Technical Leader Contracts in Leeds

Technical Lead
West Yorkshire > Leeds

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Technical Lead daily rate in Leeds.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 60 86
Rank change year-on-year +2 +26 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Leader 2 3 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.43% 0.38% 0.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.41% 0.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 8
10th Percentile - £447 £511
25th Percentile - £499 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £590 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -1.67% +17.07%
75th Percentile - £673 £628
90th Percentile - £719 £638
West Yorkshire median daily rate - £590 £600
% change year-on-year - -1.67% +17.07%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 452 736 1,303
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.20% 92.12% 97.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 458 948
10th Percentile £257 £300 £356
25th Percentile £352 £413 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -7.11% +7.65%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £619
90th Percentile £638 £675 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £490 £525
% change year-on-year -3.06% -6.67% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 11
10th Percentile £17.08 £11.24 £12.00
25th Percentile £31.47 £11.75 £16.50
Median hourly rate £41.00 £12.53 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year +227.21% -79.95% +179.02%
75th Percentile £98.56 £15.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £102.00 £17.67 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.82 £14.34 £32.50
% change year-on-year +73.14% -55.89% +92.88%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in Leeds

Technical Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Leader in Leeds

Technical Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Leader in Leeds

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds

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 Leeds region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (50.00%) React
1 1 (50.00%) Spring Boot
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes