Lead Software Developer Contract Job Trends in Telford

Lead Software Developer
Shropshire > Telford

The median Lead Software Developer daily rate in Telford is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 September 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Software Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Telford 0.14% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
Shropshire median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Telford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Telford. 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 Telford with a recognized job title 702 156 79
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.69% 90.70% 84.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 595 118 61
10th Percentile £366 £321 £298
25th Percentile £418 £403 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £512 £485
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +5.62% -3.00%
75th Percentile £544 £538 £519
90th Percentile £630 £550 £538
Shropshire median daily rate £475 £512 £485
% change year-on-year -7.23% +5.57% +1.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 1 0
10th Percentile £45.05 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 -
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% - -
75th Percentile £61.00 - -
90th Percentile £65.25 - -
Shropshire median hourly rate £52.50 £31.31 -
% change year-on-year +67.70% - -

Lead Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead Software Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Telford.

Lead Software Developer job vacancy trend in Telford

Lead Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Telford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Software Developer job vacancies in Telford.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Software Developer job vacancies in Telford

Lead Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford

For the 6 months to 1 September 2026, Lead Software Developer 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 Telford region featuring Lead Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) GMP
1 1 (100.00%) GxP
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database

Lead Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Workflow
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) LIMS
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Information Management
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 1 (100.00%) GMP
1 1 (100.00%) GxP
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 17025
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle