Lead Contracts in Warwickshire

Leader
West Midlands > Warwickshire

The median Leader daily rate in Warwickshire is £538, 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 19 32 17
Rank change year-on-year +13 -15 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 24 13 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Warwickshire 7.77% 3.85% 8.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.73% 4.41% 9.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 17
10th Percentile £475 £425 £453
25th Percentile £500 £444 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £600 £600
Median % change year-on-year -10.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £756
90th Percentile £805 £688 £800
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £595 £569
% change year-on-year -11.76% +4.62% +5.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Warwickshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Warwickshire. 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 Warwickshire with a recognized job title 275 295 368
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.00% 87.28% 92.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 188 203 235
10th Percentile £235 £358 £312
25th Percentile £404 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £580 £545
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +6.42% +3.81%
75th Percentile £598 £700 £628
90th Percentile £658 £825 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 29 7
10th Percentile £14.12 £13.49 £14.44
25th Percentile £18.50 £17.25 £16.00
Median hourly rate £28.18 £22.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.24% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £33.91 £26.92 £53.80
90th Percentile £40.36 £35.50 £66.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Warwickshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Warwickshire

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Warwickshire

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in Warwickshire

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Warwickshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in Warwickshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Warwickshire

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Warwickshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead in Warwickshire.

Hourly rate trend for Lead in Warwickshire

Lead
Contract Job Locations in Warwickshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Warwickshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Warwick -3 8 £500 -20.00% 8
Stratford-upon-Avon - 1 £500 - 7
Lead
West Midlands

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 9 (37.50%) Finance
3 8 (33.33%) Windows
4 7 (29.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (29.17%) Agile
4 7 (29.17%) Azure
4 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (29.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (25.00%) Law
5 6 (25.00%) Change Management
5 6 (25.00%) Active Directory
6 5 (20.83%) Linux
6 5 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (20.83%) SQL
6 5 (20.83%) Data Centre
6 5 (20.83%) Power BI
6 5 (20.83%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (20.83%) Power Platform
7 4 (16.67%) RBAC
7 4 (16.67%) Zero Trust
7 4 (16.67%) Roadmaps
7 4 (16.67%) Cloud Security
7 4 (16.67%) Security Posture
7 4 (16.67%) Entra ID
7 4 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (16.67%) PMO
7 4 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
7 4 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Warwickshire 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 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 7 (29.17%) Azure
2 5 (20.83%) Power Platform
3 4 (16.67%) Entra ID
4 3 (12.50%) AWS
5 2 (8.33%) GCP
6 1 (4.17%) Azure API Management
6 1 (4.17%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (4.17%) Snowflake
6 1 (4.17%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) NetScaler
1 1 (4.17%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) Power BI
2 4 (16.67%) Oracle Database
2 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 2 (8.33%) Relational Database
4 1 (4.17%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (8.33%) Git
General
1 11 (45.83%) Social Skills
2 9 (37.50%) Finance
3 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (29.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (25.00%) Law
5 1 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.17%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) LDAP
2 3 (12.50%) .NET
3 2 (8.33%) OLE
4 1 (4.17%) .NET Framework
4 1 (4.17%) ADO
4 1 (4.17%) AngularJS
4 1 (4.17%) ASP.NET
4 1 (4.17%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (4.17%) Django
4 1 (4.17%) Entity Framework
4 1 (4.17%) Flask
4 1 (4.17%) JSON
4 1 (4.17%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (4.17%) Middleware
4 1 (4.17%) RESTful
4 1 (4.17%) SOAP
4 1 (4.17%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Data Centre
1 5 (20.83%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (16.67%) Security Posture
3 3 (12.50%) Management Information System
3 3 (12.50%) Onboarding
4 2 (8.33%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (4.17%) Operational Technology
5 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
5 1 (4.17%) Public Cloud
5 1 (4.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (33.33%) Windows
2 5 (20.83%) Linux
3 1 (4.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (29.17%) Agile
1 7 (29.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (25.00%) Change Management
2 6 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (20.83%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (16.67%) Cloud Security
4 4 (16.67%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (16.67%) Migration
4 4 (16.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 4 (16.67%) RBAC
4 4 (16.67%) Release Management
4 4 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 4 (16.67%) Zero Trust
5 3 (12.50%) Continuous Deployment
5 3 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (12.50%) ITSM
5 3 (12.50%) Software Delivery
5 3 (12.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) SQL
2 4 (16.67%) Python
3 1 (4.17%) Apex Code
3 1 (4.17%) C#
3 1 (4.17%) Perl
3 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (8.33%) AWS Certification
2 2 (8.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 1 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.17%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) PMO
2 3 (12.50%) QA
3 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.17%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.50%) Docker
3 2 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (8.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) CyberArk
1 4 (16.67%) Oracle
1 4 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 2 (8.33%) Broadcom
2 2 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.33%) Salesforce
2 2 (8.33%) VMware
3 1 (4.17%) Dell
3 1 (4.17%) HP
3 1 (4.17%) IBM
3 1 (4.17%) SAP
3 1 (4.17%) Siemens