Software Development Team Leader Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Software Development Team Lead
England > Midlands

The median Software Development Team Lead daily rate in the Midlands is £640, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 March 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 182 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Development Team Leader 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.052% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.057% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £635 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £640 - -
75th Percentile £645 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £608 £638 £463
% change year-on-year -4.71% +37.84% -15.91%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 3,504 1,818 2,563
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 91.22% 92.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,222 1,191 1,722
10th Percentile £263 £200 £200
25th Percentile £400 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 75 218
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.78 £12.09
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.46 £14.78
Median hourly rate £22.50 £21.59 £19.13
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% +12.89% +7.93%
75th Percentile £27.21 £28.88 £28.88
90th Percentile £40.00 £35.00 £55.00
England median hourly rate £35.71 £36.00 £32.90
% change year-on-year -0.81% +9.44% -20.73%

Software Development Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Software Development Team Leader job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Software Development Team Leader
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

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

Software Development Team Leader
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Development Team Leader within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 March 2026. 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
West Midlands - 2 £640 -
Software Development Team Leader
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 March 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 Midlands region featuring Software Development Team Leader in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) B2B
1 2 (100.00%) B2C
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
1 2 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 2 (100.00%) Lean Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) QA
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript

Software Development Team Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Big Data
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) B2B
1 2 (100.00%) B2C
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) DevOps
1 2 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Lean Software Development
1 2 (100.00%) LLM
1 2 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Terraform