Lead Contracts in Cheltenham

Leader
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham

The median Leader daily rate in Cheltenham is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 June 2024.

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

6 months to
14 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 20 20
Rank change year-on-year +8 0 0
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 30 10 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham 13.39% 6.49% 5.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.35% 6.71% 6.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 7
10th Percentile - £553 -
25th Percentile £525 £594 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £651 £525
Median % change year-on-year -15.51% +24.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £731 £594
90th Percentile - £738 £630
Gloucestershire median daily rate £513 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -21.15% +13.04% +9.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheltenham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title 209 149 110
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.30% 96.75% 93.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 97 91
10th Percentile £364 £253 £181
25th Percentile £513 £488 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% +15.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £600
90th Percentile £736 £755 £675
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 £534 £500
% change year-on-year +3.04% +6.75% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 6 3
10th Percentile - £27.38 £12.15
25th Percentile £63.75 £35.00 £12.38
Median hourly rate £70.50 £70.50 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year - +422.22% -73.00%
75th Percentile £72.81 £90.00 £14.63
90th Percentile £73.75 £92.25 £14.85
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £57.50 £78.00 £23.75
% change year-on-year -26.28% +228.42% -52.50%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Cheltenham

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in Cheltenham

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in Cheltenham

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

For the 6 months to 14 June 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 Cheltenham region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 27 (90.00%) DV Cleared
1 27 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 26 (86.67%) Agile
3 25 (83.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 24 (80.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 24 (80.00%) PMO
4 24 (80.00%) Project Delivery
4 24 (80.00%) Social Skills
4 24 (80.00%) Presentation Skills
4 24 (80.00%) APMP
4 24 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (80.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 24 (80.00%) Commercial Awareness
4 24 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (80.00%) Data Management
4 24 (80.00%) Project Management
4 24 (80.00%) Finance
4 24 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 24 (80.00%) Project Planning
4 24 (80.00%) JIRA
4 24 (80.00%) Spreadsheet
4 24 (80.00%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
4 24 (80.00%) PRINCE2
4 24 (80.00%) Microsoft
4 24 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (10.00%) VPN
5 3 (10.00%) OSPF
5 3 (10.00%) Configuration Management
5 3 (10.00%) IPv4

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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:

Applications
1 24 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 24 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
1 24 (80.00%) Microsoft Project
1 24 (80.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.33%) Azure
1 1 (3.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) IPv4
1 3 (10.00%) OSPF
1 3 (10.00%) VLAN
1 3 (10.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 24 (80.00%) JIRA
General
1 24 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 24 (80.00%) Finance
1 24 (80.00%) Presentation Skills
1 24 (80.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.33%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Linux
2 2 (6.67%) Windows
3 1 (3.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (86.67%) Agile
2 25 (83.33%) Workshop Facilitation
3 24 (80.00%) Commercial Awareness
3 24 (80.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 24 (80.00%) Data Management
3 24 (80.00%) PRINCE2
3 24 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (80.00%) Project Delivery
3 24 (80.00%) Project Management
3 24 (80.00%) Project Planning
3 24 (80.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 24 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (10.00%) Configuration Management
4 3 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (10.00%) Task Automation
5 2 (6.67%) Containerisation
5 2 (6.67%) DevOps
5 2 (6.67%) Software Testing
6 1 (3.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 3 (10.00%) Python
2 2 (6.67%) Bash
Qualifications
1 27 (90.00%) DV Cleared
1 27 (90.00%) Security Cleared
2 24 (80.00%) APMP
3 1 (3.33%) GIAC
3 1 (3.33%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (80.00%) PMO
2 1 (3.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (6.67%) Docker
2 1 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) Puppet
2 2 (6.67%) Ansible
3 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
3 1 (3.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) Oracle
2 1 (3.33%) Red Hat
2 1 (3.33%) VMware