Lead Contract Job Trends in Winsford

Leader
Cheshire > Winsford

The median Leader daily rate in Winsford is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Winsford 14.29% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £600 £513 £585
% change year-on-year +17.07% -12.39% -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Winsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Winsford. 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 Winsford with a recognized job title 7 0 3
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £288
75th Percentile £588 - £294
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median daily rate £456 £470 £500
% change year-on-year -2.88% -6.10% +3.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £28.75 - -
Median hourly rate £30.50 - £14.00
75th Percentile £32.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £31.84 £48.75 £22.50
% change year-on-year -34.68% +116.67% -2.81%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Winsford

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

Lead job vacancy trend in Winsford

Lead Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Winsford

For the 6 months to 24 April 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 Winsford region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) Anthropic Claude
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Claude Code
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Winsford 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Anthropic Claude
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Claude Code
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript