Lead Contracts in London

Leader
England > London

The median Leader daily rate in London is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 33 39
Rank change year-on-year +4 +6 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 1,088 1,571 2,400
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 6.23% 6.04% 6.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.66% 6.34% 6.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 757 1,111 1,705
10th Percentile £425 £450 £450
25th Percentile £513 £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £625
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +9.65%
75th Percentile £745 £726 £725
90th Percentile £875 £813 £813
England median daily rate £588 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -2.08% +4.35% +6.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 15
10th Percentile - £24.18 £21.00
25th Percentile £35.00 £35.00 £24.88
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.00 £47.30
Median % change year-on-year +1.35% -21.78% +54.07%
75th Percentile £62.19 £51.19 £70.83
90th Percentile £71.88 £53.32 £77.25
England median hourly rate £61.01 £55.00 £40.01
% change year-on-year +10.93% +37.47% +50.13%

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 16,330 24,760 37,101
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 95.17% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,815 17,998 27,187
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £443 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 281 441
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.07 £22.50 £23.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +13.45%
75th Percentile £46.05 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.32 £82.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.18 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -16.94% +94.63% +5.80%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 May 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 0 125 £638 -1.92% 76
West London +9 27 £575 -8.00% 34
South London +6 16 £555 -1.33% 13
East London +2 10 £563 -20.77% 153
North London +3 4 £375 -37.50% 13
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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.

1 337 (30.97%) Finance
2 289 (26.56%) Agile
3 222 (20.40%) Social Skills
4 183 (16.82%) Azure
5 175 (16.08%) AWS
6 158 (14.52%) DevOps
7 153 (14.06%) Python
8 137 (12.59%) Java
9 122 (11.21%) Banking
10 116 (10.66%) CI/CD
11 115 (10.57%) Microsoft
12 108 (9.93%) Software Engineering
13 107 (9.83%) Problem-Solving
14 104 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
15 100 (9.19%) Project Management
16 99 (9.10%) JavaScript
17 94 (8.64%) SAP
18 92 (8.46%) Security Cleared
19 91 (8.36%) C#
20 90 (8.27%) QA
21 88 (8.09%) Public Sector
22 86 (7.90%) SQL
23 85 (7.81%) SC Cleared
24 77 (7.08%) TypeScript
25 76 (6.99%) Mentoring
25 76 (6.99%) Migration
26 73 (6.71%) Degree
27 72 (6.62%) Test Automation
28 69 (6.34%) .NET
29 64 (5.88%) Analytics

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 49 (4.50%) Apache
2 45 (4.14%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (1.47%) SharePoint
4 14 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.10%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.10%) Confluence
6 8 (0.74%) CMS
7 6 (0.55%) OpenStack
8 4 (0.37%) WebSphere
9 3 (0.28%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.28%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.18%) JBoss
10 2 (0.18%) SAS
11 1 (0.092%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.092%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.092%) IIS
11 1 (0.092%) Mule
11 1 (0.092%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.092%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 21 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.37%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.28%) SPSS
6 2 (0.18%) Acrobat
6 2 (0.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.092%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.092%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.092%) Sketch
7 1 (0.092%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.092%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 52 (4.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.92%) ION Anvil
4 9 (0.83%) Oracle General Ledger
5 8 (0.74%) Workday HCM
6 7 (0.64%) Oracle Assets
6 7 (0.64%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.64%) Shopify
7 6 (0.55%) ION MarketView
7 6 (0.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 6 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
8 5 (0.46%) Oracle AGIS
9 4 (0.37%) Endur
9 4 (0.37%) Oracle Cash Management
9 4 (0.37%) SAP ERP
10 3 (0.28%) OpenText VIM for SAP
10 3 (0.28%) Orchestrade
10 3 (0.28%) SAP EWM
10 3 (0.28%) SAP MDG
11 2 (0.18%) SAP Forecasting and Replenishment
Cloud Services
1 183 (16.82%) Azure
2 175 (16.08%) AWS
3 57 (5.24%) GCP
4 55 (5.06%) Azure DevOps
5 51 (4.69%) Dynamics 365
5 51 (4.69%) Snowflake
6 46 (4.23%) dbt
7 35 (3.22%) Power Platform
7 35 (3.22%) Serverless
8 30 (2.76%) AWS Lambda
9 25 (2.30%) Azure API Management
10 21 (1.93%) SaaS
11 20 (1.84%) Azure Logic Apps
12 18 (1.65%) Amazon S3
12 18 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
13 16 (1.47%) Entra ID
14 15 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
14 15 (1.38%) Azure Monitor
15 14 (1.29%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 14 (1.29%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.19%) Firewall
2 9 (0.83%) WAN
3 8 (0.74%) FTP
3 8 (0.74%) VPN
3 8 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (0.64%) 5G
5 6 (0.55%) LAN
5 6 (0.55%) Wireless
6 5 (0.46%) SSL
7 3 (0.28%) Broadband
7 3 (0.28%) DNS
7 3 (0.28%) IP Telephony
7 3 (0.28%) Network Security
7 3 (0.28%) Software-Defined Networking
8 2 (0.18%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.18%) SNA
8 2 (0.18%) VSAN
9 1 (0.092%) Internet
9 1 (0.092%) Intranet
9 1 (0.092%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (5.15%) Data Lake
2 47 (4.32%) Amazon Athena
3 40 (3.68%) Apache Arrow
3 40 (3.68%) Dremio
4 39 (3.58%) Apache Ignite
5 36 (3.31%) SQL Server
6 27 (2.48%) Power BI
7 24 (2.21%) Relational Database
8 21 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
9 17 (1.56%) Big Data
10 15 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
11 14 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
11 14 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
12 11 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
13 10 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
14 8 (0.74%) MySQL
14 8 (0.74%) NoSQL
15 7 (0.64%) Power Query
16 6 (0.55%) DynamoDB
17 5 (0.46%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 52 (4.78%) Git
2 45 (4.14%) Jenkins
3 38 (3.49%) JIRA
4 14 (1.29%) Selenium
5 11 (1.01%) Postman
6 10 (0.92%) GitLab
6 10 (0.92%) JMeter
7 9 (0.83%) LoadRunner
8 7 (0.64%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.64%) JUnit
8 7 (0.64%) TeamCity
8 7 (0.64%) webpack
9 6 (0.55%) NeoLoad
10 5 (0.46%) Artifactory
10 5 (0.46%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.46%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.46%) Katalon Studio
10 5 (0.46%) Maven
10 5 (0.46%) MLflow
11 4 (0.37%) LSMW
General
1 337 (30.97%) Finance
2 222 (20.40%) Social Skills
3 122 (11.21%) Banking
4 88 (8.09%) Public Sector
5 63 (5.79%) Investment Banking
6 59 (5.42%) Analytical Skills
6 59 (5.42%) Front Office
7 42 (3.86%) Marketing
7 42 (3.86%) Retail
8 29 (2.67%) Back Office
9 27 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (1.65%) Law
11 18 (1.65%) Legal
12 17 (1.56%) Manufacturing
13 12 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (0.92%) Telecoms
15 9 (0.83%) Games
16 8 (0.74%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (6.34%) .NET
2 46 (4.23%) React
3 41 (3.77%) Protocol Buffers
4 40 (3.68%) gRPC
4 40 (3.68%) Pandas
5 39 (3.58%) NumPy
5 39 (3.58%) SciPy
6 33 (3.03%) CSS
7 31 (2.85%) .NET Core
8 28 (2.57%) Kafka
9 27 (2.48%) Spring Boot
10 26 (2.39%) Spring
11 24 (2.21%) XML
12 23 (2.11%) HTML
13 20 (1.84%) Node.js
13 20 (1.84%) Web Services
14 18 (1.65%) AngularJS
15 16 (1.47%) REST
16 15 (1.38%) Elastic Stack
17 12 (1.10%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 57 (5.24%) Derivative
1 57 (5.24%) Fixed Income
2 51 (4.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 48 (4.41%) Equities
4 45 (4.14%) Hedge funds
5 40 (3.68%) Product Ownership
6 32 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
7 29 (2.67%) Onboarding
8 16 (1.47%) Management Information System
9 15 (1.38%) FMCG
10 10 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
11 9 (0.83%) Data Centre
12 8 (0.74%) Algorithms
12 8 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (0.64%) Data Structures
13 7 (0.64%) PMI
14 6 (0.55%) Blockchain
14 6 (0.55%) Public Cloud
15 5 (0.46%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 39 (3.58%) Linux
2 24 (2.21%) Windows
3 22 (2.02%) Android
3 22 (2.02%) Apple iOS
4 20 (1.84%) Unix
5 8 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.55%) CentOS
7 3 (0.28%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.28%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.18%) VMS
9 1 (0.092%) AIX
9 1 (0.092%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (26.56%) Agile
2 158 (14.52%) DevOps
3 116 (10.66%) CI/CD
4 108 (9.93%) Software Engineering
5 107 (9.83%) Problem-Solving
6 104 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 100 (9.19%) Project Management
8 76 (6.99%) Mentoring
8 76 (6.99%) Migration
9 72 (6.62%) Test Automation
10 64 (5.88%) Analytics
11 63 (5.79%) Continuous Improvement
12 61 (5.61%) Test Strategy
13 59 (5.42%) Roadmaps
14 57 (5.24%) Scrum
15 54 (4.96%) Data Protection
16 52 (4.78%) Technical Leadership
17 51 (4.69%) Asset Management
17 51 (4.69%) Project Delivery
17 51 (4.69%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 153 (14.06%) Python
2 137 (12.59%) Java
3 99 (9.10%) JavaScript
4 91 (8.36%) C#
5 86 (7.90%) SQL
6 77 (7.08%) TypeScript
7 18 (1.65%) Bicep
8 17 (1.56%) Scala
9 16 (1.47%) PowerShell
10 13 (1.19%) Bash
11 10 (0.92%) C
12 9 (0.83%) Shell Script
12 9 (0.83%) T-SQL
13 8 (0.74%) C++
13 8 (0.74%) Ruby
13 8 (0.74%) Swift
14 5 (0.46%) Go
14 5 (0.46%) Rust
15 4 (0.37%) Groovy
15 4 (0.37%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 92 (8.46%) Security Cleared
2 85 (7.81%) SC Cleared
3 73 (6.71%) Degree
4 28 (2.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (2.11%) Master's Degree
6 20 (1.84%) CISSP
7 12 (1.10%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.10%) PMI Certification
8 9 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (0.83%) PMP
9 8 (0.74%) CISM
9 8 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (0.64%) AWS Certification
11 6 (0.55%) ISEB
12 5 (0.46%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.46%) ISTQB
12 5 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.46%) SAP Certification
13 4 (0.37%) CIMA
14 3 (0.28%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 90 (8.27%) QA
2 39 (3.58%) PMO
3 37 (3.40%) Data Quality
4 15 (1.38%) NIST
5 12 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.01%) Accessibility
6 11 (1.01%) SLA
7 10 (0.92%) GDPR
8 9 (0.83%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.74%) GRC
10 4 (0.37%) GAAP
10 4 (0.37%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.28%) COBIT
11 3 (0.28%) P3O
11 3 (0.28%) WCAG
12 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
12 2 (0.18%) MiFID
13 1 (0.092%) EMIR
13 1 (0.092%) GxP
13 1 (0.092%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 33 (3.03%) Docker
2 25 (2.30%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.37%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.28%) Firmware
5 3 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.18%) vSphere
7 1 (0.092%) Ceph
7 1 (0.092%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.092%) NFS
Systems Management
1 45 (4.14%) Kubernetes
2 40 (3.68%) Terraform
3 23 (2.11%) Ansible
4 12 (1.10%) Grafana
5 10 (0.92%) Kibana
6 9 (0.83%) logstash
7 8 (0.74%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.46%) Docker Swarm
8 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.37%) Puppet
9 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.28%) Argo
10 3 (0.28%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.18%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.18%) Packer
11 2 (0.18%) PingFederate
11 2 (0.18%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.18%) SCCM
11 2 (0.18%) vRealize
12 1 (0.092%) SCOM
Vendors
1 115 (10.57%) Microsoft
2 94 (8.64%) SAP
3 39 (3.58%) Oracle
4 31 (2.85%) Databricks
5 22 (2.02%) Salesforce
6 15 (1.38%) Google
7 13 (1.19%) Workday
8 12 (1.10%) ServiceNow
8 12 (1.10%) Virgin Media
9 10 (0.92%) ION Trading
10 9 (0.83%) Murex
10 9 (0.83%) Splunk
11 8 (0.74%) Cisco
11 8 (0.74%) Yardi
12 7 (0.64%) Adobe
12 7 (0.64%) Pega
13 6 (0.55%) CA Agile Central
13 6 (0.55%) Informatica
13 6 (0.55%) Red Hat
13 6 (0.55%) Sitecore