Lead Contracts in the Thames Valley

Leader
South East > Thames Valley

The median Leader daily rate in the Thames Valley is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 June 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
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 34 32 27
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 130 169 245
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.94% 5.94% 6.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.33% 6.29% 7.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 124 152
10th Percentile £346 £368 £375
25th Percentile £449 £468 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £520
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +10.58% +11.23%
75th Percentile £613 £652 £600
90th Percentile £655 £696 £675
South East median daily rate £550 £575 £540
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £63.27 - -
25th Percentile £64.42 £53.50 £77.50
Median hourly rate £67.59 £55.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.89% -31.25% +113.33%
75th Percentile £69.51 £56.50 £82.50
90th Percentile £69.91 - -
South East median hourly rate £29.50 £57.99 £35.00
% change year-on-year -49.13% +65.69% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,441 2,687 3,442
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 94.51% 95.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,356 1,823 2,373
10th Percentile £213 £300 £205
25th Percentile £375 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £601 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 195 81 99
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.00 £13.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £49.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% +180.00% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £58.35
South East median hourly rate £48.20 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -3.60% +150.00% -20.00%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the Thames Valley

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Lead in the Thames Valley

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in the Thames Valley

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Lead in the Thames Valley

Lead
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 June 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
Berkshire +1 104 £580 +0.87% 50
Oxfordshire +14 13 £450 - 25
Buckinghamshire -10 13 £550 +4.76% 18
Lead
South East

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 5 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 job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 29 (22.31%) Analytical Skills
1 29 (22.31%) Decision-Making
2 28 (21.54%) Finance
3 24 (18.46%) Social Skills
4 23 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (16.15%) Degree
5 21 (16.15%) Analytics
6 20 (15.38%) Alteryx
6 20 (15.38%) Security Cleared
6 20 (15.38%) Tableau
6 20 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
6 20 (15.38%) Snowflake
7 19 (14.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 18 (13.85%) Project Management
8 18 (13.85%) Azure
9 17 (13.08%) Agile
10 16 (12.31%) Legal
11 14 (10.77%) DV Cleared
11 14 (10.77%) Credit Risk
11 14 (10.77%) Dashboard Development
12 13 (10.00%) Coaching
12 13 (10.00%) DevOps
12 13 (10.00%) Node.js
12 13 (10.00%) Microsoft
13 12 (9.23%) Public Sector
13 12 (9.23%) Project Delivery
14 11 (8.46%) Telecoms
14 11 (8.46%) JavaScript
15 10 (7.69%) Workflow

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (0.77%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (4.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (3.08%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (3.08%) Adobe Premiere
4 4 (3.08%) CINEMA 4D
5 2 (1.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (4.62%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.77%) Maximo
2 1 (0.77%) Primavera
2 1 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.77%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 20 (15.38%) Snowflake
2 18 (13.85%) Azure
3 7 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.62%) AWS
4 6 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 5 (3.85%) Azure Key Vault
6 4 (3.08%) Azure Cognitive Search
6 4 (3.08%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (3.08%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (3.08%) IaaS
6 4 (3.08%) PaaS
6 4 (3.08%) SaaS
7 3 (2.31%) Azure API Management
7 3 (2.31%) Azure Event Grid
7 3 (2.31%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.54%) NuGet
8 2 (1.54%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.54%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.77%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.85%) Network Security
2 4 (3.08%) VoIP
3 3 (2.31%) LAN
3 3 (2.31%) VPN
3 3 (2.31%) WAN
4 2 (1.54%) Firewall
5 1 (0.77%) 5G
5 1 (0.77%) Internet
5 1 (0.77%) NAS
5 1 (0.77%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (15.38%) Tableau
2 2 (1.54%) Power BI
3 1 (0.77%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.77%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.77%) Redis
3 1 (0.77%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.31%) Cypress.io
1 3 (2.31%) Selenium
1 3 (2.31%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.54%) Git
3 1 (0.77%) JIRA
3 1 (0.77%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.77%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.77%) Terragrunt
3 1 (0.77%) TestRail
General
1 29 (22.31%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (21.54%) Finance
3 24 (18.46%) Social Skills
4 16 (12.31%) Legal
5 12 (9.23%) Public Sector
6 11 (8.46%) Telecoms
7 8 (6.15%) Marketing
8 7 (5.38%) Billing
9 3 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (2.31%) Retail
10 2 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.54%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.77%) Automotive
11 1 (0.77%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.00%) Node.js
2 8 (6.15%) React
3 7 (5.38%) React Native
4 6 (4.62%) .NET
4 6 (4.62%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.08%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (3.08%) Visualforce
6 3 (2.31%) Web Services
7 2 (1.54%) ATL
7 2 (1.54%) CSS
7 2 (1.54%) GraphQL
7 2 (1.54%) HTML
7 2 (1.54%) Playwright
8 1 (0.77%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.77%) Credit Risk
2 5 (3.85%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.08%) Motion Graphics
3 4 (3.08%) Video Editing
4 3 (2.31%) Animation
4 3 (2.31%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.31%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.54%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.54%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.54%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.54%) PMI
6 1 (0.77%) CSOC
6 1 (0.77%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.77%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.77%) Life Science
6 1 (0.77%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.77%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.62%) Windows
2 4 (3.08%) Android
2 4 (3.08%) Apple iOS
2 4 (3.08%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.77%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (22.31%) Decision-Making
2 23 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (16.15%) Analytics
4 20 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
4 20 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (14.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (13.85%) Project Management
7 17 (13.08%) Agile
8 14 (10.77%) Dashboard Development
9 13 (10.00%) Coaching
9 13 (10.00%) DevOps
10 12 (9.23%) Project Delivery
11 10 (7.69%) Programme Management
11 10 (7.69%) Workflow
12 9 (6.92%) Customer Experience
12 9 (6.92%) Cybersecurity
12 9 (6.92%) Software Engineering
13 8 (6.15%) Mathematics
13 8 (6.15%) Migration
13 8 (6.15%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.46%) JavaScript
2 7 (5.38%) SQL
3 6 (4.62%) Java
4 5 (3.85%) C#
4 5 (3.85%) PHP
4 5 (3.85%) Python
5 3 (2.31%) Ruby
6 2 (1.54%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.77%) C
Qualifications
1 21 (16.15%) Degree
2 20 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 14 (10.77%) DV Cleared
4 6 (4.62%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.31%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.54%) PgMP
6 2 (1.54%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.77%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.15%) PMO
2 6 (4.62%) QA
3 5 (3.85%) GDPR
4 4 (3.08%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.31%) Accessibility
6 2 (1.54%) COBIT
6 2 (1.54%) NIST
7 1 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.77%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.08%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.31%) Docker
2 3 (2.31%) Hyper-V
2 3 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.77%) Firmware
3 1 (0.77%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.31%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.77%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.77%) SCCM
2 1 (0.77%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (15.38%) Alteryx
2 13 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (6.92%) SAP
4 5 (3.85%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.08%) Apple
5 4 (3.08%) Informatica
5 4 (3.08%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.31%) Cisco
6 3 (2.31%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (2.31%) Facebook
6 3 (2.31%) Instagram
6 3 (2.31%) Splunk
6 3 (2.31%) VMware
7 2 (1.54%) Adobe
7 2 (1.54%) Citrix
7 2 (1.54%) Juniper
8 1 (0.77%) Cadence
8 1 (0.77%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.77%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.77%) Proofpoint