The first table below looks at the demand for the Team Leader role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Team Leader in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Team Lead
Rank 313 299 226
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -73
Contract jobs requiring a Team Leader 263 339 486
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.540% 0.584% 0.781%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.586% 0.631% 0.844%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 139 263
Average daily rate £425 £363 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+17.24% -19.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £315 £200 £274
10% offered a daily rate of more than £616 £545 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £359 £381
% change year-on-year
+1.74% -5.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 16 33
Average hourly rate £22.00 £18.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.22% -20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.50 £15.58 £15.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.83 £31.75 £42.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £21.25 £16.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year
+28.78% -26.66%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
44867 53712 57592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.50% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 25887 29609 31515
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2132 2587 2980
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Team Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Team Leader within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Team Leader Jobs Demand Trend

Team Leader
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Team Leader within the UK.

Team Leader Daily Rate Trend

Team Leader
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Team Leader within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Team Leader Daily Rate Histogram

Team Leader
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Team Leader within the UK.

Team Leader Hourly Rate Trend

Team Leader
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Team Leader within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Team Leader Hourly Rate Histogram

Team Leader
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Team Leader within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England -15 240 £425 +21.42% 198
London -2 115 £463 +23.33% 84
South East +14 57 £375 +7.14% 32
City of London +18 43 £515 +28.75% 20
Berkshire +28 20 £500 +92.30% 2
South West +33 17 £400 - 7
East of England -2 15 £325 -13.33% 24
North West +9 14 £343 -11.61% 19
West Midlands +3 11 £328 +2.74% 10
Hampshire -2 11 £425 +23.18% 5
Scotland -11 10 £356 -25.00% 7
Reading +16 8 £425 +80.85% 1
Yorkshire -9 8 £360 -4.00% 10
Oxfordshire +8 7 £375 - 6
Wiltshire +4 7 £425 +30.76% 3
Buckinghamshire -4 7 £369 +5.35% 2
Manchester +15 6 £300 -21.31% 12
Hertfordshire +23 5 £325 -23.52% 5
Wales +13 5 £460 - 1
Surrey +12 5 - - 4
Oxford +8 5 £375 -
Milton Keynes -1 5 £375 +7.14% 1
Essex -3 5 £401 +100.25% 2
Swindon -3 5 £433 -
West Yorkshire -6 5 £325 -13.33% 9
Southampton - 5 £414 - 2
Glasgow - 5 £335 - 1
Gloucestershire +27 4 £375 -
Bristol +22 4 - - 1
Telford +11 4 £330 -4.00%

Team Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Team Leader in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Team Leader in their job title.

1 129 (22.24%) SQL
2 115 (19.83%) ITIL
3 110 (18.97%) Oracle
4 106 (18.28%) Microsoft
5 102 (17.59%) Finance
6 93 (16.03%) Windows
7 82 (14.14%) Java
8 77 (13.28%) SQL Server
9 70 (12.07%) .NET
10 62 (10.69%) C#
11 51 (8.793%) Project Management
11 51 (8.793%) Security Cleared
12 48 (8.276%) Linux
13 47 (8.103%) Banking
14 45 (7.759%) Active Directory
15 42 (7.241%) VMware
16 38 (6.552%) J2EE
16 38 (6.552%) Degree
17 37 (6.379%) XML
17 37 (6.379%) LAN
18 36 (6.207%) WAN
19 35 (6.034%) MS Excel
19 35 (6.034%) SAN
19 35 (6.034%) Migration
19 35 (6.034%) VMware Infrastructure
20 34 (5.862%) Windows Server 2008
20 34 (5.862%) Windows Server 2003
20 34 (5.862%) VPN
21 33 (5.690%) PRINCE2
22 32 (5.517%) Scrum

Team Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Team Leader in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Team Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 70 (12.07%) .NET
2 38 (6.552%) J2EE
3 37 (6.379%) XML
4 29 (5.000%) ASP.NET
5 25 (4.310%) Web Services
6 21 (3.621%) Spring
7 18 (3.103%) Middleware
8 17 (2.931%) WebSphere
9 16 (2.759%) Hibernate
9 16 (2.759%) HTML
10 12 (2.069%) CSS
11 10 (1.724%) Spring MVC
11 10 (1.724%) WCF
11 10 (1.724%) ASP.NET MVC
12 9 (1.552%) .NET Framework
12 9 (1.552%) WebSphere MQ
12 9 (1.552%) JSP
13 7 (1.207%) ASP
13 7 (1.207%) J2SE
14 6 (1.034%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 23 (3.966%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.448%) IIS
3 18 (3.103%) MS Exchange
4 13 (2.241%) Apache
5 12 (2.069%) Exchange Server 2003
6 11 (1.897%) WebLogic
7 10 (1.724%) SharePoint Server
7 10 (1.724%) Oracle Application Server
7 10 (1.724%) Oracle 10gAS
8 9 (1.552%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 9 (1.552%) BizTalk Server
8 9 (1.552%) CMS
8 9 (1.552%) Oracle Coherence
9 7 (1.207%) IBM Notes
9 7 (1.207%) Tomcat
10 6 (1.034%) MS Project Server
10 6 (1.034%) Exchange Server 2007
10 6 (1.034%) Exchange Server 2010
10 6 (1.034%) CM System
11 5 (0.862%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 35 (6.034%) MS Excel
2 25 (4.310%) MS Office
3 16 (2.759%) MS Project
4 6 (1.034%) MS PowerPoint
5 4 (0.690%) Open Workbench
6 3 (0.517%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.517%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.172%) Simulink
7 1 (0.172%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 18 (3.103%) Oracle EBS R12
2 14 (2.414%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (1.897%) Oracle 11i
4 6 (1.034%) Oracle Applications
5 5 (0.862%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (0.690%) RMDS
6 4 (0.690%) Oracle Payroll
7 3 (0.517%) SAP HR
7 3 (0.517%) Prophet
8 2 (0.345%) Temenos T24
8 2 (0.345%) SAP R/3
8 2 (0.345%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.345%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.345%) assyst
8 2 (0.345%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.345%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.345%) Cognos Business Intelligence
9 1 (0.172%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.172%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.172%) SAP WM
Communications & Networking
1 37 (6.379%) LAN
2 36 (6.207%) WAN
3 35 (6.034%) SAN
4 34 (5.862%) VPN
5 23 (3.966%) TCP/IP
6 22 (3.793%) NAS
7 12 (2.069%) DNS
8 10 (1.724%) HTTP
8 10 (1.724%) DHCP
9 8 (1.379%) Firewall
10 7 (1.207%) 3G
10 7 (1.207%) VoIP
11 6 (1.034%) LDAP
12 5 (0.862%) Broadband
12 5 (0.862%) DVB
12 5 (0.862%) Internet
13 3 (0.517%) BGP
13 3 (0.517%) MPLS
13 3 (0.517%) Intranet
13 3 (0.517%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 77 (13.28%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.931%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (2.241%) Oracle 8/8i
3 13 (2.241%) Oracle 10g
3 13 (2.241%) DataStage
3 13 (2.241%) Oracle BI EE
4 12 (2.069%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (1.724%) SQL Server 2005
5 10 (1.724%) MySQL
6 8 (1.379%) DTS
6 8 (1.379%) SQL Server 2008
7 7 (1.207%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (1.207%) OLAP
8 6 (1.034%) RDBMS
8 6 (1.034%) IDOL
8 6 (1.034%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 5 (0.862%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
10 4 (0.690%) DB2
11 3 (0.517%) Crystal Reports
11 3 (0.517%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 15 (2.586%) Maven
2 14 (2.414%) Visual Studio
3 11 (1.897%) Subversion
4 9 (1.552%) Selenium
4 9 (1.552%) Eclipse
5 8 (1.379%) JIRA
6 7 (1.207%) FitNesse
6 7 (1.207%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (1.207%) InstallShield
6 7 (1.207%) JUnit
6 7 (1.207%) ClearCase
7 6 (1.034%) ClearQuest
8 5 (0.862%) PVCS
8 5 (0.862%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.862%) WATIR
8 5 (0.862%) SpecFlow
8 5 (0.862%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.517%) Mockito
9 3 (0.517%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.517%) Git (software)
General
1 102 (17.59%) Finance
2 47 (8.103%) Banking
3 22 (3.793%) Telecoms
4 20 (3.448%) Investment Banking
5 15 (2.586%) Legal
6 13 (2.241%) Law
7 12 (2.069%) Retail
8 11 (1.897%) Front Office
9 10 (1.724%) Back Office
10 7 (1.207%) Financial Institution
10 7 (1.207%) Marketing
11 5 (0.862%) Aerospace
11 5 (0.862%) Publishing
12 4 (0.690%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.690%) Local Government
12 4 (0.690%) Billing
13 3 (0.517%) Advertising
13 3 (0.517%) Automotive
14 2 (0.345%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.345%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 16 (2.759%) Management Information System
2 15 (2.586%) Blackberry
3 13 (2.241%) Derivative
4 11 (1.897%) Mobile App
5 10 (1.724%) Open Source
6 9 (1.552%) Computer Science
7 8 (1.379%) Fixed Income
8 7 (1.207%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.034%) STB
10 5 (0.862%) E-Learning
10 5 (0.862%) MPEG
11 4 (0.690%) Visualisation
12 3 (0.517%) iPad
12 3 (0.517%) Client/Server
12 3 (0.517%) NHS
12 3 (0.517%) SecurID
12 3 (0.517%) Mathematics
12 3 (0.517%) iPhone
12 3 (0.517%) iSeries
13 2 (0.345%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 93 (16.03%) Windows
2 48 (8.276%) Linux
3 34 (5.862%) Windows Server 2003
3 34 (5.862%) Windows Server 2008
4 25 (4.310%) UNIX
4 25 (4.310%) Windows 7
5 24 (4.138%) Windows XP
6 11 (1.897%) Apple iOS
7 9 (1.552%) Android
8 8 (1.379%) Oracle Linux
9 7 (1.207%) Solaris
10 6 (1.034%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.862%) Embedded Linux
11 5 (0.862%) AIX
11 5 (0.862%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.517%) Windows Vista
13 2 (0.345%) SUSE
13 2 (0.345%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.345%) Windows 2000 Server
13 2 (0.345%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (19.83%) ITIL
2 51 (8.793%) Project Management
3 35 (6.034%) Migration
4 33 (5.690%) PRINCE2
5 32 (5.517%) Scrum
5 32 (5.517%) Agile Software Development
6 29 (5.000%) ETL
7 28 (4.828%) Business Intelligence
8 27 (4.655%) OO
9 24 (4.138%) Service Delivery
9 24 (4.138%) Change Management
10 22 (3.793%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (3.621%) Service Management
11 21 (3.621%) CRM
12 20 (3.448%) User Acceptance Testing
13 19 (3.276%) Release Management
13 19 (3.276%) Continuous Integration
13 19 (3.276%) MVC
14 17 (2.931%) UML
15 15 (2.586%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 129 (22.24%) SQL
2 82 (14.14%) Java
3 62 (10.69%) C#
4 27 (4.655%) C++
4 27 (4.655%) T-SQL
5 25 (4.310%) PL/SQL
6 23 (3.966%) C
7 21 (3.621%) Perl
8 20 (3.448%) JavaScript
9 14 (2.414%) VB
10 10 (1.724%) PHP
11 8 (1.379%) Python
12 5 (0.862%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.862%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.690%) MATLAB
14 3 (0.517%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.517%) Bash shell
14 3 (0.517%) RPG IV
14 3 (0.517%) RPG
15 2 (0.345%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 51 (8.793%) Security Cleared
2 38 (6.552%) Degree
3 32 (5.517%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.276%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (2.586%) DV Cleared
6 13 (2.241%) ISEB
7 11 (1.897%) ITIL Certification
8 8 (1.379%) MCSE
9 6 (1.034%) MCSD
10 5 (0.862%) MCP
10 5 (0.862%) MCDST
11 4 (0.690%) ISTQB
11 4 (0.690%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.517%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 3 (0.517%) HND
12 3 (0.517%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (0.517%) MCITP
12 3 (0.517%) Network+ Certification
13 2 (0.345%) PMP
13 2 (0.345%) MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.448%) SLA
2 19 (3.276%) QA
3 8 (1.379%) ISO 9001
4 7 (1.207%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.862%) COBIT
6 2 (0.345%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.172%) Basel III
7 1 (0.172%) Solvency II
System Software
1 45 (7.759%) Active Directory
2 35 (6.034%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.414%) XenApp
4 12 (2.069%) XenDesktop
5 11 (1.897%) Oracle RAC
6 8 (1.379%) Microsoft App-V
7 7 (1.207%) Terminal Services
8 4 (0.690%) vSphere
9 3 (0.517%) VMware ESX
9 3 (0.517%) Hyper-V
10 2 (0.345%) Xen
10 2 (0.345%) OpenSSO
10 2 (0.345%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.172%) Cygwin
11 1 (0.172%) Samba
11 1 (0.172%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 8 (1.379%) SCCM
2 3 (0.517%) OVSD
2 3 (0.517%) BladeLogic
2 3 (0.517%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.345%) Puppet
3 2 (0.345%) Red Hat Spacewalk
3 2 (0.345%) SCOM
3 2 (0.345%) Control-M
4 1 (0.172%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.172%) OpenView
4 1 (0.172%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 110 (18.97%) Oracle
2 106 (18.28%) Microsoft
3 42 (7.241%) VMware
4 29 (5.000%) Citrix
5 26 (4.483%) SAP
6 20 (3.448%) Cisco
7 18 (3.103%) Informatica
8 17 (2.931%) Cognos
8 17 (2.931%) HP
9 14 (2.414%) Business Objects
10 13 (2.241%) IBM
11 7 (1.207%) Siebel
11 7 (1.207%) Sun
11 7 (1.207%) BMC
11 7 (1.207%) CheckPoint
11 7 (1.207%) Lotus
12 6 (1.034%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.034%) Meridio
13 5 (0.862%) EMC
13 5 (0.862%) Hyperion
City of London
I am currently looking for .Net Team Leader to work on a contract basis for 3 months for an excellent Financial client based in Central London. The role...
Computer Futures
Rate: £500 - £501 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
West Sussex
You will need previous experience within an Infrastructure Management position along with proven man management experience. Technical skills with at least two of the following is required: Wintel,...
Connectus
Rate: £280 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The key requirements are as below: Essential: - An experienced C++ Developer with SQL skills (preferably SQL Server or Oracle) - Experience of relational databases and N-Tier applications - Exposure...
X4 Group
Rate: £AboveMarketRates
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
BAU cover work for others in the team who will be helpign out with another large programme. Manage the Helpdesk Analyst in the Call Centre area. Overall management...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £250 - £350 per day
Posted: 6 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Overseeing quality assurance, change management and administration processes for the support desk service... Producing management reports and statistics. To provide support for the Windows network, desktop applications including...
Robert Walters
Salary: £275 - £325 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
North West England
Computer Futures
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
Coba It Consultants
Rate: £25 per hour
Posted: 12 June 2013
Worcester, Worcestershire
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £370 - £410 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Networking People
Posted: 17 June 2013
England
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £34000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £325.00 - £350.00 per day
Posted: 4 June 2013
London
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £280 - £350 per day
Posted: 25 May 2013
London
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £300 - £425 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
North West
Sanderson
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Candidate Source
Rate: Circa £65,000 + bonus + bens
Posted: 13 June 2013
Hertfordshire
MBN Recruitment Solutions
Rate: Unspecified £30,000 Pro rata
Posted: 12 June 2013
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