Lead Contracts in Sheffield

Leader
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Leader daily rate in Sheffield is £535, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 November 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
19 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 24 20
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 +12
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 25 27 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield 6.44% 7.71% 9.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.31% 8.54% 10.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 12 38
10th Percentile £481 £393 £478
25th Percentile £519 £550 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £651 £605
Median % change year-on-year -17.77% +7.54% -12.32%
75th Percentile £694 £720 £715
90th Percentile £775 £1,332 -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £535 £650 £600
% change year-on-year -17.77% +8.33% -9.43%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 342 316 502
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.14% 90.29% 91.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 208 365
10th Percentile £255 £350 £367
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £534 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £590 £635 £619
90th Percentile £650 £720 £700
South Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £550 £505
% change year-on-year -4.55% +9.02% +18.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 8
10th Percentile £13.14 £14.15 £10.41
25th Percentile £15.22 £16.95 £11.81
Median hourly rate £20.00 £19.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +2.63% +35.71%
75th Percentile £21.50 £22.81 £22.13
90th Percentile - £27.88 £30.00
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +35.71%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Sheffield

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Daily rate trend for Lead in Sheffield

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in Sheffield

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in Sheffield over the 6 months to 19 November 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in Sheffield

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

Hourly rate trend for Lead in Sheffield

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

For the 6 months to 19 November 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 Sheffield region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 16 (64.00%) Finance
2 13 (52.00%) Banking
3 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 9 (36.00%) Change Management
5 8 (32.00%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (32.00%) Analytical Thinking
5 8 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (28.00%) Decision-Making
7 6 (24.00%) Critical Thinking
7 6 (24.00%) Mentoring
8 5 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
8 5 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
8 5 (20.00%) Blog
8 5 (20.00%) Confluence
8 5 (20.00%) Risk Management
8 5 (20.00%) Data Management
8 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
8 5 (20.00%) SharePoint
8 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
9 4 (16.00%) CICS
9 4 (16.00%) Mainframe
9 4 (16.00%) DB2
9 4 (16.00%) IBM
9 4 (16.00%) COBOL
9 4 (16.00%) Retail
9 4 (16.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
9 4 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
9 4 (16.00%) Product Strategy
9 4 (16.00%) Customer-Centricity
9 4 (16.00%) Influencing Skills

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 5 (20.00%) Confluence
1 5 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (16.00%) CICS
Applications
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Azure
2 1 (4.00%) AWS
2 1 (4.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (4.00%) Firewall
1 1 (4.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) DB2
2 1 (4.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (4.00%) JIRA
1 1 (4.00%) Katalon Studio
General
1 16 (64.00%) Finance
2 13 (52.00%) Banking
3 10 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 8 (32.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (16.00%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (16.00%) Retail
6 3 (12.00%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (4.00%) Financial Institution
7 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (4.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) CSS
1 1 (4.00%) Dask
1 1 (4.00%) Django
1 1 (4.00%) Flask
1 1 (4.00%) HTML
1 1 (4.00%) Middleware
1 1 (4.00%) NLTK
1 1 (4.00%) NumPy
1 1 (4.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (4.00%) Pandas
1 1 (4.00%) Pyramid
1 1 (4.00%) PyTorch
1 1 (4.00%) scikit-learn
1 1 (4.00%) SciPy
1 1 (4.00%) SpaCy
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.00%) Blog
2 4 (16.00%) Mainframe
3 3 (12.00%) PMI
4 1 (4.00%) Algorithms
4 1 (4.00%) Clustering
4 1 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (4.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Linux
1 1 (4.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (4.00%) Unix
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
1 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Change Management
2 8 (32.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 8 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (28.00%) Decision-Making
4 6 (24.00%) Critical Thinking
4 6 (24.00%) Mentoring
5 5 (20.00%) Continuous Delivery
5 5 (20.00%) Data Management
5 5 (20.00%) Identity Access Management
5 5 (20.00%) Risk Management
6 4 (16.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
6 4 (16.00%) Customer-Centricity
6 4 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (16.00%) Product Strategy
7 3 (12.00%) Fintech
7 3 (12.00%) Portfolio Management
7 3 (12.00%) SDLC
7 3 (12.00%) Software Testing
7 3 (12.00%) Test Automation
7 3 (12.00%) Vulnerability Remediation
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) COBOL
2 3 (12.00%) SQL
3 2 (8.00%) Python
4 1 (4.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (4.00%) CCNA
2 1 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (4.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (4.00%) MCSE
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Certified Master
2 1 (4.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) PMO
2 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Control-M
1 1 (4.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (16.00%) IBM
3 1 (4.00%) Cisco
3 1 (4.00%) Google
3 1 (4.00%) Oracle
3 1 (4.00%) VMware