The median contractor rate for a Lead Developer was £556 per day in advertised job vacancies in the West Midlands during the 6 months to 24 October 2020.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title
1,260
3,729
4,819
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title
95.45%
95.59%
94.43%
Number of daily rates quoted
808
2,446
2,947
Median daily rate
£413
£425
£425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94%
-
+6.25%
10th Percentile
£198
£200
£234
90th Percentile
£575
£575
£575
England median daily rate
£475
£475
£450
% change year-on-year
-
+5.56%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
58
185
216
Median hourly rate
£16.73
£16.00
£15.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.53%
+3.23%
-4.34%
10th Percentile
£12.10
£11.17
£11.00
90th Percentile
£43.75
£43.75
£30.66
Median hourly rate
£30.00
£19.71
£18.12
% change year-on-year
+52.21%
+8.80%
-3.09%
Lead Developer Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings that featured Lead Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
Lead Developer Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Developer in the West Midlands.
Lead Developer Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead Developer in the West Midlands.
Lead Developer Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 24 October 2020. 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
Lead Developer Skill Set Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands
For the 6 months to 24 October 2020, Lead Developer contract jobs required the following IT skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Midlands region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.
Lead Developer Skill Set Co-occurring IT Skills in the West Midlands by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
