Lead Contract Job Trends in Maidenhead

Leader
Berkshire > Maidenhead

The median Leader daily rate in Maidenhead is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 3 9
Rank change year-on-year 0 +6 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 4 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Maidenhead 23.53% 23.08% 2.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 26.67% 25.00% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile - £465 -
25th Percentile £425 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% - -
75th Percentile £475 £684 -
90th Percentile - £690 -
Berkshire median daily rate £575 £625 £565
% change year-on-year -8.00% +10.62% -5.83%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Maidenhead

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Maidenhead. 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 Maidenhead with a recognized job title 15 12 38
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.24% 92.31% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 14
10th Percentile £425 £443 £191
25th Percentile £428 £488 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +16.67% -27.42%
75th Percentile £513 £609 £516
90th Percentile £519 £681 £595
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £14.28
25th Percentile - - £15.44
Median hourly rate - - £18.25
75th Percentile - - £21.44
90th Percentile - - £22.83
Berkshire median hourly rate £43.96 £59.00 £61.45
% change year-on-year -25.50% -3.98% +96.63%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Maidenhead

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

Lead job vacancy trend in Maidenhead

Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Maidenhead

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Maidenhead

Lead
Hourly Rate Trend in Maidenhead

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Maidenhead

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 Maidenhead region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
1 2 (50.00%) Statistics
1 2 (50.00%) SWOT Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
2 1 (25.00%) Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (25.00%) Data Science
2 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (25.00%) DataOps
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) GCP
2 1 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) GRC
2 1 (25.00%) Master Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving

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

Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) GCP
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Lake
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
1 2 (50.00%) Statistics
1 2 (50.00%) SWOT Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Science
2 1 (25.00%) Data Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Master Data Management
2 1 (25.00%) Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (25.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Google
1 1 (25.00%) SAP