (40.00%) NEC
3 2 (40.00%) NEC Housing
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle
3 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) RESTful
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (40.00%) Web Services
4 1 (20.00%) Backlog Management
4 1 (20.00%) BCP

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bournemouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Back Office
3 1 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (60.00%) Middleware
1 3 (60.00%) OAuth
1 3 (60.00%) OAuth2
1 3 (60.00%) SOAP
1 3 (60.00%) Spring
1 3 (60.00%) Spring Boot
1 3 (60.00%) Spring Security
2 2 (40.00%) RESTful
2 2 (40.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Design Patterns
1 3 (60.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (60.00%) MVC
1 3 (60.00%) Scrum
1 3 (60.00%) User Stories
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Backlog Management
3 1 (20.00%) BCP
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) NEC
1 2 (40.00%) Oracle