Principal Technologist Contracts in London

Principal Technologist
England > London

The median Principal Technologist daily rate in London is £800, 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 346 389 -
Rank change year-on-year +43 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Principal Technologist 7 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.056% 0.011% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% 0.012% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £774 - -
25th Percentile £791 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £775 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Principal Technologist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Principal Technologist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Principal Technologist in London

Principal Technologist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Principal Technologist in London.

Daily rate trend for Principal Technologist in London

Principal Technologist
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Technologist within the London 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
East London - 2 - -
Central London - 1 £800 -
Principal Technologist
England

Principal Technologist Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Principal Technologist 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 London region featuring Principal Technologist in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Artificial Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Public Sector
2 5 (71.43%) Machine Learning
2 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
2 5 (71.43%) Coaching
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (42.86%) Data Science
4 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) Local Government
4 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (28.57%) Kanban
4 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Technology Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) LLM

Principal Technologist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

General
1 6 (85.71%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Local Government
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (71.43%) Coaching
2 5 (71.43%) Machine Learning
2 5 (71.43%) Mentoring
3 3 (42.86%) Data Science
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (28.57%) Data Pipeline
4 2 (28.57%) DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) Information Security
4 2 (28.57%) IT Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Kanban
4 2 (28.57%) LLM
4 2 (28.57%) Project Management
4 2 (28.57%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) ISO/IEC 27001