Lead Contracts in West Sussex

Leader
South East > West Sussex

The median Leader daily rate in West Sussex is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 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
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 28 37
Rank change year-on-year +10 +9 -14
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 8 11 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Sussex 5.44% 4.23% 2.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.06% 4.40% 2.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 4
10th Percentile £418 £505 £370
25th Percentile £500 £513 £518
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £675
Median % change year-on-year - -22.22% +36.71%
75th Percentile £550 £700 £775
90th Percentile £655 £800 -
South East median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £78.50 - -
Median hourly rate £82.00 - -
75th Percentile £85.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £83.50 £31.00 £57.99
% change year-on-year +169.35% -46.54% +65.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Sussex. 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 West Sussex with a recognized job title 132 250 264
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.80% 96.15% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 187 209
10th Percentile £245 £253 £181
25th Percentile £350 £400 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +4.11% -2.70% -2.63%
75th Percentile £537 £515 £588
90th Percentile £632 £588 £682
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +2.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 7
10th Percentile £15.39 £13.69 £17.60
25th Percentile £16.95 £18.20 -
Median hourly rate £18.82 £21.50 £22.16
Median % change year-on-year -12.47% -2.98% +24.85%
75th Percentile £36.25 £22.75 £22.64
90th Percentile £81.15 £28.53 £24.55
South East median hourly rate £32.50 £47.50 £48.40
% change year-on-year -31.58% -1.86% +130.48%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in West Sussex

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in West Sussex

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in West Sussex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in West Sussex over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in West Sussex

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Sussex

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in West Sussex

Lead
Contract Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 2 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
Worthing +10 5 £513 -26.79%
Burgess Hill - 1 - -
Lead
South East

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 West Sussex region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (25.00%) PMO
2 2 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) SAP
2 2 (25.00%) Validation
2 2 (25.00%) Migration
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Data Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) Couchbase
3 1 (12.50%) Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) Alteryx
3 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
3 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
3 1 (12.50%) JIRA
3 1 (12.50%) Adobe Captivate
3 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (12.50%) Scrum
3 1 (12.50%) e-Learning

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Maximo
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) OCI
1 1 (12.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Couchbase
1 1 (12.50%) Power BI
1 1 (12.50%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) J2EE
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (12.50%) Spring Boot
1 1 (12.50%) Vert.x
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) e-Learning
1 1 (12.50%) Learning Management System
1 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (12.50%) SCORM
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Agile
1 2 (25.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (25.00%) Migration
1 2 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
1 2 (25.00%) Project Management
1 2 (25.00%) Validation
2 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
2 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (12.50%) Data Protection
2 1 (12.50%) Instructional Design
2 1 (12.50%) Performance Improvement
2 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
2 1 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
2 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (12.50%) System Testing
2 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ISEB
1 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
1 1 (12.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Adobe
2 1 (12.50%) Alteryx
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Sitecore