Lead Contracts in Westminster

Leader
City of Westminster > Westminster

The median Leader daily rate in Westminster is £625, 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 4 5 10
Rank change year-on-year +1 +5 -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 3 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Westminster 23.08% 12.50% 4.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 25.00% 12.50% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £493 - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - £400
75th Percentile £738 - -
90th Percentile £798 - -
City of Westminster median daily rate £475 £800 £400
% change year-on-year -40.63% +100.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Westminster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Westminster. 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 Westminster with a recognized job title 12 8 22
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 100.00% 95.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 16
10th Percentile £467 - £221
25th Percentile £521 £263 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £275 £410
Median % change year-on-year +104.55% -32.93% -25.45%
75th Percentile £675 £288 £638
90th Percentile £821 - £644
City of Westminster median daily rate £550 £556 £550
% change year-on-year -1.12% +1.14% +22.22%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Westminster

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Westminster

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Westminster

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in Westminster

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Westminster

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

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Westminster

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

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 Westminster region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Back Office
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Data Management
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (33.33%) Product Management
3 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Tableau
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Power BI
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle Financials

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Westminster 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) OCI
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Data Mining
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Back Office
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (66.67%) Data Management
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Analytics
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Contingency Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle