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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 49 60
Rank change year-on-year -8 +11 +5
Contract jobs citing Technical Leadership 28 18 16
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 2.07% 2.63% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 2.87% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 9
10th Percentile £430 £469 £400
25th Percentile £502 £563 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +26.32% -20.83%
75th Percentile £675 £641 £525
90th Percentile £711 £796 £609
South West median daily rate £645 £619 £600
% change year-on-year +4.24% +3.13% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £66.25 - -
Median hourly rate £73.75 - £75.00
75th Percentile £96.88 - -
90th Percentile £102.88 - -
South West median hourly rate £92.52 - £75.00
% change year-on-year - - +191.26%

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 1,029 627 768
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 76.11% 91.53% 82.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 535 320 428
10th Percentile £325 £249 £273
25th Percentile £425 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £447 £500
Median % change year-on-year +17.45% -10.60% -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £590
90th Percentile £652 £650 £721
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 258 113 152
10th Percentile £21.07 £12.82 £51.50
25th Percentile £46.25 £18.51 £65.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £26.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -62.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £68.75 £65.00 £74.44
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £62.25 £25.15 £67.50
% change year-on-year +147.51% -62.74% +3.85%

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 9 (32.14%) AWS
1 9 (32.14%) Azure
2 4 (14.29%) Entra ID
3 3 (10.71%) Power Platform
4 2 (7.14%) GitHub
4 2 (7.14%) GitHub Actions
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Copilot
4 2 (7.14%) OneDrive
5 1 (3.57%) GCP
5 1 (3.57%) Google Kubernetes Engine
5 1 (3.57%) OCI
5 1 (3.57%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.14%) 3GPP
1 2 (7.14%) TETRA
2 1 (3.57%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.14%) Metadata
2 1 (3.57%) Data Lake
2 1 (3.57%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.57%) Power BI
2 1 (3.57%) Power Query
2 1 (3.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.57%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 2 (7.14%) Git
2 1 (3.57%) Cucumber
2 1 (3.57%) Postman
General
1 13 (46.43%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Influencing Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Finance
3 4 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 3 (10.71%) Military
5 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.57%) Legal
5 1 (3.57%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 15 (53.57%) Lead
2 10 (35.71%) Architect
3 4 (14.29%) Lead Software Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 4 (14.29%) Technical Architect
3 4 (14.29%) Technical Leader
4 3 (10.71%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (10.71%) Test Leader
5 2 (7.14%) Engineering Manager
5 2 (7.14%) Lead Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Microsoft 365 Expert
5 2 (7.14%) Security Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Senior
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Architect
5 2 (7.14%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Applications Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Architect
6 1 (3.57%) Python Engineer
6 1 (3.57%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (17.86%) .NET
2 3 (10.71%) React
3 2 (7.14%) Node.js
3 2 (7.14%) Spring Boot
3 2 (7.14%) Swagger
4 1 (3.57%) OAuth
4 1 (3.57%) OAuth2
4 1 (3.57%) OLE
4 1 (3.57%) OpenID
4 1 (3.57%) Playwright
4 1 (3.57%) Quarkus
4 1 (3.57%) REST
4 1 (3.57%) SAML
4 1 (3.57%) SOAP
4 1 (3.57%) Terraform
4 1 (3.57%) Web Services
4 1 (3.57%) WSDL
Miscellaneous
1 8 (28.57%) Cloud Native
2 4 (14.29%) Product Ownership
3 3 (10.71%) Embedded Systems
3 3 (10.71%) Onboarding
4 2 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (3.57%) Cloud Security Posture
5 1 (3.57%) Distributed Architecture
5 1 (3.57%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (3.57%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (3.57%) Learning Management System
5 1 (3.57%) Mobile App
5 1 (3.57%) Operational Technology
5 1 (3.57%) SCADA
5 1 (3.57%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 8 (28.57%) Linux
2 4 (14.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (7.14%) Windows
4 1 (3.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (42.86%) CI/CD
2 11 (39.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (35.71%) DevOps
4 9 (32.14%) Software Engineering
5 8 (28.57%) Roadmaps
6 7 (25.00%) Mentoring
6 7 (25.00%) Test Automation
7 6 (21.43%) Containerisation
7 6 (21.43%) Infrastructure as Code
7 6 (21.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (21.43%) Test Strategy
8 5 (17.86%) ArchiMate
8 5 (17.86%) Architecture Governance
8 5 (17.86%) Coaching
8 5 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (17.86%) Platform Engineering
8 5 (17.86%) Technology Roadmap
8 5 (17.86%) TOGAF
9 4 (14.29%) Code Quality
9 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.00%) Java
2 6 (21.43%) Python
3 3 (10.71%) C
3 3 (10.71%) C#
3 3 (10.71%) C++
3 3 (10.71%) MATLAB
4 2 (7.14%) PHP
4 2 (7.14%) SQL
4 2 (7.14%) TypeScript
5 1 (3.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 18 (64.29%) Security Cleared
2 16 (57.14%) SC Cleared
3 6 (21.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (7.14%) AWS Certification
4 2 (7.14%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
4 2 (7.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (7.14%) DV Cleared
4 2 (7.14%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (3.57%) Degree
5 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (21.43%) QA
2 3 (10.71%) NCSC
3 2 (7.14%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (3.57%) GRC
4 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.57%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (10.71%) Docker
2 2 (7.14%) Active Directory
3 1 (3.57%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 6 (21.43%) Kubernetes
2 2 (7.14%) Argo
3 1 (3.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (3.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.71%) Oracle
2 3 (10.71%) Red Hat
3 2 (7.14%) BiZZdesign
4 1 (3.57%) Databricks
4 1 (3.57%) IBM
4 1 (3.57%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.57%) VMware
4 1 (3.57%) webMethods