Technical Leadership Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Technical Leadership
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 176 208
Rank change year-on-year +43 +32 +63
Contract jobs citing Technical Leadership 206 181 276
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.03% 1.24% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 1.42% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 137 108 196
10th Percentile £430 £471 £483
25th Percentile £500 £525 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £616 £625
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% -1.52% +5.93%
75th Percentile £638 £688 £700
90th Percentile £748 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £594 £610 £625
% change year-on-year -2.66% -2.40% +5.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 11
10th Percentile - - £24.75
25th Percentile £70.16 £12.75 £46.42
Median hourly rate £80.08 £15.75 £77.50
Median % change year-on-year +408.44% -79.68% +3.33%
75th Percentile £90.63 £28.50 £80.25
90th Percentile £91.75 £64.50 £81.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £51.74 £62.00
% change year-on-year +25.63% -16.55% -17.41%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,332 12,732 21,621
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.78% 87.28% 89.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,321 8,571 15,258
10th Percentile £325 £325 £357
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +0.93%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £751 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 553 521
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.17 £18.49
25th Percentile £19.00 £25.50 £26.00
Median hourly rate £34.65 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.42% -18.10% +31.25%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -33.82% +1.77% +43.62%

Technical Leadership
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Technical Leadership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Technical Leadership trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Technical Leadership
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Technical Leadership.

Technical Leadership daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Leadership
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Technical Leadership over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Technical Leadership daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Leadership
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Technical Leadership.

Technical Leadership hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Leadership
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Technical Leadership over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Technical Leadership hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Technical Leadership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 16 (7.77%) Moodle
2 10 (4.85%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.43%) Apache Spark
3 5 (2.43%) Confluence
3 5 (2.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.97%) Camunda
5 1 (0.49%) Apache
5 1 (0.49%) CMS
5 1 (0.49%) Documentum
5 1 (0.49%) FileNet
5 1 (0.49%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.49%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.49%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 2 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (0.97%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.94%) Payment Gateway
2 3 (1.46%) Salesforce CRM
2 3 (1.46%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.49%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.49%) SAP CX
3 1 (0.49%) SAP Hybris
3 1 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 65 (31.55%) Azure
2 58 (28.16%) AWS
3 26 (12.62%) GCP
4 16 (7.77%) Entra ID
5 12 (5.83%) Serverless
6 11 (5.34%) GitHub
7 10 (4.85%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (4.37%) AWS Lambda
8 9 (4.37%) Power Platform
9 8 (3.88%) Amazon S3
10 6 (2.91%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (2.91%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (2.91%) PaaS
11 5 (2.43%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (2.43%) IaaS
11 5 (2.43%) PowerApps
11 5 (2.43%) SaaS
12 4 (1.94%) Amazon EMR
12 4 (1.94%) Amazon Kinesis
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.31%) VPN
2 12 (5.83%) DNS
3 11 (5.34%) Network Security
4 8 (3.88%) TCP/IP
5 7 (3.40%) Firewall
6 6 (2.91%) LAN
7 5 (2.43%) DHCP
7 5 (2.43%) HTTP
7 5 (2.43%) WAN
8 4 (1.94%) HTTPS
8 4 (1.94%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (1.46%) BGP
9 3 (1.46%) Cisco Nexus
9 3 (1.46%) DWDM
9 3 (1.46%) SSL
10 2 (0.97%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.97%) Ethernet VPN
10 2 (0.97%) MPLS
10 2 (0.97%) Multicast
10 2 (0.97%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.25%) PostgreSQL
1 17 (8.25%) Relational Database
2 12 (5.83%) MongoDB
2 12 (5.83%) NoSQL
3 8 (3.88%) MySQL
4 7 (3.40%) Big Data
5 6 (2.91%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (2.91%) SQL Server
6 4 (1.94%) Amazon Aurora
6 4 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
6 4 (1.94%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.94%) Redis
7 3 (1.46%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.46%) Power BI
8 2 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.97%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.97%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.97%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.97%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (11.17%) Git
2 21 (10.19%) Jenkins
3 20 (9.71%) GitLab
4 16 (7.77%) JIRA
5 8 (3.88%) Cucumber
5 8 (3.88%) Selenium
6 7 (3.40%) Postman
6 7 (3.40%) REST Assured
6 7 (3.40%) SonarQube
7 6 (2.91%) Cypress.io
7 6 (2.91%) Maven
8 5 (2.43%) PHPUnit
8 5 (2.43%) TestNG
9 4 (1.94%) Gradle
9 4 (1.94%) JMeter
9 4 (1.94%) JUnit
9 4 (1.94%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (1.46%) Artifactory
10 3 (1.46%) Eclipse
10 3 (1.46%) IntelliJ
General
1 69 (33.50%) Social Skills
2 39 (18.93%) Finance
3 27 (13.11%) Public Sector
4 23 (11.17%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.83%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (4.85%) Banking
7 8 (3.88%) Law
8 5 (2.43%) Financial Institution
9 4 (1.94%) Billing
9 4 (1.94%) Police
9 4 (1.94%) Telecoms
10 3 (1.46%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.97%) Legal
11 2 (0.97%) Military
11 2 (0.97%) Retail
12 1 (0.49%) Advertising
12 1 (0.49%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.49%) Local Government
12 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 56 (27.18%) Architect
2 53 (25.73%) Lead
3 47 (22.82%) Developer
4 36 (17.48%) Senior
5 22 (10.68%) Senior Developer
6 20 (9.71%) Software Engineer
7 18 (8.74%) Solutions Architect
8 16 (7.77%) Lead Developer
8 16 (7.77%) Moodle Developer
8 16 (7.77%) Technical Architect
9 13 (6.31%) Technical Leader
10 12 (5.83%) Cloud Architect
11 10 (4.85%) Full-Stack Developer
12 9 (4.37%) AWS Engineer
13 8 (3.88%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
14 7 (3.40%) Java Developer
15 6 (2.91%) Designer
15 6 (2.91%) Security Architect
16 5 (2.43%) AWS Architect
16 5 (2.43%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (8.25%) REST
2 16 (7.77%) RESTful
3 14 (6.80%) React
4 13 (6.31%) Kafka
5 11 (5.34%) .NET
5 11 (5.34%) Node.js
5 11 (5.34%) Spring
6 10 (4.85%) JSON
6 10 (4.85%) Web Services
7 9 (4.37%) React Native
7 9 (4.37%) Spring Boot
8 7 (3.40%) AngularJS
8 7 (3.40%) HTML
8 7 (3.40%) XML
9 6 (2.91%) ARM Templates
9 6 (2.91%) Lightning Web Components
9 6 (2.91%) Middleware
9 6 (2.91%) OAuth
10 5 (2.43%) Elastic Stack
10 5 (2.43%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.28%) Cloud Native
2 13 (6.31%) Data Centre
2 13 (6.31%) Product Ownership
3 6 (2.91%) Algorithms
4 5 (2.43%) Distributed Systems
4 5 (2.43%) e-Learning
4 5 (2.43%) Hedge funds
4 5 (2.43%) Legacy Systems
4 5 (2.43%) VLE
5 4 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
5 4 (1.94%) Data Structures
5 4 (1.94%) Enterprise Storage
5 4 (1.94%) Frameworx
5 4 (1.94%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.94%) Private Cloud
5 4 (1.94%) Public Cloud
5 4 (1.94%) TM Forum
5 4 (1.94%) Virtual Team
6 3 (1.46%) CMDB
6 3 (1.46%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 29 (14.08%) Linux
2 12 (5.83%) Windows
3 8 (3.88%) Unix
4 7 (3.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 5 (2.43%) Android
5 5 (2.43%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.43%) Windows Server 2019
6 4 (1.94%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.49%) CentOS
7 1 (0.49%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.49%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (36.89%) Mentoring
2 63 (30.58%) CI/CD
3 62 (30.10%) Agile
4 48 (23.30%) DevOps
5 44 (21.36%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (17.96%) Containerisation
7 36 (17.48%) Software Engineering
8 34 (16.50%) Migration
9 31 (15.05%) Microservices
10 28 (13.59%) Infrastructure as Code
11 25 (12.14%) Roadmaps
12 24 (11.65%) Test Automation
13 20 (9.71%) Stakeholder Management
14 19 (9.22%) Computer Science
14 19 (9.22%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 18 (8.74%) Analytics
15 18 (8.74%) OO
15 18 (8.74%) Performance Optimisation
16 16 (7.77%) ITIL
17 15 (7.28%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 43 (20.87%) Java
1 43 (20.87%) Python
2 27 (13.11%) JavaScript
2 27 (13.11%) SQL
3 12 (5.83%) C#
3 12 (5.83%) PowerShell
4 11 (5.34%) TypeScript
5 9 (4.37%) C++
6 5 (2.43%) Bash
6 5 (2.43%) C
6 5 (2.43%) Kotlin
6 5 (2.43%) PHP
6 5 (2.43%) Scala
7 4 (1.94%) Bicep
7 4 (1.94%) R
8 3 (1.46%) Apex Code
8 3 (1.46%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.97%) ActionScript
9 2 (0.97%) ActionScript 2.0
9 2 (0.97%) Go
Qualifications
1 60 (29.13%) Security Cleared
2 52 (25.24%) SC Cleared
3 24 (11.65%) Degree
4 15 (7.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (5.34%) AWS Certification
6 9 (4.37%) Azure Certification
7 8 (3.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 8 (3.88%) Master's Degree
8 7 (3.40%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.94%) CCNP
11 3 (1.46%) CCNA
11 3 (1.46%) CITP
11 3 (1.46%) VCAP
12 2 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 2 (0.97%) CCDP
12 2 (0.97%) JNCIA
12 2 (0.97%) JNCIS
13 1 (0.49%) CISSP
13 1 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.85%) GDPR
2 8 (3.88%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.40%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.43%) QA
5 4 (1.94%) NIST
6 3 (1.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (1.46%) COBIT
6 3 (1.46%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.46%) WCAG
7 2 (0.97%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.49%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.49%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.49%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.49%) NCSC
8 1 (0.49%) PMO
System Software
1 43 (20.87%) Docker
2 15 (7.28%) Active Directory
3 9 (4.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (2.43%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (2.43%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.97%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.97%) vSphere
6 1 (0.49%) GPFS
6 1 (0.49%) NFS
6 1 (0.49%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.49%) OpenDJ
6 1 (0.49%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.49%) XenApp
6 1 (0.49%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 34 (16.50%) Kubernetes
2 30 (14.56%) Terraform
3 11 (5.34%) Ansible
4 9 (4.37%) Grafana
4 9 (4.37%) Prometheus
5 7 (3.40%) Puppet
5 7 (3.40%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (2.43%) Docker Swarm
6 5 (2.43%) Podman
7 4 (1.94%) NetBackup
8 3 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
9 2 (0.97%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.97%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.49%) Argo
10 1 (0.49%) Consul
10 1 (0.49%) Data Guard
10 1 (0.49%) Istio
10 1 (0.49%) Kubeflow
10 1 (0.49%) PowerCLI
10 1 (0.49%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 30 (14.56%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.77%) VMware
3 13 (6.31%) Google
4 12 (5.83%) Salesforce
5 10 (4.85%) ServiceNow
6 9 (4.37%) Cisco
7 8 (3.88%) Oracle
7 8 (3.88%) Red Hat
8 7 (3.40%) Okta
9 6 (2.91%) Databricks
9 6 (2.91%) Dell
9 6 (2.91%) Fortinet
10 5 (2.43%) Autodesk
10 5 (2.43%) Workday
11 4 (1.94%) 3PAR
11 4 (1.94%) Citrix
11 4 (1.94%) HP
11 4 (1.94%) Veritas
12 3 (1.46%) Apple
12 3 (1.46%) IBM