Lead Contracts in Coventry

Leader
West Midlands > Coventry

The median Leader daily rate in Coventry is £463, 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 15 12 15
Rank change year-on-year -3 +3 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 4 15 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Coventry 4.12% 10.49% 9.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.49% 10.87% 9.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 13 21
10th Percentile £381 £370 £513
25th Percentile £409 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £563 £688
Median % change year-on-year -17.78% -18.18% +40.31%
75th Percentile £503 £600 £694
90th Percentile £524 £748 -
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £595 £569
% change year-on-year -11.76% +4.62% +5.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Coventry

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Coventry. 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 Coventry with a recognized job title 89 138 269
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 96.50% 97.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 112 188
10th Percentile £200 £351 £222
25th Percentile £236 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £432 £525 £480
Median % change year-on-year -17.81% +9.38% +2.13%
75th Percentile £519 £616 £550
90th Percentile £635 £675 £666
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate - - £18.11
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.73%
75th Percentile - - £24.42
90th Percentile - - £26.57
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Coventry

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Coventry

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in Coventry

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Coventry

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

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Coventry

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Coventry

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in Coventry

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

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 Coventry region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Metadata Management
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Spark SQL
3 1 (25.00%) Data Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Power BI
3 1 (25.00%) SFIA
3 1 (25.00%) Service Design
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (25.00%) Data Ingestion
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
3 1 (25.00%) Databricks
3 1 (25.00%) PySpark
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Data Development
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (25.00%) Metadata
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Spark SQL
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Data Development
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (25.00%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Databricks
1 1 (25.00%) SAP