Team Leader Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Team Lead
England > North of England

The median Team Lead daily rate in the North of England is £365, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 181 159 187
Rank change year-on-year -22 +28 +25
Contract jobs requiring a Team Leader 7 3 11
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.17% 0.073% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.080% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 9
10th Percentile £281 - £217
25th Percentile £300 £375 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £400 £485
Median % change year-on-year -8.75% -17.53% +29.33%
75th Percentile £575 £425 £538
90th Percentile £680 - £545
England median daily rate £550 £800 £485
% change year-on-year -31.25% +64.95% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate - - £42.50
75th Percentile - - £43.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £38.94 £12.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year +211.52% -70.59% +321.21%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 North of England with a recognized job title 3,706 3,766 4,801
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.12% 91.83% 93.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,459 2,087 3,242
10th Percentile £250 £273 £263
25th Percentile £370 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.14% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £671 £663 £675
England median daily rate £512 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -2.48% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 233 207
10th Percentile £13.05 £15.22 £15.75
25th Percentile £17.33 £18.00 £17.60
Median hourly rate £22.63 £32.50 £22.53
Median % change year-on-year -30.37% +44.25% +6.22%
75th Percentile £50.00 £50.00 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.65 £70.72 £64.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -44.11% -0.46% +71.64%

Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Team Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Team Leader in the North of England

Team Leader
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Team Leader job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Team Leader job vacancies in the North of England

Team Leader
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Team Leader in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Team Leader in the North of England

Team Leader
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Team Leader job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Team Leader job vacancies in the North of England

Team Leader
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Team Leader within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
North West -10 6 £333 -16.88% 22
North East - 1 £750 - 2
Team Leader
England

Team Leader Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 October 2025, Team 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 North of England region featuring Team Leader in the job title.

1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (28.57%) CHECK Team Leader
1 2 (28.57%) CREST Certified
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Veeam
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) VMware
2 1 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) SLA
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (14.29%) Red Team
2 1 (14.29%) Blue Team
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Coaching
2 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
2 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing

Team Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
General
1 1 (14.29%) Legal
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Blue Team
2 1 (14.29%) Coaching
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Red Team
2 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) CHECK Team Leader
1 2 (28.57%) CREST Certified
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 1 (14.29%) Veeam
1 1 (14.29%) VMware