Lead Contract Job Trends in Westminster

Leader
City of Westminster > Westminster

The median Leader daily rate in Westminster is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -6 +2 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Westminster 6.25% 7.69% 11.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.45% 8.33% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 £613 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £625 -
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% - -
75th Percentile £738 £638 -
90th Percentile - - -
City of Westminster median daily rate £725 £409 -
% change year-on-year +77.26% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 31 12 9
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 92.31% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 12 2
10th Percentile £436 £422 £299
25th Percentile £500 £521 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £638 £463
Median % change year-on-year -7.84% +37.84% +10.12%
75th Percentile £650 £706 £578
90th Percentile £668 £823 £636
City of Westminster median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £26.11 - -
City of Westminster median hourly rate £26.11 - £40.00

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Westminster

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Westminster.

Lead job vacancy trend in Westminster

Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Westminster

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Westminster.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Westminster

Lead Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Westminster

For the 6 months to 2 June 2026, Lead contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Westminster region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Data Reconciliation
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
1 2 (100.00%) OCI
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (50.00%) CTC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Westminster by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) OCI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Reconciliation
1 2 (100.00%) ERP
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Mapping
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle