Technical Leadership Contracts in England

Technical Leadership
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Technical Leadership skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Technical Leadership over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 190 274
Rank change year-on-year +65 +84 +25
Contract jobs citing Technical Leadership 541 458 478
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 2.22% 1.23% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% 1.42% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 358 245 322
10th Percentile £405 £463 £475
25th Percentile £500 £513 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £601 £646
Median % change year-on-year -0.08% -7.04% +7.67%
75th Percentile £689 £688 £754
90th Percentile £802 £788 £825
UK median daily rate £585 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -2.50% -4.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 15
10th Percentile - £12.75 £32.45
25th Percentile £24.66 £16.48 £47.50
Median hourly rate £32.70 £18.47 £62.00
Median % change year-on-year +77.09% -70.22% -17.33%
75th Percentile £70.63 £58.13 £80.25
90th Percentile £88.75 £76.50 £80.70
UK median hourly rate £42.70 £28.72 £66.71
% change year-on-year +48.69% -56.96% -11.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Technical Leadership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leadership in England

Technical Leadership
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Leadership in England.

Daily rate trend for Technical Leadership in England

Technical Leadership
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Leadership in England

Technical Leadership
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Leadership in England.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Leadership in England

Technical Leadership
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Leadership in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Leadership in England

Technical Leadership
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 Technical Leadership within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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 +99 279 £650 +8.24% 697
North of England +47 79 £600 -3.23% 371
South East -21 60 £550 -4.35% 478
North West +30 48 £563 -9.27% 188
Midlands +15 39 £500 -19.35% 312
South West +68 35 £606 -3.96% 225
East of England +42 27 £550 -14.40% 262
Yorkshire +21 25 £600 - 142
West Midlands +18 25 £500 +5.26% 164
East Midlands -1 13 £447 -28.14% 126
North East +4 6 £550 -35.29% 44
Technical Leadership
UK

Technical Leadership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (3.14%) Apache Spark
2 16 (2.96%) Confluence
2 16 (2.96%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.22%) Moodle
4 8 (1.48%) Apache
5 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.55%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.55%) SAS
7 1 (0.18%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.18%) CMS
7 1 (0.18%) IIS
7 1 (0.18%) JBoss
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Coherence
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.18%) Smallworld
Applications
1 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.55%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 14 (2.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.37%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.37%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.18%) Endur
4 1 (0.18%) Maximo
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.18%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.18%) SAP BRIM
4 1 (0.18%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.18%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.18%) SAP PS
4 1 (0.18%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.18%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 155 (28.65%) Azure
2 116 (21.44%) AWS
3 45 (8.32%) GCP
4 30 (5.55%) Power Platform
5 25 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
6 23 (4.25%) Entra ID
6 23 (4.25%) SaaS
6 23 (4.25%) Serverless
7 19 (3.51%) Cloud Computing
8 18 (3.33%) OpenShift
9 17 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (2.96%) PowerApps
11 15 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
12 13 (2.40%) GitHub
12 13 (2.40%) PaaS
13 11 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
15 9 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
15 9 (1.66%) OneDrive
15 9 (1.66%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 32 (5.91%) Network Security
2 27 (4.99%) Firewall
3 21 (3.88%) DNS
4 20 (3.70%) WAN
5 19 (3.51%) LAN
6 16 (2.96%) HTTP
6 16 (2.96%) TCP/IP
7 15 (2.77%) DHCP
8 8 (1.48%) HTTPS
8 8 (1.48%) SSL
8 8 (1.48%) VPN
9 7 (1.29%) Ethernet
10 6 (1.11%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.92%) Cisco Nexus
11 5 (0.92%) SSH
12 4 (0.74%) BGP
12 4 (0.74%) DWDM
12 4 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.74%) VoIP
13 3 (0.55%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (5.91%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (4.81%) MongoDB
3 23 (4.25%) Big Data
4 21 (3.88%) MySQL
4 21 (3.88%) Relational Database
4 21 (3.88%) SQL Server
5 16 (2.96%) Power BI
6 15 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (2.40%) Apache Cassandra
8 12 (2.22%) Data Lake
9 8 (1.48%) NoSQL
10 7 (1.29%) Data Mining
10 7 (1.29%) Oracle Database
11 6 (1.11%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.92%) Metadata
12 5 (0.92%) RDBMS
13 4 (0.74%) DynamoDB
13 4 (0.74%) GIS
13 4 (0.74%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 44 (8.13%) Git
2 42 (7.76%) JIRA
3 32 (5.91%) Jenkins
4 25 (4.62%) GitLab
5 24 (4.44%) Cucumber
6 14 (2.59%) Selenium
6 14 (2.59%) SonarQube
7 13 (2.40%) JUnit
7 13 (2.40%) REST Assured
8 10 (1.85%) Jasmine
9 6 (1.11%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.92%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.92%) JMeter
10 5 (0.92%) PHPUnit
10 5 (0.92%) Postman
11 4 (0.74%) CircleCI
11 4 (0.74%) Rational DOORS
12 3 (0.55%) Gradle
12 3 (0.55%) Mockito
12 3 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 244 (45.10%) Social Skills
2 89 (16.45%) Analytical Skills
3 81 (14.97%) Finance
4 58 (10.72%) Public Sector
5 21 (3.88%) Banking
6 17 (3.14%) Law
7 16 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (2.77%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.22%) Automotive
9 12 (2.22%) Manufacturing
10 11 (2.03%) Financial Institution
11 9 (1.66%) Marketing
12 8 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.29%) Legal
13 7 (1.29%) Retail
14 5 (0.92%) Back Office
14 5 (0.92%) Billing
14 5 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.92%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 196 (36.23%) Architect
2 118 (21.81%) Lead
3 73 (13.49%) Senior
4 63 (11.65%) Developer
5 58 (10.72%) Solutions Architect
6 37 (6.84%) Technical Architect
7 35 (6.47%) Senior Developer
8 34 (6.28%) Technical Leader
9 25 (4.62%) Software Engineer
10 21 (3.88%) Java Developer
11 19 (3.51%) Security Architect
12 17 (3.14%) Network Architect
13 15 (2.77%) Java Engineer
13 15 (2.77%) Lead Architect
14 14 (2.59%) Cloud Architect
14 14 (2.59%) DevOps Engineer
14 14 (2.59%) Senior Architect
15 13 (2.40%) Data Engineer
16 12 (2.22%) Moodle Developer
16 12 (2.22%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (6.28%) .NET
2 32 (5.91%) REST
3 28 (5.18%) RESTful
4 22 (4.07%) Kafka
5 17 (3.14%) AngularJS
5 17 (3.14%) Spring
5 17 (3.14%) Spring Boot
6 16 (2.96%) Web Services
7 13 (2.40%) Java EE
7 13 (2.40%) Swagger
8 12 (2.22%) OpenAPI
8 12 (2.22%) Spring Security
9 11 (2.03%) ARM Templates
9 11 (2.03%) Spring Batch
10 10 (1.85%) JSON
10 10 (1.85%) Middleware
11 9 (1.66%) HTML
11 9 (1.66%) Node.js
11 9 (1.66%) XML
12 8 (1.48%) React
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.99%) Data Centre
2 21 (3.88%) Management Information System
3 19 (3.51%) Cloud Native
3 19 (3.51%) Onboarding
4 17 (3.14%) Public Cloud
5 16 (2.96%) Product Ownership
6 14 (2.59%) Data Structures
7 13 (2.40%) EPoS
8 12 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
8 12 (2.22%) Low-Code
9 11 (2.03%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.85%) Algorithms
11 9 (1.66%) CMDB
11 9 (1.66%) Distributed Computing
11 9 (1.66%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.48%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 8 (1.48%) Hedge funds
13 7 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (1.29%) IoT
13 7 (1.29%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 48 (8.87%) Linux
2 39 (7.21%) Windows
3 26 (4.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 16 (2.96%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.22%) Unix
6 5 (0.92%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
7 3 (0.55%) Android
7 3 (0.55%) CentOS
7 3 (0.55%) FreeRTOS
8 2 (0.37%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.37%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.37%) Solaris
8 2 (0.37%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.18%) SUSE
9 1 (0.18%) VyOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (30.13%) Problem-Solving
2 148 (27.36%) Mentoring
3 130 (24.03%) Agile
4 119 (22.00%) DevOps
5 97 (17.93%) CI/CD
6 80 (14.79%) Software Engineering
7 76 (14.05%) Roadmaps
8 73 (13.49%) Microservices
9 70 (12.94%) Stakeholder Management
10 61 (11.28%) Migration
11 60 (11.09%) Test Automation
12 55 (10.17%) Analytics
13 54 (9.98%) Containerisation
14 49 (9.06%) Continuous Integration
15 46 (8.50%) Decision-Making
15 46 (8.50%) Infrastructure as Code
16 41 (7.58%) Data Modelling
16 41 (7.58%) Enterprise Architecture
17 40 (7.39%) Computer Science
18 35 (6.47%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 116 (21.44%) Python
2 98 (18.11%) Java
3 70 (12.94%) SQL
4 52 (9.61%) PowerShell
5 34 (6.28%) JavaScript
6 31 (5.73%) Bash
7 28 (5.18%) C#
8 21 (3.88%) C++
9 19 (3.51%) C
10 13 (2.40%) TypeScript
11 11 (2.03%) Go
12 8 (1.48%) Kotlin
12 8 (1.48%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.11%) ActionScript
13 6 (1.11%) ActionScript 2.0
14 5 (0.92%) PHP
14 5 (0.92%) Ruby
14 5 (0.92%) Scala
15 4 (0.74%) Apex Code
15 4 (0.74%) Perl
Qualifications
1 178 (32.90%) Security Cleared
2 142 (26.25%) SC Cleared
3 65 (12.01%) Degree
4 34 (6.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (4.99%) DV Cleared
5 27 (4.99%) Master's Degree
6 18 (3.33%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (3.14%) Azure Certification
8 16 (2.96%) AWS Certification
9 13 (2.40%) CCNP
10 11 (2.03%) TOGAF Certification
11 10 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 10 (1.85%) CISSP
12 9 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
13 8 (1.48%) CCNA
14 6 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (1.11%) JNCIS
15 5 (0.92%) CISM
15 5 (0.92%) PMP
16 4 (0.74%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (5.73%) QA
2 18 (3.33%) Data Quality
2 18 (3.33%) GDPR
3 10 (1.85%) NIST
4 7 (1.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.29%) PCI DSS
5 3 (0.55%) AUTOSAR
5 3 (0.55%) JSP 440
6 2 (0.37%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.37%) COBIT
6 2 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.37%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.37%) PMO
7 1 (0.18%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.18%) NCSC
7 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 64 (11.83%) Docker
2 17 (3.14%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.96%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.48%) Hyper-V
4 8 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.55%) vSphere
6 2 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.18%) HDFS
7 1 (0.18%) OpenAM
7 1 (0.18%) OpenDJ
7 1 (0.18%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.18%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.18%) XenApp
7 1 (0.18%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 86 (15.90%) Kubernetes
2 54 (9.98%) Terraform
3 45 (8.32%) Ansible
4 11 (2.03%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.85%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (1.66%) Docker Swarm
6 9 (1.66%) Podman
7 8 (1.48%) Grafana
7 8 (1.48%) Puppet
8 6 (1.11%) MOM
8 6 (1.11%) Progress Chef
8 6 (1.11%) SCCM
8 6 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.74%) Kibana
9 4 (0.74%) NetBackup
10 3 (0.55%) Data Guard
11 2 (0.37%) CASB
11 2 (0.37%) Packer
11 2 (0.37%) Red Hat Satellite
11 2 (0.37%) SELinux
Vendors
1 87 (16.08%) Microsoft
2 33 (6.10%) Oracle
3 24 (4.44%) VMware
4 23 (4.25%) Cisco
4 23 (4.25%) SAP
4 23 (4.25%) ServiceNow
5 18 (3.33%) Google
6 16 (2.96%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.77%) Red Hat
8 10 (1.85%) Apple
9 9 (1.66%) Databricks
9 9 (1.66%) F5
9 9 (1.66%) Juniper
10 8 (1.48%) IBM
10 8 (1.48%) Samsung
10 8 (1.48%) Siemens
10 8 (1.48%) SOTI
11 7 (1.29%) MuleSoft
11 7 (1.29%) Palo Alto
11 7 (1.29%) SolarWinds