Software Team Leader Contract Job Trends in the South West

Software Team Lead
England > South West

The median Software Team Lead daily rate in the South West is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Software Team Leader 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.028% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £575 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
75th Percentile £625 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £640 - £825
% change year-on-year - - +73.68%

All Contract IT Job Roles
South West

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

Contract vacancies in the South West with a recognized job title 3,364 1,684 2,577
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.34% 88.87% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,833 980 1,656
10th Percentile £326 £225 £249
25th Percentile £425 £363 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% -0.95%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £613
90th Percentile £721 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £512 £525
% change year-on-year +2.54% -2.48% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 556 187 335
10th Percentile £16.64 £13.50 £14.84
25th Percentile £32.48 £18.13 £40.00
Median hourly rate £60.17 £25.15 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +139.22% -61.31% +3.17%
75th Percentile £68.19 £65.00 £72.50
90th Percentile £79.50 £70.00 £76.50
England median hourly rate £43.50 £25.23 £45.00
% change year-on-year +72.45% -43.94% +8.04%

Software Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Software Team Leader' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Software Team Leader job vacancy trend in the South West

Software Team Leader
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Software Team Leader
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

Software Team Leader
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Software Team Leader within the South West region over the 6 months to 12 August 2026. 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
Bristol - 1 £600 - 10
Software Team Leader
England

Software Team Leader Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 12 August 2026, Software Team 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 South West region featuring Software Team Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy

Software Team Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat