Lead Contracts in Cambridgeshire

Leader
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Leader daily rate in Cambridgeshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 31 39
Rank change year-on-year -7 +8 +14
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Lead 4 15 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 1.22% 3.55% 2.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.43% 4.69% 3.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 11
10th Percentile £483 £314 £413
25th Percentile £494 £388 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £573 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.30% +20.53% -17.39%
75th Percentile £544 £649 £581
90th Percentile £548 £763 £600
East of England median daily rate £550 £450 £595
% change year-on-year +22.22% -24.37% +15.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £25.54 -
East of England median hourly rate £90.50 £45.00 £60.25
% change year-on-year +101.11% -25.31% +7.59%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 279 320 429
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.80% 75.83% 79.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 118 242
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £372 £334 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £434 £450
Median % change year-on-year +18.80% -3.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £602 £550 £538
90th Percentile £700 £638 £588
East of England median daily rate £500 £442 £478
% change year-on-year +13.12% -7.43% +0.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 67 100 90
10th Percentile £14.45 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £14.84 £13.41
Median hourly rate £16.74 £21.37 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -21.67% +20.60% +18.13%
75th Percentile £31.00 £28.75 £20.56
90th Percentile £57.51 £54.13 £28.90
East of England median hourly rate £41.50 £45.00 £30.48
% change year-on-year -7.78% +47.66% +53.84%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Cambridgeshire

Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Lead
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Lead
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 28 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge -5 3 £525 +5.00% 17
Lead
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Terraform
2 1 (25.00%) vRealize
2 1 (25.00%) GDPR
2 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (25.00%) ISO 31000
2 1 (25.00%) VMware NSX
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (25.00%) NIST
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) VxRail
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (25.00%) ISO 9001
2 1 (25.00%) SNA
2 1 (25.00%) Dell
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (25.00%) GitHub
1 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) SNA
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) ITSM
1 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
1 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (25.00%) Service Management
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) COSO
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 31000
1 1 (25.00%) ISO 9001
1 1 (25.00%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
1 1 (25.00%) Progress Chef
1 1 (25.00%) Puppet
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
1 1 (25.00%) vRealize
1 1 (25.00%) VxRail
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Dell
1 1 (25.00%) LogRhythm
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (25.00%) SolarWinds
1 1 (25.00%) VMware