Technical Leadership Contracts in the Midlands

Technical Leadership
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 132 166
Rank change year-on-year +45 +34 -34
Contract jobs citing Technical Leadership 46 26 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.65% 0.80% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 0.91% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 19 20
10th Percentile £463 £508 £422
25th Percentile £482 £566 £442
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £688 £556
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +23.60% +12.37%
75th Percentile £634 £694 £631
90th Percentile £788 £728 £693
England median daily rate £601 £633 £600
% change year-on-year -5.10% +5.46% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.75 - -
Median hourly rate £13.50 - -
75th Percentile £41.60 - -
90th Percentile £55.36 - -
England median hourly rate £43.49 £65.84 £75.07
% change year-on-year -33.95% -12.29% +71.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,273 2,867 4,434
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.41% 87.68% 87.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,528 2,015 3,259
10th Percentile £231 £263 £250
25th Percentile £358 £370 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £671
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 173 97 135
10th Percentile £11.07 £12.30 £10.68
25th Percentile £14.00 £14.50 £13.94
Median hourly rate £19.00 £22.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +25.00% +20.00%
75th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £24.25
90th Percentile £55.00 £60.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leadership in the Midlands

Technical Leadership
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Technical Leadership in the Midlands

Technical Leadership
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Technical Leadership in the Midlands

Technical Leadership
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Technical Leadership in the Midlands

Technical Leadership
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Technical Leadership in the Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Technical Leadership in the Midlands

Technical Leadership
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
East Midlands +27 25 £622 +3.67% 11
West Midlands +18 21 £493 -28.36% 28
Technical Leadership
England

Technical Leadership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (4.35%) SAS
1 2 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (10.87%) CANalyzer
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (4.35%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.17%) CATIA
4 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (2.17%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.70%) Azure
2 3 (6.52%) AWS
3 2 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (4.35%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.17%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (2.17%) OCI
4 1 (2.17%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.39%) WAN
2 7 (15.22%) LAN
2 7 (15.22%) VPN
3 5 (10.87%) Ethernet
3 5 (10.87%) FlexRay
4 4 (8.70%) Junos
5 3 (6.52%) BGP
5 3 (6.52%) Cisco IOS
5 3 (6.52%) IPsec
5 3 (6.52%) MPLS
5 3 (6.52%) SAN
6 2 (4.35%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.17%) DHCP
7 1 (2.17%) DNS
7 1 (2.17%) Network Security
7 1 (2.17%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.17%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (2.17%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (2.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (10.87%) CANoe
2 2 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 19 (41.30%) Finance
2 15 (32.61%) Social Skills
3 11 (23.91%) Manufacturing
4 10 (21.74%) Public Sector
5 9 (19.57%) Electronics
6 7 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (10.87%) Automotive
8 4 (8.70%) Marketing
8 4 (8.70%) Telecoms
9 3 (6.52%) Aerospace
10 2 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (2.17%) Advertising
11 1 (2.17%) Aviation
11 1 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (2.17%) General Ledger
11 1 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (2.17%) Legal
Job Titles
1 19 (41.30%) Architect
2 9 (19.57%) ForgeRock Architect
3 8 (17.39%) Analyst
4 6 (13.04%) Project Manager
5 5 (10.87%) Integration Manager
5 5 (10.87%) Lead
5 5 (10.87%) Network Architect
5 5 (10.87%) Software Manager
6 4 (8.70%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (8.70%) Systems Analyst
7 3 (6.52%) Finance Systems Analyst
7 3 (6.52%) Financial Analyst
7 3 (6.52%) Senior
8 2 (4.35%) Developer
8 2 (4.35%) Dynamics 365 Architect
8 2 (4.35%) Infrastructure Manager
8 2 (4.35%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
8 2 (4.35%) Lead Architect
8 2 (4.35%) Python Developer
8 2 (4.35%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (19.57%) LDAP
1 9 (19.57%) OAuth
1 9 (19.57%) OpenID
1 9 (19.57%) SAML
2 1 (2.17%) Flash
2 1 (2.17%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Infotainment
2 2 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.17%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.17%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (13.04%) Windows
2 4 (8.70%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.17%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.17%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.09%) Migration
1 12 (26.09%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (19.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (19.57%) Customer Service
2 9 (19.57%) Identity Access Management
2 9 (19.57%) Identity Management
3 8 (17.39%) Project Management
4 7 (15.22%) Cybersecurity
4 7 (15.22%) Project Delivery
4 7 (15.22%) Risk Management
5 6 (13.04%) Agile
5 6 (13.04%) Project Planning
5 6 (13.04%) Waterfall
5 6 (13.04%) Workshop Facilitation
6 5 (10.87%) Budget Management
6 5 (10.87%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (10.87%) CRM
6 5 (10.87%) Power Management
6 5 (10.87%) Prototyping
6 5 (10.87%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 7 (15.22%) Python
2 5 (10.87%) SQL
2 5 (10.87%) VBA
3 1 (2.17%) X++
Qualifications
1 12 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 9 (19.57%) SC Cleared
3 8 (17.39%) Degree
4 5 (10.87%) PMI Certification
4 5 (10.87%) PMP
5 4 (8.70%) CCNA
5 4 (8.70%) CCNP
5 4 (8.70%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (4.35%) JNCIS
6 2 (4.35%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.17%) JNCIA
7 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.04%) SLA
2 3 (6.52%) QA
3 2 (4.35%) HAZOP
4 1 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.17%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (6.52%) Active Directory
1 3 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.35%) vSphere
3 1 (2.17%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (19.57%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (10.87%) Functional Safety
3 1 (2.17%) SCCM
3 1 (2.17%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 9 (19.57%) ForgeRock
3 5 (10.87%) Cisco
3 5 (10.87%) Juniper
4 4 (8.70%) Computacenter
4 4 (8.70%) SAP
5 3 (6.52%) VMware
6 1 (2.17%) Apple
6 1 (2.17%) Citrix
6 1 (2.17%) Google
6 1 (2.17%) Oracle
6 1 (2.17%) SolarWinds