Software Development Team Leader Contract Job Trends in London

Software Development Team Lead
England > London

The median Software Development Team Lead daily rate in London is £575, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 February 2026.

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

 6 months to
1 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 385 - 396
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Development Team Leader 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.020% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% - 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £475
75th Percentile £613 - £488
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £575 £638 £475
% change year-on-year -9.80% +34.21% -13.64%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 13,645 12,924 17,313
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 93.63% 93.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,056 8,253 12,514
10th Percentile £350 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -5.17%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £780
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 139 327
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.95 £16.02
25th Percentile £23.75 £24.66 £19.15
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £29.72
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +17.77% -15.09%
75th Percentile £63.10 £53.75 £50.13
90th Percentile £76.58 £79.15 £65.85
England median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £36.05
% change year-on-year -14.29% -2.90% +2.99%

Software Development Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Software Development Team Leader' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Software Development Team Leader job vacancy trend in London

Software Development Team Leader
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Development Team Leader job vacancies in London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Software Development Team Leader job vacancies in London

Software Development Team Leader Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 February 2026, Software Development Team Leader 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 London region featuring Software Development Team Leader in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) AWS
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) TypeScript
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Chatbot
2 2 (66.67%) Conversational UI
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) LLM
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) B2B
3 1 (33.33%) B2C
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Docker
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (33.33%) Lean Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) Node.js
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Terraform

Software Development Team Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub
2 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Node.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) AI
2 2 (66.67%) Conversational UI
2 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
2 2 (66.67%) LLM
2 2 (66.67%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) B2B
3 1 (33.33%) B2C
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Lean Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Python
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
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