Technical Design Authority Contracts in the UK excluding London

Technical Design Authority (TDA)
UK > UK excluding London

As of 1 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Technical Design Authority (TDA) daily rate in the UK excluding London.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 332 398 458
Rank change year-on-year +66 +60 +51
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Design Authority 4 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.031% 0.005% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.005% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £568
25th Percentile - - £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £600
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.64%
75th Percentile - - £625
90th Percentile - - £633
UK median daily rate - - £575
% change year-on-year - - +40.59%

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 11,767 19,240 22,667
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.17% 92.63% 94.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,552 11,748 15,893
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £363 £363 £395
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £492 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £598 £595
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 829 2,243 1,165
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.45
25th Percentile £17.61 £15.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%
75th Percentile £64.50 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Technical Design Authority
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Design Authority in the UK excluding London

Technical Design Authority
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Design Authority in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Technical Design Authority in the UK excluding London

Technical Design Authority
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Design Authority in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Design Authority in the UK excluding London

Technical Design Authority
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 Technical Design Authority within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 - 4 - - 1
Technical Design Authority
UK

Technical Design Authority Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Technical Design Authority 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 Technical Design Authority in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) 3G
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) LTE
1 4 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 4 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 4 (100.00%) 4G
1 4 (100.00%) OpenShift
1 4 (100.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) OpenStack
2 2 (50.00%) MVNO
2 2 (50.00%) HTTP
2 2 (50.00%) Diameter Protocol
2 2 (50.00%) 5G
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Network Architecture

Technical Design Authority 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 2 (50.00%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) 3G
1 4 (100.00%) 3GPP
1 4 (100.00%) 4G
1 4 (100.00%) LTE
2 2 (50.00%) 5G
2 2 (50.00%) Diameter Protocol
2 2 (50.00%) HTTP
2 2 (50.00%) MVNO
General
1 4 (100.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Conflict Resolution
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Network Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Technology Roadmap
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) VMware