Team Leader Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Team Lead
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Team Lead daily rate in Birmingham is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 - 56
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Contract jobs requiring a Team Leader 10 0 12
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 1.11% - 1.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% - 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 5
10th Percentile - - £445
25th Percentile £513 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.00%
75th Percentile £538 - £538
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £400 £525
% change year-on-year +31.25% -23.81% -25.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 823 550 686
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.44% 89.58% 95.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 366 441
10th Percentile £313 £200 £200
25th Percentile £404 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £574 £614
90th Percentile £704 £649 £738
West Midlands median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 40 14
10th Percentile £16.01 - £15.45
25th Percentile £17.02 £12.62 £20.69
Median hourly rate £30.55 £17.85 £34.56
Median % change year-on-year +71.20% -48.37% +68.60%
75th Percentile £55.00 £26.51 £51.88
90th Percentile £75.00 £30.86 £56.65
West Midlands median hourly rate £27.65 £25.15 £22.05
% change year-on-year +9.94% +14.08% -2.65%

Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Team Leader' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Team Leader job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Team Leader
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Team Leader job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Team Leader job vacancies in Birmingham

Team Leader
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Team Leader job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Team Leader job vacancies in Birmingham

Team Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 6 October 2026, Team Leader contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Birmingham region featuring Team Leader in the job title.

1 5 (50.00%) Accounts Payable
1 5 (50.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 5 (50.00%) AI
1 5 (50.00%) Apple
1 5 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 5 (50.00%) Coaching
1 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 5 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 5 (50.00%) ERP
1 5 (50.00%) Generative AI
1 5 (50.00%) ITIL
1 5 (50.00%) ITSM
1 5 (50.00%) Jamf Pro
1 5 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 5 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle Payables
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle Receivables
1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (50.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 5 (50.00%) Samsung
1 5 (50.00%) Service Management
1 5 (50.00%) ServiceNow
1 5 (50.00%) Windows

Team Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle Payables
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 10 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (50.00%) Local Government
2 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) iPhone
1 5 (50.00%) Mobile App
1 5 (50.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Mac OS
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Accounts Payable
1 5 (50.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 5 (50.00%) AI
1 5 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 5 (50.00%) Coaching
1 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 5 (50.00%) ERP
1 5 (50.00%) Generative AI
1 5 (50.00%) ITIL
1 5 (50.00%) ITSM
1 5 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (50.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 5 (50.00%) Service Management
Systems Management
1 5 (50.00%) Jamf Pro
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Apple
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle
1 5 (50.00%) Samsung
1 5 (50.00%) ServiceNow