Lead Contracts in the UK excluding London

Leader
UK > UK excluding London

The median Leader daily rate in the UK excluding London is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 37 39
Rank change year-on-year +9 +2 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 1,159 1,230 1,632
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.66% 5.26% 5.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.12% 5.58% 5.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 685 844 1,175
10th Percentile £363 £363 £363
25th Percentile £456 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +8.17% +9.47%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £625
90th Percentile £775 £743 £725
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 52 43
10th Percentile £15.17 £21.33 £21.00
25th Percentile £26.75 £41.25 £31.50
Median hourly rate £63.51 £57.75 £40.01
Median % change year-on-year +9.98% +44.33% +53.88%
75th Percentile £72.50 £65.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £70.82 £56.40
UK median hourly rate £50.00 £52.97 £40.01
% change year-on-year -5.61% +32.39% +50.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,948 22,031 29,122
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 94.29% 95.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,552 15,391 20,383
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £597 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,261 1,134 1,448
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.25
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.73% +112.16% +5.26%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.16
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +6.27%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the UK excluding London

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Lead in the UK excluding London

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in the UK excluding London

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Lead in the UK excluding London

Lead
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Lead in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Lead in the UK excluding London

Lead
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 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
South West +18 272 £538 -10.42% 183
North of England +2 272 £584 +6.09% 323
South East +7 270 £550 -8.33% 246
North West +4 161 £590 +7.27% 172
Midlands +6 144 £563 - 196
Scotland +16 119 £500 - 71
West Midlands +3 113 £598 +0.42% 119
Yorkshire -3 101 £575 -4.17% 105
East of England -3 81 £560 -6.67% 127
East Midlands +8 29 £210 -63.00% 75
Northern Ireland +19 19 £588 - 17
North East +15 11 £533 -18.08% 46
Wales +18 9 £570 +8.57% 28
Isle of Man - 2 £388 -
South Coast - 1 - -
Lead
UK

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 11 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 UK excluding London region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 284 (24.50%) Social Skills
2 281 (24.25%) Security Cleared
3 246 (21.23%) Finance
4 225 (19.41%) Agile
5 188 (16.22%) SC Cleared
5 188 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 166 (14.32%) Project Management
7 144 (12.42%) Public Sector
8 133 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
8 133 (11.48%) Microsoft
8 133 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
9 116 (10.01%) Azure
10 115 (9.92%) SAP
11 113 (9.75%) Roadmaps
12 111 (9.58%) DevOps
13 99 (8.54%) Degree
14 94 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
15 92 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
15 92 (7.94%) Risk Management
16 88 (7.59%) DV Cleared
17 86 (7.42%) Decision-Making
18 82 (7.08%) Project Delivery
19 78 (6.73%) Migration
20 77 (6.64%) AWS
21 73 (6.30%) CI/CD
22 72 (6.21%) Telecoms
23 71 (6.13%) JIRA
24 68 (5.87%) ERP
25 65 (5.61%) Mentoring
26 64 (5.52%) Windows

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (1.12%) Confluence
2 8 (0.69%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.17%) CMS
4 2 (0.17%) IIS
4 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.086%) Apache
5 1 (0.086%) JBoss
5 1 (0.086%) nginx
5 1 (0.086%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.086%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.086%) SAS
Applications
1 58 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (4.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (3.62%) Microsoft Project
4 29 (2.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 26 (2.24%) Spreadsheet
6 15 (1.29%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.69%) CATIA
8 4 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.35%) CINEMA 4D
9 2 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 2 (0.17%) Revit
9 2 (0.17%) Sketch
10 1 (0.086%) Simulink
10 1 (0.086%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 60 (5.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.78%) DELMIA
2 9 (0.78%) SAP MM
2 9 (0.78%) Teamcenter
3 8 (0.69%) SAP MDG
4 7 (0.60%) SAP HR
5 6 (0.52%) Oracle Assets
5 6 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
5 6 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
6 5 (0.43%) Oracle Cash Management
6 5 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.43%) SAP CO
6 5 (0.43%) SAP FI
6 5 (0.43%) SAP GTS
6 5 (0.43%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
7 4 (0.35%) Maximo
7 4 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.35%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 116 (10.01%) Azure
2 77 (6.64%) AWS
3 51 (4.40%) Power Platform
4 33 (2.85%) Azure DevOps
5 32 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
6 29 (2.50%) Snowflake
7 26 (2.24%) Serverless
8 22 (1.90%) SuccessFactors
9 18 (1.55%) Azure Logic Apps
9 18 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
10 15 (1.29%) Amazon S3
10 15 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (1.29%) PowerApps
11 14 (1.21%) Amazon EC2
12 13 (1.12%) GCP
12 13 (1.12%) OCI
13 12 (1.04%) PaaS
13 12 (1.04%) SaaS
14 11 (0.95%) Azure Functions
15 10 (0.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.88%) Firewall
2 42 (3.62%) VPN
3 20 (1.73%) WAN
4 17 (1.47%) LAN
5 14 (1.21%) 5G
6 7 (0.60%) Network Security
6 7 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (0.52%) IP Telephony
7 6 (0.52%) Wireless
8 4 (0.35%) BGP
8 4 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (0.35%) IPv4
8 4 (0.35%) MPLS
8 4 (0.35%) OSPF
8 4 (0.35%) SSL
8 4 (0.35%) Unified Communications
8 4 (0.35%) VLAN
8 4 (0.35%) VoIP
8 4 (0.35%) WLAN
9 3 (0.26%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (3.11%) Power BI
2 28 (2.42%) Tableau
3 23 (1.98%) SQL Server
4 9 (0.78%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (0.69%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (0.60%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.52%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.52%) SAP BW
8 5 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (0.43%) SAP Data Services
9 4 (0.35%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.26%) Big Data
10 3 (0.26%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.26%) DB2
10 3 (0.26%) Metadata
10 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 71 (6.13%) JIRA
2 25 (2.16%) Git
3 12 (1.04%) GitLab
4 10 (0.86%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.86%) Selenium
5 9 (0.78%) JUnit
5 9 (0.78%) webpack
6 7 (0.60%) Cucumber
6 7 (0.60%) JMeter
7 6 (0.52%) Rational DOORS
8 5 (0.43%) Hudson
9 4 (0.35%) LSMW
9 4 (0.35%) Visual Studio
10 3 (0.26%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.26%) LoadRunner
10 3 (0.26%) Maven
10 3 (0.26%) Mockito
11 2 (0.17%) Capybara
11 2 (0.17%) Gradle
11 2 (0.17%) SonarQube
General
1 284 (24.50%) Social Skills
2 246 (21.23%) Finance
3 144 (12.42%) Public Sector
4 133 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
5 72 (6.21%) Telecoms
6 56 (4.83%) Manufacturing
7 45 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
8 44 (3.80%) Legal
9 36 (3.11%) Marketing
10 25 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
12 21 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
13 19 (1.64%) Banking
13 19 (1.64%) Electronics
14 18 (1.55%) Local Government
15 17 (1.47%) Billing
16 16 (1.38%) Retail
17 13 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 11 (0.95%) Games
19 10 (0.86%) Automotive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (4.75%) Node.js
2 30 (2.59%) React
3 27 (2.33%) .NET
4 12 (1.04%) AngularJS
4 12 (1.04%) REST
5 10 (0.86%) HTML
6 9 (0.78%) CSS
6 9 (0.78%) Kafka
6 9 (0.78%) Oracle Fusion
6 9 (0.78%) Spring
6 9 (0.78%) Web Services
7 8 (0.69%) GraphQL
7 8 (0.69%) Spring Boot
8 7 (0.60%) React Native
8 7 (0.60%) Redux
9 6 (0.52%) Express.js
9 6 (0.52%) Lambda Expressions
9 6 (0.52%) PyTorch
9 6 (0.52%) TensorFlow
10 5 (0.43%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 46 (3.97%) Management Information System
2 39 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
3 35 (3.02%) Public Cloud
4 33 (2.85%) Product Ownership
5 26 (2.24%) Onboarding
6 25 (2.16%) Security Posture
7 20 (1.73%) Credit Risk
7 20 (1.73%) Data Centre
8 16 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
9 14 (1.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 14 (1.21%) NHS
10 13 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
11 10 (0.86%) Driving Licence
11 10 (0.86%) Mobile App
12 9 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (0.78%) Life Science
12 9 (0.78%) LIMS
12 9 (0.78%) Security Operations Centre
13 8 (0.69%) CESG
13 8 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 64 (5.52%) Windows
2 40 (3.45%) Apple iOS
3 35 (3.02%) Android
3 35 (3.02%) Windows Server
4 30 (2.59%) Linux
5 10 (0.86%) Unix
6 6 (0.52%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.43%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.26%) VMS
8 3 (0.26%) Windows 2000
8 3 (0.26%) Windows XP
9 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.17%) zOS
10 1 (0.086%) Mac OS X
10 1 (0.086%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.086%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (19.41%) Agile
2 188 (16.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 166 (14.32%) Project Management
4 133 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
5 113 (9.75%) Roadmaps
6 111 (9.58%) DevOps
7 94 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 92 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
8 92 (7.94%) Risk Management
9 86 (7.42%) Decision-Making
10 82 (7.08%) Project Delivery
11 78 (6.73%) Migration
12 73 (6.30%) CI/CD
13 68 (5.87%) ERP
14 65 (5.61%) Mentoring
15 61 (5.26%) Change Management
15 61 (5.26%) Strategic Thinking
16 58 (5.00%) Analytics
17 55 (4.75%) Coaching
18 51 (4.40%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 56 (4.83%) SQL
2 46 (3.97%) Python
3 42 (3.62%) Java
4 31 (2.67%) C#
5 29 (2.50%) JavaScript
6 19 (1.64%) PowerShell
6 19 (1.64%) TypeScript
7 9 (0.78%) Ruby
8 8 (0.69%) C
8 8 (0.69%) C++
9 7 (0.60%) PHP
10 6 (0.52%) Bash
11 5 (0.43%) Shell Script
12 4 (0.35%) Scala
13 3 (0.26%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.17%) Groovy
15 1 (0.086%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.086%) Go
15 1 (0.086%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.086%) ProC
Qualifications
1 281 (24.25%) Security Cleared
2 188 (16.22%) SC Cleared
3 99 (8.54%) Degree
4 88 (7.59%) DV Cleared
5 24 (2.07%) APMP
6 22 (1.90%) CISM
6 22 (1.90%) CISSP
7 14 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
8 13 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (0.95%) CISA
10 9 (0.78%) CRISC
10 9 (0.78%) DBS Check
10 9 (0.78%) ISACA
10 9 (0.78%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.69%) CEH
11 8 (0.69%) CISMP
11 8 (0.69%) CompTIA Security+
11 8 (0.69%) NVQ Level 3
11 8 (0.69%) PMI Certification
11 8 (0.69%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (4.66%) PMO
2 43 (3.71%) QA
3 37 (3.19%) NIST
4 36 (3.11%) Data Quality
5 25 (2.16%) JSP 440
6 22 (1.90%) GDPR
6 22 (1.90%) SLA
7 20 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (1.29%) Disclosure Scotland
8 15 (1.29%) PCI DSS
9 14 (1.21%) NIST 800
10 11 (0.95%) Accessibility
10 11 (0.95%) HIPAA
11 9 (0.78%) GRC
12 4 (0.35%) WCAG
13 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.26%) ITGC
13 3 (0.26%) NCSC
14 2 (0.17%) ISO 20022
14 2 (0.17%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 19 (1.64%) Docker
2 15 (1.29%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.35%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.26%) vSphere
7 1 (0.086%) Firmware
7 1 (0.086%) Lustre
7 1 (0.086%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.086%) NFS
7 1 (0.086%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 34 (2.93%) Kubernetes
2 21 (1.81%) Terraform
3 18 (1.55%) Ansible
4 11 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.52%) SCCM
6 4 (0.35%) HP Quality Center
6 4 (0.35%) Puppet
6 4 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.26%) Grafana
7 3 (0.26%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.26%) vRealize
8 2 (0.17%) Kibana
8 2 (0.17%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.086%) MOM
9 1 (0.086%) PaperCut
9 1 (0.086%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.086%) SCOM
9 1 (0.086%) VxRail
9 1 (0.086%) WSUS
Vendors
1 133 (11.48%) Microsoft
2 115 (9.92%) SAP
3 37 (3.19%) Oracle
4 26 (2.24%) Alteryx
5 24 (2.07%) ServiceNow
6 23 (1.98%) VMware
7 20 (1.73%) Informatica
8 13 (1.12%) Salesforce
9 12 (1.04%) Apple
9 12 (1.04%) IBM
10 11 (0.95%) IFS
10 11 (0.95%) Splunk
11 10 (0.86%) Google
11 10 (0.86%) Workday
12 9 (0.78%) Cisco
12 9 (0.78%) Juniper
12 9 (0.78%) Siemens
13 8 (0.69%) Ariba
13 8 (0.69%) Databricks
14 7 (0.60%) Sophos
1,160 Lead jobs in the UK excluding London