Technical Leader Contracts

Technical Lead
UK

The median Technical Lead daily rate in the UK is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 297 331 388
Rank change year-on-year +34 +57 -62
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Leader 306 459 595
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.71% 0.78% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.82% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 296 382
10th Percentile £439 £488 £450
25th Percentile £513 £550 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £630 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.75% +9.52% +9.52%
75th Percentile £775 £725 £688
90th Percentile £850 £788 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £600 £538
% change year-on-year - +11.63% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 10
10th Percentile £24.73 - -
25th Percentile £25.81 - -
Median hourly rate £28.25 - £35.00
75th Percentile £28.88 - £45.09
90th Percentile - - £62.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 - £35.00
% change year-on-year - - -26.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,246 55,892 84,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.62% 95.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,216 39,044 59,517
10th Percentile £279 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,676 1,569 2,074
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £64.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.11% +115.96% +2.74%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in the UK

Technical Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Leader.

Daily rate trend for Technical Leader in the UK

Technical Leader
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Leader over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Leader in the UK

Technical Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Leader.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Leader in the UK

Technical Leader
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 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
England +37 266 £625 -3.85% 149
London +61 155 £650 - 64
UK excluding London +21 111 £600 - 99
Work from Home +15 99 £625 -3.85% 60
North of England +33 44 £850 +41.67% 25
North West +55 41 £850 +40.21% 16
South West +30 16 £600 +6.67% 9
Scotland +30 14 £510 -4.67% 10
South East +10 13 £550 -8.90% 27
Midlands +7 13 £619 -10.00% 18
West Midlands -3 10 £725 +5.45% 12
East of England -3 9 £600 - 12
East Midlands +18 3 £500 +42.86% 6
Yorkshire -1 3 £590 -1.67% 7
Northern Ireland - 2 £513 - 2

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Technical Leader 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 featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 107 (34.97%) Agile
2 63 (20.59%) Security Cleared
2 63 (20.59%) DevOps
3 60 (19.61%) Technical Leadership
4 55 (17.97%) Social Skills
4 55 (17.97%) CI/CD
5 53 (17.32%) SC Cleared
6 50 (16.34%) AWS
7 48 (15.69%) Java
8 45 (14.71%) Windows
8 45 (14.71%) Finance
8 45 (14.71%) Azure
9 43 (14.05%) Node.js
10 41 (13.40%) Apple iOS
10 41 (13.40%) Android
11 40 (13.07%) Firewall
12 39 (12.75%) Microsoft
13 38 (12.42%) JavaScript
14 36 (11.76%) SQL
14 36 (11.76%) Software Engineering
15 35 (11.44%) C#
15 35 (11.44%) VPN
15 35 (11.44%) Public Sector
15 35 (11.44%) Design Patterns
16 34 (11.11%) Windows Server
16 34 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
17 33 (10.78%) Python
17 33 (10.78%) Risk Management
17 33 (10.78%) Banking
17 33 (10.78%) Roadmaps

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 11 (3.59%) Apache
1 11 (3.59%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.61%) OpenStack
3 5 (1.63%) IIS
4 4 (1.31%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.65%) SAS
7 1 (0.33%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.33%) Confluence
7 1 (0.33%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.33%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.33%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (3.27%) ION Anvil
2 6 (1.96%) ION MarketView
3 2 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.33%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.33%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 50 (16.34%) AWS
2 45 (14.71%) Azure
3 21 (6.86%) Azure DevOps
4 18 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
5 14 (4.58%) Amazon S3
5 14 (4.58%) Power Platform
5 14 (4.58%) Serverless
6 12 (3.92%) dbt
6 12 (3.92%) Snowflake
7 11 (3.59%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (2.29%) Entra ID
9 7 (2.29%) GitHub
9 7 (2.29%) Slack
10 6 (1.96%) Amazon EC2
10 6 (1.96%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (1.96%) Azure Monitor
10 6 (1.96%) SuccessFactors
10 6 (1.96%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 5 (1.63%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 40 (13.07%) Firewall
2 35 (11.44%) VPN
3 7 (2.29%) FTP
4 6 (1.96%) DNS
4 6 (1.96%) Network Security
5 5 (1.63%) LAN
5 5 (1.63%) SSL
6 4 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.31%) WLAN
7 3 (0.98%) IP Telephony
7 3 (0.98%) WAN
7 3 (0.98%) Wireless
8 1 (0.33%) 5G
8 1 (0.33%) InfiniBand
8 1 (0.33%) NaaS
8 1 (0.33%) NAS
8 1 (0.33%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.33%) SMS
8 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.33%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.21%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.25%) Elasticsearch
3 12 (3.92%) Data Lake
4 11 (3.59%) Amazon Athena
4 11 (3.59%) Apache Arrow
4 11 (3.59%) Apache Ignite
4 11 (3.59%) Dremio
5 8 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.61%) Power BI
6 7 (2.29%) MySQL
7 6 (1.96%) Relational Database
8 5 (1.63%) Amazon Aurora
9 4 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.98%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.98%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
12 1 (0.33%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.33%) BigQuery
12 1 (0.33%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
12 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 17 (5.56%) JIRA
2 13 (4.25%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.61%) webpack
4 5 (1.63%) GitLab
5 4 (1.31%) Git
6 3 (0.98%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.98%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.65%) Capybara
7 2 (0.65%) Gradle
7 2 (0.65%) Maven
8 1 (0.33%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.33%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.33%) HP UFT
8 1 (0.33%) Katalon Studio
8 1 (0.33%) Selenium
General
1 55 (17.97%) Social Skills
2 45 (14.71%) Finance
3 35 (11.44%) Public Sector
4 33 (10.78%) Banking
5 19 (6.21%) Back Office
6 18 (5.88%) Investment Banking
7 13 (4.25%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (3.92%) Front Office
8 12 (3.92%) Legal
9 11 (3.59%) Retail
10 7 (2.29%) Marketing
11 5 (1.63%) Automotive
11 5 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.98%) Billing
13 3 (0.98%) Police
13 3 (0.98%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.98%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.65%) French Language
14 2 (0.65%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (14.05%) Node.js
2 31 (10.13%) .NET
3 20 (6.54%) React
4 15 (4.90%) HTML
5 14 (4.58%) CSS
6 12 (3.92%) .NET Core
7 11 (3.59%) gRPC
7 11 (3.59%) NumPy
7 11 (3.59%) Pandas
7 11 (3.59%) Protocol Buffers
7 11 (3.59%) SciPy
8 10 (3.27%) FIX Protocol
8 10 (3.27%) Spring Boot
9 9 (2.94%) Elastic Stack
9 9 (2.94%) Spring
10 8 (2.61%) SOAP
11 7 (2.29%) Web Services
12 6 (1.96%) AngularJS
12 6 (1.96%) GraphQL
12 6 (1.96%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 31 (10.13%) Public Cloud
2 28 (9.15%) Product Ownership
3 22 (7.19%) Fixed Income
4 11 (3.59%) Derivative
4 11 (3.59%) Equities
4 11 (3.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (3.59%) Hedge funds
4 11 (3.59%) Onboarding
5 9 (2.94%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.29%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.96%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (1.63%) Mobile App
9 3 (0.98%) Algorithms
9 3 (0.98%) Contactless
9 3 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (0.98%) Solar Power
10 2 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.65%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 45 (14.71%) Windows
2 41 (13.40%) Android
2 41 (13.40%) Apple iOS
3 34 (11.11%) Windows Server
4 29 (9.48%) Linux
5 10 (3.27%) Unix
6 8 (2.61%) CentOS
6 8 (2.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.63%) VMS
8 2 (0.65%) zOS
9 1 (0.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (34.97%) Agile
2 63 (20.59%) DevOps
3 60 (19.61%) Technical Leadership
4 55 (17.97%) CI/CD
5 36 (11.76%) Software Engineering
6 35 (11.44%) Design Patterns
7 34 (11.11%) Mobile Device Management
8 33 (10.78%) Risk Management
8 33 (10.78%) Roadmaps
9 31 (10.13%) Security Architecture
9 31 (10.13%) Zero Trust
10 29 (9.48%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
10 29 (9.48%) Threat Intelligence
11 25 (8.17%) Mentoring
12 23 (7.52%) Microservices
13 21 (6.86%) Migration
14 20 (6.54%) Stakeholder Management
15 19 (6.21%) OO
16 17 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
16 17 (5.56%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 48 (15.69%) Java
2 38 (12.42%) JavaScript
3 36 (11.76%) SQL
4 35 (11.44%) C#
5 33 (10.78%) Python
6 23 (7.52%) TypeScript
7 12 (3.92%) Bicep
8 10 (3.27%) PowerShell
9 8 (2.61%) Shell Script
10 3 (0.98%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.98%) Ruby
11 2 (0.65%) R
12 1 (0.33%) PHP
12 1 (0.33%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 63 (20.59%) Security Cleared
2 53 (17.32%) SC Cleared
3 13 (4.25%) Degree
4 7 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.98%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.65%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.65%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.65%) CITP
7 1 (0.33%) CCNA CyberOps
7 1 (0.33%) CCNP
7 1 (0.33%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.33%) CISA
7 1 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.33%) CISM
7 1 (0.33%) CISSP
7 1 (0.33%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.33%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.23%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.94%) PCI DSS
2 9 (2.94%) QA
3 8 (2.61%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.65%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.65%) SLA
5 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.33%) GRC
5 1 (0.33%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (3.27%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.61%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.63%) Docker
4 2 (0.65%) Firmware
5 1 (0.33%) Lustre
5 1 (0.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (4.25%) Grafana
1 13 (4.25%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.27%) Ansible
3 9 (2.94%) Kibana
4 8 (2.61%) logstash
4 8 (2.61%) Prometheus
5 6 (1.96%) SCCM
6 4 (1.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (12.75%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.58%) SAP
3 13 (4.25%) Oracle
4 10 (3.27%) ION Trading
5 7 (2.29%) Red Hat
6 6 (1.96%) Amdocs
6 6 (1.96%) Google
7 5 (1.63%) Apple
8 4 (1.31%) Databricks
8 4 (1.31%) IFS
8 4 (1.31%) Informatica
9 3 (0.98%) Genesys
9 3 (0.98%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.98%) Virgin Media
10 2 (0.65%) Cisco
10 2 (0.65%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.65%) F5
10 2 (0.65%) IBM
10 2 (0.65%) SYSPRO
10 2 (0.65%) VMware