Junior Contracts in Leicestershire

Junior
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The median Junior daily rate in Leicestershire is £373, 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 18 25 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Junior 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 1.00% 0.63% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.18% 0.69% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £366 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £373 £150 -
Median % change year-on-year +148.33% - -
75th Percentile £379 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median daily rate £311 £175 £243
% change year-on-year +77.71% -27.84% -10.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leicestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leicestershire. 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 Leicestershire with a recognized job title 85 145 170
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.00% 91.19% 97.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 105 145
10th Percentile £157 £131 £235
25th Percentile £256 £256 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £446 £375 £395
Median % change year-on-year +19.00% -5.06% -1.25%
75th Percentile £538 £575 £450
90th Percentile £641 £633 £562
East Midlands median daily rate £447 £410 £450
% change year-on-year +9.02% -8.89% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 8
10th Percentile £19.05 £14.98 £13.02
25th Percentile £19.88 £19.81 £14.54
Median hourly rate £22.50 £25.00 £20.46
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +22.19% +9.12%
75th Percentile £26.88 £27.81 £32.81
90th Percentile £28.75 £28.38 £62.63
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.21 £17.50 £20.36
% change year-on-year +32.60% -14.05% +19.03%

Junior
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior in Leicestershire

Junior
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Junior in Leicestershire.

Daily rate trend for Junior in Leicestershire

Junior
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Junior in Leicestershire.

Hourly rate trend for Junior in Leicestershire

Junior Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Junior 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 Leicestershire region featuring Junior in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline

Junior Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Pipeline
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Databricks