Lead Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Leader
West Midlands > Shropshire

The median Leader daily rate in Shropshire is £469, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 18 9
Rank change year-on-year -28 -9 +32
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 19 9 3
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 5.19% 7.96% 6.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.85% 8.91% 6.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 3
10th Percentile £380 £304 -
25th Percentile £400 £309 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £314 £410
Median % change year-on-year +49.36% -23.41% -17.17%
75th Percentile £488 £321 £433
90th Percentile £508 £415 £443
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Shropshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Shropshire. 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 Shropshire with a recognized job title 325 101 48
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.80% 89.38% 97.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 220 70 30
10th Percentile £399 £210 £254
25th Percentile £429 £378 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £477 £400
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% +19.25% -24.53%
75th Percentile £537 £518 £500
90th Percentile £552 £547 £536
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 3 0
10th Percentile £12.21 - -
25th Percentile £18.99 - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £12.18 -
Median % change year-on-year +106.49% - -
75th Percentile - £17.89 -
90th Percentile £29.61 £21.32 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.08 £23.82 £22.40
% change year-on-year +5.27% +6.36% +26.38%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Lead job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Shropshire

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Shropshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in Shropshire over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Shropshire

Lead
Hourly Rate Trend in Shropshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Shropshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Shropshire

Lead
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Telford -26 19 £469 +49.36% 15
Lead
West Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 Shropshire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 9 (47.37%) CI/CD
1 9 (47.37%) Java
2 8 (42.11%) Agile
3 7 (36.84%) Accessibility
4 6 (31.58%) Kubernetes
4 6 (31.58%) React
4 6 (31.58%) Spring
5 5 (26.32%) Adobe
5 5 (26.32%) Adobe XD
5 5 (26.32%) AngularJS
5 5 (26.32%) CSS
5 5 (26.32%) CSS3
5 5 (26.32%) Figma
5 5 (26.32%) Git
5 5 (26.32%) HTML
5 5 (26.32%) HTML5
5 5 (26.32%) JavaScript
5 5 (26.32%) MongoDB
5 5 (26.32%) MuleSoft
5 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (26.32%) QA
5 5 (26.32%) Responsive Web Design
5 5 (26.32%) RESTful
5 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
5 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
5 5 (26.32%) Sketch
5 5 (26.32%) Spring Boot
5 5 (26.32%) SQL
5 5 (26.32%) User Experience
5 5 (26.32%) UX Design

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Adobe XD
1 5 (26.32%) Sketch
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) Figma
2 3 (15.79%) AWS
2 3 (15.79%) Azure
3 1 (5.26%) Amazon ECS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) MongoDB
2 2 (10.53%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (10.53%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Git
2 3 (15.79%) JIRA
3 2 (10.53%) Gatling
3 2 (10.53%) GitLab
4 1 (5.26%) Selenium
General
1 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (31.58%) React
1 6 (31.58%) Spring
2 5 (26.32%) AngularJS
2 5 (26.32%) CSS
2 5 (26.32%) CSS3
2 5 (26.32%) HTML
2 5 (26.32%) HTML5
2 5 (26.32%) RESTful
2 5 (26.32%) Spring Boot
3 3 (15.79%) Playwright
3 3 (15.79%) Swagger
4 2 (10.53%) Spring Batch
4 2 (10.53%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Mobile App
1 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) CI/CD
2 8 (42.11%) Agile
3 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (26.32%) Responsive Web Design
3 5 (26.32%) User Experience
3 5 (26.32%) UX Design
4 4 (21.05%) Software Testing
4 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (21.05%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (15.79%) End-to-End Testing
5 3 (15.79%) Microservices
5 3 (15.79%) Operational Acceptance Testing
5 3 (15.79%) Test Automation
6 2 (10.53%) Coaching
6 2 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (10.53%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
6 2 (10.53%) Mentoring
6 2 (10.53%) Static Application Security Testing
6 2 (10.53%) System Integration Testing
6 2 (10.53%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) Java
2 5 (26.32%) JavaScript
2 5 (26.32%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
1 5 (26.32%) Security Cleared
2 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 4 (21.05%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) Accessibility
2 5 (26.32%) QA
3 3 (15.79%) WCAG
4 1 (5.26%) PMO
Systems Management
1 6 (31.58%) Kubernetes
2 2 (10.53%) Grafana
2 2 (10.53%) Kibana
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Adobe
1 5 (26.32%) MuleSoft
2 3 (15.79%) Pega
3 2 (10.53%) Dynatrace
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle
3 2 (10.53%) PagerDuty
3 2 (10.53%) Splunk