Lead Contract Job Trends in Stratford-upon-Avon

Leader
Warwickshire > Stratford-upon-Avon

The median Leader daily rate in Stratford-upon-Avon is £640, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 8 -
Rank change year-on-year -2 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 1 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stratford-upon-Avon 2.94% 11.76% -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.03% 11.76% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £479 -
25th Percentile £635 £484 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 £513 -
Median % change year-on-year +24.88% - -
75th Percentile £645 £534 -
90th Percentile - £536 -
Warwickshire median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +10.58%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Stratford-upon-Avon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Stratford-upon-Avon. 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 Stratford-upon-Avon with a recognized job title 33 17 20
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.06% 100.00% 95.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 16 15
10th Percentile £195 £169 £368
25th Percentile £422 £431 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £538 £600
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% -10.42% +1.69%
75th Percentile £631 £600 £763
90th Percentile £650 £638 £850
Warwickshire median daily rate £523 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -0.48% +2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £13.50
Median hourly rate £25.77 - £14.00
75th Percentile - - £14.50
90th Percentile - - -
Warwickshire median hourly rate £30.00 £23.82 £22.50
% change year-on-year +25.94% +5.87% +55.93%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Stratford-upon-Avon

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

Lead job vacancy trend in Stratford-upon-Avon

Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Stratford-upon-Avon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Stratford-upon-Avon

Lead Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stratford-upon-Avon

For the 6 months to 5 February 2026, 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 Stratford-upon-Avon region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) B2C
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stratford-upon-Avon 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 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Big Data
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) B2C
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) LLM
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform