Lead Contracts in the Thames Valley

Leader
South East > Thames Valley

The median Leader daily rate in the Thames Valley is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 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
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 38 34 27
Rank change year-on-year -4 -7 -8
Contract jobs requiring a Lead 130 170 240
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 4.85% 5.91% 6.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.23% 6.26% 7.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 124 150
10th Percentile £322 £368 £375
25th Percentile £449 £464 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £513
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +12.20% +7.89%
75th Percentile £606 £652 £600
90th Percentile £654 £709 £675
South East median daily rate £550 £575 £540
% change year-on-year -4.35% +6.48% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £63.27 - -
25th Percentile £64.42 £53.50 £77.50
Median hourly rate £67.59 £55.00 £80.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.89% -31.25% +153.97%
75th Percentile £69.51 £56.50 £82.50
90th Percentile £69.91 - -
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £57.99 £35.00
% change year-on-year -51.72% +65.69% +7.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,488 2,714 3,418
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.33% 96.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,389 1,845 2,343
10th Percentile £213 £300 £211
25th Percentile £375 £400 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 79 97
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £21.33 £13.00
Median hourly rate £48.18 £50.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +185.71% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £71.80 £23.75
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £64.29
South East median hourly rate £50.00 £52.50 £21.00
% change year-on-year -4.76% +150.00% -13.93%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the Thames Valley

Lead
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Lead in the Thames Valley

Lead
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Lead in the Thames Valley

Lead
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Lead in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Lead in the Thames Valley

Lead
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 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
Berkshire -1 104 £575 - 52
Oxfordshire +11 13 £450 - 19
Buckinghamshire -7 13 £550 +2.33% 18
Lead
South East

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 12 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 Thames Valley region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 29 (22.31%) Decision-Making
2 28 (21.54%) Finance
2 28 (21.54%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 23 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (16.15%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (16.15%) Degree
5 21 (16.15%) Analytics
6 20 (15.38%) Alteryx
6 20 (15.38%) Security Cleared
6 20 (15.38%) Tableau
6 20 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
6 20 (15.38%) Snowflake
7 18 (13.85%) Agile
7 18 (13.85%) Project Management
8 17 (13.08%) Azure
9 16 (12.31%) Legal
10 14 (10.77%) DV Cleared
10 14 (10.77%) Credit Risk
10 14 (10.77%) Dashboard Development
11 13 (10.00%) Coaching
11 13 (10.00%) DevOps
11 13 (10.00%) Node.js
11 13 (10.00%) Microsoft
12 12 (9.23%) Public Sector
12 12 (9.23%) Project Delivery
13 11 (8.46%) Telecoms
13 11 (8.46%) JavaScript
14 10 (7.69%) Workflow

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (0.77%) SAS
Applications
1 10 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (3.08%) Adobe After Effects
3 4 (3.08%) Adobe Premiere
3 4 (3.08%) CINEMA 4D
4 2 (1.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (4.62%) SAP MDG
2 1 (0.77%) Maximo
2 1 (0.77%) Primavera
2 1 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.77%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 20 (15.38%) Snowflake
2 17 (13.08%) Azure
3 7 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.62%) AWS
4 6 (4.62%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (3.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 5 (3.85%) Azure Key Vault
6 4 (3.08%) Azure Cognitive Search
6 4 (3.08%) Azure Logic Apps
6 4 (3.08%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (3.08%) IaaS
6 4 (3.08%) PaaS
6 4 (3.08%) SaaS
7 3 (2.31%) Azure API Management
7 3 (2.31%) Azure Event Grid
7 3 (2.31%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.54%) NuGet
8 2 (1.54%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.54%) SuccessFactors
9 1 (0.77%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.85%) Network Security
2 4 (3.08%) VoIP
3 3 (2.31%) LAN
3 3 (2.31%) VPN
3 3 (2.31%) WAN
4 2 (1.54%) Firewall
5 1 (0.77%) 5G
5 1 (0.77%) Internet
5 1 (0.77%) NAS
5 1 (0.77%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (15.38%) Tableau
2 2 (1.54%) Power BI
3 1 (0.77%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.77%) Redis
3 1 (0.77%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (2.31%) Cypress.io
1 3 (2.31%) Selenium
1 3 (2.31%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.54%) Git
3 1 (0.77%) JIRA
3 1 (0.77%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.77%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.77%) Terragrunt
3 1 (0.77%) TestRail
General
1 28 (21.54%) Analytical Skills
1 28 (21.54%) Finance
2 26 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 16 (12.31%) Legal
4 12 (9.23%) Public Sector
5 11 (8.46%) Telecoms
6 8 (6.15%) Marketing
7 7 (5.38%) Billing
8 3 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.31%) Retail
9 2 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.54%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.77%) Automotive
10 1 (0.77%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.77%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.00%) Node.js
2 8 (6.15%) React
3 7 (5.38%) React Native
4 6 (4.62%) .NET
4 6 (4.62%) AngularJS
5 4 (3.08%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (3.08%) Visualforce
6 3 (2.31%) Web Services
7 2 (1.54%) ATL
7 2 (1.54%) CSS
7 2 (1.54%) GraphQL
7 2 (1.54%) HTML
7 2 (1.54%) Playwright
8 1 (0.77%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.77%) Credit Risk
2 5 (3.85%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (3.08%) Motion Graphics
3 4 (3.08%) Video Editing
4 3 (2.31%) Animation
4 3 (2.31%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.31%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.54%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.54%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.54%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.54%) PMI
6 1 (0.77%) CSOC
6 1 (0.77%) Cyberattack
6 1 (0.77%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.77%) Life Science
6 1 (0.77%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.77%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.62%) Windows
2 4 (3.08%) Android
2 4 (3.08%) Apple iOS
2 4 (3.08%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.77%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (22.31%) Decision-Making
2 23 (17.69%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (16.15%) Analytics
3 21 (16.15%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
4 20 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (13.85%) Agile
5 18 (13.85%) Project Management
6 14 (10.77%) Dashboard Development
7 13 (10.00%) Coaching
7 13 (10.00%) DevOps
8 12 (9.23%) Project Delivery
9 10 (7.69%) Programme Management
9 10 (7.69%) Workflow
10 9 (6.92%) Customer Experience
10 9 (6.92%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (6.92%) Software Engineering
11 8 (6.15%) Mathematics
11 8 (6.15%) Migration
11 8 (6.15%) Performance Analysis
Programming Languages
1 11 (8.46%) JavaScript
2 6 (4.62%) SQL
3 5 (3.85%) C#
3 5 (3.85%) Java
3 5 (3.85%) PHP
4 4 (3.08%) Python
5 3 (2.31%) Ruby
6 2 (1.54%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.77%) C
Qualifications
1 21 (16.15%) Degree
2 20 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 14 (10.77%) DV Cleared
4 6 (4.62%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.31%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.54%) PgMP
6 2 (1.54%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.77%) APMG
7 1 (0.77%) ISACA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.15%) PMO
2 5 (3.85%) GDPR
2 5 (3.85%) QA
3 4 (3.08%) Data Quality
4 3 (2.31%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.54%) COBIT
5 2 (1.54%) NIST
6 1 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.77%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.08%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.31%) Docker
2 3 (2.31%) Hyper-V
2 3 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (2.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.77%) Firmware
3 1 (0.77%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.31%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.77%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.77%) SCCM
2 1 (0.77%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (15.38%) Alteryx
2 13 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 9 (6.92%) SAP
4 5 (3.85%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.08%) Apple
5 4 (3.08%) Informatica
5 4 (3.08%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.31%) Cisco
6 3 (2.31%) CrowdStrike
6 3 (2.31%) Facebook
6 3 (2.31%) Instagram
6 3 (2.31%) Splunk
6 3 (2.31%) VMware
7 2 (1.54%) Adobe
7 2 (1.54%) Citrix
7 2 (1.54%) Juniper
8 1 (0.77%) Cadence
8 1 (0.77%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.77%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.77%) Proofpoint