Team Leader Contract Job Trends in Wakefield

Team Lead
West Yorkshire > Wakefield

The median Team Lead daily rate in Wakefield is £316, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Team Leader 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Wakefield 3.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.70% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £305 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £316 - -
75th Percentile £327 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £316 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wakefield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wakefield. 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 Wakefield with a recognized job title 27 10 25
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 84.38% 90.91% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 9 7
10th Percentile £225 £128 £169
25th Percentile £256 £135 £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £400 £365
Median % change year-on-year -13.66% +9.59% +4.29%
75th Percentile £438 £525 £513
90th Percentile - £580 £556
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £500 £485
% change year-on-year - +3.09% -7.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 2
10th Percentile £13.69 - £36.38
25th Percentile £15.05 - £36.56
Median hourly rate £16.62 - £38.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +133.68%
75th Percentile - - £41.56
90th Percentile - - £42.13
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £27.50 £26.25
% change year-on-year -6.29% +4.76% +31.25%

Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Wakefield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Team Leader' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wakefield.

Team Leader job vacancy trend in Wakefield

Team Leader
Daily Rate Trend in Wakefield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Team Leader job vacancies in Wakefield.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Team Leader job vacancies in Wakefield

Team Leader Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield

For the 6 months to 15 October 2026, Team Leader contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Wakefield region featuring Team Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) WAN

Team Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wakefield by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
1 1 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft