Lead Contract Job Trends in Perthshire

Leader
Scotland > Perthshire

The median Leader daily rate in Perthshire is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 4 6
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 2 6 7
As % of all contract jobs in Perthshire 40.00% 25.00% 21.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 50.00% 30.00% 21.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 7
10th Percentile £558 - £464
25th Percentile £569 £525 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% +5.26%
75th Percentile £669 £600 £569
90th Percentile £673 £663 £588
Scotland median daily rate £474 £569 £525
% change year-on-year -16.67% +8.38% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Perthshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Perthshire. 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 Perthshire with a recognized job title 4 20 33
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 80.00% 83.33% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 17 29
10th Percentile £558 £358 £413
25th Percentile £569 £494 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £656 £600 £550
90th Percentile £668 £700 £588
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £488
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +2.63%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Perthshire

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

Lead job vacancy trend in Perthshire

Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Perthshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Perthshire

Lead Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Perthshire

For the 6 months to 15 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 Perthshire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) OAuth
1 2 (100.00%) OCI
1 2 (100.00%) OpenID
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) SailPoint
1 2 (100.00%) SAML
1 2 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Perthshire 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) OCI
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) OAuth
1 2 (100.00%) OpenID
1 2 (100.00%) SailPoint
1 2 (100.00%) SAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (50.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (50.00%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) CyberArk
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft