Lead Contract Job Trends in York

Leader
North Yorkshire > York

The median Leader daily rate in York is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 11 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 13 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in York 14.94% 3.45% -
As % of the Job Titles category 15.48% 3.57% -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 0
10th Percentile £488 - -
25th Percentile £525 £575 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £575 £625 -
90th Percentile - - -
North Yorkshire median daily rate £550 £600 -
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
York

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in York. 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 York with a recognized job title 84 28 67
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.55% 96.55% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 16 24
10th Percentile £200 - £130
25th Percentile £391 £120 £178
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £189 £275
Median % change year-on-year +151.66% -31.36% -14.06%
75th Percentile £581 £506 £350
90th Percentile £738 £553 £493
North Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £202 £425
% change year-on-year +135.73% -52.59% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £19.99 - -
25th Percentile £21.33 - -
Median hourly rate £23.33 - -
75th Percentile £24.28 - -
90th Percentile £27.86 - -
North Yorkshire median hourly rate £15.50 £20.69 £17.50
% change year-on-year -25.07% +18.20% -20.45%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in York

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

Lead job vacancy trend in York

Lead
Daily Rate Trend in York

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in York

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in York

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in York over the 6 months to 12 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in York

Lead
Hourly Rate Trend in York

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in York

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

For the 6 months to 12 October 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 York region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) AI
1 8 (61.54%) Test Automation
2 6 (46.15%) LLM
2 6 (46.15%) QA
2 6 (46.15%) Red Team
2 6 (46.15%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
3 4 (30.77%) Accessibility
3 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
3 4 (30.77%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 4 (30.77%) Power Platform
3 4 (30.77%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
4 3 (23.08%) Data Quality
4 3 (23.08%) DevOps
4 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
4 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (15.38%) Agile
5 2 (15.38%) Analytics
5 2 (15.38%) API Development
5 2 (15.38%) API Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Applitools
5 2 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence Engineering
5 2 (15.38%) Azure
5 2 (15.38%) Azure API Management
5 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (15.38%) BDD
5 2 (15.38%) BrowserStack
5 2 (15.38%) Business Intelligence

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York 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 4 (30.77%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (30.77%) Power Platform
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Azure API Management
2 2 (15.38%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (15.38%) BrowserStack
2 2 (15.38%) GCP
2 2 (15.38%) GitHub
2 2 (15.38%) GitHub Copilot
2 2 (15.38%) Power Automate
2 2 (15.38%) PowerApps
2 2 (15.38%) Prefect
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) Power BI
1 2 (15.38%) ZAP BI
2 1 (7.69%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Applitools
1 2 (15.38%) Cucumber
1 2 (15.38%) JIRA
1 2 (15.38%) JMeter
1 2 (15.38%) Newman
1 2 (15.38%) Postman
1 2 (15.38%) REST Assured
General
1 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
2 3 (23.08%) Military
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Finance
4 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) Playwright
1 2 (15.38%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 8 (61.54%) AI Agents
2 2 (15.38%) Cloud Native
3 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) AI
1 8 (61.54%) Test Automation
2 6 (46.15%) LLM
2 6 (46.15%) Red Team
2 6 (46.15%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
3 4 (30.77%) Decision-Making
3 4 (30.77%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (23.08%) CI/CD
4 3 (23.08%) DevOps
4 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
4 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (15.38%) BDD
5 2 (15.38%) Data Integration
5 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
5 2 (15.38%) Integration Testing
5 2 (15.38%) OWASP
5 2 (15.38%) Performance Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Security Testing
5 2 (15.38%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) C#
1 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
1 2 (15.38%) Python
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
1 2 (15.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (46.15%) QA
2 4 (30.77%) Accessibility
3 3 (23.08%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) Databricks
2 2 (15.38%) OutSystems
2 2 (15.38%) Salesforce