Technical Leader Contracts in Manchester

Technical Lead
North West > Manchester

The median Technical Lead daily rate in Manchester is £775, 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 76 57 108
Rank change year-on-year -19 +51 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Leader 3 39 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.32% 2.57% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 2.68% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 27 5
10th Percentile - - £564
25th Percentile £763 £631 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 £850 £613
Median % change year-on-year -8.82% +38.78% +22.50%
75th Percentile £788 - £1,650
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £775 £850 £606
% change year-on-year -8.82% +40.21% +21.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 867 1,456 1,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.63% 95.98% 96.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 613 1,007 1,360
10th Percentile £282 £313 £313
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £588
90th Percentile £674 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 84 55
10th Percentile - £12.07 £14.10
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £25.10 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.37% -28.30% +100.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.50 £48.13
90th Percentile £74.38 £73.75 £68.40
North West median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
% change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in Manchester

Technical Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Leader in Manchester

Technical Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Leader in Manchester

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

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 Manchester region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Debt
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) Node.js
3 1 (33.33%) High Availability
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) BYOD
3 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (33.33%) Serverless
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Serverless
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) BYOD
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Debt
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
49 Technical Leader jobs in the North West