Software Team Leader Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Software Team Lead
South West > Bristol

The median Software Team Lead daily rate in Bristol is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026.

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

 6 months to
12 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Team Leader 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.076% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £600 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,235 637 899
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.42% 92.72% 94.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 330 489
10th Percentile £376 £235 £248
25th Percentile £444 £355 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £444 £488
Median % change year-on-year +18.38% -9.03% -2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £588
90th Percentile £652 £650 £713
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 107 217
10th Percentile £20.53 £12.82 £31.97
25th Percentile £45.00 £18.51 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £32.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -53.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £68.00 £65.50 £72.50
90th Percentile £75.34 £73.65 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £60.17 £25.15 £65.00
% change year-on-year +139.22% -61.31% +3.17%

Software Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Software Team Leader job vacancy trend in Bristol

Software Team Leader
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Team Leader job vacancies in Bristol

Software Team Leader Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 12 August 2026, Software 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 Bristol region featuring Software Team Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Software Team Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
Software Team Leader jobs