Lead Contract Job Trends in Cornwall

Leader
South West > Cornwall

The median Leader daily rate in Cornwall is £638, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 - 11
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cornwall 8.00% - 5.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.38% - 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £536 - -
25th Percentile £572 - £215
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 - £230
75th Percentile £697 - £245
90th Percentile £729 - -
South West median daily rate £525 £625 £550
% change year-on-year -16.00% +13.64% -15.38%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cornwall

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cornwall. 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 Cornwall with a recognized job title 13 4 36
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 52.00% 100.00% 94.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 20
10th Percentile £415 £308 £150
25th Percentile £507 £439 £156
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £575 £213
Median % change year-on-year +10.87% +170.59% -15.00%
75th Percentile £750 £641 £394
90th Percentile £769 £646 £423
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £518
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.38% -1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 4
10th Percentile £19.10 - -
25th Percentile £22.26 - £31.60
Median hourly rate £30.03 - £33.07
Median % change year-on-year - - -80.55%
75th Percentile £38.32 - £34.53
90th Percentile £41.78 - -
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £38.00 £55.00
% change year-on-year +51.32% -30.91% -12.70%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Cornwall

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

Lead job vacancy trend in Cornwall

Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Cornwall

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Cornwall

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Cornwall

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in Cornwall over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Cornwall

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cornwall

For the 6 months to 16 June 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 Cornwall region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) ADO
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Appian
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) AWS CDK
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Guidewire
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) MoSCoW
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (50.00%) OpenID
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Serverless
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cornwall 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Appian
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (50.00%) Serverless
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) ADO
1 1 (50.00%) AWS CDK
1 1 (50.00%) Node.js
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (50.00%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (50.00%) Change Control
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (50.00%) MoSCoW
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Guidewire
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft