1 to 25 of 143 Contract Technical Leadership Jobs in the UK

Engineering Lead

Hiring Organisation
Hays
Location
Cheshire, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
Up to £500.0 per day + Inside IR35
seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to support the Risk & Controls workstream within a large-scale enterprise transformation programme. You'll be responsible for providing technical leadership across multiple engineering teams, driving engineering standards, supporting BB Application enhancements, and ensuring technology solutions align with regulatory, risk, compliance, and governance … requirements. Job Responsibilities: Provide engineering leadership and technical oversight across multiple delivery teams within the Risk & Controls workstream. Support the enhancement, modernisation, and ongoing development of BB Applications. Define, implement, and enforce engineering standards, development processes, risk controls, and architecture best practices. Ensure engineering teams adhere to coding ...

Lead Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Lorien
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
Lead Data Engineer Hands-on technical leadership building data systems that actually work We're looking for a Lead Data Engineer to join an enterprise data engineering capability and play a critical role in designing, building, and improving real-world data systems . This is not a line … management role . Instead, it's a senior, hands-on technical leadership position for someone with deep data engineering experience who leads through delivery, judgement, and technical credibility rather than hierarchy. You'll work in a complex environment spanning legacy platforms, modern cloud services, and evolving data ...

Infrastructure Technical Architect - Bridgend - SC and NPPV3

Hiring Organisation
Damia Group Ltd
Location
Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Infrastructure Technical Architect - Bridgend - £550 - £650 per day - INSIDE IR35 - 6 months contract (with extensions) - SC Cleared/NPPV3 cleared A technical architect works with delivery teams on problems that require broad architectural thinking and technical expertise. This includes responsibility for making sure the technical strategy … days per week NOT FULL TIME At this role level, you will provide: Key Responsibilities Deliver and implement infrastructure and technical solutions in line with project requirements. Support and manage changes to infrastructure services following established processes and best practices. Develop and maintain Low Level Designs, technical documentation ...

Engineering Lead for Risk and Controls Workstream

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
Knutsford, Cheshire, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
seeking an experienced and hands-on Engineering Lead to support a large-scale Risk & Controls transformation programme . This role will provide technical leadership, governance, and engineering oversight across multiple delivery teams working on risk, compliance, controls, integration, and application enhancement initiatives. The successful candidate will play … role in application modernization, regulatory-driven technology changes, controls implementation, enterprise integrations, and technical delivery. This is a highly hands-on leadership position requiring active involvement in architecture reviews, technical problem-solving, and engineering governance. Key Responsibilities Provide engineering leadership and technical oversight across multiple ...

Senior Cisco Network Engineer (CCNP) £500/day West Yorkshire Inside IR35

Hiring Organisation
Data Careers
Location
Bradford, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £501 per day
large, security-conscious public sector organisation supporting critical digital infrastructure across multiple locations. Working within a specialist enterprise networking team, you'll provide technical leadership across complex Cisco network, firewall, voice and security technologies, ensuring resilient, secure and always-on connectivity for services that make a real operational … impact. This is far more than a BAU support role. You'll lead complex infrastructure changes, resolve high-level technical issues, contribute to major technology programmes and help shape the future of a large-scale enterprise network environment. The Opportunity As the senior technical escalation point within ...

Lead AI Enabled Software/DevOps Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Guidant Global
Location
London, City of London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£700 - £850/day
What You'll Be Doing - Provide technical leadership across AI-enabled software and DevOps engineering teams - Set architectural direction for API-first design, system integration, and platform enablement for AI - Lead the evolution of legacy or existing applications towards modern, service-based and API-driven architectures - Define … succeed in this role, you will bring: - A strong background as a Senior or Lead Software Engineer, Lead DevOps Engineer, or similar hands-on technical leadership role - Excellent software engineering fundamentals, including system design, clean code, testing, and maintainability - Strong experience designing and delivering API-driven and microservice ...

Principal Infrastructure Engineer

Hiring Organisation
CBS Butler
Location
Yeovil, Somerset, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 680 - 750 Daily
national security operations. This is an opportunity to work at the forefront of platform security, enterprise infrastructure, and cyber engineering , taking ownership of complex technical challenges within highly secure environments. You'll play a key role in designing, integrating, and delivering resilient platforms that underpin critical operational capabilities. … week while being paid for a full five-day week . The Role As a Principal Platform Engineer, you will act as a technical authority across platform engineering disciplines, combining hands-on technical delivery with leadership, mentoring, and strategic input. Key responsibilities include: Leading the design, implementation ...

Contract Technical Lead / Engineering Manager

Hiring Organisation
Spectrum IT Recruitment
Location
Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
experienced Engineering Lead/Software Development Manager to join a growing technology team. This role combines hands-on software engineering with team leadership, technical direction and delivery ownership. You will lead and support a team of developers, helping to improve engineering practices, remove technical blockers and ensure … high-quality delivery of software solutions. You will work closely with stakeholders across the business to shape priorities, manage technical decisions and deliver projects that support business objectives. Key responsibilities: Lead, mentor and support a team of software engineers, encouraging best practice and continuous improvement. Remain hands-on with ...

Cloud Technical Lead - VCF - DV Cleared

Hiring Organisation
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd
Location
Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 650 - 750 Daily
Cloud Technical Lead - VCF Must have an Active DV Clearance The position is ideal for an experienced cloud professional with strong VMware expertise who enjoys leading technical teams and solving complex infrastructure challenges. Cloud Technical Lead - VCF Responsibilities Lead technical activities across cloud infrastructure and support … services. Respond to complex escalations from 2nd Line support teams. Monitor systems using event management tooling and resolve technical incidents. Deliver planned infrastructure changes through established change management processes. Carry out readiness assessments for new services entering production. Produce and maintain technical documentation including Work Instructions and Patching ...

Principal Infrastructure Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Nash, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 100 Hourly
Management (PAM) within a secure enterprise environment. This role is suited to someone with strong CyberArk and enterprise platform experience who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, influencing solution design and acting as the subject matter expert within a multidisciplinary engineering team. Key Responsibilities Act as the technical authority … interpret complex customer requirements to drive secure solution design. Produce and review High-Level and Low-Level Designs (HLDs/LLDs). Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams throughout project delivery. Ensure solutions align with secure-by-design principles, security controls and accreditation requirements. Contribute ...

Principal Infrastructure Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Yeovil, Somerset, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£100 per hour
Management (PAM) within a secure enterprise environment. This role is suited to someone with strong CyberArk and enterprise platform experience who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, influencing solution design and acting as the subject matter expert within a multidisciplinary engineering team. Key Responsibilities Act as the technical authority … interpret complex customer requirements to drive secure solution design. Produce and review High-Level and Low-Level Designs (HLDs/LLDs). Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering teams throughout project delivery. Ensure solutions align with secure-by-design principles, security controls and accreditation requirements. Contribute ...

Telecoms Project Network Engineer

Hiring Organisation
MECS Communications Ltd
Location
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Project Engineer to support critical utility, energy, power & telecommunications network infrastructure across Scotland. The role will plan, coordinate & deliver technically complex projects responsible for technical planning, diagrams, documentation, implementation, installation, commissioning & successful handover of projects spanning IP networking, transmission infrastructure & operational telecom environments. The successful candidate will combine strong … technical networking expertise with excellent project delivery capability, enabling them to confidently engage with customers, undertake technical site surveys, coordinate field engineers & ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently & to the highest standards. Technical excellence, customer engagement & successful project delivery are fundamental to success in this role. Role ...

Systems Engineer

Hiring Organisation
SR2
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£600 - £675/day
bring on an experienced Systems Engineer contractor to lead the design and delivery of scalable software solutions, working closely with customers, engineers and technical stakeholders. The role: Leading the technical delivery of customer projects Designing scalable, secure and resilient system architectures Translating customer requirements into practical technical solutions Working across cloud, integrations, data pipelines and distributed systems Providing technical leadership to multidisciplinary engineering teams Managing technical risk and driving engineering best practice Requirements: Systems Engineering, Solution Architecture or Technical Leadership Delivering complex enterprise software or distributed systems Cloud-native architectures ...

SailPoint Architect

Hiring Organisation
Hamilton Barnes
Location
Hounslow, Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £600/day
SailPoint Architect to lead the design and delivery of enterprise identity governance solutions within a complex, large-scale environment. You'll own the technical architecture of the SailPoint platform, defining the roadmap, integration patterns and governance model, while providing hands-on technical leadership to engineering teams. … Responsibilities Own the end to end architecture of the SailPoint platform (IdentityIQ and/or Identity Security Cloud/IdentityNow) across the enterprise Define technical designs, integration patterns and architectural standards for identity governance Lead the design of identity lifecycle processes, including joiner/mover/leaver automation, provisioning ...

Lead Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Michael Page Technology
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£650 - £880 per day
deep expertise in Python, Databricks and Spark to lead the delivery of large-scale data engineering initiatives. This is a unique opportunity for a technical leader who enjoys combining hands-on engineering with project delivery, team leadership and stakeholder engagement in a complex enterprise environment. Client Details … optimise scalable data pipelines using Python, Databricks and PySpark Build and enhance ETL/ELT workflows, reusable frameworks and modern data engineering solutions Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance across data platform initiatives Design and govern Lakehouse architectures leveraging Databricks and Delta Lake Manage sprint planning, backlog prioritisation ...

MuleSoft Technical Lead

Hiring Organisation
Cadence Resourcing Limited
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Integration Technical Lead | MuleSoft | Contract We're looking for an experienced Integration Technical Lead to join a large-scale enterprise transformation programme, leading the delivery of around 30 system integrations using MuleSoft. You'll provide technical leadership across the integration landscape, taking ownership of complex integrations … while overseeing an offshore delivery partner through design reviews, code quality, and technical assurance. This is a hands-on role where you'll support development, troubleshoot issues, and help establish a scalable, supportable integration capability. Key skills: MuleSoft Anypoint Platform API-led architecture, REST/SOAP & DataWeave Enterprise integration ...

Prototype Build Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Gerrell & Hard
Location
Surrey, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
assembled safely, efficiently, and to the required specification, quality, and programme timing. Acting as the engineering lead within the prototype workshop, you will combine technical leadership, build execution, and project coordination to deliver development vehicles that support validation and engineering activities across cutting-edge automotive programmes. This … safely and efficiently. * Manage build resources including technicians, specialist support functions, and facilities. * Conduct build reviews and prioritisation activities to maintain programme timing. Workshop Leadership * Provide technical leadership and day-to-day direction to prototype build technicians. * Support complex assembly activities and resolve engineering concerns. * Ensure adherence ...

Senior Data Engineer & Technical Delivery Lead (Python / Databricks)

Hiring Organisation
Venn Group
Location
City of London, London, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Competitive salary
Senior Data Engineer & Technical Delivery Lead (Python/Databricks) Location: London (Hybrid – 2-3 days onsite) Contract: Initial 6 months We're currently supporting a major Investment Bank that's expanding its Data Engineering function and is looking to hire multiple contractors across Senior Data Engineer and Technical Delivery Lead level. Whether you're a highly technical Senior Data Engineer looking to remain hands-on, or an experienced Technical Lead who enjoys combining delivery leadership with coding, we'd be keen to speak with you. You'll be joining a large-scale cloud data ...

Lead Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Solos Consultants Ltd
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
£750 per day
Django) to join a high-performing digital delivery team building secure, user-centred services within a GDS-aligned environment. This is a hands-on technical leadership role suited to an experienced engineer who can operate across architecture, delivery, and live service support, while leading multidisciplinary agile squads … Help coordinate build and integration activities across multiple systems About You Were looking for someone who can operate confidently as both an engineer and technical leader, with: 810 years experience in software engineering (minimum 5+ essential) Strong hands-on experience with Python and Django Proven ability ...

Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Synergize Consulting Ltd
Location
Yeovil, Somerset, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 800 Daily
evolution of secure VMware Cloud Foundation platforms, working alongside highly skilled engineers to deliver resilient, enterprise-grade infrastructure. You'll combine hands-on technical leadership with architecture, mentoring and customer engagement, helping shape solutions that operate in some of the most demanding environments. What You'll Be Doing … deployment of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) platforms. Design secure software-defined datacentre solutions spanning compute, storage and networking. Translate customer requirements into robust technical designs and implementation plans. Take ownership of complex technical work packages, providing estimates, technical leadership and delivery oversight. Embed secure-by-design ...

Network Team Lead

Hiring Organisation
ECS Resource Group Ltd
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£450 - £500/day Inside IR35
helping organisations accelerate their digital transformations through expert delivery across cloud, AI, software engineering and enterprise technology. They combine strategic consultancy with hands on technical expertise and partner with clients to solve complex challenges and deliver scalable solutions. They are now looking for a Network Team Lead to join … them on a Three-month contract. Role Overview The Network Team Lead is a hands-on technical leadership role responsible for maintaining, supporting, and delivering network services across the organisation. The role leads a small team of engineers while actively contributing across BAU support, project delivery, and operational ...

Integration Architect - Kafka

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Recruitment
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£550 - £600 per day
programme who are looking to appoint a highly experienced Integration Architect to define and lead their enterprise integration strategy. This is a hands-on technical architecture position where you'll be responsible for shaping the future integration landscape, establishing architectural standards and building a modern event-driven ecosystem. … work closely with engineering leadership to create an integration capability centred around Kafka, microservices, cloud native technologies and API-first principles, whilst helping to build and mentor a high performing integration engineering team. Responsibilities Define and own the enterprise integration strategy across multiple business domains. Design a scalable, event ...

Engineering Manager

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Recruitment
Location
Bristol, Avon, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£600 - £700 per day
undertaking a major pricing transformation programme focused on modernising core products, platforms and engineering tooling. They are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to provide technical leadership across a complex technology landscape, balancing the challenges of legacy systems with the adoption of modern cloud-native technologies. This role will … suit an engineering leader who is comfortable operating as a technology generalist, engaging with both technical teams and senior business stakeholders to shape engineering strategy, modernisation plans and delivery outcomes. Key Responsibilities Lead engineering activities across a significant pricing transformation initiative. Assess existing legacy systems, applications and codebases ...

Technical Team Leader- M365

Hiring Organisation
McGregor Boyall Associates Limited
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - £450 per day
Technical Team Leader- M365, Hands on, Management , Collaboration This opening is a key position being a customer facing lead while supporting a team of 5 in the delivery of M365 Solutions. As a technical Team Lead, you will need to be hands on, to be able to work … effectively with the subject matter experts and ensure that the right solutions are designed and delivered to our customers. This role combines technical delivery with people leadership responsibilities and will best suit a professional who enjoys balancing hands-on technical work with leading others. Your role will ...

Data Engineering Tech Lead

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Recruitment
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£650 - £680 per day
that is continuing to expand its data capability following significant business growth. They are seeking a hands-on Data Engineering Tech Lead to provide technical leadership across their data platform, working closely with the Head of Data to drive architectural decisions, engineering standards and platform evolution. This … technical leadership role rather than a people management position, with a strong focus on remaining hands-on with engineering and delivery. Key Responsibilities Lead technical design and architecture across the data platform. Provide guidance on engineering best practices and technical standards. Conduct code reviews and support ...