Lead Developer Contracts in Warrington

Lead Developer
Cheshire > Warrington

The median Lead Developer daily rate in Warrington is £525, 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 22 19 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Developer 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warrington 1.61% 1.22% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.75% 1.30% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £488 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -
75th Percentile £563 £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £442 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -7.05% -5.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Warrington

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warrington. 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 Warrington with a recognized job title 57 77 79
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 93.90% 75.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 47 54
10th Percentile £203 £158 £191
25th Percentile £230 £263 £284
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £425 £444
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% -4.23% +47.92%
75th Percentile £488 £500 £555
90th Percentile £570 £575 £650
Cheshire median daily rate £456 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 0
Median hourly rate £12.82 £14.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.43% - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £47.50 £20.11 £29.26
% change year-on-year +136.20% -31.27% +19.43%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in Warrington

Lead Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Warrington

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Developer in Warrington

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warrington

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Lead Developer 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 Warrington region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warrington 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 (100.00%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development