Lead Contract Job Trends in Bury St Edmunds

Leader
Suffolk > Bury St Edmunds

The median Leader daily rate in Bury St Edmunds is £588, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026.

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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - 3
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Bury St Edmunds 25.00% - 14.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 100.00% - 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £581 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 - £550
75th Percentile £594 - £575
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median daily rate £575 £475 £550
% change year-on-year +21.05% -13.64% -25.98%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bury St Edmunds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bury St Edmunds. 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 Bury St Edmunds with a recognized job title 1 1 6
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 25.00% 100.00% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £184
25th Percentile £581 £425 £234
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £450 £300
Median % change year-on-year +30.56% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £594 £475 £397
90th Percentile - - £504
Suffolk median daily rate £525 £225 £425
% change year-on-year +133.33% -47.06% -34.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £11.25
Suffolk median hourly rate £21.00 £58.09 £11.50
% change year-on-year -63.85% +405.13% -30.30%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Bury St Edmunds

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

Lead job vacancy trend in Bury St Edmunds

Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Bury St Edmunds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Bury St Edmunds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Bury St Edmunds

Lead Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bury St Edmunds

For the 6 months to 13 May 2026, 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 Bury St Edmunds region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Deduplication
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Logical Data Model
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bury St Edmunds 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 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Deduplication
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Dimensional Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Logical Data Model
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft