Technical Leadership Contracts in England

Technical Leadership
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 190 250 291
Rank change year-on-year +60 +41 +8
Contract jobs citing Technical Leadership 467 489 669
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.25% 1.04% 0.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.46% 1.16% 1.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 249 335 430
10th Percentile £463 £475 £444
25th Percentile £513 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £619 £628 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.51% +4.67% +11.63%
75th Percentile £688 £734 £700
90th Percentile £788 £814 £825
UK median daily rate £600 £625 £590
% change year-on-year -4.00% +5.93% +12.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 17 14
10th Percentile £12.75 £28.75 £61.33
25th Percentile £14.06 £60.00 £62.94
Median hourly rate £43.49 £65.00 £75.07
Median % change year-on-year -33.10% -13.41% +71.59%
75th Percentile £62.81 £80.25 £88.80
90th Percentile £81.10 £80.55 £96.23
UK median hourly rate £48.48 £66.71 £75.00
% change year-on-year -27.34% -11.05% +71.43%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +23 172 £625 -7.41% 123
South East +65 128 £599 -0.21% 42
North of England +15 66 £600 +9.09% 58
Midlands +41 50 £550 -19.27% 45
North West -1 32 £620 +18.10% 28
West Midlands +25 25 £493 -28.36% 31
East Midlands +24 25 £622 +3.67% 14
Yorkshire +19 25 £590 -1.67% 21
South West -24 17 £625 -3.85% 44
East of England +5 16 £650 -7.14% 24
North East - 9 £850 - 11
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 15 (3.21%) Apache Spark
2 11 (2.36%) Confluence
2 11 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 6 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.86%) Apache
5 3 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.64%) CMS
5 3 (0.64%) SAS
6 1 (0.21%) Apache Pulsar
6 1 (0.21%) IIS
6 1 (0.21%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.28%) CANalyzer
3 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.21%) CATIA
5 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
2 2 (0.43%) SAP Payroll
2 2 (0.43%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.21%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.21%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.21%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 134 (28.69%) Azure
2 107 (22.91%) AWS
3 46 (9.85%) GCP
4 42 (8.99%) Serverless
5 31 (6.64%) Dynamics 365
6 28 (6.00%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (4.93%) Cloud Computing
7 23 (4.93%) Power Platform
8 20 (4.28%) Amazon S3
8 20 (4.28%) AWS Lambda
8 20 (4.28%) Azure Logic Apps
9 17 (3.64%) Azure API Management
10 15 (3.21%) Amazon EC2
11 12 (2.57%) Azure Functions
11 12 (2.57%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (2.36%) GitHub
12 11 (2.36%) GitHub Actions
12 11 (2.36%) PaaS
13 10 (2.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 10 (2.14%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 36 (7.71%) WAN
2 29 (6.21%) VPN
3 28 (6.00%) BGP
4 25 (5.35%) MPLS
5 24 (5.14%) SSL
6 23 (4.93%) Firewall
7 22 (4.71%) Cisco Firepower
8 15 (3.21%) 5G
9 13 (2.78%) LAN
10 12 (2.57%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (1.71%) Radio Access Network
12 7 (1.50%) Junos
12 7 (1.50%) VSAN
13 6 (1.28%) 3G
13 6 (1.28%) 4G
13 6 (1.28%) Cisco IOS
13 6 (1.28%) Ethernet
13 6 (1.28%) FlexRay
14 5 (1.07%) DNS
15 4 (0.86%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (5.78%) Big Data
2 19 (4.07%) SQL Server
3 16 (3.43%) Amazon RDS
3 16 (3.43%) Amazon Redshift
4 15 (3.21%) Data Lake
4 15 (3.21%) Relational Database
5 14 (3.00%) Amazon Athena
5 14 (3.00%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (2.78%) Hadoop
7 10 (2.14%) BigQuery
7 10 (2.14%) Power BI
8 9 (1.93%) PostgreSQL
9 6 (1.28%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.86%) Amazon Aurora
11 3 (0.64%) Data Mart
11 3 (0.64%) Data Mining
11 3 (0.64%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.64%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.64%) Spark SQL
11 3 (0.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 41 (8.78%) Jenkins
2 33 (7.07%) JIRA
3 31 (6.64%) Git
4 29 (6.21%) Selenium
5 26 (5.57%) Cucumber
6 25 (5.35%) SonarQube
7 24 (5.14%) REST Assured
8 20 (4.28%) GitLab
9 10 (2.14%) Rational DOORS
10 9 (1.93%) Cypress.io
10 9 (1.93%) JMeter
11 6 (1.28%) CANoe
12 3 (0.64%) Bitbucket
13 2 (0.43%) ERwin
13 2 (0.43%) Jaeger
13 2 (0.43%) Storybook
14 1 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
14 1 (0.21%) Rational Rhapsody
14 1 (0.21%) TeamCity
14 1 (0.21%) Xcode
General
1 150 (32.12%) Social Skills
2 123 (26.34%) Finance
3 95 (20.34%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (9.64%) Public Sector
5 30 (6.42%) Banking
6 21 (4.50%) Law
7 18 (3.85%) Marketing
8 16 (3.43%) Legal
9 14 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (3.00%) Police
10 13 (2.78%) Manufacturing
10 13 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.14%) Automotive
11 10 (2.14%) Electronics
12 9 (1.93%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.28%) Documentation Skills
13 6 (1.28%) Financial Institution
14 5 (1.07%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.86%) Military
15 4 (0.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 184 (39.40%) Architect
2 96 (20.56%) Lead
3 67 (14.35%) Senior
4 62 (13.28%) Solutions Architect
5 43 (9.21%) Technical Leader
6 32 (6.85%) Network Architect
7 30 (6.42%) Technical Architect
8 26 (5.57%) Developer
9 20 (4.28%) Lead Architect
10 19 (4.07%) DevOps Engineer
10 19 (4.07%) Java Engineer
11 17 (3.64%) Software Engineer
12 16 (3.43%) Analyst
13 15 (3.21%) Consultant
14 13 (2.78%) Systems Engineer
15 12 (2.57%) AWS Engineer
15 12 (2.57%) Senior Developer
16 11 (2.36%) ForgeRock Architect
17 10 (2.14%) Senior Architect
18 9 (1.93%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (7.49%) REST
2 28 (6.00%) Kafka
3 25 (5.35%) Java EE
3 25 (5.35%) Node.js
4 23 (4.93%) XML
5 17 (3.64%) React
6 15 (3.21%) LDAP
7 13 (2.78%) ARM Templates
7 13 (2.78%) SAML
8 12 (2.57%) .NET
8 12 (2.57%) OAuth
8 12 (2.57%) OpenID
9 8 (1.71%) RESTful
10 7 (1.50%) Web Services
11 6 (1.28%) HTML
11 6 (1.28%) J2EE
11 6 (1.28%) JSON
11 6 (1.28%) Middleware
11 6 (1.28%) Spring Boot
12 5 (1.07%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.71%) Public Cloud
2 20 (4.28%) Product Ownership
3 11 (2.36%) Cloud Native
4 10 (2.14%) Data Centre
4 10 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (2.14%) Management Information System
5 9 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (1.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 7 (1.50%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.28%) Infotainment
8 6 (1.28%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.07%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.07%) Derivative
9 5 (1.07%) Machine to Machine
9 5 (1.07%) Mainframe
9 5 (1.07%) NHS
9 5 (1.07%) Private Cloud
10 4 (0.86%) Mobile Payment
11 3 (0.64%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 51 (10.92%) Windows
2 35 (7.49%) Linux
3 19 (4.07%) Android
4 18 (3.85%) Apple iOS
5 17 (3.64%) Windows Server
6 13 (2.78%) Unix
7 10 (2.14%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.64%) VMS
9 3 (0.64%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.43%) Solaris
10 2 (0.43%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.43%) zOS
11 1 (0.21%) CentOS
11 1 (0.21%) Windows 10
11 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (27.84%) DevOps
2 124 (26.55%) Problem-Solving
3 116 (24.84%) Agile
4 88 (18.84%) Mentoring
5 80 (17.13%) Roadmaps
6 60 (12.85%) CI/CD
7 57 (12.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 56 (11.99%) Software Engineering
9 55 (11.78%) Decision-Making
10 46 (9.85%) Computer Science
10 46 (9.85%) Infrastructure as Code
11 44 (9.42%) Containerisation
12 41 (8.78%) Microservices
13 40 (8.57%) Analytics
13 40 (8.57%) Data Modelling
14 38 (8.14%) Customer Requirements
14 38 (8.14%) Migration
15 37 (7.92%) Translating Business Requirements
16 36 (7.71%) Project Management
17 33 (7.07%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 83 (17.77%) Java
2 81 (17.34%) Python
3 66 (14.13%) SQL
4 27 (5.78%) C#
5 13 (2.78%) JavaScript
5 13 (2.78%) Scala
6 10 (2.14%) C
6 10 (2.14%) C++
6 10 (2.14%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.28%) Bash
7 6 (1.28%) VBA
8 5 (1.07%) Kotlin
8 5 (1.07%) PHP
8 5 (1.07%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.86%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.64%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.43%) R
11 2 (0.43%) Ruby
11 2 (0.43%) VBScript
12 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 141 (30.19%) Security Cleared
2 108 (23.13%) SC Cleared
3 71 (15.20%) Degree
4 41 (8.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 30 (6.42%) Master's Degree
6 14 (3.00%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.71%) CCNA
7 8 (1.71%) CCNP
7 8 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (1.71%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (1.28%) AWS Certification
9 6 (1.28%) PMP
10 5 (1.07%) Azure Certification
10 5 (1.07%) JNCIA
10 5 (1.07%) PhD
10 5 (1.07%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.86%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (0.64%) CITP
12 3 (0.64%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (7.49%) QA
2 17 (3.64%) Data Quality
3 15 (3.21%) SLA
4 9 (1.93%) PCI DSS
5 6 (1.28%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.64%) GDPR
6 3 (0.64%) GRC
6 3 (0.64%) HAZOP
7 2 (0.43%) NCSC
8 1 (0.21%) Basel III
8 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.21%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 15022
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.21%) NIST
8 1 (0.21%) PMO
8 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 47 (10.06%) Docker
2 15 (3.21%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.71%) VMware NSX
5 7 (1.50%) vCloud
6 5 (1.07%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.86%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.86%) XenApp
8 2 (0.43%) vSphere
9 1 (0.21%) Apache Flume
9 1 (0.21%) HDFS
9 1 (0.21%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.21%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 61 (13.06%) Kubernetes
2 59 (12.63%) Terraform
3 39 (8.35%) Ansible
4 22 (4.71%) Endace
5 16 (3.43%) Docker Swarm
6 13 (2.78%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (2.57%) Podman
8 7 (1.50%) Argo
8 7 (1.50%) Istio
8 7 (1.50%) Rancher
8 7 (1.50%) vCenter Server
9 6 (1.28%) Functional Safety
10 5 (1.07%) SCCM
11 4 (0.86%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.86%) Puppet
12 3 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
13 2 (0.43%) Kiali
13 2 (0.43%) Prometheus
13 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Satellite
14 1 (0.21%) SCOM
Vendors
1 57 (12.21%) Microsoft
2 37 (7.92%) Google
3 35 (7.49%) Cisco
4 30 (6.42%) Juniper
5 22 (4.71%) F5
6 18 (3.85%) SAP
7 17 (3.64%) VMware
8 16 (3.43%) Oracle
9 12 (2.57%) ForgeRock
10 11 (2.36%) Databricks
11 9 (1.93%) Informatica
12 8 (1.71%) ServiceNow
13 6 (1.28%) Adobe
13 6 (1.28%) Apple
13 6 (1.28%) IBM
13 6 (1.28%) SolarWinds
14 5 (1.07%) Citrix
14 5 (1.07%) Computacenter
14 5 (1.07%) Salesforce
15 4 (0.86%) Splunk