Lead Contract Job Trends in North Yorkshire

Leader
Yorkshire > North Yorkshire

The median Leader daily rate in North Yorkshire is £531, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 20 26
Rank change year-on-year +2 +6 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 2 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in North Yorkshire 2.15% 3.51% 1.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.74% 3.96% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £468 - £635
25th Percentile £486 - £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £531 £550 £700
Median % change year-on-year -3.41% -21.43% +107.41%
75th Percentile £586 - £750
90th Percentile £609 - £765
Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £525 £581
% change year-on-year - -9.68% +5.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in North Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 73 101 144
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 78.49% 88.60% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 40 105
10th Percentile £120 £180 £165
25th Percentile £153 £261 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £350 £415
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -15.66% +3.75%
75th Percentile £506 £550 £500
90th Percentile £620 £665 £598
Yorkshire median daily rate £485 £478 £500
% change year-on-year +1.57% -4.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 8
10th Percentile £18.07 £13.85 £15.45
25th Percentile £21.33 £16.25 £20.56
Median hourly rate £31.08 £17.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.57% -20.45% +9.32%
75th Percentile £45.28 £30.63 £24.50
90th Percentile £52.38 £42.50 £35.60
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.58 £24.18 £21.31
% change year-on-year +5.77% +13.47% +2.55%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire.

Lead job vacancy trend in North Yorkshire

Lead
Daily Rate Trend in North Yorkshire

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

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

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in North Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in North Yorkshire over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in North Yorkshire

Lead
Hourly Rate Trend in North Yorkshire

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

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

Lead
Contract Job Locations in North Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the North Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 27 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
York +8 1 £600 +9.09% 1
Middlesbrough - 1 £463 - 1
Lead
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 27 November 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 Yorkshire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) API Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) JSON
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
1 1 (50.00%) Postman
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Yorkshire 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 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub
1 1 (50.00%) GitHub Actions
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Cucumber
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Postman
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (50.00%) TestRail
1 1 (50.00%) Zephyr
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) JSON
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) API Testing
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Manual Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) Test Management
1 1 (50.00%) Test Planning
1 1 (50.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) XPath
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft