Lead Contracts in the Thames Valley

Leader
South East > Thames Valley

The median Leader daily rate in the Thames Valley is £560 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 30 30
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 152 175 209
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 5.68% 5.96% 5.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.07% 6.32% 6.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 138 123
10th Percentile £359 £394 £373
25th Percentile £460 £500 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £595 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +13.33% +10.53%
75th Percentile £625 £670 £600
90th Percentile £650 £735 £673
South East median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £63.37 - -
25th Percentile £64.67 £53.50 -
Median hourly rate £68.67 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +24.85% - -
75th Percentile £70.34 £56.50 -
90th Percentile £70.43 - -
South East median hourly rate £31.00 £57.99 £35.00
% change year-on-year -46.54% +65.69% +7.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,503 2,769 3,350
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 94.28% 96.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,423 1,916 2,281
10th Percentile £207 £313 £190
25th Percentile £370 £408 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 76 101
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.31 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £46.70 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +166.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £63.09 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.48 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.40 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.86% +130.48% -16.00%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the Thames Valley

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Lead in the Thames Valley

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in the Thames Valley

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Lead in the Thames Valley

Lead
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Berkshire +6 123 £575 -4.17% 37
Buckinghamshire -10 16 £550 - 23
Oxfordshire +13 13 £450 - 18
Lead
South East

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 31 (20.39%) Analytical Skills
2 30 (19.74%) Decision-Making
3 29 (19.08%) Finance
4 27 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
5 26 (17.11%) Azure
6 25 (16.45%) Security Cleared
6 25 (16.45%) Social Skills
7 24 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
7 24 (15.79%) Agile
8 23 (15.13%) Degree
9 21 (13.82%) Analytics
10 20 (13.16%) Alteryx
10 20 (13.16%) Tableau
10 20 (13.16%) Project Management
10 20 (13.16%) Snowflake
10 20 (13.16%) Actionable Insight
11 19 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (12.50%) Coaching
11 19 (12.50%) DevOps
12 18 (11.84%) Node.js
13 16 (10.53%) Legal
14 14 (9.21%) JavaScript
14 14 (9.21%) DV Cleared
14 14 (9.21%) Credit Risk
14 14 (9.21%) Dashboard Development
15 13 (8.55%) Microsoft
16 12 (7.89%) Workflow
16 12 (7.89%) Public Sector
16 12 (7.89%) Project Delivery
16 12 (7.89%) CI/CD

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (0.66%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (6.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.63%) Adobe After Effects
3 4 (2.63%) Adobe Premiere
3 4 (2.63%) CINEMA 4D
3 4 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (3.95%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.66%) Maximo
2 1 (0.66%) Primavera
2 1 (0.66%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 26 (17.11%) Azure
2 20 (13.16%) Snowflake
3 10 (6.58%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 10 (6.58%) Azure Key Vault
4 9 (5.92%) Azure Cognitive Search
4 9 (5.92%) Azure Monitor
5 8 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (3.29%) AWS
8 4 (2.63%) PaaS
9 3 (1.97%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (1.97%) IaaS
9 3 (1.97%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.97%) SaaS
10 2 (1.32%) Azure API Management
10 2 (1.32%) Azure Event Grid
10 2 (1.32%) Azure Functions
10 2 (1.32%) Entra ID
10 2 (1.32%) NuGet
10 2 (1.32%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.95%) Firewall
1 6 (3.95%) IP Telephony
2 5 (3.29%) VPN
3 4 (2.63%) LAN
3 4 (2.63%) Network Security
3 4 (2.63%) SNA
3 4 (2.63%) VoIP
3 4 (2.63%) WAN
4 3 (1.97%) BGP
4 3 (1.97%) CATAPAN
4 3 (1.97%) IPv4
4 3 (1.97%) IPv6
4 3 (1.97%) OSPF
4 3 (1.97%) VLAN
4 3 (1.97%) VSAN
5 2 (1.32%) Internet
6 1 (0.66%) 5G
6 1 (0.66%) DAB
6 1 (0.66%) NAS
6 1 (0.66%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (13.16%) Tableau
2 3 (1.97%) Power BI
3 1 (0.66%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.66%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.66%) Redis
3 1 (0.66%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 8 (5.26%) Git
2 2 (1.32%) Cypress.io
2 2 (1.32%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.32%) Selenium
2 2 (1.32%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.66%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.66%) JIRA
3 1 (0.66%) Maven
3 1 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.66%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.66%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.66%) Terragrunt
General
1 31 (20.39%) Analytical Skills
2 29 (19.08%) Finance
3 25 (16.45%) Social Skills
4 16 (10.53%) Legal
5 12 (7.89%) Public Sector
6 11 (7.24%) Telecoms
7 8 (5.26%) Marketing
8 7 (4.61%) Billing
9 3 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.32%) Manufacturing
10 2 (1.32%) Retail
11 1 (0.66%) Automotive
11 1 (0.66%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.66%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (11.84%) Node.js
2 11 (7.24%) AngularJS
3 8 (5.26%) React
4 7 (4.61%) React Native
5 5 (3.29%) .NET
5 5 (3.29%) CSS
5 5 (3.29%) HTML
6 4 (2.63%) Lightning Web Components
6 4 (2.63%) Visualforce
7 3 (1.97%) GraphQL
7 3 (1.97%) YAML
8 2 (1.32%) Web Services
9 1 (0.66%) Next.js
9 1 (0.66%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.21%) Credit Risk
2 5 (3.29%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.63%) Motion Graphics
3 4 (2.63%) Video Editing
4 3 (1.97%) Animation
4 3 (1.97%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.32%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.32%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.32%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.32%) PMI
5 2 (1.32%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.32%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.66%) CSOC
6 1 (0.66%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.66%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.66%) Life Science
6 1 (0.66%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.66%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.29%) Windows
2 4 (2.63%) Android
2 4 (2.63%) Apple iOS
2 4 (2.63%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (19.74%) Decision-Making
2 27 (17.76%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (15.79%) Agile
3 24 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (13.82%) Analytics
5 20 (13.16%) Actionable Insight
5 20 (13.16%) Project Management
6 19 (12.50%) Coaching
6 19 (12.50%) DevOps
6 19 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (9.21%) Dashboard Development
8 12 (7.89%) CI/CD
8 12 (7.89%) Project Delivery
8 12 (7.89%) Workflow
9 10 (6.58%) Programme Management
9 10 (6.58%) Roadmaps
10 9 (5.92%) API Design
10 9 (5.92%) API Development
10 9 (5.92%) Customer Experience
11 8 (5.26%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.21%) JavaScript
2 8 (5.26%) Python
3 7 (4.61%) PHP
3 7 (4.61%) SQL
4 5 (3.29%) Java
5 4 (2.63%) C#
6 3 (1.97%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.32%) Ruby
8 1 (0.66%) C
8 1 (0.66%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (16.45%) Security Cleared
2 23 (15.13%) Degree
3 14 (9.21%) DV Cleared
4 10 (6.58%) SC Cleared
5 3 (1.97%) CCDP
5 3 (1.97%) CCNP
5 3 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (1.97%) JNCIS
6 2 (1.32%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.32%) PgMP
6 2 (1.32%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.66%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.92%) PMO
2 6 (3.95%) QA
3 5 (3.29%) GDPR
4 4 (2.63%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.97%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.32%) COBIT
6 2 (1.32%) NIST
7 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (2.63%) VMware NSX
2 3 (1.97%) Docker
2 3 (1.97%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.32%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.32%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.66%) Firmware
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (3.29%) Ansible
1 5 (3.29%) Terraform
2 4 (2.63%) vRealize
3 3 (1.97%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.97%) vCenter Server
4 2 (1.32%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.66%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.66%) Puppet
5 1 (0.66%) SCCM
5 1 (0.66%) VxRail
Vendors
1 20 (13.16%) Alteryx
2 13 (8.55%) Microsoft
3 8 (5.26%) SAP
4 6 (3.95%) Cisco
4 6 (3.95%) VMware
5 5 (3.29%) Juniper
5 5 (3.29%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.63%) Apple
6 4 (2.63%) Informatica
6 4 (2.63%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.97%) CrowdStrike
7 3 (1.97%) Facebook
7 3 (1.97%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.97%) Instagram
7 3 (1.97%) Splunk
8 2 (1.32%) Adobe
8 2 (1.32%) Citrix
9 1 (0.66%) Cadence
9 1 (0.66%) Dell
9 1 (0.66%) Red Hat