Technical Leadership Contracts in the South East

Technical Leadership
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for Technical Leadership skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Technical Leadership over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 145 174
Rank change year-on-year +68 +29 -51
Contract jobs citing Technical Leadership 138 81 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.50% 1.39% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% 1.55% 1.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 54 66
10th Percentile £459 £472 £439
25th Percentile £488 £536 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £541
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +15.47% +10.46%
75th Percentile £675 £734 £644
90th Percentile £725 £820 £678
England median daily rate £600 £646 £600
% change year-on-year -7.12% +7.67% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 4
10th Percentile - £60.80 £39.55
25th Percentile - £61.00 £53.50
Median hourly rate £18.00 £66.69 £63.00
Median % change year-on-year -73.01% +5.85% +93.85%
75th Percentile £29.13 £80.25 £66.06
90th Percentile £35.80 £80.40 £68.43
England median hourly rate £18.47 £62.00 £75.00
% change year-on-year -70.22% -17.33% +87.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Technical Leadership is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,689 5,214 6,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.87% 89.45% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,728 3,619 4,703
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 218 287
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.37 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.49 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -13.46%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.67
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.85 £62.59
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Technical Leadership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leadership in the South East

Technical Leadership
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Leadership in the South East.

Daily rate trend for Technical Leadership in the South East

Technical Leadership
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Leadership in the South East

Technical Leadership
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Leadership in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Leadership in the South East

Technical Leadership
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Leadership in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Leadership in the South East

Technical Leadership
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leadership within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Thames Valley +44 67 £613 +11.36% 22
Berkshire +21 58 £650 +18.18% 12
Hampshire +27 47 £625 - 15
Surrey +10 14 £525 -16.00% 7
West Sussex +12 9 £475 -26.92% 4
Buckinghamshire - 9 £550 - 3
Kent +1 1 £800 +33.33% 3
Technical Leadership
England

Technical Leadership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (4.35%) Confluence
2 2 (1.45%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 33 (23.91%) Azure
2 28 (20.29%) AWS
3 10 (7.25%) OpenShift
4 8 (5.80%) GCP
5 4 (2.90%) PaaS
5 4 (2.90%) Serverless
6 3 (2.17%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.45%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.72%) AWS CloudTrail
8 1 (0.72%) AWS Direct Connect
8 1 (0.72%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.72%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.72%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.72%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.72%) Datadog
8 1 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.72%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 26 (18.84%) BGP
1 26 (18.84%) WAN
2 24 (17.39%) SSL
3 23 (16.67%) Cisco Firepower
4 22 (15.94%) MPLS
5 8 (5.80%) Radio Access Network
6 7 (5.07%) 5G
6 7 (5.07%) VPN
6 7 (5.07%) VSAN
7 6 (4.35%) 3G
7 6 (4.35%) 4G
8 5 (3.62%) Firewall
9 4 (2.90%) LAN
9 4 (2.90%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (2.17%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (2.17%) IOS XR
10 3 (2.17%) Junos
11 2 (1.45%) DHCP
11 2 (1.45%) DNS
12 1 (0.72%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.35%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.17%) Relational Database
3 2 (1.45%) Amazon Aurora
3 2 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
3 2 (1.45%) Big Data
3 2 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.72%) Metadata
4 1 (0.72%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (0.72%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (20.29%) Jenkins
2 27 (19.57%) Selenium
3 25 (18.12%) Cucumber
3 25 (18.12%) SonarQube
4 24 (17.39%) REST Assured
5 20 (14.49%) JIRA
6 15 (10.87%) GitLab
7 8 (5.80%) Rational DOORS
8 4 (2.90%) Git
9 3 (2.17%) Bitbucket
10 2 (1.45%) JMeter
11 1 (0.72%) Maven
11 1 (0.72%) Visual Studio
General
1 58 (42.03%) Social Skills
2 42 (30.43%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (23.91%) Finance
4 20 (14.49%) Law
5 13 (9.42%) Police
6 8 (5.80%) Marketing
6 8 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (5.07%) Telecoms
8 6 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (4.35%) Public Sector
9 3 (2.17%) Automotive
10 2 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.45%) Military
11 1 (0.72%) Advertising
11 1 (0.72%) Banking
11 1 (0.72%) French Language
11 1 (0.72%) Legal
11 1 (0.72%) Local Government
11 1 (0.72%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 38 (27.54%) Architect
2 35 (25.36%) Senior
3 25 (18.12%) Network Architect
4 17 (12.32%) Java Engineer
5 11 (7.97%) Lead
6 8 (5.80%) Integration Engineer
6 8 (5.80%) Java Architect
6 8 (5.80%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 8 (5.80%) Software Engineer
6 8 (5.80%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (5.80%) Systems Engineer
7 7 (5.07%) Performance Specialist
7 7 (5.07%) Technical Leader
7 7 (5.07%) VMware Expert
8 6 (4.35%) Consultant
8 6 (4.35%) DOORS Engineer
8 6 (4.35%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
8 6 (4.35%) Senior Architect
8 6 (4.35%) Senior Integration Engineer
8 6 (4.35%) Systems Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (21.74%) REST
2 25 (18.12%) Java EE
3 13 (9.42%) ARM Templates
4 5 (3.62%) RESTful
5 4 (2.90%) .NET
5 4 (2.90%) JSON
6 3 (2.17%) Django
6 3 (2.17%) YANG
7 2 (1.45%) .NET Core
7 2 (1.45%) AngularJS
7 2 (1.45%) GraphQL
7 2 (1.45%) Kafka
7 2 (1.45%) React
8 1 (0.72%) HTML
8 1 (0.72%) LDAP
8 1 (0.72%) Node.js
8 1 (0.72%) OAuth
8 1 (0.72%) OpenID
8 1 (0.72%) SOAP
8 1 (0.72%) SQLAlchemy
Miscellaneous
1 11 (7.97%) Product Ownership
2 9 (6.52%) Public Cloud
3 8 (5.80%) Cloud Native
4 7 (5.07%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.17%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.17%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (2.17%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (2.17%) Private Cloud
6 2 (1.45%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.45%) PKI
6 2 (1.45%) Robotics
7 1 (0.72%) CCTV
7 1 (0.72%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.72%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.72%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 17 (12.32%) Windows
2 11 (7.97%) Linux
3 10 (7.25%) Unix
4 3 (2.17%) Windows 7
4 3 (2.17%) Windows Server
5 2 (1.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (1.45%) Solaris
5 2 (1.45%) Ubuntu
5 2 (1.45%) VMS
5 2 (1.45%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (35.51%) DevOps
2 43 (31.16%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (26.81%) Decision-Making
4 32 (23.19%) Customer Requirements
5 29 (21.01%) Infrastructure as Code
5 29 (21.01%) Test Automation
6 28 (20.29%) Software Architecture
7 26 (18.84%) Continuous Integration
8 25 (18.12%) Network Management
8 25 (18.12%) Software Engineering
9 23 (16.67%) Agile
9 23 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
10 22 (15.94%) Network Design
10 22 (15.94%) Roadmaps
11 21 (15.22%) Translating Business Requirements
12 19 (13.77%) CI/CD
12 19 (13.77%) Containerisation
13 14 (10.14%) Configuration Management
13 14 (10.14%) Performance Optimisation
13 14 (10.14%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (25.36%) Java
2 14 (10.14%) Python
3 11 (7.97%) SQL
4 6 (4.35%) Bash
5 4 (2.90%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.17%) C
6 3 (2.17%) C++
6 3 (2.17%) JavaScript
6 3 (2.17%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.45%) C#
7 2 (1.45%) VBScript
8 1 (0.72%) Perl
8 1 (0.72%) PHP
8 1 (0.72%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 70 (50.72%) Security Cleared
2 44 (31.88%) SC Cleared
3 17 (12.32%) Degree
4 9 (6.52%) DV Cleared
5 8 (5.80%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (5.80%) Master's Degree
6 4 (2.90%) CCNP
6 4 (2.90%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.17%) CCNA
7 3 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (2.17%) JNCIA
8 2 (1.45%) AWS Certification
8 2 (1.45%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.72%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.80%) PCI DSS
2 7 (5.07%) QA
3 3 (2.17%) SLA
4 2 (1.45%) Def Stans
5 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.72%) GDPR
5 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 21 (15.22%) Docker
2 10 (7.25%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (7.25%) VMware NSX
3 7 (5.07%) vCloud
4 6 (4.35%) Active Directory
5 3 (2.17%) XenApp
6 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 34 (24.64%) Kubernetes
2 32 (23.19%) Ansible
3 24 (17.39%) Terraform
4 22 (15.94%) Endace
5 12 (8.70%) Docker Swarm
5 12 (8.70%) Podman
6 7 (5.07%) Istio
6 7 (5.07%) Rancher
6 7 (5.07%) vCenter Server
7 3 (2.17%) SCCM
8 2 (1.45%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.45%) Puppet
8 2 (1.45%) Red Hat Satellite
9 1 (0.72%) Nagios
9 1 (0.72%) vRealize
9 1 (0.72%) VxRail
Vendors
1 29 (21.01%) Cisco
2 25 (18.12%) Juniper
3 23 (16.67%) F5
4 14 (10.14%) VMware
5 7 (5.07%) Google
6 6 (4.35%) SolarWinds
7 5 (3.62%) Microsoft
7 5 (3.62%) SAP
8 3 (2.17%) Citrix
8 3 (2.17%) Red Hat
8 3 (2.17%) ServiceNow
8 3 (2.17%) TOWER Software
9 2 (1.45%) Ivanti
9 2 (1.45%) Oracle
9 2 (1.45%) Palo Alto
9 2 (1.45%) QinetiQ
9 2 (1.45%) Symantec
10 1 (0.72%) Computacenter
10 1 (0.72%) Dell
10 1 (0.72%) Splunk