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 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 29 36 37
Rank change year-on-year +7 +1 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 1,128 1,210 1,684
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.42% 5.31% 5.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.86% 5.64% 5.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 639 828 1,224
10th Percentile £363 £363 £363
25th Percentile £456 £463 £431
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 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 107 50 39
10th Percentile £15.00 £20.95 £26.98
25th Percentile £20.38 £41.25 £35.00
Median hourly rate £47.50 £56.41 £42.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.80% +34.32% +61.54%
75th Percentile £72.50 £65.75 £56.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £71.74 £75.50
UK median hourly rate £45.59 £55.00 £45.20
% change year-on-year -17.11% +21.68% +55.86%

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 19,247 21,469 29,158
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.41% 94.25% 95.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,616 14,937 20,515
10th Percentile £213 £225 £206
25th Percentile £363 £390 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,085 1,398
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.03 £14.91
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.20
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.50 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

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 1 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 1 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 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
North of England +1 268 £582 +2.33% 368
South West +26 256 £550 -10.93% 192
South East -1 256 £550 -5.58% 293
North West +2 161 £585 +6.36% 214
Midlands +3 149 £550 -4.35% 263
Scotland +18 124 £500 -4.31% 97
West Midlands +5 115 £575 -2.13% 150
Yorkshire -1 96 £575 -4.17% 109
East of England -14 71 £550 -8.33% 142
East Midlands -2 33 £210 -62.50% 112
Northern Ireland +18 20 £588 - 15
North East +13 12 £533 -14.80% 48
Wales +22 10 £560 +24.44% 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 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 UK excluding London region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 279 (24.73%) Social Skills
2 266 (23.58%) Security Cleared
3 228 (20.21%) Finance
4 215 (19.06%) Agile
5 185 (16.40%) Stakeholder Management
6 177 (15.69%) SC Cleared
7 146 (12.94%) Project Management
8 136 (12.06%) Public Sector
9 133 (11.79%) Microsoft
10 127 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
11 125 (11.08%) Problem-Solving
12 111 (9.84%) DevOps
13 110 (9.75%) Azure
14 107 (9.49%) SAP
15 91 (8.07%) Degree
16 89 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
17 88 (7.80%) DV Cleared
17 88 (7.80%) Decision-Making
18 85 (7.54%) Migration
19 78 (6.91%) AWS
19 78 (6.91%) Roadmaps
20 77 (6.83%) Project Delivery
21 71 (6.29%) Risk Management
22 70 (6.21%) ERP
23 68 (6.03%) Telecoms
23 68 (6.03%) Cybersecurity
23 68 (6.03%) CI/CD
24 65 (5.76%) Windows
24 65 (5.76%) JIRA
25 62 (5.50%) Change Management

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 11 (0.98%) Confluence
2 10 (0.89%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
3 4 (0.35%) CMS
4 2 (0.18%) Apache
5 1 (0.089%) JBoss
5 1 (0.089%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.089%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.089%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.089%) SAS
Applications
1 59 (5.23%) Microsoft Office
2 55 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (3.72%) Microsoft Project
4 30 (2.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 28 (2.48%) Spreadsheet
6 15 (1.33%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.71%) CATIA
8 4 (0.35%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.35%) CINEMA 4D
9 3 (0.27%) Revit
10 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 2 (0.18%) Sketch
11 1 (0.089%) Simulink
11 1 (0.089%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 56 (4.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.80%) DELMIA
3 8 (0.71%) SAP MDG
3 8 (0.71%) SAP MM
3 8 (0.71%) Teamcenter
4 6 (0.53%) Oracle Assets
4 6 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
4 6 (0.53%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.44%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.44%) Oracle Cash Management
5 5 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.44%) SAP CO
5 5 (0.44%) SAP FI
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 FI/CO
6 4 (0.35%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 110 (9.75%) Azure
2 78 (6.91%) AWS
3 47 (4.17%) Power Platform
4 34 (3.01%) Dynamics 365
5 30 (2.66%) Snowflake
6 28 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
7 27 (2.39%) Serverless
8 23 (2.04%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (1.68%) SuccessFactors
10 18 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
11 16 (1.42%) Amazon S3
11 16 (1.42%) AWS Lambda
12 14 (1.24%) GCP
13 13 (1.15%) PaaS
14 12 (1.06%) Amazon EC2
14 12 (1.06%) PowerApps
15 11 (0.98%) Azure Functions
16 10 (0.89%) SaaS
17 9 (0.80%) OCI
18 7 (0.62%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.63%) VPN
2 40 (3.55%) Firewall
3 16 (1.42%) WAN
4 14 (1.24%) 5G
5 13 (1.15%) 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%) SSL
8 4 (0.35%) Unified Communications
8 4 (0.35%) VoIP
9 3 (0.27%) BGP
9 3 (0.27%) IPsec
9 3 (0.27%) IPv4
9 3 (0.27%) Junos
9 3 (0.27%) OSPF
9 3 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
9 3 (0.27%) SMS
9 3 (0.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (2.93%) Power BI
2 28 (2.48%) Tableau
3 18 (1.60%) SQL Server
4 10 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (0.71%) Relational Database
6 7 (0.62%) Elasticsearch
6 7 (0.62%) NoSQL
6 7 (0.62%) SAP BW
7 6 (0.53%) Data Lake
7 6 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.53%) SAP Data Services
8 5 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (0.35%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.35%) DB2
9 4 (0.35%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.27%) Big Data
10 3 (0.27%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.27%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 65 (5.76%) JIRA
2 22 (1.95%) Git
3 9 (0.80%) GitLab
3 9 (0.80%) JUnit
3 9 (0.80%) Selenium
3 9 (0.80%) webpack
4 7 (0.62%) Cucumber
4 7 (0.62%) JMeter
5 6 (0.53%) Rational DOORS
6 5 (0.44%) Hudson
6 5 (0.44%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.44%) LSMW
7 4 (0.35%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.27%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.27%) LoadRunner
8 3 (0.27%) Mockito
9 2 (0.18%) Capybara
9 2 (0.18%) CircleCI
9 2 (0.18%) Gradle
9 2 (0.18%) Moq
General
1 279 (24.73%) Social Skills
2 228 (20.21%) Finance
3 136 (12.06%) Public Sector
4 127 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
5 68 (6.03%) Telecoms
6 50 (4.43%) Manufacturing
7 43 (3.81%) Legal
7 43 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
8 32 (2.84%) Marketing
9 25 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (1.77%) Banking
12 19 (1.68%) Billing
13 18 (1.60%) Retail
14 15 (1.33%) Electronics
14 15 (1.33%) Local Government
15 14 (1.24%) Pharmaceutical
16 13 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 10 (0.89%) Automotive
18 8 (0.71%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (4.79%) Node.js
2 29 (2.57%) React
3 24 (2.13%) .NET
4 14 (1.24%) Spring Boot
5 11 (0.98%) AngularJS
5 11 (0.98%) HTML
5 11 (0.98%) REST
6 10 (0.89%) CSS
6 10 (0.89%) Kafka
6 10 (0.89%) Spring
6 10 (0.89%) Web Services
7 8 (0.71%) GraphQL
7 8 (0.71%) Oracle Fusion
8 7 (0.62%) PyTorch
8 7 (0.62%) React Native
8 7 (0.62%) Redux
8 7 (0.62%) TensorFlow
9 6 (0.53%) Express.js
9 6 (0.53%) J2EE
9 6 (0.53%) Lambda Expressions
Miscellaneous
1 44 (3.90%) Management Information System
2 39 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
3 37 (3.28%) Public Cloud
4 32 (2.84%) Product Ownership
5 26 (2.30%) Onboarding
6 20 (1.77%) Credit Risk
7 18 (1.60%) Data Centre
8 16 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
9 14 (1.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 13 (1.15%) Cyber Defence
10 13 (1.15%) NHS
11 11 (0.98%) Mobile App
12 10 (0.89%) Driving Licence
12 10 (0.89%) Security Operations Centre
13 9 (0.80%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (0.80%) LIMS
13 9 (0.80%) Security Posture
14 8 (0.71%) CESG
14 8 (0.71%) Data Protection Act
14 8 (0.71%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 65 (5.76%) Windows
2 42 (3.72%) Apple iOS
3 36 (3.19%) Android
4 33 (2.93%) Windows Server
5 28 (2.48%) Linux
6 9 (0.80%) Unix
7 6 (0.53%) Windows 10
8 5 (0.44%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.27%) VMS
9 3 (0.27%) Windows 2000
9 3 (0.27%) Windows XP
9 3 (0.27%) zOS
10 1 (0.089%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (19.06%) Agile
2 185 (16.40%) Stakeholder Management
3 146 (12.94%) Project Management
4 125 (11.08%) Problem-Solving
5 111 (9.84%) DevOps
6 89 (7.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 88 (7.80%) Decision-Making
8 85 (7.54%) Migration
9 78 (6.91%) Roadmaps
10 77 (6.83%) Project Delivery
11 71 (6.29%) Risk Management
12 70 (6.21%) ERP
13 68 (6.03%) CI/CD
13 68 (6.03%) Cybersecurity
14 62 (5.50%) Change Management
15 61 (5.41%) Strategic Thinking
16 59 (5.23%) Mentoring
17 58 (5.14%) Analytics
18 55 (4.88%) Coaching
19 52 (4.61%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 51 (4.52%) SQL
2 46 (4.08%) Java
2 46 (4.08%) Python
3 30 (2.66%) JavaScript
4 27 (2.39%) C#
5 21 (1.86%) PowerShell
6 18 (1.60%) TypeScript
7 12 (1.06%) C
7 12 (1.06%) C++
8 9 (0.80%) Ruby
9 8 (0.71%) PHP
10 5 (0.44%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.35%) Bash
12 3 (0.27%) ABAP
12 3 (0.27%) Scala
13 2 (0.18%) Groovy
13 2 (0.18%) PL/SQL
14 1 (0.089%) COBOL
14 1 (0.089%) ProC
14 1 (0.089%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 266 (23.58%) Security Cleared
2 177 (15.69%) SC Cleared
3 91 (8.07%) Degree
4 88 (7.80%) DV Cleared
5 24 (2.13%) APMP
6 16 (1.42%) CISM
6 16 (1.42%) CISSP
7 12 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (0.98%) CISA
9 9 (0.80%) DBS Check
9 9 (0.80%) ISACA
10 8 (0.71%) CEH
10 8 (0.71%) CISMP
10 8 (0.71%) CompTIA Security+
10 8 (0.71%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.71%) NVQ Level 3
10 8 (0.71%) SSCP
11 7 (0.62%) PMI Certification
12 6 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (4.70%) PMO
2 41 (3.63%) QA
3 34 (3.01%) NIST
4 30 (2.66%) Data Quality
5 25 (2.22%) JSP 440
6 22 (1.95%) GDPR
6 22 (1.95%) SLA
7 17 (1.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 15 (1.33%) Disclosure Scotland
8 15 (1.33%) PCI DSS
9 14 (1.24%) NIST 800
10 13 (1.15%) Accessibility
11 11 (0.98%) HIPAA
12 9 (0.80%) GRC
13 6 (0.53%) WCAG
14 3 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
14 3 (0.27%) ITGC
14 3 (0.27%) NCSC
15 2 (0.18%) ISO 20022
15 2 (0.18%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 18 (1.60%) Docker
2 11 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (0.89%) 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 (0.089%) Firmware
6 1 (0.089%) Lustre
6 1 (0.089%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.089%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.089%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (3.10%) Kubernetes
2 22 (1.95%) Terraform
3 15 (1.33%) Ansible
4 10 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (0.35%) HP Quality Center
6 3 (0.27%) Grafana
6 3 (0.27%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.27%) Puppet
6 3 (0.27%) SCCM
6 3 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.18%) Kibana
7 2 (0.18%) VxRail
8 1 (0.089%) logstash
8 1 (0.089%) MOM
8 1 (0.089%) WSUS
Vendors
1 133 (11.79%) Microsoft
2 107 (9.49%) SAP
3 28 (2.48%) Oracle
4 26 (2.30%) Alteryx
5 21 (1.86%) ServiceNow
6 19 (1.68%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.51%) VMware
8 15 (1.33%) Informatica
9 13 (1.15%) Splunk
10 12 (1.06%) Apple
11 11 (0.98%) IBM
12 10 (0.89%) Google
13 9 (0.80%) IFS
14 8 (0.71%) Juniper
14 8 (0.71%) Siemens
15 7 (0.62%) Cisco
15 7 (0.62%) Databricks
15 7 (0.62%) Guidewire
15 7 (0.62%) InterSystems
16 6 (0.53%) LogRhythm