Lead Contracts in the City of London

Leader
Central London > City of London

The median Leader daily rate in the City of London is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 34 46
Rank change year-on-year +2 +12 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 123 192 213
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 5.64% 5.60% 5.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.92% 5.91% 5.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 136 139
10th Percentile £478 £469 £491
25th Percentile £525 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £655 £620
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +5.65% +12.73%
75th Percentile £763 £738 £713
90th Percentile £895 £875 £775
Central London median daily rate £625 £650 £620
% change year-on-year -3.85% +4.84% +12.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.10
Median hourly rate - £35.00 £20.19
Median % change year-on-year - +73.35% +152.38%
75th Percentile - - £20.29
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - £35.00 £20.19
% change year-on-year - +73.35% +152.38%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 2,076 3,249 3,945
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.14% 94.83% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,437 2,191 2,948
10th Percentile £350 £363 £363
25th Percentile £450 £475 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £565
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +6.19% +3.20%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £688
90th Percentile £788 £815 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £555
% change year-on-year -8.33% +8.11% +3.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 20 50
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.37 £15.56
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.03 £21.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% -12.50% +122.53%
75th Percentile £34.69 £72.50 £54.88
90th Percentile £46.15 £88.30 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -22.86% -13.58% +113.30%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the City of London

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Lead in the City of London

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in the City of London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in the City of London

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Lead in the City of London

Lead
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the City of London region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge - 1 £501 -
Lead
Central London

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 12 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 City of London region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 44 (35.77%) Finance
2 35 (28.46%) Agile
3 28 (22.76%) Azure
4 25 (20.33%) Social Skills
5 22 (17.89%) DevOps
6 19 (15.45%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (15.45%) Microsoft
7 14 (11.38%) AWS
8 13 (10.57%) Banking
8 13 (10.57%) C#
8 13 (10.57%) Coaching
8 13 (10.57%) CI/CD
9 11 (8.94%) Dynamics 365
9 11 (8.94%) Java
9 11 (8.94%) SAP
9 11 (8.94%) Change Management
10 10 (8.13%) Project Management
10 10 (8.13%) Scrum
10 10 (8.13%) Migration
10 10 (8.13%) Python
10 10 (8.13%) SQL
10 10 (8.13%) Mentoring
11 9 (7.32%) Microservices
11 9 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (7.32%) Roadmaps
11 9 (7.32%) Technical Leadership
11 9 (7.32%) .NET
11 9 (7.32%) Marketing
11 9 (7.32%) QA
11 9 (7.32%) Analytics

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 4 (3.25%) Confluence
2 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.44%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.63%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.63%) CMS
3 2 (1.63%) WebLogic
3 2 (1.63%) WebSphere
4 1 (0.81%) Apache
4 1 (0.81%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.81%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.81%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (4.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.63%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.81%) Distributed Ledger
3 1 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.81%) Endur
3 1 (0.81%) IBM Planning Analytics
3 1 (0.81%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.81%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 28 (22.76%) Azure
2 14 (11.38%) AWS
3 11 (8.94%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (7.32%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (5.69%) GCP
6 6 (4.88%) Power Platform
7 5 (4.07%) Azure API Management
7 5 (4.07%) Azure Monitor
8 4 (3.25%) Figma
8 4 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (2.44%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (2.44%) Azure Pipelines
9 3 (2.44%) Power Automate
9 3 (2.44%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.44%) WhatsApp
10 2 (1.63%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (1.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.63%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.81%) AMQP
1 1 (0.81%) DNS
1 1 (0.81%) Firewall
1 1 (0.81%) FTP
1 1 (0.81%) Kerberos
1 1 (0.81%) Network Security
1 1 (0.81%) SD-WAN
1 1 (0.81%) SSL
1 1 (0.81%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.69%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.25%) Relational Database
3 3 (2.44%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.44%) Power BI
4 2 (1.63%) Data Lake
4 2 (1.63%) MySQL
4 2 (1.63%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.81%) Big Data
5 1 (0.81%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.81%) Couchbase
5 1 (0.81%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.81%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.81%) Parquet
5 1 (0.81%) SAP BW
5 1 (0.81%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.81%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (4.88%) JIRA
2 5 (4.07%) Jenkins
2 5 (4.07%) Selenium
3 4 (3.25%) Git
4 3 (2.44%) Katalon Studio
4 3 (2.44%) SpecFlow
5 2 (1.63%) GitLab
5 2 (1.63%) HP UFT
5 2 (1.63%) JMeter
5 2 (1.63%) Postman
5 2 (1.63%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.63%) webpack
6 1 (0.81%) Appium
6 1 (0.81%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.81%) GoCD
6 1 (0.81%) JUnit
6 1 (0.81%) MSI
6 1 (0.81%) Terragrunt
General
1 44 (35.77%) Finance
2 25 (20.33%) Social Skills
3 13 (10.57%) Banking
4 9 (7.32%) Marketing
5 4 (3.25%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.25%) Back Office
5 4 (3.25%) Legal
6 3 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.44%) Law
6 3 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (2.44%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.44%) Retail
7 2 (1.63%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.81%) Advertising
8 1 (0.81%) Games
8 1 (0.81%) International Banking
8 1 (0.81%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.81%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.81%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.81%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (7.32%) .NET
2 5 (4.07%) .NET Core
2 5 (4.07%) Kafka
2 5 (4.07%) Spring
2 5 (4.07%) Spring Boot
3 4 (3.25%) AngularJS
3 4 (3.25%) HTML
3 4 (3.25%) React
3 4 (3.25%) REST
3 4 (3.25%) RESTful
3 4 (3.25%) XML
4 3 (2.44%) CSS
4 3 (2.44%) Playwright
5 2 (1.63%) CSS3
5 2 (1.63%) Node.js
5 2 (1.63%) SOAP
5 2 (1.63%) Struts
5 2 (1.63%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 2 (1.63%) Web Services
5 2 (1.63%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.07%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.44%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.63%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.63%) Enterprise Cloud
3 2 (1.63%) NHS
3 2 (1.63%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.81%) Acoustics
4 1 (0.81%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.81%) Blockchain
4 1 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (0.81%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.81%) Digital Media
4 1 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (0.81%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (0.81%) PDA
4 1 (0.81%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.81%) Reinsurance
4 1 (0.81%) Replication
4 1 (0.81%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.88%) Windows
2 4 (3.25%) Linux
3 2 (1.63%) Android
3 2 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.63%) Unix
4 1 (0.81%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.81%) CentOS
4 1 (0.81%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (28.46%) Agile
2 22 (17.89%) DevOps
3 19 (15.45%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (10.57%) CI/CD
4 13 (10.57%) Coaching
5 11 (8.94%) Change Management
6 10 (8.13%) Mentoring
6 10 (8.13%) Migration
6 10 (8.13%) Project Management
6 10 (8.13%) Scrum
7 9 (7.32%) Analytics
7 9 (7.32%) Microservices
7 9 (7.32%) Roadmaps
7 9 (7.32%) Technical Leadership
8 8 (6.50%) ITIL
8 8 (6.50%) Test Strategy
9 7 (5.69%) Continuous Improvement
9 7 (5.69%) Cybersecurity
9 7 (5.69%) Full Stack Development
9 7 (5.69%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (10.57%) C#
2 11 (8.94%) Java
3 10 (8.13%) Python
3 10 (8.13%) SQL
4 6 (4.88%) PowerShell
5 3 (2.44%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.63%) Bicep
6 2 (1.63%) Scala
6 2 (1.63%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.81%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.81%) Go
7 1 (0.81%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.81%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.81%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (4.88%) Degree
2 5 (4.07%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (4.07%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (2.44%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.44%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.63%) ISEB
4 2 (1.63%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.63%) OCP
4 2 (1.63%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (1.63%) PMP
5 1 (0.81%) APMP
5 1 (0.81%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.81%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.81%) SAP Certification
5 1 (0.81%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.32%) QA
2 6 (4.88%) NIST
2 6 (4.88%) PMO
3 4 (3.25%) Data Quality
3 4 (3.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.44%) Accessibility
4 3 (2.44%) WCAG
5 2 (1.63%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.81%) GDPR
6 1 (0.81%) GRC
6 1 (0.81%) GxP
6 1 (0.81%) P3O
6 1 (0.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (4.07%) Docker
2 3 (2.44%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.81%) Ceph
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (0.81%) NFS
3 1 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (6.50%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.88%) Terraform
3 4 (3.25%) Ansible
4 2 (1.63%) Grafana
4 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.63%) PingFederate
4 2 (1.63%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.81%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.81%) Hadoop YARN
5 1 (0.81%) Kibana
5 1 (0.81%) logstash
5 1 (0.81%) Mesos
5 1 (0.81%) Packer
5 1 (0.81%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.81%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (15.45%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.94%) SAP
3 4 (3.25%) Databricks
4 3 (2.44%) Bloomberg
4 3 (2.44%) IBM
4 3 (2.44%) Reuters
5 2 (1.63%) Google
5 2 (1.63%) Micro Focus
5 2 (1.63%) Oracle
5 2 (1.63%) Rapid7
5 2 (1.63%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.81%) Cerner
6 1 (0.81%) Citrix
6 1 (0.81%) Confluent
6 1 (0.81%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.81%) IFS
6 1 (0.81%) Pega
6 1 (0.81%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.81%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.81%) Sitecore