Technical Leadership Contract Job Trends in Preston

Technical Leadership
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring Technical Leadership skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 28 17 13
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 +7
Contract jobs citing Technical Leadership 4 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 2.16% 3.85% 4.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.67% 4.17% 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 £619 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £638 £525
Median % change year-on-year -25.49% +21.43% +40.00%
75th Percentile £488 £656 £538
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £675 £638 £525
% change year-on-year +5.88% +21.43% +40.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £77.25 - £62.50
Median hourly rate £83.50 £70.16 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.01% +7.94% -
75th Percentile £89.75 - £67.50
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £83.50 £70.16 £65.00
% change year-on-year +19.01% +7.94% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 150 72 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 81.08% 92.31% 79.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 47 21
10th Percentile £310 £344 £200
25th Percentile £463 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £455 £575
Median % change year-on-year +20.88% -20.87% +29.58%
75th Percentile £638 £630 £627
90th Percentile £688 £674 £975
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £488 £475
% change year-on-year +12.82% +2.63% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 6
10th Percentile £37.25 £23.32 £24.48
25th Percentile £60.00 £26.88 £25.98
Median hourly rate £70.00 £41.06 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.48% +26.34% -29.16%
75th Percentile £76.33 £47.12 £48.16
90th Percentile £80.00 £61.47 £59.69
Lancashire median hourly rate £56.44 £47.12 £40.33
% change year-on-year +19.78% +16.85% -12.68%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Technical Leadership relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.

Technical Leadership job vacancy trend in Preston

Technical Leadership
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Technical Leadership.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Technical Leadership

Technical Leadership
Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Technical Leadership.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Technical Leadership

Technical Leadership
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (50.00%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
1 2 (50.00%) Internet
1 2 (50.00%) Network Security
1 2 (50.00%) VPN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Technical Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CMDB
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Data Management
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) Security Operations
2 2 (50.00%) Server Migrations
2 2 (50.00%) SIEM
2 2 (50.00%) Validation
3 1 (25.00%) AIOps
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Operations Management
3 1 (25.00%) PLM
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) CASB
1 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Zscaler
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) VMware