Lead Contracts in London

Leader
England > London

The median Leader daily rate in London is £613 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 31 34 40
Rank change year-on-year +3 +6 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 1,101 1,564 2,406
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 6.24% 6.19% 6.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.66% 6.51% 6.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 766 1,111 1,717
10th Percentile £425 £450 £450
25th Percentile £513 £526 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - +8.70%
75th Percentile £750 £725 £725
90th Percentile £875 £823 £813
England median daily rate £590 £600 £585
% change year-on-year -1.67% +2.56% +6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 8 14
10th Percentile - £31.85 £21.00
25th Percentile £35.00 £35.00 £28.99
Median hourly rate £37.50 £43.25 £48.64
Median % change year-on-year -13.29% -11.09% +32.38%
75th Percentile £62.19 £52.24 £72.92
90th Percentile £71.88 £54.03 £77.63
England median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year - +30.95% +60.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 16,524 24,032 37,170
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.09% 95.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,907 17,532 27,346
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £440 £463 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +6.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 279 413
10th Percentile £16.00 £17.88 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.22 £22.57 £23.91
Median hourly rate £27.81 £36.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.75% +2.86% +6.54%
75th Percentile £46.68 £63.75 £49.84
90th Percentile £67.40 £80.45 £67.50
England median hourly rate £38.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -14.44% +88.21% +12.12%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in London

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead in London.

Daily rate trend for Lead in London

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in London

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead in London.

Hourly rate trend for Lead in London

Lead
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Lead in London over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Lead in London

Lead
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Central London +4 132 £625 -3.85% 68
West London +18 30 £575 -11.54% 30
South London +7 13 £550 -2.22% 6
East London -5 8 £585 +1.65% 32
North London +4 4 £375 -37.50% 3
Lead
England

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 7 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 London region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 352 (31.97%) Finance
2 307 (27.88%) Agile
3 228 (20.71%) Social Skills
4 184 (16.71%) Azure
5 181 (16.44%) AWS
6 168 (15.26%) Python
7 159 (14.44%) DevOps
8 153 (13.90%) Java
9 134 (12.17%) Banking
10 124 (11.26%) Software Engineering
11 123 (11.17%) CI/CD
12 117 (10.63%) Microsoft
13 110 (9.99%) JavaScript
14 108 (9.81%) Stakeholder Management
15 107 (9.72%) Problem-Solving
16 100 (9.08%) C#
17 97 (8.81%) Project Management
18 91 (8.27%) SAP
18 91 (8.27%) QA
19 89 (8.08%) Public Sector
20 87 (7.90%) TypeScript
21 86 (7.81%) SQL
22 85 (7.72%) Security Cleared
23 84 (7.63%) Mentoring
24 82 (7.45%) SC Cleared
25 81 (7.36%) Degree
26 76 (6.90%) .NET
27 74 (6.72%) Test Automation
27 74 (6.72%) Analytics
28 72 (6.54%) Migration

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 56 (5.09%) Apache
2 54 (4.90%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (1.45%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.27%) Confluence
4 14 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (1.18%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.64%) CMS
7 6 (0.54%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.36%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.27%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.27%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.18%) JBoss
10 2 (0.18%) SAS
11 1 (0.091%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.091%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.091%) Camunda
11 1 (0.091%) IIS
11 1 (0.091%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.091%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 19 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.36%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.27%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.27%) SPSS
6 2 (0.18%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.091%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.091%) Sketch
7 1 (0.091%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.091%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 46 (4.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.91%) ION Anvil
4 8 (0.73%) Oracle General Ledger
4 8 (0.73%) Workday HCM
5 7 (0.64%) Shopify
6 6 (0.54%) ION MarketView
6 6 (0.54%) Oracle Assets
6 6 (0.54%) Oracle Payables
6 6 (0.54%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.45%) SAP EWM
8 4 (0.36%) Endur
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle AGIS
8 4 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
9 3 (0.27%) OpenText VIM for SAP
9 3 (0.27%) SAP BPC
9 3 (0.27%) SAP ERP
9 3 (0.27%) SAP MDG
10 2 (0.18%) Distributed Ledger
10 2 (0.18%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
Cloud Services
1 184 (16.71%) Azure
2 181 (16.44%) AWS
3 65 (5.90%) GCP
4 60 (5.45%) Snowflake
5 55 (5.00%) dbt
6 52 (4.72%) Azure DevOps
6 52 (4.72%) Dynamics 365
7 35 (3.18%) Power Platform
8 34 (3.09%) Serverless
9 29 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
10 25 (2.27%) Azure API Management
11 20 (1.82%) SaaS
12 19 (1.73%) Azure Logic Apps
13 18 (1.63%) Amazon S3
14 17 (1.54%) Microsoft 365
15 14 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
15 14 (1.27%) Entra ID
15 14 (1.27%) PowerApps
16 13 (1.18%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.91%) Firewall
2 8 (0.73%) FTP
2 8 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
3 7 (0.64%) 5G
3 7 (0.64%) WAN
4 6 (0.54%) DNS
5 5 (0.45%) SSL
5 5 (0.45%) VPN
6 4 (0.36%) LAN
6 4 (0.36%) Wireless
7 3 (0.27%) Broadband
7 3 (0.27%) DHCP
7 3 (0.27%) IP Telephony
7 3 (0.27%) NetScaler
7 3 (0.27%) Network Security
7 3 (0.27%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.18%) AMQP
8 2 (0.18%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.18%) SNA
8 2 (0.18%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (5.90%) Data Lake
2 56 (5.09%) Amazon Athena
3 50 (4.54%) Apache Arrow
4 49 (4.45%) Dremio
5 48 (4.36%) Apache Ignite
6 38 (3.45%) SQL Server
7 27 (2.45%) Power BI
8 24 (2.18%) Relational Database
9 23 (2.09%) Data Warehouse
10 19 (1.73%) PostgreSQL
11 16 (1.45%) Big Data
12 14 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
13 13 (1.18%) Amazon Redshift
13 13 (1.18%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (0.91%) NoSQL
15 9 (0.82%) Amazon RDS
16 8 (0.73%) MySQL
17 7 (0.64%) Power Query
18 6 (0.54%) DynamoDB
18 6 (0.54%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 48 (4.36%) Git
2 42 (3.81%) Jenkins
3 40 (3.63%) JIRA
4 14 (1.27%) Selenium
5 13 (1.18%) JMeter
6 11 (1.00%) GitLab
6 11 (1.00%) Postman
7 10 (0.91%) Bitbucket
7 10 (0.91%) LoadRunner
8 8 (0.73%) TeamCity
9 7 (0.64%) JUnit
9 7 (0.64%) webpack
10 6 (0.54%) Artifactory
10 6 (0.54%) NeoLoad
11 5 (0.45%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.45%) Katalon Studio
11 5 (0.45%) Maven
11 5 (0.45%) MLflow
11 5 (0.45%) Zephyr
12 4 (0.36%) LSMW
General
1 352 (31.97%) Finance
2 228 (20.71%) Social Skills
3 134 (12.17%) Banking
4 89 (8.08%) Public Sector
5 70 (6.36%) Investment Banking
6 65 (5.90%) Front Office
7 64 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
8 47 (4.27%) Marketing
8 47 (4.27%) Retail
9 31 (2.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 30 (2.72%) Back Office
11 25 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
13 17 (1.54%) Manufacturing
14 15 (1.36%) Legal
15 14 (1.27%) Law
16 12 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (0.91%) Local Government
17 10 (0.91%) Telecoms
18 8 (0.73%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (6.90%) .NET
2 50 (4.54%) Protocol Buffers
3 49 (4.45%) gRPC
3 49 (4.45%) Pandas
4 48 (4.36%) NumPy
4 48 (4.36%) SciPy
5 46 (4.18%) React
6 39 (3.54%) CSS
7 32 (2.91%) .NET Core
8 30 (2.72%) Kafka
9 29 (2.63%) HTML
10 28 (2.54%) Spring Boot
11 27 (2.45%) Spring
12 24 (2.18%) XML
13 22 (2.00%) Web Services
14 19 (1.73%) Node.js
15 18 (1.63%) AngularJS
16 17 (1.54%) REST
17 16 (1.45%) Elastic Stack
17 16 (1.45%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 66 (5.99%) Derivative
1 66 (5.99%) Fixed Income
2 57 (5.18%) Equities
3 56 (5.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 54 (4.90%) Hedge funds
5 41 (3.72%) Product Ownership
6 31 (2.82%) Data Protection Act
7 29 (2.63%) Onboarding
8 19 (1.73%) FMCG
9 16 (1.45%) Management Information System
10 14 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.00%) Algorithms
12 10 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
13 9 (0.82%) Data Centre
13 9 (0.82%) Data Structures
14 8 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
15 5 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
15 5 (0.45%) Blockchain
15 5 (0.45%) Public Cloud
15 5 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (3.54%) Linux
2 28 (2.54%) Windows
3 27 (2.45%) Android
3 27 (2.45%) Apple iOS
4 20 (1.82%) Unix
5 8 (0.73%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.54%) CentOS
6 6 (0.54%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.27%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.18%) VMS
9 1 (0.091%) AIX
9 1 (0.091%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (27.88%) Agile
2 159 (14.44%) DevOps
3 124 (11.26%) Software Engineering
4 123 (11.17%) CI/CD
5 108 (9.81%) Stakeholder Management
6 107 (9.72%) Problem-Solving
7 97 (8.81%) Project Management
8 84 (7.63%) Mentoring
9 74 (6.72%) Analytics
9 74 (6.72%) Test Automation
10 72 (6.54%) Migration
11 66 (5.99%) Roadmaps
12 62 (5.63%) Asset Management
12 62 (5.63%) Scrum
13 60 (5.45%) Test Strategy
14 58 (5.27%) Continuous Improvement
15 55 (5.00%) Technical Leadership
16 52 (4.72%) Project Delivery
16 52 (4.72%) TDD
17 50 (4.54%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 168 (15.26%) Python
2 153 (13.90%) Java
3 110 (9.99%) JavaScript
4 100 (9.08%) C#
5 87 (7.90%) TypeScript
6 86 (7.81%) SQL
7 18 (1.63%) PowerShell
7 18 (1.63%) Scala
8 16 (1.45%) Bicep
9 14 (1.27%) Bash
10 9 (0.82%) C
10 9 (0.82%) Go
10 9 (0.82%) Shell Script
10 9 (0.82%) Swift
10 9 (0.82%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.73%) C++
11 8 (0.73%) Ruby
12 7 (0.64%) Groovy
13 5 (0.45%) Rust
14 4 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 85 (7.72%) Security Cleared
2 82 (7.45%) SC Cleared
3 81 (7.36%) Degree
4 33 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.63%) Master's Degree
6 16 (1.45%) CISSP
7 11 (1.00%) DV Cleared
8 9 (0.82%) PMI Certification
8 9 (0.82%) PMP
9 8 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.64%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.54%) Azure Certification
11 6 (0.54%) ISEB
11 6 (0.54%) SAP Certification
12 5 (0.45%) CISM
12 5 (0.45%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (0.36%) CIMA
13 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (8.27%) QA
2 44 (4.00%) Data Quality
3 38 (3.45%) PMO
4 13 (1.18%) NIST
5 12 (1.09%) Accessibility
6 10 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (0.91%) SLA
7 9 (0.82%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.45%) GRC
9 4 (0.36%) GAAP
9 4 (0.36%) GDPR
9 4 (0.36%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.36%) WCAG
10 3 (0.27%) P3O
11 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 2 (0.18%) MiFID
12 1 (0.091%) EMIR
12 1 (0.091%) GMP
12 1 (0.091%) GxP
12 1 (0.091%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 33 (3.00%) Docker
2 24 (2.18%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
5 4 (0.36%) VMware NSX
6 3 (0.27%) Firmware
6 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.27%) XenApp
6 3 (0.27%) XenDesktop
7 2 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.18%) vSphere
8 1 (0.091%) Ceph
8 1 (0.091%) NFS
Systems Management
1 48 (4.36%) Kubernetes
2 40 (3.63%) Terraform
3 25 (2.27%) Ansible
4 12 (1.09%) Grafana
5 10 (0.91%) Kibana
6 9 (0.82%) logstash
7 8 (0.73%) Prometheus
8 6 (0.54%) Puppet
9 5 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
9 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
10 3 (0.27%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.18%) Argo
11 2 (0.18%) PingFederate
11 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.18%) SCCM
11 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.18%) vRealize
12 1 (0.091%) Ganglia
12 1 (0.091%) SCOM
12 1 (0.091%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 117 (10.63%) Microsoft
2 91 (8.27%) SAP
3 37 (3.36%) Oracle
4 32 (2.91%) Databricks
5 28 (2.54%) Salesforce
6 15 (1.36%) Google
7 14 (1.27%) Workday
8 11 (1.00%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.00%) Virgin Media
9 10 (0.91%) ION Trading
10 9 (0.82%) Splunk
11 8 (0.73%) Pega
11 8 (0.73%) VMware
11 8 (0.73%) Yardi
12 7 (0.64%) Adobe
12 7 (0.64%) Atlassian
12 7 (0.64%) Bloomberg
12 7 (0.64%) Cadence
12 7 (0.64%) Informatica
13 6 (0.54%) Cisco