Lead Contracts in the East of England

Leader
England > East of England

The median Leader daily rate in the East of England is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 34 46
Rank change year-on-year -14 +12 -12
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 71 104 116
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 3.67% 5.33% 4.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.14% 5.84% 4.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 68 73
10th Percentile £325 £271 £246
25th Percentile £363 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +22.91%
75th Percentile £645 £706 £638
90th Percentile £700 £739 £695
England median daily rate £588 £600 £583
% change year-on-year -2.08% +2.92% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 8 13
10th Percentile £33.60 £55.09 £26.98
25th Percentile £38.40 £63.75 £32.50
Median hourly rate £73.50 £65.25 £56.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.64% +16.52% +202.70%
75th Percentile £75.25 £65.75 -
90th Percentile £77.00 - -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% +30.95% +57.60%

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 1,714 1,782 2,357
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.58% 91.38% 92.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 755 1,097 1,409
10th Percentile £206 £190 £181
25th Percentile £306 £315 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +15.15%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £569
90th Percentile £650 £700 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 605 254 349
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £44.08 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.45% +175.50% -
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £47.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £70.18 £60.00
England median hourly rate £37.75 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.11% +88.21% +11.21%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 1 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
Hertfordshire +1 41 £388 -44.64% 40
Bedfordshire -9 15 £600 - 8
Cambridgeshire +2 10 £698 +39.50% 38
Suffolk +8 3 £500 -32.71% 20
Essex -14 2 £550 +74.05% 26
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 East of England region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 18 (25.35%) SAP
1 18 (25.35%) Social Skills
2 17 (23.94%) Finance
3 16 (22.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (16.90%) QA
4 12 (16.90%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (14.08%) Validation
6 9 (12.68%) Project Management
6 9 (12.68%) SC Cleared
6 9 (12.68%) Security Cleared
6 9 (12.68%) Scenario Testing
7 8 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (11.27%) Agile
7 8 (11.27%) Test Management
8 7 (9.86%) Test Planning
8 7 (9.86%) Acceptance Criteria
8 7 (9.86%) Order to Cash
8 7 (9.86%) Systems Engineering
9 6 (8.45%) Life Science
9 6 (8.45%) Migration
9 6 (8.45%) ITIL
9 6 (8.45%) ERP
10 5 (7.04%) Pharmaceutical
10 5 (7.04%) Games
10 5 (7.04%) Degree
10 5 (7.04%) Data Management
10 5 (7.04%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (7.04%) Public Sector
10 5 (7.04%) Analytics

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 2 (2.82%) CMS
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 16 (22.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (7.04%) SAP GTS
3 2 (2.82%) SAP SD
4 1 (1.41%) DELMIA
4 1 (1.41%) SAP BPC
4 1 (1.41%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.41%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.41%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.41%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.63%) Azure
2 4 (5.63%) PaaS
3 1 (1.41%) AWS
3 1 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.41%) GitHub
3 1 (1.41%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.41%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.41%) Firewall
1 1 (1.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.41%) Metadata
1 1 (1.41%) SAP BW
1 1 (1.41%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (1.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (2.82%) JIRA
1 2 (2.82%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (1.41%) Katalon Studio
2 1 (1.41%) LSMW
General
1 18 (25.35%) Social Skills
2 17 (23.94%) Finance
3 5 (7.04%) Games
3 5 (7.04%) Pharmaceutical
3 5 (7.04%) Public Sector
4 4 (5.63%) Electronics
4 4 (5.63%) French Language
4 4 (5.63%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.23%) Aerospace
5 3 (4.23%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.23%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.82%) Billing
6 2 (2.82%) Local Government
6 2 (2.82%) Marketing
6 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (2.82%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.41%) Aviation
7 1 (1.41%) Banking
7 1 (1.41%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.41%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) HTML
1 2 (2.82%) React
2 1 (1.41%) BAPI
2 1 (1.41%) CSS
2 1 (1.41%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.41%) Next.js
2 1 (1.41%) Node.js
2 1 (1.41%) Redux
2 1 (1.41%) RESTful
2 1 (1.41%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.45%) Life Science
2 2 (2.82%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.82%) Data Structures
2 2 (2.82%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (1.41%) Acoustics
3 1 (1.41%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.41%) FMCG
3 1 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.41%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.41%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.82%) Linux
1 2 (2.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (16.90%) User Acceptance Testing
2 10 (14.08%) Validation
3 9 (12.68%) Project Management
3 9 (12.68%) Scenario Testing
4 8 (11.27%) Agile
4 8 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 8 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (11.27%) Test Management
5 7 (9.86%) Acceptance Criteria
5 7 (9.86%) Order to Cash
5 7 (9.86%) Systems Engineering
5 7 (9.86%) Test Planning
6 6 (8.45%) ERP
6 6 (8.45%) ITIL
6 6 (8.45%) Migration
7 5 (7.04%) Analytics
7 5 (7.04%) Business Transformation
7 5 (7.04%) Data Management
7 5 (7.04%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (5.63%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.63%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.41%) Java
2 1 (1.41%) Python
2 1 (1.41%) SQL
2 1 (1.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (12.68%) SC Cleared
1 9 (12.68%) Security Cleared
2 5 (7.04%) Degree
3 2 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.41%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (16.90%) QA
2 4 (5.63%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.82%) GxP
4 1 (1.41%) PMO
4 1 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.41%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.41%) Ansible
1 1 (1.41%) HP ALM
1 1 (1.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (25.35%) SAP
2 3 (4.23%) IFS
3 2 (2.82%) Ariba
3 2 (2.82%) Darktrace
3 2 (2.82%) EMC
3 2 (2.82%) FireEye
3 2 (2.82%) LogRhythm
3 2 (2.82%) Splunk
4 1 (1.41%) HP
4 1 (1.41%) Hyperion
4 1 (1.41%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.41%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.41%) Twitter