Technical Leader Contract Job Trends in Somerset

Technical Lead
South West > Somerset

The median Technical Lead daily rate in Somerset is £620, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 September 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
6 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Leader 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Somerset 0.56% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £610 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £620 - -
75th Percentile £630 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £575 £500 £713
% change year-on-year +15.00% -29.82% +5.40%

All DemandTrendContract IT Job Vacancies
Somerset

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Somerset. 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 Somerset with a recognized job title 151 170 183
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.31% 87.18% 97.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 118 128
10th Percentile £215 £200 £158
25th Percentile £331 £273 £323
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £450 £460
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% -2.17% -1.60%
75th Percentile £675 £600 £625
90th Percentile £745 £641 £715
South West median daily rate £500 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% +1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 30
10th Percentile £14.87 - £32.28
25th Percentile £18.51 £12.50 £39.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £16.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year +57.19% -69.17% +3.78%
75th Percentile £60.00 £54.38 £64.48
90th Percentile £67.50 £63.75 £65.62
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +10.27%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

Job postings that featured Technical Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Somerset.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in Somerset

Technical Leader
Daily Rate Trend in Somerset

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Somerset.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Somerset

Technical Leader
Contract Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 6 September 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
Bath - 1 £620 -
Technical Leader
South West

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset

For the 6 months to 6 September 2025, Technical 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 Somerset region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) IFS
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IFS