Lead Contracts in Bristol

Leader
South West > Bristol

The median Leader daily rate in Bristol is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 32 62
Rank change year-on-year +9 +30 -32
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 68 76 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 6.53% 6.02% 3.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.87% 6.68% 3.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 47 29
10th Percentile £458 £463 £438
25th Percentile £492 £506 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £588 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.13% +4.44% +7.14%
75th Percentile £644 £701 £600
90th Percentile £655 £788 £663
South West median daily rate £550 £605 £560
% change year-on-year -9.09% +8.04% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 11 5
10th Percentile £15.17 £65.00 -
25th Percentile £66.25 £65.25 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% +55.95% +250.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £83.50 -
90th Percentile £72.75 £101.25 £43.92
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year +6.87% +55.95% +80.65%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 990 1,138 1,352
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.01% 90.17% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 540 808 924
10th Percentile £249 £300 £267
25th Percentile £363 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +2.25% +17.65%
75th Percentile £613 £630 £575
90th Percentile £688 £713 £650
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 210 146 114
10th Percentile £36.25 £32.76 -
25th Percentile £45.00 £57.25 £15.90
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.76% +55.95% -1.18%
75th Percentile £74.27 £75.00 £63.60
90th Percentile £85.00 £86.13 £65.53
South West median hourly rate £53.00 £65.00 £47.00
% change year-on-year -18.46% +38.30% +9.30%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Bristol

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in Bristol

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in Bristol over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Bristol

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in Bristol

Lead
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Lead in Bristol over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Lead in Bristol

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 Bristol region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 39 (57.35%) Security Cleared
2 33 (48.53%) SC Cleared
3 21 (30.88%) Telecoms
4 19 (27.94%) Degree
4 19 (27.94%) Self-Motivation
5 18 (26.47%) Network Management
6 17 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
7 16 (23.53%) Systems Engineering
8 13 (19.12%) Finance
9 12 (17.65%) Manufacturing
9 12 (17.65%) GDPR
10 11 (16.18%) Cybersecurity
10 11 (16.18%) Security Operations
10 11 (16.18%) Information Security
11 10 (14.71%) NIST
12 8 (11.76%) CompTIA Security+
12 8 (11.76%) ISACA
12 8 (11.76%) CEH
12 8 (11.76%) CISMP
12 8 (11.76%) CESG
12 8 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 8 (11.76%) PCI DSS
12 8 (11.76%) Information Assurance
12 8 (11.76%) HIPAA
12 8 (11.76%) SSCP
12 8 (11.76%) CISA
12 8 (11.76%) CISM
12 8 (11.76%) CISSP
13 7 (10.29%) Social Skills
14 6 (8.82%) Data Centre

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (1.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.47%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.47%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.47%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.47%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.35%) Azure
2 3 (4.41%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.47%) AWS
3 1 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (1.47%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.47%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.47%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.41%) Firewall
1 3 (4.41%) LAN
1 3 (4.41%) WAN
1 3 (4.41%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (4.41%) Wireless
1 3 (4.41%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.47%) Metadata
2 1 (1.47%) Metadata Repository
2 1 (1.47%) MySQL
2 1 (1.47%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.47%) Power BI
2 1 (1.47%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (7.35%) JIRA
2 1 (1.47%) ERwin
General
1 21 (30.88%) Telecoms
2 13 (19.12%) Finance
3 12 (17.65%) Manufacturing
4 7 (10.29%) Social Skills
5 5 (7.35%) Marketing
5 5 (7.35%) Public Sector
6 4 (5.88%) Law
6 4 (5.88%) Legal
7 3 (4.41%) Electronics
8 2 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.94%) Banking
8 2 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.47%) Retail
9 1 (1.47%) Social Housing
9 1 (1.47%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.94%) Node.js
1 2 (2.94%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.47%) .NET
2 1 (1.47%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.47%) CSS
2 1 (1.47%) HTML
2 1 (1.47%) React
2 1 (1.47%) RESTful
2 1 (1.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 19 (27.94%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (11.76%) CESG
3 6 (8.82%) Data Centre
4 4 (5.88%) NHS
5 3 (4.41%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (4.41%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (4.41%) Onboarding
5 3 (4.41%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (4.41%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (4.41%) Solar Power
6 2 (2.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (2.94%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.47%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.47%) CSOC
7 1 (1.47%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.47%) IoT
7 1 (1.47%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.47%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.47%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.41%) Unix
1 3 (4.41%) VMS
1 3 (4.41%) Windows
1 3 (4.41%) Windows 2000
1 3 (4.41%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.47%) Network Management
2 17 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 16 (23.53%) Systems Engineering
4 11 (16.18%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (16.18%) Information Security
4 11 (16.18%) Security Operations
5 8 (11.76%) Information Assurance
6 5 (7.35%) Agile
6 5 (7.35%) Data Strategy
6 5 (7.35%) Mentoring
7 4 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
7 4 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (5.88%) Creative Thinking
7 4 (5.88%) Data Protection
7 4 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (5.88%) Generative AI
7 4 (5.88%) ITIL
7 4 (5.88%) Performance Improvement
7 4 (5.88%) Programme Management
7 4 (5.88%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.88%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.41%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.41%) Shell Script
3 2 (2.94%) C#
3 2 (2.94%) SQL
3 2 (2.94%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.47%) C++
4 1 (1.47%) Java
4 1 (1.47%) Python
Qualifications
1 39 (57.35%) Security Cleared
2 33 (48.53%) SC Cleared
3 19 (27.94%) Degree
4 8 (11.76%) CEH
4 8 (11.76%) CISA
4 8 (11.76%) CISM
4 8 (11.76%) CISMP
4 8 (11.76%) CISSP
4 8 (11.76%) CompTIA Security+
4 8 (11.76%) ISACA
4 8 (11.76%) SSCP
5 4 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 3 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.94%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.94%) PMP
7 2 (2.94%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (17.65%) GDPR
2 10 (14.71%) NIST
3 8 (11.76%) HIPAA
3 8 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (11.76%) PCI DSS
4 3 (4.41%) PMO
5 2 (2.94%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.47%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.94%) Docker
1 2 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (2.94%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (5.88%) Kubernetes
1 4 (5.88%) Terraform
2 3 (4.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (7.35%) Microsoft
1 5 (7.35%) SAP
2 3 (4.41%) Fortinet
2 3 (4.41%) Juniper
2 3 (4.41%) Oracle
3 2 (2.94%) VMware
4 1 (1.47%) Adobe
4 1 (1.47%) FIS
4 1 (1.47%) IBM