Team Lead
UK
The median Team Lead daily rate in the UK is £555, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 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 2 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 470 | 476 | 565 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +6 | +89 | +59 |
| Contract jobs requiring a Team Leader | 50 | 122 | 147 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.17% | 0.28% | 0.25% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.18% | 0.30% | 0.26% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 36 | 73 | 95 |
| 10th Percentile | £185 | £199 | £210 |
| 25th Percentile | £256 | £470 | £309 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £555 | £590 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.93% | +24.21% | -2.06% |
| 75th Percentile | £620 | £888 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £666 | - | £731 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £190 | £525 | £518 |
| % change year-on-year | -63.81% | +1.45% | +21.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 4 | 9 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £20.43 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £21.07 | - | £10.09 |
| Median hourly rate | £43.22 | £15.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +188.10% | -57.14% | +86.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.13 | £20.00 | £43.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.35 | £38.75 | £52.97 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £21.43 | £15.00 | £18.80 |
| % change year-on-year | +42.87% | -20.19% | +10.56% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 27,138 | 40,367 | 56,304 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.49% | 92.78% | 94.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 17,714 | 26,265 | 39,350 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £275 | £313 |
| 25th Percentile | £406 | £410 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £515 | £525 | £540 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.90% | -2.78% | +2.86% |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £738 | £750 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £493 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.55% | -1.50% | +5.26% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1,034 | 2,668 | 1,565 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.06 | £12.86 | £14.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.50 | £16.30 | £19.40 |
| Median hourly rate | £29.00 | £36.02 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -19.49% | -19.95% | +91.49% |
| 75th Percentile | £62.50 | £60.75 | £65.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £72.50 | £75.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £28.00 | £39.50 | £42.43 |
| % change year-on-year | -29.11% | -6.91% | +117.60% |
Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Team Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Team Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Team Leader.
Team Leader
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Team Leader over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.
Team Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Team Leader.
Team Leader
Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Team Leader over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.
Team Leader
Top 12 Contract Locations
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 over the 6 months to 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -17 | 42 | £500 | -16.67% | 313 |
| London | +10 | 26 | £575 | -30.30% | 101 |
| UK excluding London | +21 | 19 | £190 | -63.81% | 257 |
| Work from Home | +17 | 13 | £600 | -27.27% | 144 |
| South East | +48 | 6 | £190 | -63.81% | 60 |
| East of England | +29 | 3 | £190 | -57.78% | 35 |
| Scotland | +13 | 3 | £581 | -1.53% | 14 |
| East Midlands | +9 | 3 | £190 | +9.20% | 10 |
| Midlands | +4 | 3 | £190 | +1.06% | 33 |
| North of England | 0 | 3 | £300 | -49.15% | 72 |
| North West | -3 | 3 | £300 | -49.15% | 46 |
| Wales | - | 1 | - | - | 15 |
Team Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 2 May 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 featuring Team Leader in the job title.
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Team Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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