Technical Leadership Contracts in the Midlands

Technical Leadership
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring Technical Leadership skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Technical Leadership over the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 132 159
Rank change year-on-year +41 +27 -19
Contract jobs citing Technical Leadership 50 26 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.70% 0.81% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 0.92% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 18 24
10th Percentile £463 £502 £423
25th Percentile £482 £558 £458
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £681 £556
Median % change year-on-year -19.27% +22.47% +11.25%
75th Percentile £634 £694 £638
90th Percentile £788 £738 £688
England median daily rate £619 £628 £600
% change year-on-year -1.51% +4.67% +11.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.75 - -
Median hourly rate £13.50 - -
75th Percentile £41.60 - -
90th Percentile £55.36 - -
England median hourly rate £43.49 £65.00 £75.07
% change year-on-year -33.10% -13.41% +71.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Technical Leadership falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,373 2,816 4,402
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.50% 87.48% 87.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,577 1,978 3,231
10th Percentile £234 £258 £250
25th Percentile £358 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £669
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 178 101 130
10th Percentile £11.11 £12.50 £10.68
25th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £19.00 £24.00 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +31.51% +24.91%
75th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £24.50
90th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Technical Leadership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leadership in the Midlands

Technical Leadership
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Leadership in the Midlands

Technical Leadership
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Leadership in the Midlands

Technical Leadership
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Leadership in the Midlands

Technical Leadership
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Leadership in the Midlands over the 6 months to 19 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Leadership in the Midlands

Technical Leadership
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 Leadership within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 June 2024. 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 +25 25 £493 -28.36% 25
East Midlands +24 25 £622 +3.67% 15
Technical Leadership
England

Technical Leadership
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 (4.00%) SAS
1 2 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (12.00%) CANalyzer
2 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.00%) CATIA
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (2.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.00%) Azure
2 3 (6.00%) AWS
3 2 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (4.00%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.00%) OCI
4 1 (2.00%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.00%) WAN
2 7 (14.00%) LAN
2 7 (14.00%) VPN
3 6 (12.00%) Ethernet
3 6 (12.00%) FlexRay
4 4 (8.00%) Junos
5 3 (6.00%) BGP
5 3 (6.00%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (6.00%) IPsec
5 3 (6.00%) MPLS
5 3 (6.00%) SAN
6 2 (4.00%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.00%) DHCP
7 1 (2.00%) DNS
7 1 (2.00%) Network Security
7 1 (2.00%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (12.00%) CANoe
2 2 (4.00%) JIRA
General
1 19 (38.00%) Finance
2 17 (34.00%) Social Skills
3 12 (24.00%) Manufacturing
4 10 (20.00%) Electronics
4 10 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 7 (14.00%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (12.00%) Automotive
7 4 (8.00%) Marketing
7 4 (8.00%) Telecoms
8 3 (6.00%) Aerospace
9 2 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (2.00%) Advertising
10 1 (2.00%) Aviation
10 1 (2.00%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (2.00%) General Ledger
10 1 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (2.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 21 (42.00%) Architect
2 9 (18.00%) ForgeRock Architect
3 8 (16.00%) Analyst
4 6 (12.00%) Integration Manager
4 6 (12.00%) Lead
4 6 (12.00%) Project Manager
4 6 (12.00%) Software Manager
5 5 (10.00%) Network Architect
6 4 (8.00%) Senior
6 4 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (8.00%) Systems Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) Finance Systems Analyst
7 3 (6.00%) Financial Analyst
8 2 (4.00%) Developer
8 2 (4.00%) Dynamics 365 Architect
8 2 (4.00%) Infrastructure Manager
8 2 (4.00%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
8 2 (4.00%) Python Developer
8 2 (4.00%) Technical Analyst
8 2 (4.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (18.00%) LDAP
1 9 (18.00%) OAuth
1 9 (18.00%) OpenID
1 9 (18.00%) SAML
2 1 (2.00%) Flash
2 1 (2.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.00%) Infotainment
2 3 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.00%) Windows
2 4 (8.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (26.00%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (24.00%) Migration
3 9 (18.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (18.00%) Customer Service
3 9 (18.00%) Identity Access Management
3 9 (18.00%) Identity Management
4 8 (16.00%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (16.00%) Project Management
5 7 (14.00%) Project Delivery
5 7 (14.00%) Risk Management
5 7 (14.00%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (12.00%) Agile
6 6 (12.00%) Mentoring
6 6 (12.00%) Power Management
6 6 (12.00%) Project Planning
6 6 (12.00%) Prototyping
6 6 (12.00%) Software Deployment
6 6 (12.00%) Waterfall
7 5 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (10.00%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.00%) Python
2 6 (12.00%) VBA
3 5 (10.00%) SQL
4 1 (2.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.00%) X++
Qualifications
1 12 (24.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (18.00%) Degree
2 9 (18.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.00%) PMI Certification
3 5 (10.00%) PMP
4 4 (8.00%) CCNA
4 4 (8.00%) CCNP
4 4 (8.00%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (4.00%) JNCIS
5 2 (4.00%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.00%) JNCIA
6 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.00%) SLA
2 3 (6.00%) HAZOP
2 3 (6.00%) QA
3 1 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (6.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (6.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.00%) vSphere
3 1 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (18.00%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (12.00%) Functional Safety
3 1 (2.00%) SCCM
3 1 (2.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (18.00%) ForgeRock
3 5 (10.00%) Cisco
3 5 (10.00%) Juniper
4 4 (8.00%) Computacenter
4 4 (8.00%) SAP
5 3 (6.00%) VMware
6 2 (4.00%) ServiceNow
6 2 (4.00%) Snow
7 1 (2.00%) Apple
7 1 (2.00%) Citrix
7 1 (2.00%) Google
7 1 (2.00%) Oracle
7 1 (2.00%) SolarWinds