Team Leader Contracts in the UK excluding London

Team Lead
UK > UK excluding London

The median Team Lead daily rate in the UK excluding London is £243, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 16 July 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
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 328 309 388
Rank change year-on-year -19 +79 +13
Contract jobs requiring a Team Leader 31 83 51
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.40% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.44% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 44 37
10th Percentile - £188 £178
25th Percentile £185 £325 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £243 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -53.81% +8.25% +7.78%
75th Percentile £391 £610 £725
90th Percentile £582 £642 £739
UK median daily rate £450 £800 £485
% change year-on-year -43.75% +64.95% -1.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 20 6
10th Percentile £24.86 - £10.09
25th Percentile £30.00 £12.50 £14.13
Median hourly rate £55.00 £15.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +266.67% -57.14% +81.82%
75th Percentile - £16.37 £43.75
90th Percentile £73.30 - £55.25
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £15.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +266.67% -64.71% +50.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,434 19,075 22,058
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 92.25% 94.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,264 11,515 15,151
10th Percentile £220 £213 £232
25th Percentile £363 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% +0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,129 2,318 1,195
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.86 £13.53
25th Percentile £16.84 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% +6.67% +78.57%
75th Percentile £57.50 £63.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.44 £75.94
UK median hourly rate £26.13 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -34.69% -5.88% +65.50%

Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Team Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Team Leader in the UK excluding London

Team Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Team Leader in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Team Leader in the UK excluding London

Team Leader
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Team Leader in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Team Leader in the UK excluding London

Team Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Team Leader in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Team Leader in the UK excluding London

Team Leader
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Team Leader in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Team Leader in the UK excluding London

Team Leader
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
South East +41 10 £190 -63.81% 68
Midlands -15 6 £400 -13.51% 25
North West 0 5 £300 -49.15% 14
North of England -6 5 £300 -49.15% 34
East of England +11 4 £190 -45.71% 23
East Midlands -2 3 £190 +9.20% 20
Scotland -3 3 £610 +54.43% 8
West Midlands -14 3 £400 -23.81% 5
Wales - 2 £243 - 6
Northern Ireland -8 1 £590 +118.52% 7
Team Leader
UK

Team Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 16 July 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 UK excluding London region featuring Team Leader in the job title.

1 17 (54.84%) Social Skills
1 17 (54.84%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (41.94%) Mentoring
3 9 (29.03%) Technical Leadership
3 9 (29.03%) Service Delivery
4 8 (25.81%) Workflow
4 8 (25.81%) EPoS
4 8 (25.81%) Inventory Management
5 6 (19.35%) Process Improvement
5 6 (19.35%) Oracle
6 5 (16.13%) ITIL
6 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
7 4 (12.90%) Incident Management
7 4 (12.90%) Performance Metrics
8 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (9.68%) Performance Analysis
8 3 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (9.68%) Customer Service
8 3 (9.68%) Batch Processing
8 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
8 3 (9.68%) Manufacturing
8 3 (9.68%) OLTP
8 3 (9.68%) SLA
8 3 (9.68%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (9.68%) Finance
9 2 (6.45%) Automotive
9 2 (6.45%) Front Office
9 2 (6.45%) Risk Management
9 2 (6.45%) Change Management
9 2 (6.45%) Hitachi

Team Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.23%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Trello
2 1 (3.23%) Adobe Captivate
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Primavera
1 1 (3.23%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.23%) AWS
2 1 (3.23%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Modbus
1 1 (3.23%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) OLTP
1 3 (9.68%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.23%) Metadata
2 1 (3.23%) MySQL
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (3.23%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) JIRA
General
1 17 (54.84%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.68%) Finance
2 3 (9.68%) Manufacturing
2 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.45%) Automotive
3 2 (6.45%) Front Office
4 1 (3.23%) Banking
4 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) Spring
1 1 (3.23%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) EPoS
2 2 (6.45%) Life Science
2 2 (6.45%) Reference Data
3 1 (3.23%) e-Learning
3 1 (3.23%) Learning Management System
3 1 (3.23%) Market Risk
3 1 (3.23%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.23%) SCADA
3 1 (3.23%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Linux
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
1 1 (3.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (54.84%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (41.94%) Mentoring
3 9 (29.03%) Service Delivery
3 9 (29.03%) Technical Leadership
4 8 (25.81%) Inventory Management
4 8 (25.81%) Workflow
5 6 (19.35%) Process Improvement
6 5 (16.13%) ITIL
7 4 (12.90%) Incident Management
7 4 (12.90%) Performance Metrics
8 3 (9.68%) Batch Processing
8 3 (9.68%) Customer Service
8 3 (9.68%) Cybersecurity
8 3 (9.68%) Performance Analysis
9 2 (6.45%) Change Management
9 2 (6.45%) Data Governance
9 2 (6.45%) Digital Engineering
9 2 (6.45%) Line Management
9 2 (6.45%) Portfolio Management
9 2 (6.45%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) SQL
2 1 (3.23%) Java
2 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.23%) Python
2 1 (3.23%) Shell Script
2 1 (3.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (6.45%) Degree
2 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) SLA
2 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.23%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.23%) NIST
3 1 (3.23%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Functional Safety
1 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) Oracle
2 5 (16.13%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.45%) Hitachi
3 2 (6.45%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.23%) Adobe
4 1 (3.23%) Informatica
4 1 (3.23%) SAP
4 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.23%) Siemens
4 1 (3.23%) Veeam
4 1 (3.23%) VMware