Technical Leadership Contracts

Technical Leadership
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Technical Leadership skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Technical Leadership over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 202 270 278
Rank change year-on-year +68 +8 +22
Contract jobs citing Technical Leadership 496 571 856
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.15% 0.98% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 1.09% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 272 389 573
10th Percentile £440 £486 £455
25th Percentile £511 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £625 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £688 £723 £688
90th Percentile £788 £814 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £600 £550
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +12.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 18 9
10th Percentile £12.75 £33.73 £49.10
25th Percentile £15.38 £60.25 £61.25
Median hourly rate £48.48 £66.71 £75.14
Median % change year-on-year -27.34% -11.22% +87.85%
75th Percentile £62.50 £80.25 £96.23
90th Percentile £78.80 £82.22 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.50 £64.34 £69.32
% change year-on-year -40.16% -7.18% +73.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Technical Leadership is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,201 52,182 79,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.27% 89.83% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,946 36,175 55,967
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,437 1,727 1,890
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Technical Leadership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leadership in the UK

Technical Leadership
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Leadership.

Daily rate trend for Technical Leadership in the UK

Technical Leadership
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Leadership in the UK

Technical Leadership
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Leadership.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Leadership in the UK

Technical Leadership
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Leadership over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Leadership in the UK

Technical Leadership
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leadership within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. 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 +75 450 £601 -5.80% 366
UK excluding London +65 281 £600 - 250
Work from Home +85 183 £600 -4.00% 200
London +43 165 £605 -7.60% 139
South East +58 137 £575 -4.17% 48
North of England +16 53 £620 +3.33% 51
Midlands +41 42 £621 -9.67% 37
North West +10 34 £620 +5.53% 32
East Midlands +34 23 £622 +2.60% 9
West Midlands +20 18 £475 -30.91% 28
East of England +9 16 £635 +17.59% 30
Yorkshire +23 15 £600 - 14
Scotland +4 15 £480 -15.49% 26
South West +2 12 £631 -2.88% 53
Northern Ireland - 6 £600 - 6
North East - 4 £850 - 6

Technical Leadership
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:

Application Platforms
1 13 (2.62%) Confluence
2 9 (1.81%) IIS
3 7 (1.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 7 (1.41%) Apache
4 6 (1.21%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.01%) Apache Spark
5 5 (1.01%) CMS
6 4 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.81%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.60%) SAS
7 3 (0.60%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Pulsar
8 1 (0.20%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.20%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.81%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.20%) CATIA
4 1 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (0.40%) SAP MDM
1 2 (0.40%) SAP Payroll
1 2 (0.40%) Workday HCM
2 1 (0.20%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.20%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.20%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.20%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 139 (28.02%) Azure
2 104 (20.97%) AWS
3 46 (9.27%) Serverless
4 36 (7.26%) GCP
5 35 (7.06%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (6.65%) AWS Lambda
7 32 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
8 25 (5.04%) Power Platform
9 21 (4.23%) Amazon EC2
10 20 (4.03%) Azure Logic Apps
11 19 (3.83%) Amazon S3
12 18 (3.63%) Azure API Management
12 18 (3.63%) PaaS
13 17 (3.43%) Azure Functions
14 16 (3.23%) Cloud Computing
15 15 (3.02%) GitHub
15 15 (3.02%) OpenShift
16 12 (2.42%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 12 (2.42%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 11 (2.22%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (8.87%) WAN
2 43 (8.67%) VPN
3 42 (8.47%) Firewall
4 33 (6.65%) BGP
5 31 (6.25%) SSL
6 29 (5.85%) MPLS
7 24 (4.84%) Cisco Firepower
8 22 (4.44%) LAN
9 16 (3.23%) Network Security
10 13 (2.62%) DNS
11 12 (2.42%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (2.22%) TCP/IP
13 10 (2.02%) 5G
14 8 (1.61%) Radio Access Network
15 7 (1.41%) Cisco IOS
15 7 (1.41%) DHCP
15 7 (1.41%) Junos
15 7 (1.41%) VSAN
16 6 (1.21%) 3G
16 6 (1.21%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.64%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (3.02%) Big Data
4 13 (2.62%) Relational Database
5 12 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (1.81%) Amazon Athena
8 7 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
8 7 (1.41%) Data Lake
8 7 (1.41%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.41%) Power BI
9 5 (1.01%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (1.01%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.81%) DB2
10 4 (0.81%) DynamoDB
10 4 (0.81%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.60%) Data Mart
11 3 (0.60%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.60%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 41 (8.27%) JIRA
2 36 (7.26%) Jenkins
3 29 (5.85%) Selenium
4 28 (5.65%) Git
5 26 (5.24%) Cucumber
5 26 (5.24%) SonarQube
6 24 (4.84%) REST Assured
7 19 (3.83%) GitLab
8 10 (2.02%) Cypress.io
9 9 (1.81%) JMeter
10 7 (1.41%) Rational DOORS
11 4 (0.81%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.81%) ERwin
11 4 (0.81%) Sonatype Nexus
12 2 (0.40%) Maven
13 1 (0.20%) JUnit
13 1 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
13 1 (0.20%) Terragrunt
13 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
13 1 (0.20%) Xcode
General
1 172 (34.68%) Social Skills
2 123 (24.80%) Finance
3 100 (20.16%) Analytical Skills
4 57 (11.49%) Public Sector
5 24 (4.84%) Banking
6 23 (4.64%) Law
7 17 (3.43%) Marketing
7 17 (3.43%) Police
8 14 (2.82%) Legal
8 14 (2.82%) Telecoms
9 12 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 12 (2.42%) Presentation Skills
10 9 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (1.61%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.21%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.01%) Retail
15 4 (0.81%) Automotive
15 4 (0.81%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 178 (35.89%) Architect
2 122 (24.60%) Lead
3 62 (12.50%) Senior
4 58 (11.69%) Technical Leader
5 47 (9.48%) Solutions Architect
6 39 (7.86%) Technical Architect
7 35 (7.06%) Network Architect
8 21 (4.23%) Developer
8 21 (4.23%) DevOps Engineer
9 20 (4.03%) Software Engineer
10 19 (3.83%) Java Engineer
11 18 (3.63%) Consultant
11 18 (3.63%) Lead Architect
12 16 (3.23%) Analyst
12 16 (3.23%) AWS Engineer
13 13 (2.62%) Data Engineer
14 11 (2.22%) ForgeRock Architect
15 10 (2.02%) Cloud Engineer
15 10 (2.02%) Senior Architect
15 10 (2.02%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (7.46%) REST
2 29 (5.85%) XML
3 25 (5.04%) Java EE
3 25 (5.04%) Node.js
4 20 (4.03%) .NET
4 20 (4.03%) LDAP
4 20 (4.03%) React
5 18 (3.63%) ARM Templates
6 16 (3.23%) Kafka
7 14 (2.82%) Web Services
8 13 (2.62%) OpenID
8 13 (2.62%) SAML
9 12 (2.42%) OAuth
10 11 (2.22%) RESTful
11 9 (1.81%) HTML
12 8 (1.61%) J2EE
13 7 (1.41%) JSON
14 6 (1.21%) Middleware
15 5 (1.01%) AngularJS
15 5 (1.01%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.84%) Product Ownership
1 24 (4.84%) Public Cloud
2 13 (2.62%) Cloud Native
3 11 (2.22%) Data Centre
4 10 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (2.02%) Management Information System
5 8 (1.61%) Linux Command Line
6 7 (1.41%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.21%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.21%) Mainframe
7 6 (1.21%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.21%) NHS
8 5 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
8 5 (1.01%) Machine to Machine
8 5 (1.01%) Private Cloud
9 4 (0.81%) Algorithms
9 4 (0.81%) Client/Server
9 4 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.81%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 56 (11.29%) Windows
2 42 (8.47%) Linux
3 21 (4.23%) Unix
3 21 (4.23%) Windows Server
4 17 (3.43%) Android
5 16 (3.23%) Apple iOS
6 11 (2.22%) VMS
7 10 (2.02%) Windows 7
8 5 (1.01%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.81%) CentOS
9 4 (0.81%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.81%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.40%) Solaris
11 2 (0.40%) Windows 10
11 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2003
11 2 (0.40%) zOS
12 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
12 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (27.22%) Agile
2 134 (27.02%) DevOps
3 125 (25.20%) Problem-Solving
4 96 (19.35%) Mentoring
5 87 (17.54%) Roadmaps
6 66 (13.31%) CI/CD
7 62 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 56 (11.29%) Software Engineering
9 55 (11.09%) Decision-Making
10 49 (9.88%) Infrastructure as Code
11 46 (9.27%) Computer Science
11 46 (9.27%) Migration
12 42 (8.47%) Customer Requirements
12 42 (8.47%) Project Management
13 40 (8.06%) Containerisation
13 40 (8.06%) Microservices
14 35 (7.06%) Customer Service
14 35 (7.06%) Data Modelling
15 34 (6.85%) Risk Management
15 34 (6.85%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 76 (15.32%) Java
2 69 (13.91%) Python
3 68 (13.71%) SQL
4 28 (5.65%) C#
5 18 (3.63%) PowerShell
6 15 (3.02%) JavaScript
7 13 (2.62%) Scala
8 8 (1.61%) Bash
8 8 (1.61%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.21%) C
9 6 (1.21%) C++
9 6 (1.21%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.01%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.01%) PHP
11 4 (0.81%) Perl
12 3 (0.60%) R
12 3 (0.60%) Ruby
12 3 (0.60%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.40%) VBScript
14 1 (0.20%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 159 (32.06%) Security Cleared
2 121 (24.40%) SC Cleared
3 73 (14.72%) Degree
4 39 (7.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (5.24%) Master's Degree
6 17 (3.43%) Cisco Certification
7 13 (2.62%) DV Cleared
8 12 (2.42%) CCNA
9 10 (2.02%) CCNP
9 10 (2.02%) PMP
10 8 (1.61%) CISSP
10 8 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 7 (1.41%) AWS Certification
11 7 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (1.01%) JNCIA
12 5 (1.01%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.81%) APMP
13 4 (0.81%) CEH
13 4 (0.81%) CISM
13 4 (0.81%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (8.47%) QA
2 18 (3.63%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.62%) SLA
4 8 (1.61%) PCI DSS
5 7 (1.41%) Accessibility
6 6 (1.21%) GRC
7 3 (0.60%) NCSC
8 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.40%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.40%) GDPR
8 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.20%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.20%) HAZOP
9 1 (0.20%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.20%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.20%) NIST
9 1 (0.20%) PMO
9 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 47 (9.48%) Docker
2 22 (4.44%) Active Directory
3 17 (3.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.02%) VMware NSX
5 7 (1.41%) vCloud
6 4 (0.81%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.81%) XenApp
7 3 (0.60%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.60%) vSphere
8 1 (0.20%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.20%) HDFS
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 60 (12.10%) Kubernetes
2 51 (10.28%) Terraform
3 43 (8.67%) Ansible
4 23 (4.64%) Endace
5 16 (3.23%) Docker Swarm
6 15 (3.02%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (2.42%) Podman
8 11 (2.22%) SCCM
9 7 (1.41%) Argo
9 7 (1.41%) Istio
9 7 (1.41%) Rancher
9 7 (1.41%) vCenter Server
10 5 (1.01%) Puppet
11 3 (0.60%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.40%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.40%) Grafana
12 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Satellite
13 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
13 1 (0.20%) TrustSec
13 1 (0.20%) vRealize
Vendors
1 60 (12.10%) Microsoft
2 46 (9.27%) Cisco
3 31 (6.25%) Juniper
4 27 (5.44%) F5
5 26 (5.24%) Google
5 26 (5.24%) VMware
6 21 (4.23%) Oracle
6 21 (4.23%) SAP
7 14 (2.82%) ServiceNow
8 12 (2.42%) Databricks
8 12 (2.42%) ForgeRock
9 9 (1.81%) Informatica
10 8 (1.61%) Adobe
11 6 (1.21%) Apple
11 6 (1.21%) Palo Alto
11 6 (1.21%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.21%) SolarWinds
12 5 (1.01%) Citrix
12 5 (1.01%) Computacenter
12 5 (1.01%) CyberArk