Development Team Leader Contract Job Trends in England

Development Team Lead
UK > England

The median Development Team Lead daily rate in England is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 545 475 545
Rank change year-on-year -70 +70 +126
Contract jobs requiring a Development Team Leader 3 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.009% 0.008% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.008% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile - - £498
25th Percentile £538 £619 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £638 £650
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% -1.92% +47.73%
75th Percentile £613 £656 £750
90th Percentile - - £803
UK median daily rate £575 £638 £700
% change year-on-year -9.80% -8.93% +59.09%

All Contract IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 30,066 24,417 35,598
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.62% 93.06% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,145 15,033 24,004
10th Percentile £300 £300 £270
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £644
90th Percentile £725 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,886 731 2,091
10th Percentile £14.96 £15.92 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.60 £21.25 £17.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £35.95
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -2.64% +2.71%
75th Percentile £63.75 £64.50 £61.69
90th Percentile £71.00 £75.00 £72.75
UK median hourly rate £29.61 £33.00 £35.95
% change year-on-year -10.27% -8.21% +2.71%

Development Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Development Team Leader job vacancy trend in England

Development Team Leader
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Development Team Leader job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Development Team Leader job vacancies in England

Development Team Leader
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Development Team Leader job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Development Team Leader job vacancies in England

Development Team Leader
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Development Team Leader within the England region over the 6 months to 2 February 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -24 3 £575 - 5
Development Team Leader
UK

Development Team Leader Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 2 February 2026, Development 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 England region featuring Development Team Leader in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Chatbot
2 2 (66.67%) Conversational UI
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) LLM
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) B2B
3 1 (33.33%) B2C
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Docker
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (33.33%) Lean Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) Node.js
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Terraform

Development Team Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Node.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Conversational UI
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) LLM
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) B2B
3 1 (33.33%) B2C
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Lean Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform