Technical Leader Contracts in Hertfordshire

Technical Lead
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Technical Lead daily rate in Hertfordshire is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 66 67
Rank change year-on-year +22 +1 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Leader 1 7 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.31% 0.84% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.93% 0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 6
10th Percentile - £488 £429
25th Percentile £525 £550 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £638
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -5.88% -
75th Percentile £575 £650 £713
90th Percentile - - £731
East of England median daily rate £190 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -68.33% - -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £24.00 -
East of England median hourly rate - £24.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 297 750 744
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 89.93% 91.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 309 406
10th Percentile £330 £235 £210
25th Percentile £425 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +26.47% -15.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £650
90th Percentile £675 £700 £763
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 285 148
10th Percentile £27.96 £37.91 £20.31
25th Percentile £50.31 £43.00 £49.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -20.00% +27.55%
75th Percentile £79.82 £65.00 £66.69
90th Percentile £85.00 £80.00 £74.95
East of England median hourly rate £50.00 £43.00 £35.40
% change year-on-year +16.28% +21.47% +128.39%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Job postings that featured Technical Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in Hertfordshire

Technical Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Leader in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Technical Leader in Hertfordshire

Technical Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Leader in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Leader in Hertfordshire

Technical Leader
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the Hertfordshire 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
Hemel Hempstead - 1 £550 - 4
Technical Leader
East of England

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Technical Leader contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Hertfordshire region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA