Technical Leader Contracts in the Midlands

Technical Lead
England > Midlands

The median Technical Lead daily rate in the Midlands is £524, 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 98 120 130
Rank change year-on-year +22 +10 +57
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Leader 13 13 37
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.68% 0.47% 1.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.51% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 29
10th Percentile £337 £416 £407
25th Percentile £450 £472 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £619 £688
Median % change year-on-year -15.31% -10.00% +30.95%
75th Percentile £538 £766 £694
90th Percentile £600 £813 £765
England median daily rate £625 £625 £650
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £28.25 -
England median hourly rate - £28.25 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 1,725 2,532 3,256
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 91.84% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,147 1,707 2,290
10th Percentile £200 £213 £223
25th Percentile £356 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.26%
75th Percentile £552 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 106 213 128
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.84 £12.35
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.27 £15.21
Median hourly rate £18.82 £19.59 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.94% -2.05% +16.33%
75th Percentile £28.18 £35.00 £28.88
90th Percentile £35.58 £54.60 £61.50
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in the Midlands

Technical Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Leader in the Midlands

Technical Leader
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Leader in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Leader in the Midlands

Technical Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Leader in the Midlands

Technical 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 Technical Leader within the Midlands 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
West Midlands +13 9 £524 -27.72% 14
East Midlands +11 4 £450 -10.00% 11
Technical Leader
England

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

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 Midlands region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 11 (84.62%) Problem-Solving
1 11 (84.62%) Social Skills
1 11 (84.62%) Agile
2 9 (69.23%) SQL
2 9 (69.23%) Azure
2 9 (69.23%) Process Improvement
2 9 (69.23%) DevOps
3 8 (61.54%) Test Strategy
3 8 (61.54%) OO
3 8 (61.54%) Data Modelling
3 8 (61.54%) Configuration Management
3 8 (61.54%) Problem Management
3 8 (61.54%) Power Platform
3 8 (61.54%) PowerApps
4 2 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (15.38%) .NET Framework
4 2 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (15.38%) Siemens
4 2 (15.38%) .NET
4 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
4 2 (15.38%) AWS
4 2 (15.38%) Entity Framework
4 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (15.38%) AngularJS
4 2 (15.38%) User Experience
5 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
5 1 (7.69%) Software Delivery
5 1 (7.69%) SDLC
5 1 (7.69%) Translating Business Requirements

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Azure
2 8 (61.54%) Power Platform
2 8 (61.54%) PowerApps
3 2 (15.38%) AWS
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (7.69%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
General
1 11 (84.62%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (7.69%) Law
2 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (15.38%) .NET
1 2 (15.38%) .NET Framework
1 2 (15.38%) AngularJS
1 2 (15.38%) ASP.NET Web API
1 2 (15.38%) Entity Framework
2 1 (7.69%) .NET Core
2 1 (7.69%) ASP.NET
2 1 (7.69%) Django
2 1 (7.69%) Flask
2 1 (7.69%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) EPoS
1 1 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
1 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
1 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) Agile
1 11 (84.62%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (69.23%) DevOps
2 9 (69.23%) Process Improvement
3 8 (61.54%) Configuration Management
3 8 (61.54%) Data Modelling
3 8 (61.54%) OO
3 8 (61.54%) Problem Management
3 8 (61.54%) Test Strategy
4 2 (15.38%) Software Engineering
4 2 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (15.38%) User Experience
5 1 (7.69%) Architectural Design
5 1 (7.69%) Backlog Management
5 1 (7.69%) Backlog Prioritisation
5 1 (7.69%) Edge Computing
5 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Automation
5 1 (7.69%) Inventory Management
5 1 (7.69%) Product Backlog
5 1 (7.69%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 9 (69.23%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) C#
2 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Siemens