Lead Contract Job Trends in Wokingham

Leader
Berkshire > Wokingham

The median Leader daily rate in Wokingham is £404, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 25 13
Rank change year-on-year +5 -12 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 21 1 8
As % of all contract jobs in Wokingham 10.05% 1.08% 11.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.21% 1.09% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 6
10th Percentile £313 - £575
25th Percentile £317 £463 £622
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 £475 £775
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -38.71% +24.00%
75th Percentile £644 £488 £844
90th Percentile £675 - £906
Berkshire median daily rate £581 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -7.00% +4.17% +9.09%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Wokingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wokingham. 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 Wokingham with a recognized job title 172 92 68
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 82.30% 98.92% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 126 69 37
10th Percentile £302 £245 £317
25th Percentile £361 £350 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -18.18% +25.28%
75th Percentile £537 £573 £650
90th Percentile £650 £600 £863
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £14.00 - -
75th Percentile £14.15 - -
90th Percentile £14.24 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £32.31 £61.60 £60.00
% change year-on-year -47.55% +2.67% +23.08%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Wokingham

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

Lead job vacancy trend in Wokingham

Lead
Daily Rate Trend in Wokingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Wokingham

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Wokingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in Wokingham over the 6 months to 7 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Wokingham

Lead
Hourly Rate Trend in Wokingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Wokingham.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Wokingham

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wokingham

For the 6 months to 7 October 2025, 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 Wokingham region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 9 (42.86%) Azure
1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 8 (38.10%) MuleSoft
3 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (33.33%) ITSM
3 7 (33.33%) Service Management
4 6 (28.57%) Google
4 6 (28.57%) ITIL
4 6 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (28.57%) AWS
4 6 (28.57%) Change Management
4 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 6 (28.57%) Performance Metrics
4 6 (28.57%) GCP
5 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
6 4 (19.05%) SLA
6 4 (19.05%) RAML
6 4 (19.05%) Anypoint
7 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
8 2 (9.52%) JIRA
8 2 (9.52%) Mule
9 1 (4.76%) Data Integration
9 1 (4.76%) Service Delivery
9 1 (4.76%) SCADA
9 1 (4.76%) Usability Testing
9 1 (4.76%) Business Intelligence
9 1 (4.76%) Finance
9 1 (4.76%) Agile
9 1 (4.76%) General Ledger
9 1 (4.76%) UX Design

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

Application Platforms
1 4 (19.05%) Anypoint
2 2 (9.52%) Mule
3 1 (4.76%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 9 (42.86%) Azure
2 6 (28.57%) AWS
2 6 (28.57%) GCP
3 1 (4.76%) Figma
3 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) NeoLoad
General
1 9 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.76%) Finance
3 1 (4.76%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (19.05%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) ITSM
1 7 (33.33%) Service Management
1 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 6 (28.57%) Change Management
2 6 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (28.57%) ITIL
2 6 (28.57%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (4.76%) Analytics
3 1 (4.76%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (4.76%) DevOps
3 1 (4.76%) IT Asset Management
3 1 (4.76%) Network Monitoring
3 1 (4.76%) Non-Functional Testing
3 1 (4.76%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (4.76%) Order to Cash
3 1 (4.76%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (4.76%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (4.76%) Service Delivery
3 1 (4.76%) Service Design
3 1 (4.76%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) SLA
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) MuleSoft
2 6 (28.57%) Google
3 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow