Lead Contracts in Reading

Leader
Berkshire > Reading

The median Leader daily rate in Reading is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 35 38
Rank change year-on-year +8 +3 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 36 65 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 6.28% 5.60% 4.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.74% 6.05% 4.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 28 38
10th Percentile £463 £392 £456
25th Percentile £581 £463 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £500 £590
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -15.25% +7.27%
75th Percentile £647 £625 £675
90th Percentile £688 £629 £716
Berkshire median daily rate £600 £561 £590
% change year-on-year +6.90% -4.87% +12.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £53.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £56.50
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £87.58 £67.59 £55.00
% change year-on-year +29.58% +22.89% -31.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 534 1,074 970
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.19% 92.59% 95.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 619 649
10th Percentile £311 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +11.11%
75th Percentile £638 £624 £650
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £504 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -1.76% -2.38% +6.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 52 23
10th Percentile - £35.70 £45.50
25th Percentile - £52.90 £53.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £61.60 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -5.23% +150.00%
75th Percentile £71.80 £73.50 £74.40
90th Percentile £75.03 £87.46 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.75 £59.15 £56.89
% change year-on-year +7.77% +3.98% +195.51%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Reading

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in Reading

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in Reading over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Reading

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 Reading region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 11 (30.56%) Oracle
3 10 (27.78%) Project Management
4 9 (25.00%) Agile
5 8 (22.22%) Legal
5 8 (22.22%) Project Delivery
6 7 (19.44%) Release Management
7 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (16.67%) ERP
7 6 (16.67%) OCI
7 6 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (13.89%) Roadmaps
8 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (13.89%) Programme Governance
8 5 (13.89%) CRM
8 5 (13.89%) Oracle ERP
8 5 (13.89%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (13.89%) Waterfall
9 4 (11.11%) Azure
9 4 (11.11%) DevOps
10 3 (8.33%) Mentoring
10 3 (8.33%) Oracle CX
10 3 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (8.33%) Matrix Organization
10 3 (8.33%) Decision-Making
10 3 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (8.33%) CI/CD
10 3 (8.33%) OAuth
10 3 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle Service Bus
1 1 (2.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (13.89%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (2.78%) Primavera
3 1 (2.78%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.67%) OCI
2 4 (11.11%) Azure
3 3 (8.33%) Oracle CX
4 2 (5.56%) Azure API Management
4 2 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (5.56%) Azure Monitor
4 2 (5.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Selenium
General
1 12 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 8 (22.22%) Legal
3 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.33%) Billing
4 3 (8.33%) Finance
4 3 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Marketing
6 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.78%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.89%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (8.33%) OAuth
3 1 (2.78%) ADO
3 1 (2.78%) OAuth2
3 1 (2.78%) REST
3 1 (2.78%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (2.78%) SAPUI5
3 1 (2.78%) SOAP
3 1 (2.78%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.56%) Podcast
1 2 (5.56%) Product Ownership
1 2 (5.56%) Security Operations Centre
1 2 (5.56%) Security Posture
1 2 (5.56%) Social Media
2 1 (2.78%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (27.78%) Project Management
2 9 (25.00%) Agile
3 8 (22.22%) Project Delivery
4 7 (19.44%) Release Management
5 6 (16.67%) ERP
5 6 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (13.89%) CRM
6 5 (13.89%) Programme Governance
6 5 (13.89%) Roadmaps
6 5 (13.89%) Waterfall
7 4 (11.11%) DevOps
8 3 (8.33%) CI/CD
8 3 (8.33%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (8.33%) Decision-Making
8 3 (8.33%) Matrix Organization
8 3 (8.33%) Mentoring
8 3 (8.33%) Project Governance
8 3 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 2 (5.56%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.56%) Java
1 2 (5.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.78%) ABAP
2 1 (2.78%) PL/SQL
2 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (8.33%) Degree
2 2 (5.56%) Azure Certification
2 2 (5.56%) DV Cleared
2 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.78%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.78%) PMP
3 1 (2.78%) SAP Certification
3 1 (2.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.78%) PMO
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (30.56%) Oracle
2 2 (5.56%) Salesforce
2 2 (5.56%) SAP