Technical Leader Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Technical Lead
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Technical Lead daily rate in Tyne and Wear is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 - 28
Rank change year-on-year - - +39
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Leader 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.32% - 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% - 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
North East median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 306 192 173
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 96.53% 86.88% 91.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 107 114
10th Percentile £164 £234 £202
25th Percentile £338 £336 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -10.53% -13.64%
75th Percentile £525 £575 £580
90th Percentile £587 £650 £720
North East median daily rate £444 £450 £445
% change year-on-year -1.44% +1.12% -19.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 8
10th Percentile £13.98 £15.78 £14.75
25th Percentile £17.88 £17.25 £16.06
Median hourly rate £29.25 £70.00 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -58.21% +182.83% +102.04%
75th Percentile £53.19 - £40.31
90th Percentile £53.75 - £60.00
North East median hourly rate £32.46 £46.18 £32.25
% change year-on-year -29.72% +43.19% +61.25%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Technical Leader job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Technical Leader
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Tyne and Wear

Technical Leader
Hourly Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Tyne and Wear

Technical Leader
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 1 December 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £500 - 1
Technical Leader
North East

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 1 December 2025, 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Unix

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java