Lead Contract Job Trends in Crawley

Leader
West Sussex > Crawley

The median Leader daily rate in Crawley is £644, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - 10
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Crawley 2.63% - 6.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.33% - 6.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £622 - -
25th Percentile £627 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £644 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.89%
75th Percentile £655 - £525
90th Percentile £656 - -
West Sussex median daily rate £594 £800 £600
% change year-on-year -25.78% +33.33% +9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Crawley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Crawley. 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 Crawley with a recognized job title 60 35 43
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 78.95% 97.22% 89.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 25 31
10th Percentile £200 £200 £250
25th Percentile £205 £405 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £270 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -43.16% -2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £488 £615 £576
90th Percentile £575 £703 £706
West Sussex median daily rate £475 £470 £509
% change year-on-year +1.06% -7.66% +2.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 2
10th Percentile - - £65.51
25th Percentile £15.50 - £66.27
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £67.54
75th Percentile £67.50 - £68.80
90th Percentile - - £69.56
West Sussex median hourly rate £16.05 £21.50 £48.00
% change year-on-year -25.37% -55.21% +149.35%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Crawley

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

Lead job vacancy trend in Crawley

Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Crawley

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Crawley

Lead
Hourly Rate Trend in Crawley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Crawley.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Crawley

Lead Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Crawley

For the 6 months to 22 November 2025, 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 Crawley region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) React Native
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (50.00%) React Native
1 1 (50.00%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce