Team Leader Contract Job Trends in the West Midlands

Team Lead
England > West Midlands

The median Team Lead daily rate in the West Midlands is £388, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 96 110
Rank change year-on-year -28 +14 +62
Contract jobs requiring a Team Leader 5 16 6
As % of all contract jobs in the West Midlands 0.27% 0.85% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.91% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 5
10th Percentile £358 £445 £513
25th Percentile £361 £513 £644
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £525 £700
Median % change year-on-year -26.19% -25.00% +55.56%
75th Percentile £400 £538 £750
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £750 £493
% change year-on-year -26.67% +52.28% -1.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 1,677 1,751 1,928
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.39% 93.24% 94.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,086 1,101 1,312
10th Percentile £247 £213 £220
25th Percentile £382 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -4.04%
75th Percentile £588 £612 £600
90th Percentile £683 £706 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -2.86% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 60 65
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.58 £15.17
25th Percentile £15.40 £14.18 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £21.80 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.39% -5.24% +29.80%
75th Percentile £36.75 £32.26 £34.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £48.88 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -41.51% -6.89% +71.16%

Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Team Leader job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Team Leader
Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Team Leader job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Team Leader job vacancies in the West Midlands

Team Leader
Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Team Leader job vacancies in the West Midlands.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Team Leader job vacancies in the West Midlands

Team Leader
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 October 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
Warwickshire -3 3 £400 -
Worcestershire - 2 £369 - 4
Team Leader
England

Team Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 12 October 2025, 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 West Midlands region featuring Team Leader in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 5 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) Process Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) Performance Analysis
3 3 (60.00%) Oracle
3 3 (60.00%) ITIL
3 3 (60.00%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (60.00%) OLTP
3 3 (60.00%) SLA
3 3 (60.00%) Batch Processing
3 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (40.00%) CCNP
4 2 (40.00%) Broadband
4 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (40.00%) Wireless
4 2 (40.00%) People Management
4 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
4 2 (40.00%) Network Management
5 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Fault Management
5 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management

Team Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 2 (40.00%) Broadband
1 2 (40.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) OLTP
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle Reports
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 5 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) Batch Processing
3 3 (60.00%) ITIL
3 3 (60.00%) Performance Analysis
3 3 (60.00%) Process Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Network Management
4 2 (40.00%) People Management
4 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
5 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Fault Management
5 1 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (20.00%) Service Management
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCNP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (20.00%) CCNA
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Novell Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft