Technical Leader Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Technical Lead
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Technical Lead daily rate in Newcastle upon Tyne is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - +35
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Leader 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.33% - 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 291 170 162
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 97.00% 86.29% 91.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 94 107
10th Percentile £163 £187 £214
25th Percentile £338 £336 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £485
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -12.37% -11.82%
75th Percentile £525 £558 £594
90th Percentile £600 £650 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £438 £425 £475
% change year-on-year +2.94% -10.53% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 7
10th Percentile £13.98 £16.35 £14.50
25th Percentile £17.88 £31.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.25 £70.00 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -58.21% +118.75% +161.22%
75th Percentile £53.19 - £46.88
90th Percentile £53.75 - £60.00
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £29.25 £70.00 £24.75
% change year-on-year -58.21% +182.83% +102.04%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Technical Leader' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Technical Leader job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Technical Leader
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

Technical Leader
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 1 December 2025, Technical 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unix

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java