Technical Leader Contract Job Trends in Richmond upon Thames

Technical Lead
West London > Richmond upon Thames

The median Technical Lead daily rate in Richmond upon Thames is £520, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 July 2026.

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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Leader 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Richmond upon Thames 6.41% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 6.94% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 - -
West London median daily rate £725 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Richmond upon Thames

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Richmond upon Thames. 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 Richmond upon Thames with a recognized job title 72 4 37
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 66.67% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 4 36
10th Percentile £400 £236 £413
25th Percentile £510 £283 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £339 £575
Median % change year-on-year +65.31% -41.09% +25.68%
75th Percentile £682 £412 £606
90th Percentile £703 £487 £644
West London median daily rate £520 £425 £486
% change year-on-year +22.35% -12.60% -13.56%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Richmond upon Thames

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 Richmond upon Thames.

Technical Leader job vacancy trend in Richmond upon Thames

Technical Leader
Daily Rate Trend in Richmond upon Thames

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Richmond upon Thames.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Richmond upon Thames

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Richmond upon Thames

For the 6 months to 31 July 2026, 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 Richmond upon Thames region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 5 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 5 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 5 (100.00%) Metadata
1 5 (100.00%) Python
1 5 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Product Roadmap
2 3 (60.00%) User Stories
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) AWS
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Collibra
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Data Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (40.00%) Delta Lake
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) ETL
3 2 (40.00%) Metadata Management
3 2 (40.00%) Observability
3 2 (40.00%) Parquet
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Richmond upon Thames 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 (40.00%) AWS
1 2 (40.00%) Collibra
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) Metadata
2 2 (40.00%) Delta Lake
2 2 (40.00%) Parquet
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (40.00%) Distributed Computing
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 5 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 5 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 3 (60.00%) Product Roadmap
2 3 (60.00%) User Stories
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (40.00%) Data Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Data Pipeline
3 2 (40.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) ETL
3 2 (40.00%) Metadata Management
3 2 (40.00%) Observability
3 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Python
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) Data Quality