Lead Contracts in the UK excluding London

Leader
UK > UK excluding London

The median Leader daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550 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 29 37 40
Rank change year-on-year +8 +3 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 1,158 1,268 1,629
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.61% 5.26% 5.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.05% 5.58% 5.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 688 869 1,160
10th Percentile £371 £363 £352
25th Percentile £456 £463 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £566 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.83% +8.85% +9.47%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £625
90th Percentile £775 £760 £725
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 53 47
10th Percentile £15.17 £20.94 £16.50
25th Percentile £26.75 £41.25 £21.38
Median hourly rate £61.01 £60.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.68% +71.43% +37.25%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.75 £46.98
90th Percentile £75.25 £68.95 £56.00
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -9.09% +57.14% +31.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,140 22,709 29,694
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 94.17% 95.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,706 15,914 20,771
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £391 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £594 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,220 1,177 1,493
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.06
25th Percentile £15.70 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the UK excluding London

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Lead in the UK excluding London

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in the UK excluding London

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Lead in the UK excluding London

Lead
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Lead in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Lead in the UK excluding London

Lead
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the UK excluding London 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
North of England +3 281 £582 +5.82% 289
South East +5 269 £550 -8.33% 238
South West +19 258 £550 -9.09% 157
North West +3 163 £590 +7.27% 157
Midlands +5 142 £555 - 189
Scotland +21 124 £500 -3.85% 71
West Midlands +4 109 £598 +5.05% 130
Yorkshire +1 107 £575 - 95
East of England -1 81 £560 -4.68% 120
East Midlands +13 31 £235 -58.04% 58
Northern Ireland +20 19 £588 - 14
North East +16 12 £516 -23.52% 39
Wales +15 11 £570 +6.05% 31
Isle of Man - 2 £388 -
South Coast - 1 - -
Lead
UK

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 283 (24.44%) Social Skills
2 274 (23.66%) Security Cleared
3 238 (20.55%) Finance
4 231 (19.95%) Agile
5 181 (15.63%) SC Cleared
6 180 (15.54%) Stakeholder Management
7 167 (14.42%) Project Management
8 146 (12.61%) Public Sector
9 134 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
10 132 (11.40%) Microsoft
10 132 (11.40%) Problem-Solving
11 121 (10.45%) Roadmaps
11 121 (10.45%) Azure
12 118 (10.19%) DevOps
13 116 (10.02%) SAP
14 98 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
15 97 (8.38%) Degree
16 92 (7.94%) Risk Management
16 92 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
17 90 (7.77%) Decision-Making
18 85 (7.34%) DV Cleared
19 84 (7.25%) AWS
20 81 (6.99%) Project Delivery
21 76 (6.56%) CI/CD
22 74 (6.39%) Migration
23 71 (6.13%) Mentoring
24 70 (6.04%) ERP
25 68 (5.87%) Telecoms
25 68 (5.87%) JIRA
26 65 (5.61%) Coaching

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 14 (1.21%) Confluence
2 7 (0.60%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.35%) IIS
4 2 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.086%) CMS
5 1 (0.086%) nginx
5 1 (0.086%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.086%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.086%) SAS
Applications
1 52 (4.49%) Microsoft Office
2 50 (4.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 36 (3.11%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (2.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 22 (1.90%) Spreadsheet
6 13 (1.12%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.69%) CATIA
8 4 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.35%) CINEMA 4D
9 2 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.17%) Revit
9 2 (0.17%) Sketch
10 1 (0.086%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.086%) Simulink
10 1 (0.086%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 62 (5.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.78%) DELMIA
2 9 (0.78%) SAP MM
2 9 (0.78%) Teamcenter
3 8 (0.69%) SAP MDG
4 7 (0.60%) SAP HR
5 6 (0.52%) Oracle Assets
5 6 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.43%) Oracle Cash Management
6 5 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.43%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.43%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.43%) SAP GTS
7 4 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.35%) Maximo
7 4 (0.35%) Primavera
7 4 (0.35%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.35%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 121 (10.45%) Azure
2 84 (7.25%) AWS
3 52 (4.49%) Power Platform
4 37 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (2.76%) Serverless
6 30 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
7 28 (2.42%) Snowflake
8 20 (1.73%) SuccessFactors
9 19 (1.64%) Amazon S3
9 19 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
10 18 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
11 17 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
12 14 (1.21%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 14 (1.21%) PowerApps
13 13 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
13 13 (1.12%) OCI
14 12 (1.04%) Azure Functions
14 12 (1.04%) GCP
15 11 (0.95%) PaaS
16 10 (0.86%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 47 (4.06%) Firewall
2 44 (3.80%) VPN
3 20 (1.73%) WAN
4 19 (1.64%) LAN
5 13 (1.12%) 5G
6 7 (0.60%) BGP
6 7 (0.60%) IPv4
6 7 (0.60%) OSPF
6 7 (0.60%) VLAN
6 7 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.52%) IP Telephony
7 6 (0.52%) Network Security
8 5 (0.43%) Wireless
9 4 (0.35%) IPv6
9 4 (0.35%) MPLS
9 4 (0.35%) SAN
9 4 (0.35%) SNA
9 4 (0.35%) SSL
9 4 (0.35%) VoIP
9 4 (0.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.28%) Power BI
2 28 (2.42%) Tableau
3 24 (2.07%) SQL Server
4 13 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (0.78%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (0.52%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.52%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.52%) SAP BW
8 5 (0.43%) Amazon Aurora
8 5 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.43%) SAP Data Services
9 4 (0.35%) DynamoDB
9 4 (0.35%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.26%) Big Data
10 3 (0.26%) Metadata
11 2 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 68 (5.87%) JIRA
2 27 (2.33%) Git
3 12 (1.04%) GitLab
4 11 (0.95%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.78%) Selenium
5 9 (0.78%) webpack
6 8 (0.69%) JUnit
7 6 (0.52%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.52%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (0.43%) Hudson
8 5 (0.43%) JMeter
9 4 (0.35%) LSMW
10 3 (0.26%) LoadRunner
10 3 (0.26%) Maven
10 3 (0.26%) Mockito
10 3 (0.26%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.17%) Capybara
11 2 (0.17%) Gradle
11 2 (0.17%) Moq
General
1 283 (24.44%) Social Skills
2 238 (20.55%) Finance
3 146 (12.61%) Public Sector
4 134 (11.57%) Analytical Skills
5 68 (5.87%) Telecoms
6 55 (4.75%) Manufacturing
7 43 (3.71%) Legal
8 38 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
9 36 (3.11%) Marketing
10 24 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (1.90%) Pharmaceutical
12 21 (1.81%) Electronics
13 19 (1.64%) Banking
14 17 (1.47%) Local Government
15 16 (1.38%) Billing
15 16 (1.38%) Retail
16 13 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 11 (0.95%) Games
18 10 (0.86%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (5.09%) Node.js
2 35 (3.02%) React
3 22 (1.90%) .NET
4 18 (1.55%) HTML
5 16 (1.38%) AngularJS
5 16 (1.38%) CSS
6 12 (1.04%) REST
7 9 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
8 8 (0.69%) AWS CDK
8 8 (0.69%) GraphQL
8 8 (0.69%) Spring
8 8 (0.69%) Web Services
9 7 (0.60%) Kafka
9 7 (0.60%) Lambda Expressions
9 7 (0.60%) React Native
9 7 (0.60%) Redux
9 7 (0.60%) Spring Boot
10 6 (0.52%) Express.js
10 6 (0.52%) PyTorch
10 6 (0.52%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 47 (4.06%) Management Information System
2 35 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
3 34 (2.94%) Public Cloud
4 32 (2.76%) Product Ownership
5 25 (2.16%) Onboarding
5 25 (2.16%) Security Posture
6 20 (1.73%) Credit Risk
6 20 (1.73%) Data Centre
7 15 (1.30%) Cyber Threat
8 14 (1.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 13 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
9 13 (1.12%) NHS
10 11 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
10 11 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (0.95%) Mobile App
11 10 (0.86%) Driving Licence
12 9 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (0.78%) Life Science
12 9 (0.78%) LIMS
13 8 (0.69%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 63 (5.44%) Windows
2 40 (3.45%) Apple iOS
3 36 (3.11%) Windows Server
4 35 (3.02%) Android
5 24 (2.07%) Linux
6 9 (0.78%) Unix
7 5 (0.43%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.43%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.26%) VMS
8 3 (0.26%) Windows 2000
8 3 (0.26%) Windows XP
9 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.086%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.086%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (19.95%) Agile
2 180 (15.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 167 (14.42%) Project Management
4 132 (11.40%) Problem-Solving
5 121 (10.45%) Roadmaps
6 118 (10.19%) DevOps
7 98 (8.46%) Continuous Improvement
8 92 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
8 92 (7.94%) Risk Management
9 90 (7.77%) Decision-Making
10 81 (6.99%) Project Delivery
11 76 (6.56%) CI/CD
12 74 (6.39%) Migration
13 71 (6.13%) Mentoring
14 70 (6.04%) ERP
15 65 (5.61%) Coaching
16 59 (5.09%) Analytics
17 56 (4.84%) Change Management
18 53 (4.58%) Software Engineering
18 53 (4.58%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 54 (4.66%) SQL
2 45 (3.89%) Python
3 41 (3.54%) Java
4 37 (3.20%) JavaScript
5 28 (2.42%) C#
6 24 (2.07%) TypeScript
7 20 (1.73%) PowerShell
8 9 (0.78%) PHP
9 8 (0.69%) Ruby
10 6 (0.52%) Bash
10 6 (0.52%) C
10 6 (0.52%) C++
11 5 (0.43%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.35%) Scala
13 3 (0.26%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.17%) Groovy
15 1 (0.086%) COBOL
15 1 (0.086%) ProC
15 1 (0.086%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.086%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 274 (23.66%) Security Cleared
2 181 (15.63%) SC Cleared
3 97 (8.38%) Degree
4 85 (7.34%) DV Cleared
5 24 (2.07%) CISM
5 24 (2.07%) CISSP
6 20 (1.73%) APMP
7 14 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (0.95%) CISA
9 11 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (0.95%) ISACA
10 10 (0.86%) CCNP
10 10 (0.86%) DBS Check
11 9 (0.78%) CRISC
11 9 (0.78%) Master's Degree
12 8 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
12 8 (0.69%) NVQ Level 3
12 8 (0.69%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.69%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (4.06%) PMO
2 42 (3.63%) QA
3 41 (3.54%) Data Quality
4 36 (3.11%) NIST
5 25 (2.16%) JSP 440
6 22 (1.90%) GDPR
6 22 (1.90%) SLA
7 20 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 17 (1.47%) Accessibility
9 15 (1.30%) Disclosure Scotland
9 15 (1.30%) PCI DSS
10 14 (1.21%) NIST 800
11 10 (0.86%) HIPAA
12 9 (0.78%) GRC
13 5 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.35%) WCAG
15 3 (0.26%) ITGC
15 3 (0.26%) NCSC
16 2 (0.17%) COBIT
16 2 (0.17%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 17 (1.47%) Docker
2 15 (1.30%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.43%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.26%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.26%) vSphere
7 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.086%) Firmware
8 1 (0.086%) Lustre
8 1 (0.086%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.086%) NFS
8 1 (0.086%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 33 (2.85%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.07%) Terraform
3 20 (1.73%) Ansible
4 11 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.60%) SCCM
6 5 (0.43%) Grafana
7 4 (0.35%) HP ALM
7 4 (0.35%) Puppet
7 4 (0.35%) vRealize
8 3 (0.26%) HP Quality Center
8 3 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.26%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.086%) Kibana
9 1 (0.086%) MOM
9 1 (0.086%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.086%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.086%) SCOM
9 1 (0.086%) VxRail
Vendors
1 132 (11.40%) Microsoft
2 116 (10.02%) SAP
3 39 (3.37%) Oracle
4 26 (2.25%) Alteryx
4 26 (2.25%) ServiceNow
5 24 (2.07%) VMware
6 21 (1.81%) Informatica
7 13 (1.12%) Salesforce
8 12 (1.04%) Cisco
8 12 (1.04%) Juniper
9 11 (0.95%) Apple
9 11 (0.95%) Google
9 11 (0.95%) IBM
9 11 (0.95%) IFS
9 11 (0.95%) Workday
10 9 (0.78%) Ariba
10 9 (0.78%) Siemens
10 9 (0.78%) Splunk
11 7 (0.60%) HP
11 7 (0.60%) InterSystems