Technical Leader Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Technical Lead
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Technical Lead daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £790, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026.

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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 34 42
Rank change year-on-year -34 +8 +34
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Leader 2 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.24% 0.46% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.49% 1.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £185 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £790 £190 £550
Median % change year-on-year +315.79% -65.45% -12.00%
75th Percentile - £195 £575
90th Percentile - - £675
South East median daily rate £600 £580 £550
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -2.87%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 819 206 439
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.47% 94.06% 93.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 581 141 310
10th Percentile £356 £213 £225
25th Percentile £425 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -
75th Percentile £600 £588 £575
90th Percentile £638 £630 £650
South East median daily rate £518 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +3.50% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 24 41
10th Percentile £15.05 - £15.85
25th Percentile £16.02 £14.20 £17.64
Median hourly rate £18.32 £14.85 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +23.37% -36.03% +32.66%
75th Percentile £36.00 £54.69 £28.75
90th Percentile £39.63 £66.00 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £54.00 £32.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year +66.15% -31.58% -1.86%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Technical Leader job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Technical Leader
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

Technical Leader
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 17 May 2026, Technical 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
1 2 (100.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 2 (100.00%) Private Cloud
1 2 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 2 (100.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (50.00%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) VMware