Lead Contract Job Trends in Taunton

Leader
Somerset > Taunton

The median Leader daily rate in Taunton is £750, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 2 7
Rank change year-on-year -14 +5 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 9 7 4
As % of all contract jobs in Taunton 12.33% 43.75% 12.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.68% 43.75% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 4
10th Percentile £520 £612 £468
25th Percentile £606 £620 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £675 £594
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +13.68% -30.15%
75th Percentile - £713 £602
90th Percentile - £715 £604
Somerset median daily rate £341 £650 £430
% change year-on-year -47.50% +51.16% -21.82%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 71 16 32
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.26% 100.00% 96.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 15 26
10th Percentile £403 £532 £488
25th Percentile £431 £610 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £710 £594
Median % change year-on-year -36.62% +19.58% -11.51%
75th Percentile £603 £886 £600
90th Percentile £640 £960 £613
Somerset median daily rate £513 £525 £450
% change year-on-year -2.29% +16.67% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37.25 - £12.50
Median hourly rate £40.54 £12.45 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +225.62% -4.23% -
75th Percentile £43.84 - £14.25
90th Percentile - - £15.60
Somerset median hourly rate £57.50 £21.01 £25.00
% change year-on-year +173.68% -15.96% -51.46%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Taunton

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

Lead job vacancy trend in Taunton

Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Taunton

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Taunton

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Taunton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in Taunton over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Taunton

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

For the 6 months to 16 June 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 Taunton region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) AWS
2 4 (44.44%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (44.44%) CI/CD
2 4 (44.44%) DevOps
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
3 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 3 (33.33%) Windows
4 2 (22.22%) .NET
4 2 (22.22%) .NET Framework
4 2 (22.22%) C#
4 2 (22.22%) Code Coverage
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Database Security
4 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
4 2 (22.22%) Deployment Automation
4 2 (22.22%) DevSecOps
4 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) Git
4 2 (22.22%) GitHub
4 2 (22.22%) Oracle
4 2 (22.22%) Performance Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Playwright
4 2 (22.22%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) Service Management
4 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
4 2 (22.22%) SQL
4 2 (22.22%) SQL Server

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Taunton 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 1 (11.11%) Confluence
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) AWS
2 4 (44.44%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (22.22%) GitHub
4 1 (11.11%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (11.11%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (11.11%) PaaS
4 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) Data Mart
2 1 (11.11%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (11.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Git
2 1 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (11.11%) MSI
General
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) .NET
1 2 (22.22%) .NET Framework
1 2 (22.22%) Playwright
2 1 (11.11%) .NET Core
2 1 (11.11%) ATL
2 1 (11.11%) COM
2 1 (11.11%) CSS
2 1 (11.11%) CSS3
2 1 (11.11%) GeoJSON
2 1 (11.11%) HTML
2 1 (11.11%) HTML5
2 1 (11.11%) MFC
2 1 (11.11%) REST
2 1 (11.11%) RESTful
2 1 (11.11%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
2 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
2 1 (11.11%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) CI/CD
1 4 (44.44%) DevOps
2 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 2 (22.22%) Code Coverage
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Database Security
3 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
3 2 (22.22%) Deployment Automation
3 2 (22.22%) DevSecOps
3 2 (22.22%) Performance Testing
3 2 (22.22%) Service Management
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) SOLID
4 1 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (11.11%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) C#
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (11.11%) Bicep
2 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 1 (11.11%) Python
2 1 (11.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
1 1 (11.11%) Data Quality
1 1 (11.11%) NCSC
1 1 (11.11%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
1 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle