Technical Leadership Contracts

Technical Leadership
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Technical Leadership skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Technical Leadership over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 199 243
Rank change year-on-year +73 +44 +32
Contract jobs citing Technical Leadership 631 505 598
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 2.16% 1.16% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 1.36% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 274 413
10th Percentile £402 £463 £480
25th Percentile £500 £508 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% -4.00% +4.82%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £788 £814
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £600 £600
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 19
10th Percentile - £12.75 £34.15
25th Percentile £24.66 £15.38 £61.00
Median hourly rate £51.80 £48.48 £66.74
Median % change year-on-year +6.86% -27.37% -11.18%
75th Percentile £87.50 £64.38 £80.25
90th Percentile £91.00 £78.80 £81.81
UK excluding London median hourly rate £67.58 £38.50 £66.69
% change year-on-year +75.53% -42.27% -11.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Technical Leadership falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,635 37,061 50,135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.97% 85.39% 89.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,897 23,729 34,705
10th Percentile £300 £300 £325
25th Percentile £406 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,158 2,551 1,672
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.75 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.82 £16.00 £15.50
Median hourly rate £27.52 £36.50 £35.90
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% +1.67% +39.80%
75th Percentile £56.00 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £35.00
% change year-on-year -34.02% +8.91% +75.00%

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 7 June 2025.

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 7 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Leadership in the UK

Technical Leadership
Top 17 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 7 June 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 +63 541 £586 -3.14% 1,781
London +107 291 £630 +0.80% 769
UK excluding London +19 258 £550 -8.33% 1,268
Work from Home +54 200 £550 -8.33% 1,066
North of England +18 68 £550 -7.52% 290
South East -11 59 £533 -11.06% 481
North West +25 45 £544 -12.30% 170
Midlands +1 39 £475 -13.64% 125
South West +61 34 £615 -1.60% 135
East of England +37 30 £550 -14.40% 111
West Midlands +23 26 £500 +1.52% 67
Scotland +18 21 £585 +30.00% 89
Yorkshire +5 18 £550 -5.58% 90
East Midlands -3 12 £453 -27.17% 54
Wales - 7 £480 - 35
North East -6 5 £588 -30.88% 32
Northern Ireland -10 2 £600 -5.88% 27

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 19 (3.01%) Confluence
2 18 (2.85%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.54%) Moodle
4 9 (1.43%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (0.95%) nginx
6 5 (0.79%) Camunda
6 5 (0.79%) CMS
7 4 (0.63%) Apache
7 4 (0.63%) Headless CMS
8 3 (0.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.48%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.48%) SAS
9 2 (0.32%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.32%) JBoss
9 2 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.16%) FileNet
10 1 (0.16%) IBM Domino
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.16%) Smallworld
Applications
1 3 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (0.48%) MS Visio
2 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 17 (2.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.79%) Oracle ERP
2 5 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.63%) SAP PP
4 3 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.32%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.32%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.16%) Endur
6 1 (0.16%) Maximo
6 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.16%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.16%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.16%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP PS
6 1 (0.16%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.16%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 181 (28.68%) Azure
2 174 (27.58%) AWS
3 57 (9.03%) GCP
4 38 (6.02%) Serverless
5 30 (4.75%) Entra ID
6 27 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (4.28%) Power Platform
7 26 (4.12%) SaaS
8 25 (3.96%) GitHub
9 24 (3.80%) Amazon S3
10 22 (3.49%) AWS Lambda
11 19 (3.01%) Cloud Computing
12 18 (2.85%) AWS CloudFormation
13 17 (2.69%) PaaS
14 16 (2.54%) OpenShift
15 15 (2.38%) PowerApps
16 14 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
17 13 (2.06%) Dynamics 365
18 12 (1.90%) GitHub Actions
19 10 (1.58%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 36 (5.71%) Network Security
2 27 (4.28%) Firewall
3 25 (3.96%) DNS
4 17 (2.69%) DHCP
4 17 (2.69%) LAN
4 17 (2.69%) TCP/IP
4 17 (2.69%) VPN
4 17 (2.69%) WAN
5 13 (2.06%) HTTP
6 9 (1.43%) HTTPS
7 8 (1.27%) Intrusion Detection
8 7 (1.11%) Ethernet
8 7 (1.11%) SSL
9 6 (0.95%) SSH
10 5 (0.79%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.63%) 4G
11 4 (0.63%) 5G
11 4 (0.63%) Cisco Nexus
11 4 (0.63%) DWDM
11 4 (0.63%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.71%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (4.60%) Relational Database
3 26 (4.12%) SQL Server
4 20 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (3.01%) MongoDB
5 19 (3.01%) MySQL
5 19 (3.01%) NoSQL
6 18 (2.85%) Big Data
7 14 (2.22%) Power BI
8 13 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
9 12 (1.90%) Data Lake
10 10 (1.58%) DynamoDB
11 9 (1.43%) Metadata
12 7 (1.11%) Oracle Database
12 7 (1.11%) RDBMS
13 5 (0.79%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.79%) GIS
14 4 (0.63%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 48 (7.61%) Git
2 47 (7.45%) JIRA
3 42 (6.66%) Jenkins
4 38 (6.02%) GitLab
5 18 (2.85%) Cucumber
6 17 (2.69%) Selenium
7 16 (2.54%) REST Assured
7 16 (2.54%) SonarQube
8 9 (1.43%) Cypress.io
9 8 (1.27%) JMeter
9 8 (1.27%) Maven
9 8 (1.27%) Postman
10 7 (1.11%) CircleCI
11 6 (0.95%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.95%) JUnit
11 6 (0.95%) Sonatype Nexus
11 6 (0.95%) TestNG
12 5 (0.79%) PHPUnit
12 5 (0.79%) Rational DOORS
13 4 (0.63%) Gradle
General
1 285 (45.17%) Social Skills
2 107 (16.96%) Finance
3 102 (16.16%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (11.73%) Public Sector
5 33 (5.23%) Banking
6 19 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (2.06%) Financial Institution
7 13 (2.06%) Law
7 13 (2.06%) Telecoms
8 12 (1.90%) Legal
9 11 (1.74%) Manufacturing
10 10 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (1.43%) Marketing
11 9 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.11%) Aerospace
12 7 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.11%) Military
12 7 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
13 6 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.95%) Retail
Job Titles
1 237 (37.56%) Architect
2 131 (20.76%) Lead
3 89 (14.10%) Senior
4 72 (11.41%) Developer
5 68 (10.78%) Solutions Architect
6 53 (8.40%) Technical Architect
7 41 (6.50%) Technical Leader
8 35 (5.55%) Senior Developer
9 32 (5.07%) Software Engineer
10 24 (3.80%) Senior Architect
11 23 (3.65%) Cloud Architect
12 21 (3.33%) Security Architect
13 19 (3.01%) DevOps Engineer
14 18 (2.85%) Applications Architect
14 18 (2.85%) Lead Developer
15 16 (2.54%) Consultant
15 16 (2.54%) Moodle Developer
16 15 (2.38%) Data Architect
17 14 (2.22%) Java Developer
17 14 (2.22%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (6.97%) REST
2 29 (4.60%) .NET
3 27 (4.28%) RESTful
4 22 (3.49%) Kafka
4 22 (3.49%) React
5 20 (3.17%) AngularJS
5 20 (3.17%) Spring
6 18 (2.85%) Spring Boot
7 17 (2.69%) Web Services
8 16 (2.54%) JSON
8 16 (2.54%) XML
9 15 (2.38%) Node.js
10 14 (2.22%) Middleware
11 13 (2.06%) Java EE
11 13 (2.06%) SOAP
12 11 (1.74%) ARM Templates
12 11 (1.74%) OAuth
13 10 (1.58%) HTML
13 10 (1.58%) OpenAPI
13 10 (1.58%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.91%) Cloud Native
2 24 (3.80%) Public Cloud
3 23 (3.65%) Data Centre
3 23 (3.65%) Management Information System
4 22 (3.49%) Product Ownership
5 21 (3.33%) Onboarding
6 19 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
7 14 (2.22%) Data Structures
8 13 (2.06%) Algorithms
8 13 (2.06%) EPoS
9 11 (1.74%) Virtual Team
10 10 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
11 9 (1.43%) CMDB
11 9 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
11 9 (1.43%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.27%) Hedge funds
13 7 (1.11%) IoT
13 7 (1.11%) Private Cloud
13 7 (1.11%) Security Posture
13 7 (1.11%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 58 (9.19%) Linux
2 45 (7.13%) Windows
3 17 (2.69%) Windows Server
4 15 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 12 (1.90%) Unix
6 6 (0.95%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.48%) Android
8 3 (0.48%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.32%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.32%) Solaris
9 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.16%) CentOS
10 1 (0.16%) SUSE
10 1 (0.16%) VMS
10 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (30.11%) Problem-Solving
2 180 (28.53%) Mentoring
3 165 (26.15%) Agile
4 140 (22.19%) DevOps
5 117 (18.54%) CI/CD
6 91 (14.42%) Microservices
7 89 (14.10%) Software Engineering
8 82 (13.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 78 (12.36%) Roadmaps
10 76 (12.04%) Migration
11 67 (10.62%) Infrastructure as Code
12 65 (10.30%) Test Automation
13 63 (9.98%) Containerisation
14 57 (9.03%) Analytics
15 51 (8.08%) Computer Science
15 51 (8.08%) Enterprise Architecture
16 49 (7.77%) Decision-Making
17 46 (7.29%) Continuous Integration
18 41 (6.50%) Data Modelling
18 41 (6.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 124 (19.65%) Python
2 106 (16.80%) Java
3 62 (9.83%) SQL
4 52 (8.24%) PowerShell
5 47 (7.45%) JavaScript
6 26 (4.12%) C#
7 23 (3.65%) TypeScript
8 19 (3.01%) Bash
9 17 (2.69%) C
10 16 (2.54%) C++
11 11 (1.74%) Go
11 11 (1.74%) Kotlin
12 9 (1.43%) Ruby
13 8 (1.27%) Scala
14 7 (1.11%) ActionScript
14 7 (1.11%) ActionScript 2.0
14 7 (1.11%) Bicep
14 7 (1.11%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.95%) R
16 5 (0.79%) Perl
Qualifications
1 204 (32.33%) Security Cleared
2 161 (25.52%) SC Cleared
3 82 (13.00%) Degree
4 43 (6.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 34 (5.39%) Master's Degree
6 30 (4.75%) AWS Certification
7 27 (4.28%) DV Cleared
8 21 (3.33%) Azure Certification
9 19 (3.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 18 (2.85%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (2.22%) CCNP
12 12 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.90%) TOGAF Certification
13 8 (1.27%) CISSP
13 8 (1.27%) SAP Certification
14 7 (1.11%) CCNA
15 6 (0.95%) JNCIS
16 4 (0.63%) CCIE
16 4 (0.63%) CITP
16 4 (0.63%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.49%) Data Quality
2 21 (3.33%) GDPR
2 21 (3.33%) QA
3 14 (2.22%) Accessibility
4 8 (1.27%) NIST
5 6 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.79%) WCAG
7 4 (0.63%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.48%) AUTOSAR
8 3 (0.48%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.48%) JSP 440
8 3 (0.48%) NCSC
8 3 (0.48%) SLA
9 2 (0.32%) Def Stans
9 2 (0.32%) GAAP
9 2 (0.32%) OASIS TOSCA
9 2 (0.32%) PMO
9 2 (0.32%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 77 (12.20%) Docker
2 28 (4.44%) Active Directory
3 21 (3.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.74%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.74%) Virtual Machines
5 7 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.48%) vSphere
7 2 (0.32%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.16%) OpenAM
8 1 (0.16%) OpenDJ
8 1 (0.16%) OpenIDM
8 1 (0.16%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.16%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 95 (15.06%) Kubernetes
2 75 (11.89%) Terraform
3 49 (7.77%) Ansible
4 18 (2.85%) Prometheus
5 13 (2.06%) Grafana
5 13 (2.06%) Puppet
6 12 (1.90%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (1.58%) Jamf Pro
8 9 (1.43%) Docker Swarm
8 9 (1.43%) Podman
9 7 (1.11%) Consul
9 7 (1.11%) SCCM
10 6 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
10 6 (0.95%) Packer
10 6 (0.95%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.63%) NetBackup
12 3 (0.48%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.48%) Kibana
13 2 (0.32%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.32%) SELinux
Vendors
1 103 (16.32%) Microsoft
2 42 (6.66%) Oracle
3 30 (4.75%) SAP
4 29 (4.60%) VMware
5 26 (4.12%) Google
5 26 (4.12%) ServiceNow
6 24 (3.80%) Cisco
6 24 (3.80%) Salesforce
7 19 (3.01%) Red Hat
8 14 (2.22%) Databricks
8 14 (2.22%) IBM
8 14 (2.22%) MuleSoft
9 12 (1.90%) Fortinet
10 10 (1.58%) Apple
10 10 (1.58%) Dell
11 9 (1.43%) Juniper
12 8 (1.27%) DocuSign
12 8 (1.27%) OpenAI
12 8 (1.27%) Samsung
12 8 (1.27%) SOTI