Lead Contracts in Taunton

Leader
Somerset > Taunton

The median Leader daily rate in Taunton is £620, 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 2 9 20
Rank change year-on-year +7 +11 0
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 3 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Taunton 42.86% 11.11% 3.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 42.86% 11.11% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 2
10th Percentile £604 £575 £648
25th Percentile £610 £584 £681
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 £600 £738
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -18.64% +18.00%
75th Percentile - £603 £794
90th Percentile - £605 £828
Somerset median daily rate £650 £350 £625
% change year-on-year +85.71% -44.00% +26.58%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Taunton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Taunton. 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 Taunton with a recognized job title 7 27 65
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 98.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 22 59
10th Percentile £610 £563 £401
25th Percentile £620 £573 £574
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £743 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year +23.75% -7.69% +24.64%
75th Percentile £893 £606 £708
90th Percentile £900 £624 £805
Somerset median daily rate £525 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +16.67% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - - £15.60
25th Percentile - £12.50 £15.84
Median hourly rate £12.45 £13.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.23% -25.71% -
75th Percentile - £14.25 £19.13
90th Percentile - £15.60 £19.35
Somerset median hourly rate £18.51 £25.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -25.96% -50.00% +0.50%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Taunton

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Taunton

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in Taunton

Lead Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Taunton

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 Taunton region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (100.00%) Business Case
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Metadata
1 3 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Culture Change
1 3 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance Strategy

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

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 3 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Budget Management
1 3 (100.00%) Business Case
1 3 (100.00%) Culture Change
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Governance Strategy
1 3 (100.00%) Data Management
1 3 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
1 3 (100.00%) Regulatory Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Risk Assessment
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 3 (100.00%) Technology Strategy
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Data Quality