Technical Specialist Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Technical Specialist
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Technical Specialist daily rate in Leeds is £325, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 March 2026.

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

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £325 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 764 416 784
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.91% 96.74% 93.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 500 276 490
10th Percentile £313 £263 £281
25th Percentile £413 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -7.32%
75th Percentile £571 £550 £593
90th Percentile £638 £638 £675
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 10 13
10th Percentile - £17.08 £11.24
25th Percentile £14.25 £27.56 £11.75
Median hourly rate £16.25 £37.06 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +195.73% -79.95%
75th Percentile £28.75 £98.08 £15.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £102.00 £20.62
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.00 £24.82 £14.37
% change year-on-year -23.45% +72.78% -59.02%

Technical Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Technical Specialist job vacancy trend in Leeds

Technical Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Specialist job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Specialist job vacancies in Leeds

Technical Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Specialist job vacancies in Leeds.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Specialist job vacancies in Leeds

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 26 March 2026, Technical Specialist 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 Leeds region featuring Technical Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Akamai
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security

Technical Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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%) Akamai
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
1 2 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DNS
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript