Lead Contracts with Work from Home Options

Leader
UK > Work from Home

The median Leader daily rate in Work from Home is £588 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 30 31 38
Rank change year-on-year +1 +7 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 889 1,467 2,563
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 6.07% 6.09% 5.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.49% 6.39% 6.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 555 984 1,863
10th Percentile £425 £427 £413
25th Percentile £500 £512 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £725 £700 £688
90th Percentile £850 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 23 29
10th Percentile £26.75 £51.70 £24.15
25th Percentile £55.00 £57.50 £32.50
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +85.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £74.00 £65.75 £66.00
90th Percentile £75.25 - £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
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,691 22,958 42,210
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.26% 95.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,251 16,282 30,640
10th Percentile £325 £360 £358
25th Percentile £425 £444 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.60% +2.67% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 531 565
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.84 £25.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £44.87 £52.50 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +43.84% +57.26%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.72 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £77.50 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%

Lead
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Lead trend for jobs with a WFH option

Lead
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Lead.

Lead daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Lead over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Lead daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Lead
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Lead.

Lead hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Lead
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Lead over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Lead hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Lead in the job title.

1 245 (27.56%) Finance
2 207 (23.28%) Agile
3 166 (18.67%) Social Skills
4 153 (17.21%) Azure
5 130 (14.62%) AWS
6 124 (13.95%) Security Cleared
7 117 (13.16%) DevOps
8 113 (12.71%) Python
9 112 (12.60%) SC Cleared
10 106 (11.92%) SAP
11 102 (11.47%) Banking
12 95 (10.69%) Java
13 89 (10.01%) Public Sector
14 88 (9.90%) Stakeholder Management
15 84 (9.45%) Microsoft
16 74 (8.32%) JavaScript
17 73 (8.21%) Project Management
18 70 (7.87%) Software Engineering
18 70 (7.87%) CI/CD
19 69 (7.76%) C#
20 67 (7.54%) Analytical Skills
21 66 (7.42%) QA
22 65 (7.31%) Degree
23 64 (7.20%) Problem-Solving
24 63 (7.09%) Continuous Improvement
25 62 (6.97%) Migration
26 61 (6.86%) Mentoring
27 59 (6.64%) TypeScript
27 59 (6.64%) Analytics
28 56 (6.30%) SAP S/4HANA

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 54 (6.07%) Apache Airflow
2 51 (5.74%) Apache
3 12 (1.35%) Confluence
4 9 (1.01%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.45%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.45%) CMS
5 4 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.34%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.34%) WebSphere
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.11%) IIS
8 1 (0.11%) JBoss
8 1 (0.11%) Mule
8 1 (0.11%) OpenStack
Applications
1 17 (1.91%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.01%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.34%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (0.34%) Adobe Premiere
5 3 (0.34%) CINEMA 4D
6 2 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.11%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.11%) Simulink
7 1 (0.11%) Sketch
7 1 (0.11%) Stateflow
Business Applications
1 56 (6.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.67%) SAP CO
3 6 (0.67%) SAP FI
3 6 (0.67%) SAP MDG
4 5 (0.56%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 4 (0.45%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
6 3 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.34%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.34%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.34%) SAP Payroll
6 3 (0.34%) SAP Retail
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.22%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.22%) SAP FSCM
Cloud Services
1 153 (17.21%) Azure
2 130 (14.62%) AWS
3 52 (5.85%) Dynamics 365
4 50 (5.62%) Snowflake
5 49 (5.51%) dbt
5 49 (5.51%) GCP
6 48 (5.40%) Azure DevOps
7 38 (4.27%) Azure Logic Apps
8 35 (3.94%) Power Platform
9 29 (3.26%) Serverless
10 22 (2.47%) SuccessFactors
11 19 (2.14%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (2.14%) Azure API Management
12 18 (2.02%) Amazon S3
13 13 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
13 13 (1.46%) SaaS
14 12 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
15 11 (1.24%) Azure Functions
15 11 (1.24%) PaaS
15 11 (1.24%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.80%) Firewall
2 12 (1.35%) VPN
3 5 (0.56%) LAN
3 5 (0.56%) Network Security
4 4 (0.45%) WAN
5 3 (0.34%) DNS
5 3 (0.34%) SD-WAN
6 2 (0.22%) Intranet
6 2 (0.22%) RTP
6 2 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
6 2 (0.22%) Wireless
6 2 (0.22%) WLAN
7 1 (0.11%) 4G
7 1 (0.11%) 5G
7 1 (0.11%) Cisco Wireless
7 1 (0.11%) IPsec
7 1 (0.11%) NaaS
7 1 (0.11%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.11%) PuTTY
7 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (5.85%) Data Lake
2 50 (5.62%) Amazon Athena
3 44 (4.95%) Apache Arrow
3 44 (4.95%) Dremio
4 43 (4.84%) Apache Ignite
5 18 (2.02%) Power BI
6 17 (1.91%) SQL Server
7 15 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
9 11 (1.24%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.01%) MySQL
11 8 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
11 8 (0.90%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (0.90%) Big Data
11 8 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.79%) DynamoDB
12 7 (0.79%) NoSQL
13 4 (0.45%) MongoDB
13 4 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 37 (4.16%) JIRA
2 23 (2.59%) Git
3 20 (2.25%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.24%) GitLab
5 10 (1.12%) Selenium
6 9 (1.01%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.90%) webpack
8 7 (0.79%) Cucumber
8 7 (0.79%) JMeter
8 7 (0.79%) TeamCity
9 6 (0.67%) MLflow
10 5 (0.56%) Artifactory
10 5 (0.56%) JUnit
11 4 (0.45%) Katalon Studio
12 3 (0.34%) HP UFT
12 3 (0.34%) Mockito
12 3 (0.34%) Postman
12 3 (0.34%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.34%) Visual Studio Team System
13 2 (0.22%) Maven
General
1 245 (27.56%) Finance
2 166 (18.67%) Social Skills
3 102 (11.47%) Banking
4 89 (10.01%) Public Sector
5 67 (7.54%) Analytical Skills
6 55 (6.19%) Investment Banking
7 52 (5.85%) Front Office
8 41 (4.61%) Telecoms
9 37 (4.16%) Marketing
10 29 (3.26%) Manufacturing
11 21 (2.36%) Retail
12 17 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.69%) Electronics
14 14 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 13 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
16 12 (1.35%) Legal
17 10 (1.12%) Billing
18 9 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
19 8 (0.90%) Back Office
19 8 (0.90%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (4.95%) gRPC
1 44 (4.95%) Pandas
1 44 (4.95%) Protocol Buffers
2 43 (4.84%) NumPy
2 43 (4.84%) SciPy
3 42 (4.72%) .NET
4 22 (2.47%) AngularJS
4 22 (2.47%) React
5 20 (2.25%) XML
6 18 (2.02%) HTML
6 18 (2.02%) Node.js
7 17 (1.91%) Web Services
8 16 (1.80%) CSS
9 15 (1.69%) Spring Boot
10 14 (1.57%) Spring
11 13 (1.46%) Kafka
12 12 (1.35%) .NET Core
13 10 (1.12%) RESTful
14 9 (1.01%) PySpark
14 9 (1.01%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 52 (5.85%) Derivative
2 51 (5.74%) Equities
3 49 (5.51%) Hedge funds
4 46 (5.17%) Fixed Income
4 46 (5.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 26 (2.92%) Management Information System
6 24 (2.70%) Product Ownership
6 24 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (1.35%) Onboarding
8 10 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.12%) NHS
9 9 (1.01%) Public Cloud
10 8 (0.90%) Algorithms
11 6 (0.67%) Marketing Technology
12 5 (0.56%) CMDB
12 5 (0.56%) FMCG
12 5 (0.56%) LIMS
12 5 (0.56%) Low-Code
13 4 (0.45%) Data Structures
13 4 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 22 (2.47%) Windows
2 15 (1.69%) Linux
3 12 (1.35%) Unix
4 11 (1.24%) Android
4 11 (1.24%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.90%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.34%) VMS
7 2 (0.22%) Windows 2000
7 2 (0.22%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.11%) AIX
8 1 (0.11%) CentOS
8 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.11%) Solaris
8 1 (0.11%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 207 (23.28%) Agile
2 117 (13.16%) DevOps
3 88 (9.90%) Stakeholder Management
4 73 (8.21%) Project Management
5 70 (7.87%) CI/CD
5 70 (7.87%) Software Engineering
6 64 (7.20%) Problem-Solving
7 63 (7.09%) Continuous Improvement
8 62 (6.97%) Migration
9 61 (6.86%) Mentoring
10 59 (6.64%) Analytics
11 47 (5.29%) Technical Leadership
12 46 (5.17%) Asset Management
12 46 (5.17%) Test Strategy
13 45 (5.06%) Roadmaps
13 45 (5.06%) Strategic Thinking
13 45 (5.06%) Test Automation
14 42 (4.72%) ERP
15 40 (4.50%) Change Management
15 40 (4.50%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 113 (12.71%) Python
2 95 (10.69%) Java
3 74 (8.32%) JavaScript
4 69 (7.76%) C#
5 59 (6.64%) TypeScript
6 53 (5.96%) SQL
7 18 (2.02%) Scala
8 14 (1.57%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.90%) Bash
10 6 (0.67%) Go
11 5 (0.56%) Groovy
12 4 (0.45%) C++
12 4 (0.45%) R
13 3 (0.34%) Bicep
13 3 (0.34%) Ruby
13 3 (0.34%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.22%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.22%) C
14 2 (0.22%) PHP
15 1 (0.11%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 124 (13.95%) Security Cleared
2 112 (12.60%) SC Cleared
3 65 (7.31%) Degree
4 25 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 22 (2.47%) DV Cleared
6 18 (2.02%) Master's Degree
7 8 (0.90%) CISSP
7 8 (0.90%) PMI Certification
8 7 (0.79%) CISM
8 7 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.79%) PMP
9 4 (0.45%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (0.34%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.34%) CGEIT
10 3 (0.34%) CISA
10 3 (0.34%) CRISC
10 3 (0.34%) ISEB
10 3 (0.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 3 (0.34%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (7.42%) QA
2 39 (4.39%) Data Quality
3 32 (3.60%) PMO
4 12 (1.35%) Accessibility
5 10 (1.12%) SLA
6 8 (0.90%) NIST
7 6 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.56%) GDPR
9 4 (0.45%) Disclosure Scotland
9 4 (0.45%) NCSC
10 3 (0.34%) WCAG
11 2 (0.22%) GRC
11 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 2 (0.22%) NIST 800
11 2 (0.22%) P3O
11 2 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (3.26%) Docker
2 7 (0.79%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.34%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.22%) Firmware
5 2 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.11%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.11%) vSphere
6 1 (0.11%) XenApp
6 1 (0.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 41 (4.61%) Kubernetes
2 36 (4.05%) Terraform
3 23 (2.59%) Ansible
4 10 (1.12%) Grafana
5 7 (0.79%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (0.34%) Puppet
7 2 (0.22%) Karpenter
7 2 (0.22%) Kibana
7 2 (0.22%) logstash
7 2 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.22%) VxRail
8 1 (0.11%) Argo
8 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.11%) Matomo
8 1 (0.11%) MOM
8 1 (0.11%) SolarWinds Orion
8 1 (0.11%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 106 (11.92%) SAP
2 84 (9.45%) Microsoft
3 35 (3.94%) Oracle
4 20 (2.25%) Databricks
5 13 (1.46%) ServiceNow
6 11 (1.24%) Google
6 11 (1.24%) VMware
7 10 (1.12%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.01%) IBM
8 9 (1.01%) Informatica
8 9 (1.01%) Pega
9 8 (0.90%) Ariba
10 7 (0.79%) Guidewire
11 6 (0.67%) Adobe
12 5 (0.56%) Citrix
12 5 (0.56%) InterSystems
12 5 (0.56%) Splunk
13 4 (0.45%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.45%) Murex
13 4 (0.45%) Sparx