Team Leader Contracts in the Thames Valley

Team Lead
South East > Thames Valley

The median Team Lead daily rate in the Thames Valley is £190, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 25 June 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
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 - 138
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Contract jobs requiring a Team Leader 5 0 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.33% - 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% - 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 8
10th Percentile - - £591
25th Percentile £185 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.37%
75th Percentile £195 - £700
90th Percentile - - £775
South East median daily rate £190 £525 £510
% change year-on-year -63.81% +2.94% +2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £55.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £42.50 - £66.74

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,391 2,472 2,771
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 92.69% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 849 1,358 1,886
10th Percentile £263 £213 £303
25th Percentile £400 £389 £407
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.56%
75th Percentile £600 £607 £605
90th Percentile £675 £675 £694
South East median daily rate £500 £509 £500
% change year-on-year -1.77% +1.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 205 87
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.85 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.13 £19.25 £20.25
Median hourly rate £30.00 £47.50 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.84% -3.06% +180.64%
75th Percentile £68.44 £65.00 £68.11
90th Percentile £80.00 £87.46 £77.87
South East median hourly rate £31.00 £50.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year -38.00% - +138.10%

Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Team Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Team Leader in the Thames Valley

Team Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Team Leader in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Team Leader in the Thames Valley

Team Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Team Leader in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Team Leader in the Thames Valley

Team Leader
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Team Leader within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 25 June 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
Buckinghamshire - 3 £190 - 9
Berkshire - 2 - - 18
Team Leader
South East

Team Leader Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 25 June 2025, Team 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 Thames Valley region featuring Team Leader in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (60.00%) Inventory Management
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
1 3 (60.00%) EPoS
1 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA
2 1 (20.00%) Modbus
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Functional Safety
2 1 (20.00%) Siemens

Team Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Modbus
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) EPoS
2 1 (20.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Inventory Management
1 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Technical Leadership
1 3 (60.00%) Workflow
2 1 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Network Design
2 1 (20.00%) Software Testing
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Siemens