Lead Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Leader
South London > Croydon

The median Leader daily rate in Croydon is £545, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 25 27
Rank change year-on-year -1 +2 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 4 6 9
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 4.60% 5.13% 5.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.82% 5.26% 5.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 7
10th Percentile - £495 -
25th Percentile £513 £501 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.86% -8.70% -14.81%
75th Percentile £574 £631 £675
90th Percentile £590 £688 £750
South London median daily rate £545 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +3.86% -8.70% -6.12%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Croydon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Croydon. 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 Croydon with a recognized job title 83 114 162
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.40% 97.44% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 78 114
10th Percentile £297 £380 £231
25th Percentile £463 £463 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.74% -2.18% -1.43%
75th Percentile £558 £600 £638
90th Percentile £635 £658 £675
South London median daily rate £500 £528 £525
% change year-on-year -5.21% +0.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £17.25 £21.75
Median hourly rate - £19.50 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year - -17.02% -
75th Percentile - £21.75 £25.25
90th Percentile - - -
South London median hourly rate £66.00 £19.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +238.46% -44.29% -20.65%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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

Lead job vacancy trend in Croydon

Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Croydon

Lead
Hourly Rate Trend in Croydon

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Croydon

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

For the 6 months to 19 December 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 Croydon region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Python
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) Celery
3 2 (50.00%) Django
3 2 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (25.00%) AI
4 1 (25.00%) Amazon SageMaker
4 1 (25.00%) Anomaly Detection
4 1 (25.00%) Ansible
4 1 (25.00%) API Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (25.00%) Data Science
4 1 (25.00%) Deep Learning
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Generative AI
4 1 (25.00%) Git
4 1 (25.00%) Hugging Face
4 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Java
4 1 (25.00%) Linux
4 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
4 1 (25.00%) Natural Language Processing
4 1 (25.00%) PyTorch
4 1 (25.00%) QA
4 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Amazon SageMaker
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) Celery
1 2 (50.00%) Django
2 1 (25.00%) Hugging Face
2 1 (25.00%) PyTorch
2 1 (25.00%) TensorFlow
2 1 (25.00%) XGBoost
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) AI
1 1 (25.00%) Anomaly Detection
1 1 (25.00%) API Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (25.00%) Data Science
1 1 (25.00%) Deep Learning
1 1 (25.00%) DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (25.00%) Natural Language Processing
1 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (25.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (25.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (25.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (25.00%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
2 1 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Ansible
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform