Lead Contracts in Luton

Leader
Bedfordshire > Luton

The median Leader daily rate in Luton is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 30 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
30 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 17 7
Rank change year-on-year +10 -10 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 24 11 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Luton 26.09% 7.86% 17.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 29.63% 9.32% 17.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 8 11
10th Percentile £406 £538 £425
25th Percentile - £571 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £650 £644 -
90th Percentile £750 £715 -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £61.75 - -
25th Percentile £64.38 - -
Median hourly rate £72.50 - -
75th Percentile £84.38 - -
90th Percentile £89.25 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £72.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Luton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Luton. 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 Luton with a recognized job title 81 118 102
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.04% 84.29% 99.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 68 71
10th Percentile £485 £300 £281
25th Percentile £500 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +7.69% -2.50%
75th Percentile £669 £575 £600
90th Percentile £743 £625 -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £600 £500 £463
% change year-on-year +20.00% +8.11% -7.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 23 4
10th Percentile £61.60 - £31.50
25th Percentile £67.50 £15.39 £56.25
Median hourly rate £80.00 £18.00 £82.50
Median % change year-on-year +344.44% -78.18% +65.00%
75th Percentile £88.00 £65.75 £90.00
90th Percentile £91.60 £67.50 -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £75.00 £51.25 £75.00
% change year-on-year +46.34% -31.67% +39.53%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Luton

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Luton

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in Luton

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Luton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in Luton over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Luton

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Luton

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in Luton

Lead
Hourly Rate Histogram in Luton

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Lead in Luton over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Lead in Luton

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 Luton region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 21 (87.50%) SAP
2 18 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
4 13 (54.17%) Migration
4 13 (54.17%) Life Science
5 11 (45.83%) Analytics
5 11 (45.83%) Data Design
6 10 (41.67%) Data Governance
7 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
8 7 (29.17%) Record to Report
9 6 (25.00%) Data Management
9 6 (25.00%) EPoS
10 5 (20.83%) ERP
10 5 (20.83%) Ariba
10 5 (20.83%) LoadRunner
10 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (20.83%) Agile
10 5 (20.83%) Banking
10 5 (20.83%) Test Management
10 5 (20.83%) FMCG
10 5 (20.83%) Waterfall
10 5 (20.83%) Data Quality
10 5 (20.83%) Non-Functional Testing
10 5 (20.83%) NeoLoad
11 4 (16.67%) Accounts Payable
11 4 (16.67%) Data Migration
11 4 (16.67%) SAP ERP
12 3 (12.50%) Matrix Management
12 3 (12.50%) Data Mapping
12 3 (12.50%) Continuous Integration

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

Business Applications
1 18 (75.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (16.67%) SAP ERP
3 2 (8.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.50%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) LoadRunner
1 5 (20.83%) NeoLoad
2 3 (12.50%) Jenkins
2 3 (12.50%) JIRA
2 3 (12.50%) JMeter
General
1 16 (66.67%) Pharmaceutical
2 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 5 (20.83%) Banking
4 3 (12.50%) Finance
5 1 (4.17%) Aerospace
5 1 (4.17%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 13 (54.17%) Life Science
2 6 (25.00%) EPoS
3 5 (20.83%) FMCG
4 1 (4.17%) Data Structures
4 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (54.17%) Migration
2 11 (45.83%) Analytics
2 11 (45.83%) Data Design
3 10 (41.67%) Data Governance
4 7 (29.17%) Record to Report
5 6 (25.00%) Data Management
6 5 (20.83%) Agile
6 5 (20.83%) ERP
6 5 (20.83%) Non-Functional Testing
6 5 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (20.83%) Test Management
6 5 (20.83%) Waterfall
7 4 (16.67%) Accounts Payable
7 4 (16.67%) Data Migration
8 3 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (12.50%) Data Mapping
8 3 (12.50%) Matrix Management
8 3 (12.50%) Quality Management
8 3 (12.50%) Service Management
8 3 (12.50%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
1 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
1 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (20.83%) Data Quality
2 3 (12.50%) GxP
2 3 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (8.33%) Def Stans
4 1 (4.17%) JSP 440
4 1 (4.17%) NCSC
4 1 (4.17%) NIST
4 1 (4.17%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (4.17%) Firmware
Vendors
1 21 (87.50%) SAP
2 5 (20.83%) Ariba
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