Lead Contracts in the West Midlands

Leader
England > West Midlands

The median Leader daily rate in the West Midlands is £598 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 22 25 32
Rank change year-on-year +3 +7 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 113 155 202
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 5.91% 6.72% 5.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.47% 7.08% 5.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 113 140
10th Percentile £385 £414 £349
25th Percentile £491 £495 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £595 £539
Median % change year-on-year +0.42% +10.44% +13.42%
75th Percentile £691 £700 £625
90th Percentile £813 £750 £726
England median daily rate £585 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -2.50% +4.35% +7.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 3
10th Percentile £22.68 - £17.97
25th Percentile £27.63 - £19.02
Median hourly rate £39.00 - £21.50
75th Percentile £51.25 - £22.13
90th Percentile £62.88 - £22.20
England median hourly rate £61.01 £53.99 £37.00
% change year-on-year +13.01% +45.91% +41.72%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,747 2,188 3,406
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.37% 94.88% 96.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,180 1,497 2,472
10th Percentile £259 £250 £230
25th Percentile £363 £381 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.70% +5.26% +15.15%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £713 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 135 64 77
10th Percentile £12.04 £12.50 £12.38
25th Percentile £15.00 £14.88 £14.50
Median hourly rate £22.00 £20.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +17.65% +9.68%
75th Percentile £41.13 £27.63 £20.00
90th Percentile £55.75 £56.38 £22.25
England median hourly rate £37.50 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.23% +94.63% +4.55%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the West Midlands

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Lead in the West Midlands

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in the West Midlands

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Lead in the West Midlands

Lead
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Lead in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Lead in the West Midlands

Lead
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the West Midlands 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
Birmingham +4 49 £575 -6.12% 45
Coventry +4 15 £563 -18.18% 13
Warwickshire -12 11 £600 -5.88% 22
Solihull -12 8 £694 -0.89% 3
Staffordshire - 7 £588 - 15
Tipton - 2 £313 -
Worcestershire +10 1 £550 - 6
Wolverhampton +5 1 £475 -20.83% 4
Herefordshire - 1 £550 - 1
Dudley - 1 £313 - 3
Lead
England

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 37 (32.74%) Social Skills
2 26 (23.01%) Finance
3 19 (16.81%) Agile
4 17 (15.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (11.50%) Data Quality
5 13 (11.50%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (10.62%) SAP
6 12 (10.62%) Public Sector
6 12 (10.62%) Roadmaps
7 11 (9.73%) Migration
8 10 (8.85%) Oracle
8 10 (8.85%) Azure
8 10 (8.85%) Security Cleared
9 9 (7.96%) Data Architecture
9 9 (7.96%) Data Migration
9 9 (7.96%) Degree
9 9 (7.96%) Microsoft
9 9 (7.96%) Informatica
9 9 (7.96%) ERP
10 8 (7.08%) Data Integration
10 8 (7.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (7.08%) Problem-Solving
11 7 (6.19%) SAP S/4HANA
11 7 (6.19%) Data Governance
11 7 (6.19%) Business Transformation
11 7 (6.19%) Cybersecurity
11 7 (6.19%) SC Cleared
11 7 (6.19%) ITIL
11 7 (6.19%) Automotive
12 6 (5.31%) Workflow

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 (1.77%) CMS
1 2 (1.77%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.88%) Revit
3 1 (0.88%) Simulink
3 1 (0.88%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.88%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 7 (6.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.54%) Workday HCM
3 2 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.77%) Maximo
3 2 (1.77%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 1 (0.88%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 10 (8.85%) Azure
2 5 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (3.54%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (3.54%) OCI
3 4 (3.54%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.54%) SaaS
4 3 (2.65%) Azure Logic Apps
4 3 (2.65%) PaaS
5 2 (1.77%) AWS
5 2 (1.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (1.77%) Azure Functions
5 2 (1.77%) Serverless
5 2 (1.77%) SonarCloud
5 2 (1.77%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.88%) IaaS
6 1 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (0.88%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.54%) 5G
1 4 (3.54%) MPLS
1 4 (3.54%) WAN
2 3 (2.65%) BGP
2 3 (2.65%) Cisco IOS
2 3 (2.65%) Firewall
2 3 (2.65%) IPsec
2 3 (2.65%) Junos
2 3 (2.65%) LAN
3 2 (1.77%) Network Security
3 2 (1.77%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (1.77%) VPN
4 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.65%) Power BI
1 3 (2.65%) SAP BW
2 2 (1.77%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (1.77%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 2 (1.77%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.88%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Git
2 2 (1.77%) JIRA
2 2 (1.77%) Moq
2 2 (1.77%) NUnit
3 1 (0.88%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.88%) Selenium
3 1 (0.88%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 37 (32.74%) Social Skills
2 26 (23.01%) Finance
3 13 (11.50%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (10.62%) Public Sector
5 7 (6.19%) Automotive
6 5 (4.42%) Retail
6 5 (4.42%) Telecoms
7 3 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (2.65%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.65%) Marketing
7 3 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.77%) Games
8 2 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.77%) Local Government
9 1 (0.88%) Arabic Language
9 1 (0.88%) German Language
9 1 (0.88%) Law
9 1 (0.88%) Legal
9 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.88%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.31%) .NET
2 4 (3.54%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (2.65%) Ruby on Rails
3 3 (2.65%) SAP Business Workflow
4 2 (1.77%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.77%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.77%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.88%) CSS
5 1 (0.88%) HTML
5 1 (0.88%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (0.88%) REST
5 1 (0.88%) SOAP
5 1 (0.88%) Spring
5 1 (0.88%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.54%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (3.54%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.65%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.65%) Security Operations Centre
3 2 (1.77%) Cyberattack
3 2 (1.77%) Data Structures
3 2 (1.77%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.88%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.88%) FMCG
4 1 (0.88%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.88%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.65%) Linux
1 3 (2.65%) Windows
2 1 (0.88%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.88%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (16.81%) Agile
2 17 (15.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (10.62%) Roadmaps
4 11 (9.73%) Migration
5 9 (7.96%) Data Architecture
5 9 (7.96%) Data Migration
5 9 (7.96%) ERP
6 8 (7.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (7.08%) Data Integration
6 8 (7.08%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (6.19%) Business Transformation
7 7 (6.19%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (6.19%) Data Governance
7 7 (6.19%) ITIL
8 6 (5.31%) Customer Service
8 6 (5.31%) Workflow
9 5 (4.42%) Data Modelling
9 5 (4.42%) Decision-Making
9 5 (4.42%) DevOps
9 5 (4.42%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.31%) Java
1 6 (5.31%) SQL
2 4 (3.54%) Ruby
3 3 (2.65%) C#
4 1 (0.88%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.88%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.88%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.88%) ProC
Qualifications
1 10 (8.85%) Security Cleared
2 9 (7.96%) Degree
3 7 (6.19%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.77%) CCNP
4 2 (1.77%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.88%) ACCA
5 1 (0.88%) CCNA
5 1 (0.88%) CIMA
5 1 (0.88%) CIPD
5 1 (0.88%) JNCIS
5 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.88%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.88%) PMP
5 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (11.50%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.31%) SLA
3 3 (2.65%) GRC
3 3 (2.65%) ITGC
3 3 (2.65%) QA
4 2 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.77%) NIST
5 1 (0.88%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.88%) GDPR
5 1 (0.88%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 1 (0.88%) PMO
5 1 (0.88%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 1 (0.88%) Docker
1 1 (0.88%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.88%) Grafana
1 1 (0.88%) Kibana
1 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.88%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (10.62%) SAP
2 10 (8.85%) Oracle
3 9 (7.96%) Informatica
3 9 (7.96%) Microsoft
4 6 (5.31%) Workday
5 4 (3.54%) Cisco
5 4 (3.54%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.65%) IBM
6 3 (2.65%) Juniper
6 3 (2.65%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (1.77%) Darktrace
7 2 (1.77%) FireEye
7 2 (1.77%) Laserfiche
7 2 (1.77%) LogRhythm
7 2 (1.77%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.77%) Splunk
8 1 (0.88%) Apple
8 1 (0.88%) Pega
8 1 (0.88%) Rapid7
8 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow