Technical Design Authority Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Technical Design Authority (TDA)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Technical Design Authority (TDA) daily rate in Birmingham is £529, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Design Authority 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.11% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £515 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £529 - -
75th Percentile £544 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £529 - -

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 844 444 705
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.14% 88.45% 94.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 503 295 488
10th Percentile £319 £160 £246
25th Percentile £413 £363 £337
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.50% -9.95%
75th Percentile £588 £572 £575
90th Percentile £688 £650 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £475 £485
% change year-on-year +2.11% -2.06% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 41 42
10th Percentile £16.25 - £13.25
25th Percentile £17.17 £12.62 £16.63
Median hourly rate £24.53 £14.00 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +75.21% -50.88% +42.50%
75th Percentile £40.94 £23.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £30.29 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.98 £22.05 £19.77
% change year-on-year +54.10% +11.53% -2.37%

Technical Design Authority
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Technical Design Authority job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Technical Design Authority
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Design Authority job vacancies in Birmingham.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Design Authority job vacancies in Birmingham

Technical Design Authority Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, Technical Design Authority 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 Technical Design Authority in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN

Technical Design Authority 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Cost Reduction
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) WAN Optimisation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared