Lead Contracts in Canary Wharf

Leader
Tower Hamlets > Canary Wharf

The median Leader daily rate in Canary Wharf is £585, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 16 12
Rank change year-on-year +14 -4 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 15 8 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Canary Wharf 27.78% 7.27% 9.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 30.00% 8.42% 9.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 8 2
10th Percentile £522 £511 £346
25th Percentile - £539 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £555 £448
Median % change year-on-year +5.41% +24.02% -40.31%
75th Percentile - £570 £511
90th Percentile £617 £596 £550
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £585 £555 £448
% change year-on-year +5.41% +24.02% -40.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £40.00 - -
Tower Hamlets median hourly rate £40.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Canary Wharf

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Canary Wharf. 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 Canary Wharf with a recognized job title 50 95 61
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 86.36% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 93 52
10th Percentile £350 £460 £203
25th Percentile £495 £533 £499
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £594 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% +5.60% -13.46%
75th Percentile £599 £650 £720
90th Percentile £656 £770 £935
Tower Hamlets median daily rate £580 £597 £613
% change year-on-year -2.85% -2.53% +1.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £40.00 - -
Tower Hamlets median hourly rate £40.00 - -

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Canary Wharf

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Canary Wharf

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Canary Wharf

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in Canary Wharf

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Canary Wharf

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in Canary Wharf over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Canary Wharf

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Canary Wharf

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in Canary Wharf

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 Canary Wharf region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 11 (73.33%) Finance
2 8 (53.33%) SaaS
3 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
4 6 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (40.00%) Low-Code
4 6 (40.00%) Workflow
4 6 (40.00%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (40.00%) Legal
4 6 (40.00%) Zachman Framework
4 6 (40.00%) TOGAF
5 5 (33.33%) SharePoint
5 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 5 (33.33%) Azure
6 4 (26.67%) Agile
6 4 (26.67%) Firewall
6 4 (26.67%) Technology Transformation
6 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 4 (26.67%) iManage
7 3 (20.00%) Threat Management
7 3 (20.00%) Mimecast
7 3 (20.00%) Entra ID
7 3 (20.00%) OneDrive
7 3 (20.00%) Desktop Virtualisation
7 3 (20.00%) API Management
7 3 (20.00%) Data Centre
7 3 (20.00%) SD-WAN
7 3 (20.00%) Containerisation
7 3 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
7 3 (20.00%) Business Continuity
7 3 (20.00%) Active Directory

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Canary Wharf 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 5 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 8 (53.33%) SaaS
2 6 (40.00%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (33.33%) Azure
4 3 (20.00%) AWS
4 3 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 3 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (20.00%) Mimecast
4 3 (20.00%) OneDrive
5 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Copilot
5 2 (13.33%) Power Automate
5 2 (13.33%) Power Platform
6 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (6.67%) GitHub
6 1 (6.67%) IaaS
6 1 (6.67%) PaaS
6 1 (6.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) Firewall
2 3 (20.00%) DHCP
2 3 (20.00%) DNS
2 3 (20.00%) SD-WAN
2 3 (20.00%) VLAN
2 3 (20.00%) WAN
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (6.67%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (73.33%) Finance
2 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (40.00%) Legal
4 1 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) .NET
1 2 (13.33%) HTML5 Canvas
1 2 (13.33%) JSON
1 2 (13.33%) REST
1 2 (13.33%) SOAP
2 1 (6.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Low-Code
2 3 (20.00%) Data Centre
3 2 (13.33%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
4 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
1 6 (40.00%) TOGAF
1 6 (40.00%) Workflow
1 6 (40.00%) Zachman Framework
2 4 (26.67%) Agile
2 4 (26.67%) Technology Transformation
2 4 (26.67%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 3 (20.00%) API Management
3 3 (20.00%) Business Continuity
3 3 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 3 (20.00%) Desktop Virtualisation
3 3 (20.00%) ITIL
3 3 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
3 3 (20.00%) Threat Management
4 2 (13.33%) Case Management
4 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (13.33%) Database Security
4 2 (13.33%) DevOps
4 2 (13.33%) Identity Access Management
4 2 (13.33%) Robotic Process Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
2 1 (6.67%) NIST
2 1 (6.67%) QA
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (20.00%) SCCM
2 2 (13.33%) Terraform
3 1 (6.67%) Ansible
3 1 (6.67%) Nessus
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (26.67%) iManage
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco
3 1 (6.67%) Qualys
3 1 (6.67%) Tenable
3 1 (6.67%) Tripwire