Technical Leadership Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Technical Leadership
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Technical Leadership skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 41 75
Rank change year-on-year -21 +34 +3
Contract jobs citing Technical Leadership 23 17 7
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.79% 2.96% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 3.21% 0.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 6 2
10th Percentile £360 £438 £603
25th Percentile £500 £473 £608
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £572 £619
Median % change year-on-year -5.72% -7.52% -22.29%
75th Percentile £613 £634 £633
90th Percentile £696 £638 £639
South West median daily rate £570 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.00% -8.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66.25 - -
Median hourly rate £73.75 - -
75th Percentile £96.88 - -
90th Percentile £102.88 - -
South West median hourly rate £67.50 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Technical Leadership falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,009 529 871
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 78.64% 92.16% 82.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 499 305 486
10th Percentile £344 £235 £253
25th Percentile £413 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £573 £600
90th Percentile £645 £661 £675
South West median daily rate £525 £514 £525
% change year-on-year +2.19% -2.14% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 79 193
10th Percentile £19.33 £18.51 £40.00
25th Percentile £53.53 £23.73 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £67.25
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -7.06% +12.08%
75th Percentile £68.00 £68.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £57.50 £53.84 £55.00
% change year-on-year +6.81% -2.12% -8.33%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Technical Leadership relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Technical Leadership job vacancy trend in Bristol

Technical Leadership
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Technical Leadership.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Technical Leadership

Technical Leadership
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership in Bristol over the 6 months to 22 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Leadership in Bristol

Technical Leadership
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Technical Leadership.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Technical Leadership

Technical Leadership
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Leadership in Bristol over the 6 months to 22 May 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Leadership in Bristol

Technical Leadership
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle Service Bus
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) SAP ERP
1 1 (4.35%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 9 (39.13%) AWS
2 8 (34.78%) Azure
3 3 (13.04%) GitHub
3 3 (13.04%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (8.70%) Amazon ECS
4 2 (8.70%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (8.70%) AWS CodePipeline
4 2 (8.70%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (8.70%) Entra ID
4 2 (8.70%) GCP
4 2 (8.70%) Serverless
5 1 (4.35%) OCI
5 1 (4.35%) PaaS
5 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.70%) 3GPP
1 2 (8.70%) DNS
1 2 (8.70%) Reverse Proxy
1 2 (8.70%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Metadata
1 1 (4.35%) Power BI
1 1 (4.35%) Power Query
1 1 (4.35%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.35%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Git
General
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.70%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 1 (4.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Lead
2 8 (34.78%) Architect
3 5 (21.74%) Technical Architect
4 4 (17.39%) Lead Software Engineer
4 4 (17.39%) Software Engineer
5 3 (13.04%) Technical Leader
5 3 (13.04%) Test Leader
6 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow Architect
6 2 (8.70%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (4.35%) Applications Architect
7 1 (4.35%) ERP Project Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Integration Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Lead Architect
7 1 (4.35%) Linux Engineer
7 1 (4.35%) Platform Manager
7 1 (4.35%) SAP Manager
7 1 (4.35%) SAP Project Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Security Architect
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Manager
7 1 (4.35%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (26.09%) .NET
2 4 (17.39%) REST
3 3 (13.04%) SOAP
4 2 (8.70%) OAuth
4 2 (8.70%) OAuth2
4 2 (8.70%) React
5 1 (4.35%) JSON
5 1 (4.35%) Next.js
5 1 (4.35%) Node.js
5 1 (4.35%) OLE
5 1 (4.35%) OpenID
5 1 (4.35%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (4.35%) SAML
5 1 (4.35%) Spring Boot
5 1 (4.35%) Swagger
5 1 (4.35%) XML
5 1 (4.35%) XSD
5 1 (4.35%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Cloud Native
1 3 (13.04%) Embedded Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Onboarding
2 2 (8.70%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.35%) Cloud Security Posture
3 1 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (4.35%) IoT
3 1 (4.35%) Learning Management System
3 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (39.13%) Linux
2 4 (17.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (4.35%) Windows
3 1 (4.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) CI/CD
2 9 (39.13%) Mentoring
3 7 (30.43%) DevOps
3 7 (30.43%) Software Engineering
4 5 (21.74%) Coaching
4 5 (21.74%) Containerisation
4 5 (21.74%) Infrastructure as Code
4 5 (21.74%) Test Automation
4 5 (21.74%) Test Strategy
4 5 (21.74%) TOGAF
5 4 (17.39%) Agile
5 4 (17.39%) Code Quality
5 4 (17.39%) DevSecOps
5 4 (17.39%) Enterprise Architecture
5 4 (17.39%) Roadmaps
5 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (17.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (13.04%) Data Modelling
6 3 (13.04%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) Python
2 3 (13.04%) C
2 3 (13.04%) C#
2 3 (13.04%) C++
2 3 (13.04%) Java
2 3 (13.04%) MATLAB
3 2 (8.70%) Ruby
3 2 (8.70%) SQL
4 1 (4.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (4.35%) PHP
4 1 (4.35%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 17 (73.91%) Security Cleared
2 16 (69.57%) SC Cleared
3 8 (34.78%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
5 2 (8.70%) AWS Certification
5 2 (8.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 2 (8.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (8.70%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (4.35%) Degree
6 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (17.39%) QA
2 2 (8.70%) NCSC
3 1 (4.35%) GRC
3 1 (4.35%) NIST
3 1 (4.35%) NIST 800
3 1 (4.35%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (8.70%) Docker
1 2 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (4.35%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (21.74%) Kubernetes
2 3 (13.04%) Terraform
3 1 (4.35%) Argo
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (4.35%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Microsoft
1 2 (8.70%) Red Hat
1 2 (8.70%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.35%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (4.35%) Databricks
2 1 (4.35%) Oracle
2 1 (4.35%) SAP