Team Leader Contracts in the North West

Team Lead
England > North West

The median Team Lead daily rate in the North West is £333, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 August 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
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 124 138
Rank change year-on-year -4 +14 +22
DemandTrendContract jobs requiring a Team Leader 6 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.27% 0.17% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.18% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 5
10th Percentile - £434 £324
25th Percentile £300 £521 £483
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £333 £590 £485
Median % change year-on-year -43.64% +21.65% +2.11%
75th Percentile £431 £610 £488
90th Percentile £517 - £540
England median daily rate £400 £800 £485
% change year-on-year -50.00% +64.95% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £27.75
25th Percentile - - £30.00
Median hourly rate - - £35.00
75th Percentile - - £40.00
90th Percentile - - £42.25
England median hourly rate £55.00 £12.50 £47.74
% change year-on-year +340.00% -73.81% +12.34%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 2,037 2,284 2,736
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.69% 93.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,312 1,366 1,887
10th Percentile £258 £276 £285
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £588
90th Percentile £663 £675 £651
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 158 199 153
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £15.80
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.58 £17.75
Median hourly rate £26.08 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.50% +16.67% +33.33%
75th Percentile £50.56 £55.25 £46.18
90th Percentile £72.72 £71.88 £65.00
England median hourly rate £26.00 £45.00 £42.08
% change year-on-year -42.22% +6.95% +63.85%

Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Team Leader in the North West

Team Leader
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Team Leader
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Team Leader in the North West over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Team Leader in the North West

Team Leader
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Team Leader
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 20 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +6 5 £300 -25.00% 21
Merseyside - 1 £365 - 1
Team Leader
England

Team Leader Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 20 August 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 West region featuring Team Leader in the job title.

1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (16.67%) Red Team
2 1 (16.67%) Blue Team
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) CHECK Team Leader
2 1 (16.67%) CREST Certified
2 1 (16.67%) Security Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Veeam
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) VMware

Team Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Blue Team
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Red Team
2 1 (16.67%) Security Testing
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) CHECK Team Leader
1 1 (16.67%) CREST Certified
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) Veeam
1 1 (16.67%) VMware