Technical Leader Contracts

Technical Lead
UK

The median Technical Lead daily rate in the UK is £625 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 293 321 407
Rank change year-on-year +28 +86 -85
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Leader 314 473 564
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.72% 0.79% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.83% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 311 351
10th Percentile £439 £500 £435
25th Percentile £513 £556 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £635 £588
Median % change year-on-year -1.57% +8.09% +12.98%
75th Percentile £768 £725 £688
90th Percentile £850 £794 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £600 £550
% change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 9
10th Percentile £24.73 - -
25th Percentile £25.81 - -
Median hourly rate £28.25 - £35.00
75th Percentile £28.88 - -
90th Percentile - - £51.96
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 - £35.00
% change year-on-year - - -26.32%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 40,476 56,906 85,219
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.58% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,420 39,710 59,771
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,641 1,614 2,118
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.36 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.11% +95.65% +1.41%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.92 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.63%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Technical Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in the UK

Technical Leader
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Leader in the UK

Technical Leader
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Leader over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Leader in the UK

Technical Leader
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Leader in the UK

Technical Leader
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 24 April 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
England +35 270 £640 -0.81% 152
London +38 160 £650 - 57
UK excluding London +19 112 £600 - 108
Work from Home +11 101 £638 -1.85% 79
North of England +45 43 £850 +41.67% 19
North West +47 40 £850 +40.21% 14
South West +27 18 £600 +2.13% 11
Scotland +25 16 £513 -5.96% 11
Midlands +15 13 £619 -10.00% 18
South East -1 12 £550 -10.75% 37
West Midlands +10 10 £725 +5.45% 14
East of England +3 8 £600 - 13
East Midlands +12 3 £500 +42.86% 4
Yorkshire +4 3 £590 -1.67% 3
Northern Ireland - 2 £513 - 2

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Technical Leader contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 110 (35.03%) Agile
2 68 (21.66%) Security Cleared
3 63 (20.06%) DevOps
4 61 (19.43%) Technical Leadership
5 58 (18.47%) SC Cleared
6 54 (17.20%) Social Skills
6 54 (17.20%) CI/CD
7 51 (16.24%) AWS
8 49 (15.61%) Java
9 46 (14.65%) Azure
10 45 (14.33%) Windows
11 44 (14.01%) Finance
12 43 (13.69%) Node.js
13 41 (13.06%) Apple iOS
13 41 (13.06%) Android
14 40 (12.74%) Firewall
14 40 (12.74%) Microsoft
15 38 (12.10%) JavaScript
16 36 (11.46%) Software Engineering
17 35 (11.15%) C#
17 35 (11.15%) SQL
17 35 (11.15%) VPN
17 35 (11.15%) Risk Management
17 35 (11.15%) Public Sector
17 35 (11.15%) Roadmaps
17 35 (11.15%) Design Patterns
18 34 (10.83%) Windows Server
18 34 (10.83%) Mobile Device Management
19 33 (10.51%) Banking
20 31 (9.87%) Security Architecture

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 10 (3.18%) Apache
1 10 (3.18%) Apache Airflow
2 8 (2.55%) OpenStack
3 5 (1.59%) IIS
3 5 (1.59%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.64%) Confluence
5 2 (0.64%) SAS
6 1 (0.32%) BizTalk Server
6 1 (0.32%) CICS
6 1 (0.32%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.32%) WebSphere
Applications
1 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (3.18%) ION Anvil
2 6 (1.91%) ION MarketView
3 2 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.32%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.32%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.32%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 51 (16.24%) AWS
2 46 (14.65%) Azure
3 20 (6.37%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
5 15 (4.78%) Amazon S3
6 14 (4.46%) Serverless
7 13 (4.14%) Power Platform
8 12 (3.82%) AWS Lambda
9 11 (3.50%) dbt
9 11 (3.50%) Snowflake
10 10 (3.18%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (2.23%) Entra ID
11 7 (2.23%) GitHub
11 7 (2.23%) Slack
12 6 (1.91%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (1.91%) Amazon EKS
12 6 (1.91%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (1.91%) SuccessFactors
12 6 (1.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
13 5 (1.59%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 40 (12.74%) Firewall
2 35 (11.15%) VPN
3 7 (2.23%) DNS
3 7 (2.23%) FTP
4 6 (1.91%) Network Security
5 5 (1.59%) LAN
5 5 (1.59%) SSL
6 4 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.27%) WLAN
7 3 (0.96%) IP Telephony
7 3 (0.96%) WAN
7 3 (0.96%) Wireless
8 2 (0.64%) VSAN
9 1 (0.32%) 5G
9 1 (0.32%) InfiniBand
9 1 (0.32%) NaaS
9 1 (0.32%) NAS
9 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
9 1 (0.32%) SMS
9 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.73%) SQL Server
2 13 (4.14%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (3.50%) Data Lake
4 10 (3.18%) Amazon Athena
4 10 (3.18%) Apache Arrow
4 10 (3.18%) Apache Ignite
4 10 (3.18%) Dremio
5 9 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
6 7 (2.23%) MySQL
6 7 (2.23%) Power BI
7 6 (1.91%) Amazon Aurora
7 6 (1.91%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.27%) Amazon RDS
9 2 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.64%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.64%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.32%) Data Mart
10 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.32%) Redis
Development Applications
1 18 (5.73%) JIRA
2 15 (4.78%) Jenkins
3 8 (2.55%) webpack
4 6 (1.91%) Git
5 5 (1.59%) GitLab
6 4 (1.27%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.96%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.64%) Capybara
8 2 (0.64%) Gradle
8 2 (0.64%) Maven
9 1 (0.32%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.32%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.32%) Katalon Studio
9 1 (0.32%) Selenium
General
1 54 (17.20%) Social Skills
2 44 (14.01%) Finance
3 35 (11.15%) Public Sector
4 33 (10.51%) Banking
5 19 (6.05%) Back Office
6 18 (5.73%) Investment Banking
7 14 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (4.14%) Legal
9 12 (3.82%) Front Office
9 12 (3.82%) Retail
10 7 (2.23%) Marketing
11 6 (1.91%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (1.59%) Automotive
13 4 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
14 3 (0.96%) Billing
14 3 (0.96%) Police
14 3 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.96%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.64%) Manufacturing
15 2 (0.64%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (13.69%) Node.js
2 29 (9.24%) .NET
3 21 (6.69%) React
4 16 (5.10%) HTML
5 15 (4.78%) CSS
6 12 (3.82%) .NET Core
7 11 (3.50%) Spring
8 10 (3.18%) FIX Protocol
8 10 (3.18%) gRPC
8 10 (3.18%) NumPy
8 10 (3.18%) Pandas
8 10 (3.18%) Protocol Buffers
8 10 (3.18%) SciPy
8 10 (3.18%) SOAP
8 10 (3.18%) Spring Boot
9 9 (2.87%) Elastic Stack
9 9 (2.87%) Web Services
10 6 (1.91%) AngularJS
10 6 (1.91%) GraphQL
10 6 (1.91%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.55%) Public Cloud
2 28 (8.92%) Product Ownership
3 21 (6.69%) Fixed Income
4 13 (4.14%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.18%) Derivative
5 10 (3.18%) Equities
5 10 (3.18%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (3.18%) Hedge funds
6 9 (2.87%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.87%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.91%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.59%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (1.59%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.96%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.96%) Contactless
10 3 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
10 3 (0.96%) Solar Power
11 2 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 45 (14.33%) Windows
2 41 (13.06%) Android
2 41 (13.06%) Apple iOS
3 34 (10.83%) Windows Server
4 28 (8.92%) Linux
5 10 (3.18%) Unix
6 8 (2.55%) CentOS
6 8 (2.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (1.59%) VMS
8 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (35.03%) Agile
2 63 (20.06%) DevOps
3 61 (19.43%) Technical Leadership
4 54 (17.20%) CI/CD
5 36 (11.46%) Software Engineering
6 35 (11.15%) Design Patterns
6 35 (11.15%) Risk Management
6 35 (11.15%) Roadmaps
7 34 (10.83%) Mobile Device Management
8 31 (9.87%) Security Architecture
8 31 (9.87%) Zero Trust
9 29 (9.24%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
9 29 (9.24%) Threat Intelligence
10 27 (8.60%) Mentoring
11 26 (8.28%) Microservices
12 22 (7.01%) Migration
13 19 (6.05%) OO
14 18 (5.73%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (5.41%) Strategic Roadmap
16 16 (5.10%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 49 (15.61%) Java
2 38 (12.10%) JavaScript
3 35 (11.15%) C#
3 35 (11.15%) SQL
4 30 (9.55%) Python
5 23 (7.32%) TypeScript
6 12 (3.82%) Bicep
7 9 (2.87%) PowerShell
8 8 (2.55%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.96%) Kotlin
9 3 (0.96%) Ruby
10 2 (0.64%) PHP
10 2 (0.64%) R
11 1 (0.32%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.32%) COBOL
11 1 (0.32%) JCL
11 1 (0.32%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 68 (21.66%) Security Cleared
2 58 (18.47%) SC Cleared
3 14 (4.46%) Degree
4 7 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.96%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.64%) AWS Certification
6 2 (0.64%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.64%) CITP
6 2 (0.64%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.32%) CCNA CyberOps
7 1 (0.32%) CCNP
7 1 (0.32%) Chartered Engineer
7 1 (0.32%) CISA
7 1 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.32%) CISM
7 1 (0.32%) CISSP
7 1 (0.32%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.78%) Data Quality
2 9 (2.87%) Accessibility
2 9 (2.87%) PCI DSS
3 8 (2.55%) QA
4 2 (0.64%) Disclosure Scotland
4 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.64%) SLA
5 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.32%) GRC
5 1 (0.32%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (3.18%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.55%) Docker
2 8 (2.55%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.64%) Firmware
3 2 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.64%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.32%) Lustre
4 1 (0.32%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 16 (5.10%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.46%) Grafana
3 10 (3.18%) Ansible
4 9 (2.87%) Kibana
5 8 (2.55%) logstash
5 8 (2.55%) Prometheus
6 6 (1.91%) SCCM
7 2 (0.64%) Terraform
8 1 (0.32%) OPNET
Vendors
1 40 (12.74%) Microsoft
2 14 (4.46%) SAP
3 12 (3.82%) Oracle
4 10 (3.18%) ION Trading
5 7 (2.23%) Red Hat
6 6 (1.91%) Amdocs
6 6 (1.91%) Google
7 5 (1.59%) Apple
7 5 (1.59%) Virgin Media
8 4 (1.27%) IFS
8 4 (1.27%) Informatica
9 3 (0.96%) Genesys
9 3 (0.96%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.96%) VMware
10 2 (0.64%) Cisco
10 2 (0.64%) Databricks
10 2 (0.64%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.64%) IBM
10 2 (0.64%) SYSPRO
11 1 (0.32%) Murex