Lead Contracts in Watford

Leader
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Leader daily rate in Watford is £375 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 3 22 25
Rank change year-on-year +19 +3 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 17 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Watford 14.53% 1.37% 3.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.18% 1.43% 3.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 2 4
10th Percentile £331 £715 £215
25th Percentile £363 £719 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £750 £338
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +122.22% -
75th Percentile £405 £794 £461
90th Percentile £538 £805 £504
Hertfordshire median daily rate £413 £675 £575
% change year-on-year -38.89% +17.39% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £32.50
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
75th Percentile - - £37.50
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £73.50 £65.50 £56.00
% change year-on-year +12.21% +16.96% +12.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Watford

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Watford. 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 Watford with a recognized job title 112 140 153
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.73% 95.89% 88.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 98 108
10th Percentile £276 £186 £144
25th Percentile £325 £400 £259
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £600 £425
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% +41.18% -
75th Percentile £550 £747 £538
90th Percentile £720 £895 £638
Hertfordshire median daily rate £425 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -15.00% +11.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 6
10th Percentile - - £18.75
25th Percentile £14.25 £21.00 £25.00
Median hourly rate £14.50 £22.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.09% -37.14% +112.12%
75th Percentile £14.75 £35.08 £36.88
90th Percentile - £35.80 £43.25
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £50.00 £62.50 £49.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +27.55% +22.50%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Watford

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Watford

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in Watford

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Watford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in Watford over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Watford

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Watford

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in Watford

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Watford region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 10 (58.82%) QA
1 10 (58.82%) User Acceptance Testing
2 9 (52.94%) Games
3 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 8 (47.06%) Test Management
3 8 (47.06%) Test Planning
3 8 (47.06%) Scenario Testing
3 8 (47.06%) Acceptance Criteria
4 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
5 4 (23.53%) Finance
6 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
6 3 (17.65%) Programme Management
6 3 (17.65%) SAP
6 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (17.65%) Electronics
6 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
6 3 (17.65%) Digital Marketing
6 3 (17.65%) Marketing
6 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
7 2 (11.76%) Project Delivery
7 2 (11.76%) SDLC
7 2 (11.76%) Defect Management
7 2 (11.76%) People Management
7 2 (11.76%) Software Deployment
7 2 (11.76%) Jenkins
7 2 (11.76%) Software Testing
7 2 (11.76%) Time Management
7 2 (11.76%) Waterfall
7 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (11.76%) Capacity Management

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) AWS
1 1 (5.88%) GitHub
1 1 (5.88%) Google Workspace
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
1 1 (5.88%) WhatsApp
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Jenkins
General
1 9 (52.94%) Games
2 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Finance
4 3 (17.65%) Electronics
4 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
4 3 (17.65%) Marketing
4 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
4 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
5 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) User Acceptance Testing
2 8 (47.06%) Acceptance Criteria
2 8 (47.06%) Scenario Testing
2 8 (47.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 8 (47.06%) Test Management
2 8 (47.06%) Test Planning
3 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (17.65%) Digital Marketing
3 3 (17.65%) Programme Management
4 2 (11.76%) Agile
4 2 (11.76%) Capacity Management
4 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (11.76%) People Management
4 2 (11.76%) Project Management
4 2 (11.76%) Scrum
4 2 (11.76%) SDLC
4 2 (11.76%) Software Deployment
4 2 (11.76%) Software Testing
4 2 (11.76%) Time Management
4 2 (11.76%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (58.82%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Ansible
1 1 (5.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) SAP