Technical Leader Contract Job Trends in Telford

Technical Lead
Shropshire > Telford

The median Technical Lead daily rate in Telford is £626, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 23 -
Rank change year-on-year -56 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Leader 3 7 0
As % of all contract jobs in Telford 0.48% 5.51% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 5.98% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 0
10th Percentile £445 £515 -
25th Percentile £513 £519 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £626 £524 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.37% - -
75th Percentile £626 £527 -
90th Percentile - £533 -
Shropshire median daily rate £626 £524 -
% change year-on-year +19.37% - -

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 594 117 106
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.65% 92.13% 82.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 487 83 77
10th Percentile £358 £349 £299
25th Percentile £408 £404 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £460 £475 £510
Median % change year-on-year -3.16% -6.86% -5.56%
75th Percentile £515 £538 £536
90th Percentile £588 £549 £538
Shropshire median daily rate £459 £465 £502
% change year-on-year -1.29% -7.28% -4.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 0 5
10th Percentile £22.42 - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £15.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -72.73%
75th Percentile £60.69 - -
90th Percentile £65.25 - -
Shropshire median hourly rate £52.50 - £15.00
% change year-on-year - - -72.73%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Telford

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 Telford.

Technical Leader job vacancy trend in Telford

Technical Leader
Daily Rate Trend in Telford

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

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

Technical Leader
Daily Rate Histogram in Telford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Leader in Telford over the 6 months to 11 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Leader in Telford

Technical Leader
Hourly Rate Trend in Telford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Telford.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Telford

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Telford

For the 6 months to 11 June 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 Telford region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Android
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (66.67%) Coaching
1 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Line Management
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Development
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Management
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) SFIA
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) API Management
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) MuleSoft
2 1 (33.33%) RAML
2 1 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps

Technical Leader 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) RAML
1 1 (33.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Coaching
1 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Line Management
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Development
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Management
1 2 (66.67%) SFIA
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) API Management
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Data Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) ETL
2 1 (33.33%) Event-Driven
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) MuleSoft