Lead Contracts in Bristol

Leader
South West > Bristol

The median Leader daily rate in Bristol is £563 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 30 59
Rank change year-on-year +12 +29 -20
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 78 68 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 7.34% 5.85% 3.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.73% 6.50% 3.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 43 33
10th Percentile £462 £463 £443
25th Percentile £496 £519 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £563
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £641 £716 £600
90th Percentile £654 £788 £648
South West median daily rate £550 £618 £560
% change year-on-year -10.93% +10.27% +6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 12 5
10th Percentile £14.37 £55.00 -
25th Percentile £50.67 £62.50 -
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% +55.95% +250.00%
75th Percentile £72.50 £74.63 -
90th Percentile - £101.25 £43.92
South West median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year +6.87% +55.95% +79.68%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,009 1,046 1,338
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.01% 89.94% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 551 759 915
10th Percentile £258 £300 £278
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £588
90th Percentile £688 £714 £648
South West median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 128 120
10th Percentile £29.19 £28.85 -
25th Percentile £45.00 £55.94 £15.90
Median hourly rate £66.25 £65.00 £42.54
Median % change year-on-year +1.92% +52.82% +3.12%
75th Percentile £72.50 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £83.75 £65.90
South West median hourly rate £55.00 £64.07 £47.00
% change year-on-year -14.16% +36.32% +10.59%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Bristol

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in Bristol

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

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

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Bristol

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in Bristol

Lead
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

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

Hourly rate histogram for Lead in Bristol

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

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 Bristol region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 44 (56.41%) Security Cleared
2 38 (48.72%) SC Cleared
3 26 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 24 (30.77%) Degree
4 24 (30.77%) Self-Motivation
5 23 (29.49%) Network Management
6 22 (28.21%) Strategic Thinking
7 21 (26.92%) Systems Engineering
8 12 (15.38%) GDPR
8 12 (15.38%) Manufacturing
8 12 (15.38%) Finance
9 11 (14.10%) Information Security
9 11 (14.10%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (14.10%) Security Operations
10 10 (12.82%) NIST
11 8 (10.26%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (10.26%) ISACA
11 8 (10.26%) CEH
11 8 (10.26%) CESG
11 8 (10.26%) CISMP
11 8 (10.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 8 (10.26%) PCI DSS
11 8 (10.26%) Information Assurance
11 8 (10.26%) HIPAA
11 8 (10.26%) SSCP
11 8 (10.26%) CISA
11 8 (10.26%) CISM
11 8 (10.26%) CISSP
12 6 (7.69%) Agile
12 6 (7.69%) Data Centre

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.28%) ContrOCC
1 1 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.28%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 5 (6.41%) Azure
2 3 (3.85%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.28%) AWS
3 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (1.28%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.28%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.28%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.85%) Firewall
1 3 (3.85%) LAN
1 3 (3.85%) WAN
1 3 (3.85%) Wi-Fi
1 3 (3.85%) Wireless
1 3 (3.85%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.28%) Metadata
2 1 (1.28%) Metadata Repository
2 1 (1.28%) MySQL
2 1 (1.28%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.28%) Power BI
2 1 (1.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (5.13%) JIRA
2 1 (1.28%) ERwin
General
1 26 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 12 (15.38%) Finance
2 12 (15.38%) Manufacturing
3 6 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 6 (7.69%) Social Skills
4 5 (6.41%) Marketing
5 4 (5.13%) Law
5 4 (5.13%) Legal
6 3 (3.85%) Banking
6 3 (3.85%) Electronics
7 2 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.28%) Retail
8 1 (1.28%) Social Housing
8 1 (1.28%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.56%) Node.js
2 1 (1.28%) .NET
2 1 (1.28%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.28%) CSS
2 1 (1.28%) HTML
2 1 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.28%) React
2 1 (1.28%) RESTful
2 1 (1.28%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (30.77%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (10.26%) CESG
3 6 (7.69%) Data Centre
4 4 (5.13%) NHS
5 3 (3.85%) Cyber Defence
5 3 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.85%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (3.85%) Security Operations Centre
5 3 (3.85%) Solar Power
6 2 (2.56%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 1 (1.28%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.28%) CSOC
7 1 (1.28%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.28%) FMCG
7 1 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (1.28%) IoT
7 1 (1.28%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (1.28%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.28%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.85%) Unix
1 3 (3.85%) VMS
1 3 (3.85%) Windows
1 3 (3.85%) Windows 2000
1 3 (3.85%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (29.49%) Network Management
2 22 (28.21%) Strategic Thinking
3 21 (26.92%) Systems Engineering
4 11 (14.10%) Cybersecurity
4 11 (14.10%) Information Security
4 11 (14.10%) Security Operations
5 8 (10.26%) Information Assurance
6 6 (7.69%) Agile
7 5 (6.41%) Data Strategy
7 5 (6.41%) Mentoring
7 5 (6.41%) Programme Management
8 4 (5.13%) Analytics
8 4 (5.13%) Artificial Intelligence
8 4 (5.13%) Creative Thinking
8 4 (5.13%) Data Protection
8 4 (5.13%) Disaster Recovery
8 4 (5.13%) Generative AI
8 4 (5.13%) Performance Improvement
8 4 (5.13%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (5.13%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.13%) PowerShell
2 3 (3.85%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.85%) Shell Script
3 2 (2.56%) C#
3 2 (2.56%) SQL
3 2 (2.56%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.28%) C++
4 1 (1.28%) Java
4 1 (1.28%) Python
Qualifications
1 44 (56.41%) Security Cleared
2 38 (48.72%) SC Cleared
3 24 (30.77%) Degree
4 8 (10.26%) CEH
4 8 (10.26%) CISA
4 8 (10.26%) CISM
4 8 (10.26%) CISMP
4 8 (10.26%) CISSP
4 8 (10.26%) CompTIA Security+
4 8 (10.26%) ISACA
4 8 (10.26%) SSCP
5 4 (5.13%) DV Cleared
6 3 (3.85%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (2.56%) PMI Certification
7 2 (2.56%) PMP
7 2 (2.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.38%) GDPR
2 10 (12.82%) NIST
3 8 (10.26%) HIPAA
3 8 (10.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (10.26%) PCI DSS
4 3 (3.85%) PMO
5 2 (2.56%) NIST 800
6 1 (1.28%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.56%) Docker
1 2 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (2.56%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (5.13%) Kubernetes
1 4 (5.13%) Terraform
2 3 (3.85%) Ansible
Vendors
1 5 (6.41%) Microsoft
1 5 (6.41%) SAP
2 3 (3.85%) Fortinet
2 3 (3.85%) Juniper
3 2 (2.56%) Oracle
3 2 (2.56%) VMware
4 1 (1.28%) Adobe
4 1 (1.28%) FIS
4 1 (1.28%) IBM
4 1 (1.28%) Liquidlogic