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 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 37 36
Rank change year-on-year +9 -1 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 1,138 1,204 1,708
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.40% 5.30% 5.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.84% 5.63% 5.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 627 818 1,244
10th Percentile £363 £363 £363
25th Percentile £463 £463 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +7.14% +10.53%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £625
90th Percentile £775 £752 £725
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 109 49 39
10th Percentile £15.00 £20.65 £26.98
25th Percentile £20.00 £41.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £46.87 £55.33 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.28% +31.73% +64.71%
75th Percentile £72.50 £65.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £72.19 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £43.13 £55.00 £47.30
% change year-on-year -21.58% +16.28% +63.10%

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 19,497 21,400 29,228
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.43% 94.21% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,649 14,865 20,542
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £388 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +8.68%
75th Percentile £591 £600 £575
90th Percentile £684 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,477 1,094 1,390
10th Percentile £12.53 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.85 £18.08 £15.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +7.17%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £46.42
90th Percentile £74.15 £75.50 £61.71
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 9 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
North of England +1 274 £582 +3.47% 379
South East 0 257 £550 -4.35% 260
South West +14 241 £569 -9.00% 205
Midlands +3 168 £550 -4.35% 257
North West 0 162 £585 +6.36% 217
West Midlands +9 127 £563 -5.86% 145
Scotland +14 120 £500 -4.08% 117
Yorkshire +2 101 £575 -4.17% 124
East of England -15 71 £513 -14.58% 143
East Midlands +5 40 £308 -45.09% 111
Northern Ireland +17 19 £575 - 15
North East +14 13 £533 -0.93% 41
Wales +24 10 £560 +67.16% 38
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 9 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 UK excluding London region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 285 (25.04%) Social Skills
2 269 (23.64%) Security Cleared
3 230 (20.21%) Finance
4 214 (18.80%) Agile
5 182 (15.99%) Stakeholder Management
6 180 (15.82%) SC Cleared
7 143 (12.57%) Project Management
8 137 (12.04%) Microsoft
9 134 (11.78%) Public Sector
10 128 (11.25%) Analytical Skills
11 127 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
12 116 (10.19%) SAP
13 114 (10.02%) DevOps
13 114 (10.02%) Azure
14 93 (8.17%) Degree
15 89 (7.82%) Continuous Improvement
16 88 (7.73%) DV Cleared
17 86 (7.56%) Decision-Making
18 85 (7.47%) Migration
19 78 (6.85%) AWS
20 76 (6.68%) Project Delivery
21 74 (6.50%) Roadmaps
22 71 (6.24%) ERP
23 69 (6.06%) Windows
24 68 (5.98%) Telecoms
25 67 (5.89%) CI/CD
26 65 (5.71%) JIRA
27 63 (5.54%) Risk Management
27 63 (5.54%) Change Management
28 61 (5.36%) Microsoft Office

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 12 (1.05%) Confluence
2 10 (0.88%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.35%) CMS
4 2 (0.18%) Apache
5 1 (0.088%) JBoss
5 1 (0.088%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.088%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.088%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.088%) SAS
Applications
1 61 (5.36%) Microsoft Office
2 54 (4.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (3.69%) Microsoft Project
4 30 (2.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 28 (2.46%) Spreadsheet
6 15 (1.32%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.70%) CATIA
8 4 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.35%) CINEMA 4D
9 3 (0.26%) Revit
10 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.18%) Sketch
11 1 (0.088%) Simulink
11 1 (0.088%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 58 (5.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.79%) DELMIA
3 8 (0.70%) SAP MDG
3 8 (0.70%) SAP MM
3 8 (0.70%) Teamcenter
4 6 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
4 6 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
4 6 (0.53%) SAP CO
4 6 (0.53%) SAP FI
5 5 (0.44%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.44%) Oracle Cash Management
5 5 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.44%) SAP FI/CO
5 5 (0.44%) SAP GTS
6 4 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.35%) Maximo
6 4 (0.35%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 114 (10.02%) Azure
2 78 (6.85%) AWS
3 47 (4.13%) Power Platform
4 36 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
5 30 (2.64%) Snowflake
6 28 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
7 25 (2.20%) Microsoft 365
7 25 (2.20%) Serverless
8 19 (1.67%) SuccessFactors
9 18 (1.58%) Azure Logic Apps
10 16 (1.41%) Amazon S3
11 15 (1.32%) PaaS
12 14 (1.23%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (1.23%) GCP
13 12 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (1.05%) PowerApps
14 10 (0.88%) Azure Functions
14 10 (0.88%) SaaS
15 9 (0.79%) OCI
16 7 (0.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.60%) VPN
2 40 (3.51%) Firewall
3 16 (1.41%) WAN
4 14 (1.23%) 5G
5 13 (1.14%) LAN
6 7 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.44%) Network Security
7 5 (0.44%) Wireless
8 4 (0.35%) MPLS
8 4 (0.35%) SMS
8 4 (0.35%) SSL
8 4 (0.35%) Unified Communications
8 4 (0.35%) VoIP
9 3 (0.26%) BGP
9 3 (0.26%) Cisco IOS
9 3 (0.26%) IPsec
9 3 (0.26%) OSPF
9 3 (0.26%) RTP
9 3 (0.26%) VLAN
9 3 (0.26%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (2.99%) Power BI
2 28 (2.46%) Tableau
3 18 (1.58%) SQL Server
4 9 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (0.62%) NoSQL
5 7 (0.62%) SAP BW
6 6 (0.53%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (0.53%) Relational Database
6 6 (0.53%) SAP Data Services
7 5 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.35%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.35%) DynamoDB
8 4 (0.35%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.26%) Big Data
9 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 2 (0.18%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 65 (5.71%) JIRA
2 23 (2.02%) Git
3 9 (0.79%) JUnit
3 9 (0.79%) Selenium
3 9 (0.79%) webpack
4 7 (0.62%) Cucumber
4 7 (0.62%) GitLab
4 7 (0.62%) JMeter
4 7 (0.62%) Rational DOORS
5 5 (0.44%) Hudson
5 5 (0.44%) LSMW
6 4 (0.35%) Visual Studio
7 3 (0.26%) ClearCase
7 3 (0.26%) ClearQuest
7 3 (0.26%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.26%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.26%) LoadRunner
7 3 (0.26%) Mockito
8 2 (0.18%) Capybara
8 2 (0.18%) Gradle
General
1 285 (25.04%) Social Skills
2 230 (20.21%) Finance
3 134 (11.78%) Public Sector
4 128 (11.25%) Analytical Skills
5 68 (5.98%) Telecoms
6 50 (4.39%) Manufacturing
7 44 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
8 39 (3.43%) Legal
9 32 (2.81%) Marketing
10 26 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (1.93%) Banking
11 22 (1.93%) Billing
12 21 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
13 18 (1.58%) Retail
14 15 (1.32%) Electronics
14 15 (1.32%) Local Government
14 15 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
15 13 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (0.88%) Automotive
17 8 (0.70%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (4.75%) Node.js
2 32 (2.81%) React
3 23 (2.02%) .NET
4 15 (1.32%) Spring Boot
5 13 (1.14%) AngularJS
6 12 (1.05%) HTML
7 11 (0.97%) CSS
7 11 (0.97%) REST
8 10 (0.88%) Kafka
8 10 (0.88%) Web Services
9 8 (0.70%) Oracle Fusion
9 8 (0.70%) PyTorch
9 8 (0.70%) Spring
9 8 (0.70%) TensorFlow
10 7 (0.62%) GraphQL
10 7 (0.62%) J2EE
10 7 (0.62%) React Native
10 7 (0.62%) Redux
11 6 (0.53%) Express.js
11 6 (0.53%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 43 (3.78%) Management Information System
2 41 (3.60%) Public Cloud
3 40 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (2.81%) Product Ownership
5 27 (2.37%) Onboarding
6 20 (1.76%) Credit Risk
7 18 (1.58%) Data Centre
8 16 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
9 14 (1.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 13 (1.14%) Cyber Defence
10 13 (1.14%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.14%) NHS
11 10 (0.88%) Driving Licence
11 10 (0.88%) Security Operations Centre
12 9 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (0.79%) LIMS
13 8 (0.70%) CESG
13 8 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (0.70%) Life Science
14 7 (0.62%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 69 (6.06%) Windows
2 44 (3.87%) Apple iOS
3 40 (3.51%) Android
4 33 (2.90%) Windows Server
5 29 (2.55%) Linux
6 11 (0.97%) Unix
7 6 (0.53%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.44%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.26%) VMS
9 3 (0.26%) Windows 2000
9 3 (0.26%) Windows XP
9 3 (0.26%) zOS
10 1 (0.088%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (18.80%) Agile
2 182 (15.99%) Stakeholder Management
3 143 (12.57%) Project Management
4 127 (11.16%) Problem-Solving
5 114 (10.02%) DevOps
6 89 (7.82%) Continuous Improvement
7 86 (7.56%) Decision-Making
8 85 (7.47%) Migration
9 76 (6.68%) Project Delivery
10 74 (6.50%) Roadmaps
11 71 (6.24%) ERP
12 67 (5.89%) CI/CD
13 63 (5.54%) Change Management
13 63 (5.54%) Risk Management
14 59 (5.18%) Cybersecurity
14 59 (5.18%) Strategic Thinking
15 57 (5.01%) Mentoring
16 55 (4.83%) Analytics
16 55 (4.83%) Coaching
17 52 (4.57%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 48 (4.22%) SQL
2 47 (4.13%) Python
3 46 (4.04%) Java
4 32 (2.81%) JavaScript
5 27 (2.37%) C#
6 23 (2.02%) PowerShell
7 17 (1.49%) TypeScript
8 14 (1.23%) C
8 14 (1.23%) C++
9 9 (0.79%) PHP
9 9 (0.79%) Ruby
10 4 (0.35%) Bash
11 3 (0.26%) ABAP
11 3 (0.26%) Scala
11 3 (0.26%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.18%) Groovy
12 2 (0.18%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.088%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.088%) ProC
13 1 (0.088%) Swift
Qualifications
1 269 (23.64%) Security Cleared
2 180 (15.82%) SC Cleared
3 93 (8.17%) Degree
4 88 (7.73%) DV Cleared
5 24 (2.11%) APMP
6 16 (1.41%) CISM
6 16 (1.41%) CISSP
7 13 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (0.97%) CISA
9 9 (0.79%) DBS Check
9 9 (0.79%) ISACA
9 9 (0.79%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.70%) CEH
10 8 (0.70%) CISMP
10 8 (0.70%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (0.70%) NVQ Level 3
10 8 (0.70%) PMI Certification
10 8 (0.70%) SSCP
11 7 (0.62%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (4.75%) PMO
2 42 (3.69%) QA
3 34 (2.99%) NIST
4 28 (2.46%) Data Quality
5 23 (2.02%) SLA
6 22 (1.93%) JSP 440
7 18 (1.58%) GDPR
8 17 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 15 (1.32%) Disclosure Scotland
9 15 (1.32%) PCI DSS
10 14 (1.23%) NIST 800
11 13 (1.14%) Accessibility
12 11 (0.97%) HIPAA
13 9 (0.79%) GRC
14 6 (0.53%) WCAG
15 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.26%) ITGC
15 3 (0.26%) NCSC
16 2 (0.18%) ISO 20022
16 2 (0.18%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 18 (1.58%) Docker
2 11 (0.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (0.88%) Active Directory
4 4 (0.35%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.18%) vSphere
6 1 (0.088%) Firmware
6 1 (0.088%) Lustre
6 1 (0.088%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.088%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 36 (3.16%) Kubernetes
2 22 (1.93%) Terraform
3 13 (1.14%) Ansible
4 10 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.53%) SCCM
6 4 (0.35%) HP Quality Center
7 3 (0.26%) AirWatch
7 3 (0.26%) HP ALM
7 3 (0.26%) Puppet
7 3 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.18%) Grafana
8 2 (0.18%) VxRail
9 1 (0.088%) Kibana
9 1 (0.088%) logstash
9 1 (0.088%) MOM
9 1 (0.088%) WSUS
Vendors
1 137 (12.04%) Microsoft
2 116 (10.19%) SAP
3 27 (2.37%) Oracle
4 26 (2.28%) Alteryx
5 21 (1.85%) Salesforce
5 21 (1.85%) ServiceNow
6 15 (1.32%) Apple
6 15 (1.32%) Informatica
6 15 (1.32%) VMware
7 13 (1.14%) Splunk
8 11 (0.97%) IBM
9 10 (0.88%) Google
10 9 (0.79%) IFS
11 8 (0.70%) Juniper
11 8 (0.70%) Siemens
12 7 (0.62%) Cisco
12 7 (0.62%) Databricks
12 7 (0.62%) Guidewire
12 7 (0.62%) InterSystems
13 6 (0.53%) Workday