The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Leader in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Lead
Rank 367 386 405
Rank change year-on-year
+19 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Leader 169 203 182
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.364% 0.348% 0.298%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.395% 0.376% 0.322%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 108 104
Average daily rate £470 £480 £441
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.08% +8.78%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £294 £325 £324
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £700 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
Average hourly rate £38.11 £42.00 £46.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.26% -9.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.80 £28.40 £39.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.42 £44.40 £53.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.11 £25.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+52.44% -33.33%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £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 2112 2572 2930
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 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Technical Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Technical Leader Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Leader
Daily Rate Trend

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

Technical Leader Daily Rate Trend

Technical Leader
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Technical Leader Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Leader
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Technical Leader Hourly Rate Trend

Technical 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 Technical Leader within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 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
England +17 158 £475 -1.80%
London +29 94 £500 -5.21%
City of London +28 35 £550 -21.42%
South East +13 32 £494 +16.17%
Berkshire +8 17 £463 +8.82%
South West +30 10 £325 -21.82%
North West +13 10 £288 -27.21%
East of England +7 8 - -
Hampshire -6 6 £550 +41.02%
Manchester +10 5 £295 -30.11%
Reading +4 5 £388 -8.82%
Essex - 5 - -
Scotland -11 4 - -
Gloucestershire - 4 - -
West Midlands +4 3 - -
Hertfordshire -2 3 - -
Dorset - 3 £308 -
Basingstoke - 3 £550 -
Bournemouth - 3 £308 -
Kent - 3 - -
West Sussex - 3 £275 -
Bristol +14 2 £400 +10.34%
Surrey +13 2 £425 -2.85%
Birmingham +12 2 - -
Edinburgh +5 2 - -
Lancashire +3 2 £288 -34.65%
Glasgow -13 2 - -
Slough - 2 £525 -
Cheltenham - 2 - -
Bracknell - 2 - -

Technical Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Technical 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 Technical Leader in their job title.

1 133 (33.33%) Java
2 84 (21.05%) Oracle
3 72 (18.05%) Windows
4 71 (17.79%) Finance
5 67 (16.79%) SQL
6 59 (14.79%) Agile Software Development
7 51 (12.78%) Migration
8 49 (12.28%) UNIX
9 40 (10.03%) Linux
10 39 (9.774%) .NET
11 38 (9.524%) JavaScript
12 37 (9.273%) SQL Server
13 36 (9.023%) Web Services
13 36 (9.023%) Scrum
14 35 (8.772%) Spring
15 34 (8.521%) Maven
15 34 (8.521%) Degree
16 33 (8.271%) HTML
17 32 (8.020%) C#
18 31 (7.769%) Project Management
18 31 (7.769%) Continuous Integration
19 30 (7.519%) CRM
20 29 (7.268%) ITIL
20 29 (7.268%) Banking
21 28 (7.018%) Subversion
21 28 (7.018%) QA
21 28 (7.018%) JUnit
21 28 (7.018%) E-Commerce
21 28 (7.018%) ETL
22 27 (6.767%) UML

Technical Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Technical 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 Technical Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 39 (9.774%) .NET
2 36 (9.023%) Web Services
3 35 (8.772%) Spring
4 33 (8.271%) HTML
5 27 (6.767%) Java EE
6 24 (6.015%) CSS
6 24 (6.015%) Middleware
7 22 (5.514%) Hibernate
8 21 (5.263%) XML
9 20 (5.013%) JMS
9 20 (5.013%) jQuery
10 19 (4.762%) SOAP
11 17 (4.261%) REST
12 16 (4.010%) EJB
12 16 (4.010%) ASP.NET
13 15 (3.759%) Spring MVC
13 15 (3.759%) J2EE
14 13 (3.258%) Spring Security
14 13 (3.258%) JTA
14 13 (3.258%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 13 (3.258%) BizTalk Server
2 12 (3.008%) ESB
3 11 (2.757%) Force.com
4 10 (2.506%) Tomcat
5 8 (2.005%) WebLogic
5 8 (2.005%) NetWeaver
6 7 (1.754%) TIBCO EMS
6 7 (1.754%) MQSeries
7 6 (1.504%) Apache
7 6 (1.504%) SharePoint
7 6 (1.504%) Rendezvous
8 5 (1.253%) TeamSite
8 5 (1.253%) MTS
8 5 (1.253%) MSMQ
8 5 (1.253%) Magento
9 4 (1.003%) Oracle Workflow
10 3 (0.752%) FileNet
10 3 (0.752%) MS Exchange
10 3 (0.752%) Windows Azure
11 2 (0.501%) Apache Pig
Applications
1 9 (2.256%) MS Excel
2 8 (2.005%) MS Office
3 7 (1.754%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.003%) MS Project
5 3 (0.752%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 16 (4.010%) Oracle EBS
2 11 (2.757%) Summit
3 7 (1.754%) Oracle Applications
3 7 (1.754%) Oracle EBS R12
4 6 (1.504%) SAP HR
4 6 (1.504%) Taleo
5 4 (1.003%) SAP HCM
6 3 (0.752%) Dynamics CRM
6 3 (0.752%) Oracle 11i
6 3 (0.752%) Oracle Retail
7 2 (0.501%) BusinessWorks
7 2 (0.501%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.251%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.251%) Cerner Millennium
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.261%) LAN
2 12 (3.008%) SSL
3 11 (2.757%) 2G
3 11 (2.757%) 3G
3 11 (2.757%) Internet
3 11 (2.757%) ATM
3 11 (2.757%) WAN
4 9 (2.256%) SAN
4 9 (2.256%) Ethernet
4 9 (2.256%) Radio Access Network
5 8 (2.005%) LTE
5 8 (2.005%) Firewall
6 7 (1.754%) IPv4
7 6 (1.504%) VoIP
8 5 (1.253%) RFID
8 5 (1.253%) Extranet
8 5 (1.253%) DHCP
8 5 (1.253%) HTTP
9 4 (1.003%) Broadband
9 4 (1.003%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (9.273%) SQL Server
2 23 (5.764%) NoSQL
3 16 (4.010%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (4.010%) Big Data
4 15 (3.759%) Hadoop
4 15 (3.759%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 15 (3.759%) MySQL
5 14 (3.509%) Oracle 8/8i
6 11 (2.757%) Oracle 11g
6 11 (2.757%) RDBMS
7 10 (2.506%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (2.256%) Oracle 10g
8 9 (2.256%) SQL Server 2008
9 8 (2.005%) Apache Cassandra
9 8 (2.005%) Oracle BI EE
10 7 (1.754%) DB2
11 6 (1.504%) SQL Server 2000
12 5 (1.253%) Oracle OLAP
12 5 (1.253%) Star Schema
12 5 (1.253%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 34 (8.521%) Maven
2 28 (7.018%) Subversion
2 28 (7.018%) JUnit
3 15 (3.759%) Git (software)
4 14 (3.509%) Ant
5 13 (3.258%) Selenium
6 11 (2.757%) Mockito
6 11 (2.757%) JBehave
7 6 (1.504%) PeopleTools
7 6 (1.504%) JIRA
8 5 (1.253%) VSS/SourceSafe
8 5 (1.253%) Jenkins
9 4 (1.003%) TestNG
9 4 (1.003%) WebDriver
9 4 (1.003%) OpenDeploy
10 3 (0.752%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.752%) Talend Open Studio
11 2 (0.501%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.501%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.501%) ClearQuest
General
1 71 (17.79%) Finance
2 29 (7.268%) Banking
3 22 (5.514%) Retail
4 20 (5.013%) Telecoms
5 12 (3.008%) Investment Banking
6 8 (2.005%) Front Office
7 4 (1.003%) Publishing
8 3 (0.752%) General Ledger
8 3 (0.752%) Back Office
8 3 (0.752%) Military
8 3 (0.752%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.501%) Marketing
9 2 (0.501%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.501%) Advertising
10 1 (0.251%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.251%) Billing
10 1 (0.251%) Automotive
10 1 (0.251%) Law
10 1 (0.251%) Legal
10 1 (0.251%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 26 (6.516%) Computer Science
2 18 (4.511%) SaaS
3 14 (3.509%) Mainframe
4 12 (3.008%) Mobile App
5 10 (2.506%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.005%) PaaS
6 8 (2.005%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (1.504%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.504%) Open Source
7 6 (1.504%) iPad
7 6 (1.504%) Thin Client
7 6 (1.504%) EPoS
7 6 (1.504%) IBM Mainframe
7 6 (1.504%) Fat Client
8 5 (1.253%) Client/Server
8 5 (1.253%) Heroku
9 4 (1.003%) Learning Management System
9 4 (1.003%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.003%) Data Integration
10 3 (0.752%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 72 (18.05%) Windows
2 49 (12.28%) UNIX
3 40 (10.03%) Linux
4 17 (4.261%) Windows 7
5 11 (2.757%) Windows Server 2008
6 9 (2.256%) Solaris
6 9 (2.256%) Apple iOS
6 9 (2.256%) Android
7 5 (1.253%) Windows Server 2003
7 5 (1.253%) Windows XP
7 5 (1.253%) CentOS
7 5 (1.253%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.752%) AIX
9 2 (0.501%) Windows 8
9 2 (0.501%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.501%) HPUX
10 1 (0.251%) SUSE
10 1 (0.251%) Windows CE
10 1 (0.251%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.251%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (14.79%) Agile Software Development
2 51 (12.78%) Migration
3 36 (9.023%) Scrum
4 31 (7.769%) Project Management
4 31 (7.769%) Continuous Integration
5 30 (7.519%) CRM
6 29 (7.268%) ITIL
7 28 (7.018%) E-Commerce
7 28 (7.018%) ETL
8 27 (6.767%) UML
9 25 (6.266%) OO
10 23 (5.764%) BDD
11 20 (5.013%) MVC
12 19 (4.762%) User Acceptance Testing
12 19 (4.762%) Unit Testing
12 19 (4.762%) Business Intelligence
13 18 (4.511%) Web Development
14 17 (4.261%) PRINCE2
15 16 (4.010%) SOA
15 16 (4.010%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 133 (33.33%) Java
2 67 (16.79%) SQL
3 38 (9.524%) JavaScript
4 32 (8.020%) C#
5 21 (5.263%) PL/SQL
6 16 (4.010%) C
6 16 (4.010%) Perl
7 12 (3.008%) Bash shell
8 11 (2.757%) ABAP
8 11 (2.757%) C++
8 11 (2.757%) PowerShell
9 10 (2.506%) VBScript
10 8 (2.005%) VB
10 8 (2.005%) VB6
11 6 (1.504%) PHP
12 5 (1.253%) PHP5
12 5 (1.253%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.253%) Python
12 5 (1.253%) Scala
13 4 (1.003%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 34 (8.521%) Degree
2 25 (6.266%) Security Cleared
3 21 (5.263%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.757%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (1.754%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.754%) CCNP
6 5 (1.253%) CCNA
6 5 (1.253%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.253%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.752%) CCIE
8 2 (0.501%) MCSE
8 2 (0.501%) MCP
9 1 (0.251%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.251%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.251%) CIMA
9 1 (0.251%) Siebel Certification
9 1 (0.251%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.018%) QA
2 10 (2.506%) SLA
3 2 (0.501%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.251%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.251%) JTAG
System Software
1 17 (4.261%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.005%) XenDesktop
3 6 (1.504%) XenApp
4 5 (1.253%) VMware ESX
5 3 (0.752%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.501%) vSphere
6 2 (0.501%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.251%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (0.251%) Postfix
7 1 (0.251%) VMware Infrastructure
7 1 (0.251%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 9 (2.256%) SCCM
1 9 (2.256%) Nagios
2 2 (0.501%) Data Guard
2 2 (0.501%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 2 (0.501%) Cisco IPCC
3 1 (0.251%) TIBCO Hawk
3 1 (0.251%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 84 (21.05%) Oracle
2 26 (6.516%) SAP
3 23 (5.764%) Microsoft
4 21 (5.263%) webMethods
5 20 (5.013%) Citrix
5 20 (5.013%) HP
6 16 (4.010%) Cisco
6 16 (4.010%) Salesforce.com
7 14 (3.509%) VMware
8 13 (3.258%) JBoss
8 13 (3.258%) Informatica
8 13 (3.258%) IBM
9 12 (3.008%) hybris
10 11 (2.757%) Twitter
11 9 (2.256%) BMC
11 9 (2.256%) Red Hat
11 9 (2.256%) PeopleSoft
12 8 (2.005%) Siebel
12 8 (2.005%) Sybase
12 8 (2.005%) TIBCO
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