Lead Contract Job Trends in North London

Leader
London > North London

The median Leader daily rate in North London is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 October 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 8 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in North London 8.33% 4.55% -
As % of the Job Titles category 8.70% 4.55% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £560 - -
25th Percentile £575 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -
75th Percentile £625 £575 -
90th Percentile £640 - -
London median daily rate £600 £613 £625
% change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in North London. 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 North London with a recognized job title 23 22 29
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.83% 100.00% 96.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 18 27
10th Percentile £376 £248 £165
25th Percentile £508 £248 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £322 £450
Median % change year-on-year +71.07% -28.56% -
75th Percentile £650 £465 £534
90th Percentile £666 £531 £593
London median daily rate £544 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.11% -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
London median hourly rate £27.00 £35.00 £40.17
% change year-on-year -22.86% -12.86% +23.58%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in North London

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

Lead job vacancy trend in North London

Lead
Daily Rate Trend in North London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in North London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in North London

Lead
Hourly Rate Trend in North London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in North London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in North London

Lead Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North London

For the 6 months to 13 October 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 North London region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Local Government
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) CISSP
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) vSphere
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Server Patching
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) NCSC

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North London 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (100.00%) Local Government
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (50.00%) Server Patching
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (50.00%) VMware