Technical Leader Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Technical Lead
South West > Wiltshire

The median Technical Lead daily rate in Wiltshire is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 53 69
Rank change year-on-year -6 +16 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Leader 8 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 1.04% 0.43% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.12% 0.47% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £683 - -
25th Percentile £694 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +26.09% -4.17% -20.00%
75th Percentile £744 £588 -
90th Percentile £748 - -
South West median daily rate £710 £575 £500
% change year-on-year +23.48% +15.00% -29.82%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 715 422 621
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 89.98% 87.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 471 275 485
10th Percentile £385 £252 £325
25th Percentile £450 £460 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +6.98% -2.27%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £638
90th Percentile £725 £695 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 17 11
10th Percentile £12.69 £18.73 -
25th Percentile £14.36 £18.87 -
Median hourly rate £39.75 £22.50 £12.79
Median % change year-on-year +76.67% +75.92% -74.42%
75th Percentile £51.00 £25.15 £15.58
90th Percentile £85.25 - £25.00
South West median hourly rate £62.50 £25.15 £67.50
% change year-on-year +148.51% -62.74% +8.00%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Technical Leader job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Technical Leader
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Wiltshire

Technical Leader
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Wiltshire

Technical Leader
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 24 August 2026. 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
Swindon - 8 £725 - 3
Technical Leader
South West

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 24 August 2026, Technical 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 Wiltshire region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 7 (87.50%) Entra ID
1 7 (87.50%) Migration
1 7 (87.50%) Zero Trust
2 6 (75.00%) Amazon Cognito
2 6 (75.00%) AWS
2 6 (75.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 6 (75.00%) Roadmaps
3 5 (62.50%) Decision-Making
3 5 (62.50%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (62.50%) Risk Analysis
3 5 (62.50%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (50.00%) Compliance Audit
4 4 (50.00%) NCSC
4 4 (50.00%) NIST
4 4 (50.00%) NIST 800
4 4 (50.00%) OneLogin
4 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
5 2 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
5 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
6 1 (12.50%) Architecture Roadmap
6 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (12.50%) Business Case
6 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
6 1 (12.50%) Cost Optimisation
6 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (12.50%) Microsoft

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (87.50%) Entra ID
2 6 (75.00%) Amazon Cognito
2 6 (75.00%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) SaaS
General
1 8 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) OAuth
1 1 (12.50%) OAuth2
1 1 (12.50%) OpenID
1 1 (12.50%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Migration
1 7 (87.50%) Zero Trust
2 6 (75.00%) Privileged Access Management
2 6 (75.00%) Roadmaps
3 5 (62.50%) Decision-Making
3 5 (62.50%) Enterprise Architecture
3 5 (62.50%) Risk Analysis
3 5 (62.50%) Technical Leadership
4 4 (50.00%) Compliance Audit
4 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
6 1 (12.50%) Architecture Roadmap
6 1 (12.50%) Business Case
6 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
6 1 (12.50%) Cost Optimisation
6 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
6 1 (12.50%) Identity Access Management
6 1 (12.50%) Strategic Roadmap
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) NCSC
1 4 (50.00%) NIST
1 4 (50.00%) NIST 800
2 2 (25.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) OneLogin
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft