Technical Leader Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Technical Lead
England > Midlands

The median Technical Lead daily rate in the Midlands is £523, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 September 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
27 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 139 102 125
Rank change year-on-year -37 +23 +41
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Leader 14 32 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.52% 1.18% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 1.27% 0.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 17
10th Percentile £406 - £491
25th Percentile £442 £310 £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £523 £322 £600
Median % change year-on-year +62.27% -46.33% +5.63%
75th Percentile £555 £481 £750
90th Percentile £664 £579 -
England median daily rate £600 £613 £660
% change year-on-year -2.04% -7.20% +1.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £50.00 -
England median hourly rate - £57.50 £48.61
% change year-on-year - +18.29% -35.19%

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 2,403 2,517 2,806
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.07% 92.98% 94.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,570 1,566 1,947
10th Percentile £220 £250 £220
25th Percentile £358 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.75% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £599 £591
90th Percentile £650 £688 £697
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 107 114
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.57 £13.19
25th Percentile £17.14 £15.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £24.34 £23.60 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% +16.54% +15.32%
75th Percentile £31.00 £42.45 £33.64
90th Percentile £50.00 £53.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -44.11% - +73.08%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies 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 27 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Leader in the Midlands

Technical Leader
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in the Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies 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 27 September 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 -10 11 £486 -23.54% 5
East Midlands -20 3 £694 +116.12% 2
Technical Leader
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 September 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 8 (57.14%) Azure
2 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
4 5 (35.71%) Power Platform
4 5 (35.71%) Data Modelling
4 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
5 4 (28.57%) SQL
5 4 (28.57%) OO
5 4 (28.57%) Agile
5 4 (28.57%) Process Improvement
5 4 (28.57%) DevOps
5 4 (28.57%) PowerApps
6 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
6 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
6 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
6 3 (21.43%) Test Strategy
6 3 (21.43%) AWS
6 3 (21.43%) Problem Management
6 3 (21.43%) Configuration Management
6 3 (21.43%) .NET
7 2 (14.29%) Windows
7 2 (14.29%) C#
7 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
7 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (14.29%) Migration
7 2 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
7 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
7 2 (14.29%) Security Architecture
7 2 (14.29%) Data Quality
7 2 (14.29%) Code Quality

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 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (7.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) Azure
2 5 (35.71%) Power Platform
3 4 (28.57%) PowerApps
4 3 (21.43%) AWS
5 1 (7.14%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
5 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (7.14%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) DKIM
1 1 (7.14%) DMARC
1 1 (7.14%) LAN
1 1 (7.14%) MPLS
1 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
1 1 (7.14%) Unified Communications
1 1 (7.14%) VoIP
1 1 (7.14%) WAN
1 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Metadata
2 1 (7.14%) PostgreSQL
General
1 6 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) .NET
2 1 (7.14%) .NET Core
2 1 (7.14%) AngularJS
2 1 (7.14%) ARM Templates
2 1 (7.14%) Node.js
2 1 (7.14%) React
2 1 (7.14%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (35.71%) Data Modelling
3 4 (28.57%) Agile
3 4 (28.57%) DevOps
3 4 (28.57%) OO
3 4 (28.57%) Process Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Configuration Management
4 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
4 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
4 3 (21.43%) Problem Management
4 3 (21.43%) Test Strategy
5 2 (14.29%) Analytics
5 2 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
5 2 (14.29%) Code Quality
5 2 (14.29%) Migration
5 2 (14.29%) Security Architecture
5 2 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 2 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (7.14%) Java
3 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Data Quality
2 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.14%) SLA
2 1 (7.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (7.14%) SCCM
1 1 (7.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) AppDynamics
2 1 (7.14%) BT
2 1 (7.14%) CenturyLink
2 1 (7.14%) Palo Alto
2 1 (7.14%) Siemens
2 1 (7.14%) Splunk