Lead Contracts in the East of England

Leader
England > East of England

The median Leader daily rate in the East of England is £560 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 39 34 50
Rank change year-on-year -5 +16 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 81 101 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 4.29% 5.03% 4.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.82% 5.48% 4.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 61 74
10th Percentile £363 £261 £227
25th Percentile £409 £410 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £493
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +21.83% -1.50%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £631
90th Percentile £750 £743 £693
England median daily rate £588 £600 £580
% change year-on-year -2.08% +3.45% +7.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 10 13
10th Percentile £32.41 £50.49 £26.98
25th Percentile £43.35 £61.25 £32.50
Median hourly rate £73.50 £65.25 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.64% +16.52% +202.70%
75th Percentile £75.69 £65.75 -
90th Percentile £77.00 - -
England median hourly rate £61.01 £53.99 £36.71
% change year-on-year +13.01% +47.08% +40.59%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 1,681 1,843 2,389
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.94% 91.78% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 748 1,112 1,401
10th Percentile £204 £196 £163
25th Percentile £313 £313 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% +5.56% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £550
90th Percentile £651 £700 £660
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 597 283 363
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £36.25 £15.74
Median % change year-on-year +18.62% +130.30% -8.75%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £45.10
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.00 £60.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.06 £23.00
% change year-on-year -14.88% +91.54% +2.59%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the East of England

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Lead in the East of England

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in the East of England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in the East of England

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Lead in the East of England

Lead
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Lead in the East of England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Lead in the East of England

Lead
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the East of England region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +8 41 £425 -39.29% 40
Bedfordshire -4 24 £600 - 11
Cambridgeshire -2 10 £600 +20.00% 38
Suffolk +5 4 £550 -25.98% 16
Essex -17 2 £550 +74.05% 11
Lead
England

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 13 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 East of England region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 26 (32.10%) Finance
2 25 (30.86%) SAP
3 23 (28.40%) SAP S/4HANA
4 21 (25.93%) Social Skills
5 19 (23.46%) Project Management
6 14 (17.28%) User Acceptance Testing
7 13 (16.05%) QA
8 12 (14.81%) Pharmaceutical
9 11 (13.58%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (13.58%) Security Cleared
10 10 (12.35%) Validation
11 9 (11.11%) Agile
11 9 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 9 (11.11%) Test Management
11 9 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
12 8 (9.88%) Acceptance Criteria
12 8 (9.88%) SC Cleared
12 8 (9.88%) Test Planning
12 8 (9.88%) Games
12 8 (9.88%) ERP
13 7 (8.64%) Ariba
13 7 (8.64%) Life Science
13 7 (8.64%) Degree
13 7 (8.64%) Order to Cash
13 7 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
13 7 (8.64%) Systems Engineering
13 7 (8.64%) Public Sector
13 7 (8.64%) Project Delivery
14 5 (6.17%) SAP GTS
14 5 (6.17%) Business Transformation

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 23 (28.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (6.17%) SAP GTS
3 2 (2.47%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.23%) DELMIA
4 1 (1.23%) Loan IQ
4 1 (1.23%) SAP BPC
4 1 (1.23%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.23%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.23%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.23%) SAP MM
4 1 (1.23%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 1 (1.23%) AWS
1 1 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (1.23%) GitHub
1 1 (1.23%) Google Workspace
1 1 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (1.23%) OneDrive
1 1 (1.23%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.23%) Firewall
1 1 (1.23%) SNMP
1 1 (1.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.23%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.23%) Metadata
1 1 (1.23%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (4.94%) JIRA
2 2 (2.47%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.23%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.23%) Katalon Studio
3 1 (1.23%) TestRail
General
1 26 (32.10%) Finance
2 21 (25.93%) Social Skills
3 12 (14.81%) Pharmaceutical
4 8 (9.88%) Games
5 7 (8.64%) Public Sector
6 5 (6.17%) Electronics
7 4 (4.94%) French Language
7 4 (4.94%) Manufacturing
7 4 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (4.94%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.70%) Aerospace
8 3 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.70%) Marketing
8 3 (3.70%) Telecoms
9 2 (2.47%) Banking
9 2 (2.47%) Billing
9 2 (2.47%) Local Government
10 1 (1.23%) Aviation
10 1 (1.23%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.47%) HTML
1 2 (2.47%) React
2 1 (1.23%) CSS
2 1 (1.23%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.23%) Next.js
2 1 (1.23%) Node.js
2 1 (1.23%) Redux
2 1 (1.23%) RESTful
2 1 (1.23%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.64%) Life Science
2 3 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.47%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.23%) Acoustics
4 1 (1.23%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.23%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.23%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (1.23%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (23.46%) Project Management
2 14 (17.28%) User Acceptance Testing
3 11 (13.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (12.35%) Validation
5 9 (11.11%) Agile
5 9 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
5 9 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (11.11%) Test Management
6 8 (9.88%) Acceptance Criteria
6 8 (9.88%) ERP
6 8 (9.88%) Test Planning
7 7 (8.64%) Order to Cash
7 7 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (8.64%) Project Delivery
7 7 (8.64%) Systems Engineering
8 5 (6.17%) Analytics
8 5 (6.17%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (6.17%) Business Transformation
8 5 (6.17%) Data Management
8 5 (6.17%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.23%) Java
1 1 (1.23%) Python
1 1 (1.23%) SQL
1 1 (1.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (13.58%) Security Cleared
2 8 (9.88%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.64%) Degree
4 2 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.47%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.47%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.05%) QA
2 4 (4.94%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.23%) GxP
3 1 (1.23%) PMO
3 1 (1.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.23%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.23%) Ansible
1 1 (1.23%) HP ALM
1 1 (1.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (30.86%) SAP
2 7 (8.64%) Ariba
3 4 (4.94%) IFS
4 3 (3.70%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.47%) EMC
5 2 (2.47%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.47%) VMware
6 1 (1.23%) HP
6 1 (1.23%) Hyperion
6 1 (1.23%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.23%) Siemens
6 1 (1.23%) Twitter