Lead Contracts with Work from Home Options

Leader
UK > Work from Home

The median Leader daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £595, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 32 40
Rank change year-on-year +3 +8 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 889 1,441 2,555
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.03% 6.04% 5.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.44% 6.34% 6.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 557 986 1,859
10th Percentile £425 £428 £410
25th Percentile £500 £513 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £595 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £725 £700 £688
90th Percentile £875 £763 £775
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 20 30
10th Percentile £26.75 £51.13 £26.78
25th Percentile £55.00 £54.63 £35.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £42.60
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +52.58% +40.02%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £66.30 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £41.27 £53.99 £47.40
% change year-on-year -23.56% +13.89% +71.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,801 22,740 41,944
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.53% 95.25% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,306 16,147 30,496
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +2.38% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £525
% change year-on-year -2.42% +2.48% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 528 563
10th Percentile £14.27 £16.98 £14.05
25th Percentile £22.59 £25.00 £19.96
Median hourly rate £43.50 £50.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% +25.00% +70.21%
75th Percentile £63.56 £66.05 £59.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.15 £69.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Lead
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Lead trend for jobs with a WFH option

Lead
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Lead.

Lead daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Lead over the 6 months to 25 June 2024.

Lead daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Lead
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Lead.

Lead hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Lead
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Lead over the 6 months to 25 June 2024.

Lead hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 25 June 2024, 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Lead in the job title.

1 254 (28.57%) Finance
2 214 (24.07%) Agile
3 172 (19.35%) Social Skills
4 157 (17.66%) Azure
5 140 (15.75%) AWS
6 123 (13.84%) Security Cleared
6 123 (13.84%) Python
7 122 (13.72%) DevOps
8 112 (12.60%) Banking
9 111 (12.49%) SC Cleared
10 106 (11.92%) Java
11 95 (10.69%) SAP
12 86 (9.67%) Stakeholder Management
13 85 (9.56%) Microsoft
14 82 (9.22%) Software Engineering
14 82 (9.22%) Public Sector
15 81 (9.11%) JavaScript
16 73 (8.21%) CI/CD
17 70 (7.87%) C#
18 68 (7.65%) Migration
19 67 (7.54%) Project Management
19 67 (7.54%) TypeScript
20 66 (7.42%) Degree
21 64 (7.20%) QA
21 64 (7.20%) Investment Banking
21 64 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
21 64 (7.20%) Continuous Improvement
21 64 (7.20%) Apache Airflow
21 64 (7.20%) Problem-Solving
22 62 (6.97%) Data Lake

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 64 (7.20%) Apache Airflow
2 62 (6.97%) Apache
3 13 (1.46%) Confluence
4 8 (0.90%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.45%) CMS
6 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.34%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.34%) WebSphere
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.11%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) JBoss
9 1 (0.11%) Mule
9 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
Applications
1 19 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.01%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.34%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
4 3 (0.34%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.11%) Simulink
6 1 (0.11%) Sketch
6 1 (0.11%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 47 (5.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.79%) SAP CO
3 7 (0.79%) SAP FI
4 6 (0.67%) SAP MDG
5 5 (0.56%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 5 (0.56%) SAP FI/CO
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.45%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.34%) SAP HCM
7 3 (0.34%) SAP HR
8 2 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.22%) SAP PP
8 2 (0.22%) SAP Retail
8 2 (0.22%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 157 (17.66%) Azure
2 140 (15.75%) AWS
3 60 (6.75%) Snowflake
4 59 (6.64%) dbt
4 59 (6.64%) GCP
5 51 (5.74%) Dynamics 365
6 48 (5.40%) Azure DevOps
7 37 (4.16%) Azure Logic Apps
8 34 (3.82%) Power Platform
9 25 (2.81%) Serverless
10 19 (2.14%) Azure API Management
11 17 (1.91%) Amazon S3
12 15 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
12 15 (1.69%) SuccessFactors
13 13 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
14 11 (1.24%) Amazon EKS
14 11 (1.24%) Azure Data Factory
14 11 (1.24%) PowerApps
14 11 (1.24%) SaaS
15 10 (1.12%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.80%) Firewall
2 11 (1.24%) VPN
3 5 (0.56%) Network Security
4 4 (0.45%) DNS
4 4 (0.45%) LAN
5 3 (0.34%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.34%) WAN
6 2 (0.22%) DHCP
6 2 (0.22%) NetScaler
6 2 (0.22%) RTP
6 2 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.11%) 4G
7 1 (0.11%) 5G
7 1 (0.11%) AMQP
7 1 (0.11%) IOS XR
7 1 (0.11%) NaaS
7 1 (0.11%) NX-OS
7 1 (0.11%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (6.97%) Data Lake
2 60 (6.75%) Amazon Athena
3 55 (6.19%) Apache Arrow
4 54 (6.07%) Dremio
5 53 (5.96%) Apache Ignite
6 18 (2.02%) Power BI
6 18 (2.02%) SQL Server
7 14 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
8 12 (1.35%) Relational Database
9 10 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
10 9 (1.01%) MySQL
11 8 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (0.90%) Big Data
11 8 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.79%) DynamoDB
12 7 (0.79%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.45%) MongoDB
14 4 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 38 (4.27%) JIRA
2 22 (2.47%) Git
3 19 (2.14%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.24%) GitLab
5 10 (1.12%) JMeter
6 9 (1.01%) Selenium
7 8 (0.90%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.79%) Cucumber
8 7 (0.79%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.79%) webpack
9 6 (0.67%) MLflow
10 5 (0.56%) Artifactory
10 5 (0.56%) JUnit
10 5 (0.56%) LoadRunner
11 4 (0.45%) Katalon Studio
12 3 (0.34%) HP UFT
12 3 (0.34%) Mockito
12 3 (0.34%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.34%) Visual Studio Team System
13 2 (0.22%) LSMW
General
1 254 (28.57%) Finance
2 172 (19.35%) Social Skills
3 112 (12.60%) Banking
4 82 (9.22%) Public Sector
5 64 (7.20%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (7.20%) Investment Banking
6 62 (6.97%) Front Office
7 42 (4.72%) Telecoms
8 37 (4.16%) Marketing
9 29 (3.26%) Manufacturing
10 20 (2.25%) Retail
11 15 (1.69%) Electronics
12 14 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
12 14 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (1.35%) Billing
14 11 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (0.90%) Legal
16 7 (0.79%) Back Office
16 7 (0.79%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (6.07%) gRPC
1 54 (6.07%) Pandas
1 54 (6.07%) Protocol Buffers
2 53 (5.96%) NumPy
2 53 (5.96%) SciPy
3 42 (4.72%) .NET
4 23 (2.59%) React
5 21 (2.36%) AngularJS
6 20 (2.25%) XML
7 19 (2.14%) HTML
8 17 (1.91%) CSS
8 17 (1.91%) Node.js
8 17 (1.91%) Web Services
9 15 (1.69%) Kafka
9 15 (1.69%) Spring Boot
10 14 (1.57%) Spring
11 13 (1.46%) PySpark
12 12 (1.35%) .NET Core
13 11 (1.24%) RESTful
14 9 (1.01%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 62 (6.97%) Derivative
2 60 (6.75%) Equities
3 58 (6.52%) Hedge funds
4 56 (6.30%) Fixed Income
4 56 (6.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 24 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 24 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
6 23 (2.59%) Product Ownership
7 12 (1.35%) Public Cloud
8 11 (1.24%) NHS
9 10 (1.12%) Algorithms
9 10 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.12%) Onboarding
10 6 (0.67%) Data Structures
10 6 (0.67%) Marketing Technology
11 5 (0.56%) CMDB
11 5 (0.56%) FMCG
11 5 (0.56%) LIMS
11 5 (0.56%) Low-Code
12 4 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 25 (2.81%) Windows
2 16 (1.80%) Linux
3 14 (1.57%) Android
4 13 (1.46%) Apple iOS
5 11 (1.24%) Unix
6 9 (1.01%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.34%) VMS
8 2 (0.22%) Windows 2000
8 2 (0.22%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.11%) AIX
9 1 (0.11%) CentOS
9 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.11%) Solaris
9 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (24.07%) Agile
2 122 (13.72%) DevOps
3 86 (9.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 82 (9.22%) Software Engineering
5 73 (8.21%) CI/CD
6 68 (7.65%) Migration
7 67 (7.54%) Project Management
8 64 (7.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 64 (7.20%) Problem-Solving
9 62 (6.97%) Mentoring
10 57 (6.41%) Analytics
11 56 (6.30%) Asset Management
12 49 (5.51%) Roadmaps
13 47 (5.29%) Test Strategy
14 46 (5.17%) Test Automation
15 45 (5.06%) Technical Leadership
16 43 (4.84%) Strategic Thinking
17 40 (4.50%) Change Management
17 40 (4.50%) ERP
17 40 (4.50%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 123 (13.84%) Python
2 106 (11.92%) Java
3 81 (9.11%) JavaScript
4 70 (7.87%) C#
5 67 (7.54%) TypeScript
6 54 (6.07%) SQL
7 19 (2.14%) Scala
8 17 (1.91%) PowerShell
9 7 (0.79%) Bash
10 6 (0.67%) Go
11 5 (0.56%) Groovy
12 4 (0.45%) C++
12 4 (0.45%) R
12 4 (0.45%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.34%) Bicep
13 3 (0.34%) Ruby
14 2 (0.22%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.22%) C
14 2 (0.22%) PHP
15 1 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 123 (13.84%) Security Cleared
2 111 (12.49%) SC Cleared
3 66 (7.42%) Degree
4 25 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.47%) DV Cleared
6 20 (2.25%) Master's Degree
7 8 (0.90%) CISM
7 8 (0.90%) CISSP
8 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.79%) PMI Certification
8 7 (0.79%) PMP
9 5 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.45%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 3 (0.34%) CGEIT
11 3 (0.34%) CISA
11 3 (0.34%) CRISC
11 3 (0.34%) ISEB
11 3 (0.34%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.34%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (7.20%) QA
2 42 (4.72%) Data Quality
3 32 (3.60%) PMO
4 11 (1.24%) SLA
5 10 (1.12%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.12%) NIST
6 8 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 4 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
7 4 (0.45%) NCSC
8 3 (0.34%) NIST 800
8 3 (0.34%) WCAG
9 2 (0.22%) GRC
9 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
9 2 (0.22%) P3O
9 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.11%) GDPR
10 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 29 (3.26%) Docker
2 8 (0.90%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.45%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.34%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.22%) Firmware
6 2 (0.22%) XenApp
6 2 (0.22%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.11%) Snort
7 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 42 (4.72%) Kubernetes
2 37 (4.16%) Terraform
3 23 (2.59%) Ansible
4 9 (1.01%) Grafana
5 7 (0.79%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.34%) AirWatch
6 3 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (0.34%) logstash
6 3 (0.34%) Puppet
6 3 (0.34%) SCCM
7 2 (0.22%) Karpenter
7 2 (0.22%) Kibana
7 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.22%) VxRail
8 1 (0.11%) Argo
8 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.11%) Matomo
8 1 (0.11%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.11%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.11%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 95 (10.69%) SAP
2 85 (9.56%) Microsoft
3 33 (3.71%) Oracle
4 20 (2.25%) Databricks
5 15 (1.69%) ServiceNow
6 11 (1.24%) Google
7 10 (1.12%) Informatica
7 10 (1.12%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.12%) VMware
8 9 (1.01%) IBM
8 9 (1.01%) Pega
9 7 (0.79%) Ariba
9 7 (0.79%) Guidewire
10 6 (0.67%) Adobe
10 6 (0.67%) Citrix
10 6 (0.67%) Splunk
11 5 (0.56%) InterSystems
12 4 (0.45%) Bloomberg
12 4 (0.45%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.45%) Reuters