Technical Leadership Contracts in England

Technical Leadership
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Technical Leadership skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Technical Leadership over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 197 274 306
Rank change year-on-year +77 +32 -5
Contract jobs citing Technical Leadership 451 472 642
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.23% 0.96% 0.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 1.07% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 316 431
10th Percentile £463 £475 £450
25th Percentile £513 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 £627 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% +4.42% +14.29%
75th Percentile £691 £738 £700
90th Percentile £803 £815 £815
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £600
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +14.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 15 9
10th Percentile - £32.45 £49.10
25th Percentile £12.75 £47.50 £61.25
Median hourly rate £38.50 £62.00 £75.14
Median % change year-on-year -37.90% -17.49% +87.85%
75th Percentile £60.00 £80.25 £96.23
90th Percentile £83.40 £80.70 -
UK median hourly rate £43.49 £66.71 £75.14
% change year-on-year -34.81% -11.22% +87.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Technical Leadership is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,821 44,233 63,555
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.48% 90.18% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,850 31,044 45,163
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,250 1,565 1,721
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.68 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.14% +52.24% +4.26%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £64.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Technical Leadership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leadership in England

Technical Leadership
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Technical Leadership in England.

Daily rate trend for Technical Leadership in England

Technical Leadership
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Leadership in England

Technical Leadership
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Technical Leadership in England.

Hourly rate trend for Technical Leadership in England

Technical Leadership
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Leadership in England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Leadership in England

Technical Leadership
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leadership within the England region over the 6 months to 9 May 2024. 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
London +31 167 £616 -5.92% 122
South East +67 136 £581 -3.13% 43
North of England +14 53 £620 +5.53% 47
Midlands +45 42 £621 -9.67% 40
North West +1 34 £620 +12.73% 26
East Midlands +39 23 £622 +2.60% 11
West Midlands +16 18 £475 -30.91% 29
East of England +12 16 £635 +17.59% 31
Yorkshire +14 15 £600 - 14
South West -2 12 £631 -2.88% 50
North East - 4 £850 - 8
Technical Leadership
UK

Technical Leadership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 13 (2.88%) Confluence
2 6 (1.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 6 (1.33%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.11%) Apache
3 5 (1.11%) Apache Spark
4 4 (0.89%) IIS
4 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.67%) CMS
5 3 (0.67%) SAS
6 2 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.44%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.22%) Apache Pulsar
7 1 (0.22%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.22%) nginx
7 1 (0.22%) WebSphere
Applications
1 11 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (0.44%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.22%) CATIA
3 1 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.44%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (0.44%) SAP MDM
1 2 (0.44%) SAP Payroll
1 2 (0.44%) Workday HCM
2 1 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.22%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.22%) Sage X3
2 1 (0.22%) SAP GRC
2 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 122 (27.05%) Azure
2 94 (20.84%) AWS
3 38 (8.43%) Serverless
4 33 (7.32%) GCP
5 30 (6.65%) Azure DevOps
5 30 (6.65%) Dynamics 365
6 25 (5.54%) AWS Lambda
7 20 (4.43%) Amazon EC2
7 20 (4.43%) Azure Logic Apps
8 18 (3.99%) Azure API Management
8 18 (3.99%) Power Platform
9 17 (3.77%) Amazon S3
10 14 (3.10%) Cloud Computing
11 13 (2.88%) GitHub
12 12 (2.66%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 12 (2.66%) PaaS
12 12 (2.66%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 11 (2.44%) Azure Functions
13 11 (2.44%) GitHub Actions
13 11 (2.44%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 41 (9.09%) WAN
2 39 (8.65%) VPN
3 33 (7.32%) BGP
3 33 (7.32%) Firewall
4 29 (6.43%) MPLS
5 28 (6.21%) SSL
6 24 (5.32%) Cisco Firepower
7 18 (3.99%) LAN
8 12 (2.66%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (2.22%) 5G
10 8 (1.77%) Network Security
10 8 (1.77%) Radio Access Network
11 7 (1.55%) Cisco IOS
11 7 (1.55%) Junos
11 7 (1.55%) VSAN
12 6 (1.33%) 4G
12 6 (1.33%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (1.33%) Cisco Nexus
12 6 (1.33%) IPsec
12 6 (1.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.43%) SQL Server
2 15 (3.33%) Big Data
2 15 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
3 13 (2.88%) Relational Database
4 10 (2.22%) Amazon RDS
5 9 (2.00%) Amazon Athena
5 9 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
6 7 (1.55%) Data Lake
6 7 (1.55%) Power BI
7 4 (0.89%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (0.89%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.89%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (0.67%) Data Mart
8 3 (0.67%) DynamoDB
8 3 (0.67%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.67%) MySQL
8 3 (0.67%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.67%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 39 (8.65%) JIRA
2 31 (6.87%) Jenkins
3 29 (6.43%) Selenium
4 26 (5.76%) Cucumber
4 26 (5.76%) SonarQube
5 24 (5.32%) Git
5 24 (5.32%) REST Assured
6 19 (4.21%) GitLab
7 9 (2.00%) Cypress.io
7 9 (2.00%) JMeter
8 7 (1.55%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.89%) Bitbucket
9 4 (0.89%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.67%) ERwin
11 1 (0.22%) JUnit
11 1 (0.22%) Maven
11 1 (0.22%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.22%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.22%) Visual Studio
11 1 (0.22%) Xcode
General
1 153 (33.92%) Social Skills
2 122 (27.05%) Finance
3 96 (21.29%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (11.09%) Public Sector
5 23 (5.10%) Banking
6 22 (4.88%) Law
7 17 (3.77%) Marketing
8 16 (3.55%) Police
9 14 (3.10%) Legal
10 13 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (2.44%) Telecoms
13 8 (1.77%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
14 7 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.33%) Financial Institution
16 5 (1.11%) Retail
17 4 (0.89%) Automotive
17 4 (0.89%) Electronics
17 4 (0.89%) Military
Job Titles
1 167 (37.03%) Architect
2 105 (23.28%) Lead
3 58 (12.86%) Senior
4 49 (10.86%) Technical Leader
5 43 (9.53%) Solutions Architect
6 36 (7.98%) Technical Architect
7 34 (7.54%) Network Architect
8 19 (4.21%) Java Engineer
9 18 (3.99%) Lead Architect
10 17 (3.77%) Developer
10 17 (3.77%) DevOps Engineer
10 17 (3.77%) Software Engineer
11 16 (3.55%) Analyst
11 16 (3.55%) AWS Engineer
11 16 (3.55%) Consultant
12 13 (2.88%) Data Engineer
13 11 (2.44%) ForgeRock Architect
14 9 (2.00%) Cloud Architect
14 9 (2.00%) Network Engineer
14 9 (2.00%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (7.98%) REST
2 25 (5.54%) Java EE
2 25 (5.54%) XML
3 24 (5.32%) Node.js
4 17 (3.77%) LDAP
4 17 (3.77%) React
5 16 (3.55%) Kafka
6 15 (3.33%) ARM Templates
7 14 (3.10%) .NET
8 13 (2.88%) OpenID
8 13 (2.88%) SAML
9 12 (2.66%) OAuth
10 8 (1.77%) RESTful
10 8 (1.77%) Web Services
11 7 (1.55%) JSON
12 5 (1.11%) AngularJS
12 5 (1.11%) HTML
12 5 (1.11%) Middleware
12 5 (1.11%) PySpark
13 4 (0.89%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.32%) Public Cloud
2 22 (4.88%) Product Ownership
3 12 (2.66%) Cloud Native
4 11 (2.44%) Data Centre
5 10 (2.22%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.33%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.11%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (1.11%) Low-Code
8 5 (1.11%) Machine to Machine
8 5 (1.11%) Mainframe
8 5 (1.11%) NHS
8 5 (1.11%) Private Cloud
9 4 (0.89%) Algorithms
9 4 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (0.89%) Mobile Payment
10 3 (0.67%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 51 (11.31%) Windows
2 39 (8.65%) Linux
3 20 (4.43%) Windows Server
4 17 (3.77%) Android
5 16 (3.55%) Apple iOS
5 16 (3.55%) Unix
6 10 (2.22%) Windows 7
7 5 (1.11%) Ubuntu
7 5 (1.11%) VMS
8 4 (0.89%) CentOS
8 4 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.89%) Windows Server 2012
9 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.44%) Solaris
10 2 (0.44%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.44%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.44%) zOS
11 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (27.05%) DevOps
2 118 (26.16%) Problem-Solving
3 117 (25.94%) Agile
4 81 (17.96%) Mentoring
5 74 (16.41%) Roadmaps
6 61 (13.53%) CI/CD
7 56 (12.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 51 (11.31%) Software Engineering
9 50 (11.09%) Decision-Making
10 46 (10.20%) Infrastructure as Code
11 40 (8.87%) Customer Requirements
11 40 (8.87%) Migration
12 38 (8.43%) Computer Science
13 37 (8.20%) Microservices
13 37 (8.20%) Project Management
14 35 (7.76%) Containerisation
15 34 (7.54%) Customer Service
16 33 (7.32%) Data Modelling
17 32 (7.10%) Continuous Integration
18 31 (6.87%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 71 (15.74%) Java
2 65 (14.41%) Python
3 58 (12.86%) SQL
4 27 (5.99%) C#
5 13 (2.88%) PowerShell
5 13 (2.88%) Scala
6 12 (2.66%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.55%) Bash
8 6 (1.33%) C
8 6 (1.33%) C++
9 5 (1.11%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.11%) PHP
9 5 (1.11%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.89%) Perl
10 4 (0.89%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.67%) R
11 3 (0.67%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.44%) Ruby
12 2 (0.44%) VBScript
13 1 (0.22%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 149 (33.04%) Security Cleared
2 116 (25.72%) SC Cleared
3 62 (13.75%) Degree
4 32 (7.10%) Computer Science Degree
5 25 (5.54%) Master's Degree
6 13 (2.88%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (2.22%) CCNP
9 8 (1.77%) CCNA
9 8 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
10 7 (1.55%) AWS Certification
10 7 (1.55%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (1.33%) PMP
12 5 (1.11%) JNCIA
12 5 (1.11%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.89%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.67%) Chartered Engineer
14 3 (0.67%) CITP
14 3 (0.67%) JNCIS
14 3 (0.67%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (8.43%) QA
2 18 (3.99%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.33%) SLA
4 8 (1.77%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.33%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.89%) GRC
7 3 (0.67%) NCSC
8 2 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.44%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.22%) GDPR
9 1 (0.22%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.22%) HAZOP
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.22%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.22%) NIST
9 1 (0.22%) PMO
9 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 43 (9.53%) Docker
2 17 (3.77%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (2.22%) VMware NSX
5 7 (1.55%) vCloud
6 4 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.89%) XenApp
7 3 (0.67%) vSphere
8 1 (0.22%) Apache Flume
8 1 (0.22%) HDFS
8 1 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.22%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 58 (12.86%) Kubernetes
2 49 (10.86%) Terraform
3 41 (9.09%) Ansible
4 23 (5.10%) Endace
5 16 (3.55%) Docker Swarm
6 14 (3.10%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (2.66%) Podman
8 8 (1.77%) SCCM
9 7 (1.55%) Argo
9 7 (1.55%) Istio
9 7 (1.55%) Rancher
9 7 (1.55%) vCenter Server
10 5 (1.11%) Puppet
11 3 (0.67%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.44%) FortiGate
12 2 (0.44%) Red Hat Satellite
13 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
13 1 (0.22%) PaperCut
13 1 (0.22%) TrustSec
13 1 (0.22%) vRealize
Vendors
1 46 (10.20%) Cisco
2 45 (9.98%) Microsoft
3 31 (6.87%) Juniper
4 27 (5.99%) F5
5 26 (5.76%) Google
6 22 (4.88%) VMware
7 18 (3.99%) Oracle
8 17 (3.77%) SAP
9 12 (2.66%) ForgeRock
9 12 (2.66%) ServiceNow
10 11 (2.44%) Databricks
11 9 (2.00%) Informatica
12 6 (1.33%) Adobe
12 6 (1.33%) Apple
12 6 (1.33%) Palo Alto
12 6 (1.33%) Red Hat
12 6 (1.33%) SolarWinds
13 5 (1.11%) Citrix
13 5 (1.11%) Computacenter
14 4 (0.89%) IBM