Lead Contracts in Oxford

Leader
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The median Leader daily rate in Oxford is £600, 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 9 9 21
Rank change year-on-year 0 +12 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 6 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxford 12.50% 6.73% 3.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.33% 7.95% 3.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 3
10th Percentile £501 £367 £413
25th Percentile £541 £425 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% - +150.00%
75th Percentile £734 £581 £578
90th Percentile £819 £748 £639
Oxfordshire median daily rate £600 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +33.33% - -28.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Oxford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Oxford. 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 Oxford with a recognized job title 45 88 121
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 84.62% 93.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 61 89
10th Percentile £204 £180 £260
25th Percentile £362 £355 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £669 £525 £525
90th Percentile £700 £600 £614
Oxfordshire median daily rate £500 £375 £450
% change year-on-year +33.33% -16.67% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 15 6
10th Percentile £22.44 £12.18 -
25th Percentile £23.50 £13.00 -
Median hourly rate £45.00 £15.48 £18.08
Median % change year-on-year +190.70% -14.38% -9.60%
75th Percentile £46.30 £47.75 £24.02
90th Percentile £46.78 £65.00 £26.75
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £27.76 £19.50 £25.95
% change year-on-year +42.36% -24.86% +29.75%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Oxford

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in Oxford

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in Oxford over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Oxford

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in Oxford

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Oxford region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
2 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (33.33%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 2 (33.33%) Life Science
2 2 (33.33%) Load Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Security Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Test Management
2 2 (33.33%) Time Management
2 2 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Test Planning
3 1 (16.67%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
3 1 (16.67%) MuleSoft
3 1 (16.67%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) System Integration Testing
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) Service Design
3 1 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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 2 (33.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (16.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 1 (16.67%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Life Science
1 2 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
1 2 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Agile
1 2 (33.33%) Change Management
1 2 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
1 2 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Integration Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Load Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Project Governance
1 2 (33.33%) Security Testing
1 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (33.33%) Test Management
1 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
1 2 (33.33%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ)
2 1 (16.67%) Data Validation
2 1 (16.67%) Resource Management
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Test Planning
2 1 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (16.67%) MuleSoft
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce