Lead Contracts in Birmingham

Leader
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Leader daily rate in Birmingham is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 21 25
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 51 65 78
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 6.98% 7.40% 5.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.46% 7.68% 6.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 49 57
10th Percentile £401 £463 £358
25th Percentile £444 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £538
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.63% +26.47%
75th Percentile £681 £731 £650
90th Percentile £735 £743 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £600 £598 £540
% change year-on-year +0.42% +10.65% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £16.75 - -
25th Percentile £25.19 - £20.75
Median hourly rate £40.50 - £21.50
75th Percentile £65.88 - £22.25
90th Percentile £80.35 - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £39.00 - £21.50

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 684 846 1,250
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.57% 96.36% 95.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 481 559 910
10th Percentile £250 £263 £225
25th Percentile £335 £386 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £591
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 34 21
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.15 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.63 £12.80 £13.75
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +17.65% -5.56%
75th Percentile £48.75 £25.41 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £61.63 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £17.00
% change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% +11.92%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings that featured Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Birmingham

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Lead in Birmingham

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in Birmingham over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Birmingham

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Lead in Birmingham

Lead
Hourly Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Lead in Birmingham over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Lead in Birmingham

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 23 May 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 job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 15 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 13 (25.49%) Finance
3 8 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 7 (13.73%) Agile
4 7 (13.73%) Oracle
5 6 (11.76%) Java
5 6 (11.76%) Security Cleared
6 5 (9.80%) SC Cleared
6 5 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (9.80%) Data Management
6 5 (9.80%) Migration
6 5 (9.80%) Microsoft
6 5 (9.80%) Public Sector
7 4 (7.84%) Presales
7 4 (7.84%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (7.84%) 5G
7 4 (7.84%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (7.84%) Roadmaps
7 4 (7.84%) OCI
7 4 (7.84%) SAP
7 4 (7.84%) ERP
7 4 (7.84%) Telecoms
7 4 (7.84%) Data Migration
7 4 (7.84%) Data Cleansing
7 4 (7.84%) Marketing
7 4 (7.84%) Data Quality
7 4 (7.84%) Analytics
7 4 (7.84%) User Stories
7 4 (7.84%) Oracle Fusion
8 3 (5.88%) Information Assurance

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (3.92%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (1.96%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (7.84%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.92%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 4 (7.84%) OCI
2 3 (5.88%) Azure
2 3 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (3.92%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.96%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (1.96%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.84%) 5G
2 1 (1.96%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.92%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (1.96%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.96%) JIRA
1 1 (1.96%) Selenium
1 1 (1.96%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 15 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 13 (25.49%) Finance
3 5 (9.80%) Public Sector
4 4 (7.84%) Marketing
4 4 (7.84%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.92%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.92%) Games
5 2 (3.92%) Local Government
5 2 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.96%) Arabic Language
6 1 (1.96%) Back Office
6 1 (1.96%) German Language
6 1 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.96%) Legal
6 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.84%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.96%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.84%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (3.92%) Cyberattack
2 2 (3.92%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (3.92%) Data Structures
2 2 (3.92%) Management Information System
2 2 (3.92%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.96%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.88%) Linux
1 3 (5.88%) Windows
2 1 (1.96%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.96%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (15.69%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (13.73%) Agile
3 5 (9.80%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (9.80%) Data Management
3 5 (9.80%) Migration
4 4 (7.84%) Analytics
4 4 (7.84%) Data Cleansing
4 4 (7.84%) Data Migration
4 4 (7.84%) ERP
4 4 (7.84%) Presales
4 4 (7.84%) Roadmaps
4 4 (7.84%) User Stories
5 3 (5.88%) Business Transformation
5 3 (5.88%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (5.88%) Information Assurance
5 3 (5.88%) Information Governance
5 3 (5.88%) Information Management
5 3 (5.88%) Information Security
5 3 (5.88%) Infrastructure Management
5 3 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.76%) Java
2 2 (3.92%) SQL
3 1 (1.96%) C#
3 1 (1.96%) ProC
Qualifications
1 6 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 5 (9.80%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.96%) ACCA
3 1 (1.96%) CIMA
3 1 (1.96%) CIPD
3 1 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.96%) Degree
3 1 (1.96%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.84%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.88%) QA
3 1 (1.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 1 (1.96%) GDPR
3 1 (1.96%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.96%) NIST
3 1 (1.96%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 7 (13.73%) Oracle
2 5 (9.80%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.84%) SAP
4 2 (3.92%) Darktrace
4 2 (3.92%) FireEye
4 2 (3.92%) LogRhythm
4 2 (3.92%) Marketo
4 2 (3.92%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.92%) Splunk
5 1 (1.96%) Apple
5 1 (1.96%) Autodesk
5 1 (1.96%) Pega
5 1 (1.96%) Sage
5 1 (1.96%) ServiceNow