Lead Contracts in Kent

Leader
South East > Kent

The median Leader daily rate in Kent is £488, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 30 39
Rank change year-on-year +12 +9 -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 8 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Kent 3.57% 1.82% 1.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.90% 1.83% 1.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £466 - -
25th Percentile £472 - £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -7.41% -
75th Percentile £502 - £647
90th Percentile £516 - £664
South East median daily rate £560 £575 £540
% change year-on-year -2.61% +6.48% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £66.74 -
South East median hourly rate £27.37 £57.99 £35.00
% change year-on-year -52.81% +65.69% -18.13%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 205 218 288
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.52% 99.09% 97.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 175 250
10th Percentile £163 £149 £170
25th Percentile £205 £203 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £350 £459
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -23.71% +31.54%
75th Percentile £525 £488 £588
90th Percentile £600 £624 £659
South East median daily rate £508 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +1.60% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 8 7
10th Percentile £12.34 £51.45 £16.98
25th Percentile £12.88 £55.68 £18.03
Median hourly rate £66.74 £57.12 £22.10
Median % change year-on-year +16.85% +158.44% -42.01%
75th Percentile £75.16 £69.85 £29.00
90th Percentile £82.43 £79.19 £33.64
South East median hourly rate £48.70 £50.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -2.60% +138.10% -16.00%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Kent

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in Kent

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Kent

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in Kent

Lead
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Kent region over the 6 months to 29 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
Chatham - 2 £488 - 2
Maidstone - 2 - - 1
Stansted - 1 - -
Lead
South East

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Kent region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Incident Management
2 3 (37.50%) Problem Management
2 3 (37.50%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) ServiceNow
2 3 (37.50%) Process Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
3 2 (25.00%) Databricks
3 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 2 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) Azure
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle
4 1 (12.50%) SOAP
4 1 (12.50%) CCTV
4 1 (12.50%) JIRA
4 1 (12.50%) Selenium
4 1 (12.50%) Windows
4 1 (12.50%) ERP
4 1 (12.50%) CAD
4 1 (12.50%) Service Management
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (12.50%) Cucumber
4 1 (12.50%) REST

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Cucumber
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
1 1 (12.50%) Selenium
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (12.50%) REST
1 1 (12.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Change Management
1 3 (37.50%) Incident Management
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
1 3 (37.50%) Problem Management
1 3 (37.50%) Process Improvement
1 3 (37.50%) Root Cause Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 2 (25.00%) DevOps
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (12.50%) Supplier Management
3 1 (12.50%) Test Automation
3 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
3 1 (12.50%) Test Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) ServiceNow
2 2 (25.00%) Databricks
3 1 (12.50%) Openreach
3 1 (12.50%) Oracle