Technical Manager Jobs

Technical Manager
UK

The median Technical Manager salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 366 565 541
Rank change year-on-year +199 -24 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Manager 754 420 1,039
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.72% 0.44% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.49% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 600 328 553
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,188 £51,250 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £65,213 £80,313 £80,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £98,250 £107,400
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +10.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 99,838 86,540 162,414
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 91.29% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,991 55,953 84,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Manager in the UK

Technical Manager
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Manager.

Salary trend for Technical Manager in the UK

Technical Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Manager over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Manager in the UK

Technical Manager
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Manager within the UK 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +233 702 £55,000 -15.38% 434
UK excluding London +188 561 £50,000 -16.67% 336
London +91 166 £69,733 -3.82% 124
Work from Home +28 158 £57,500 -17.86% 96
South East +76 151 £52,500 -16.00% 80
North of England +113 143 £50,000 -20.00% 75
Midlands +71 114 £50,000 -20.00% 71
North West +26 87 £50,000 -16.67% 43
West Midlands +60 84 £55,000 -12.00% 44
South West +23 73 £50,000 -4.76% 49
Yorkshire +97 48 £47,500 -36.67% 24
East of England +13 48 £50,000 -28.57% 50
East Midlands -2 30 £50,000 -23.08% 27
Wales +13 12 £62,000 +2.90% 9
Scotland -64 11 £45,000 -11.66% 16
North East -4 8 £55,000 -30.16% 8
Northern Ireland +24 5 £57,500 - 1
Isle of Man - 4 - -

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Technical Manager 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 permanent job ads featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 166 (22.02%) Social Skills
2 159 (21.09%) Project Management
3 133 (17.64%) Agile
4 120 (15.92%) Finance
5 115 (15.25%) Degree
6 105 (13.93%) Problem-Solving
7 97 (12.86%) Azure
8 90 (11.94%) Microsoft
9 84 (11.14%) Project Delivery
10 75 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
11 68 (9.02%) Stakeholder Management
12 52 (6.90%) Mentoring
13 49 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
13 49 (6.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 48 (6.37%) Windows
15 47 (6.23%) Legal
16 46 (6.10%) Cybersecurity
17 45 (5.97%) Security Cleared
18 44 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
19 43 (5.70%) Roadmaps
20 42 (5.57%) SaaS
21 41 (5.44%) Time Management
22 38 (5.04%) Service Delivery
22 38 (5.04%) Manufacturing
22 38 (5.04%) Retail
23 37 (4.91%) Decision-Making
24 36 (4.77%) ITIL
25 33 (4.38%) DevOps
25 33 (4.38%) Onboarding
26 32 (4.24%) Presentation Skills

Technical Manager 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 11 (1.46%) Confluence
1 11 (1.46%) WordPress
2 10 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.06%) CMS
4 6 (0.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (0.80%) Apache Solr
4 6 (0.80%) Sitecore CMS
4 6 (0.80%) Umbraco
5 4 (0.53%) Drupal
6 3 (0.40%) ColdFusion
7 2 (0.27%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.27%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.13%) Apache
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.13%) IIS
8 1 (0.13%) Moodle
8 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.25%) AutoCAD
3 6 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.40%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.40%) SketchUp
5 1 (0.13%) Revit
5 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.33%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.27%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.27%) Raiser’s Edge
2 2 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 97 (12.86%) Azure
2 49 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (5.57%) SaaS
4 29 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
5 24 (3.18%) AWS
5 24 (3.18%) PaaS
6 22 (2.92%) IaaS
7 12 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (1.46%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.06%) Power Platform
10 7 (0.93%) dbt
11 6 (0.80%) Azure Cognitive Search
11 6 (0.80%) GitHub
11 6 (0.80%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (0.66%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (0.66%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.40%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.40%) iPaaS
13 3 (0.40%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.40%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.65%) LAN
1 20 (2.65%) WAN
2 19 (2.52%) Firewall
3 17 (2.25%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (1.06%) Network Security
5 7 (0.93%) DNS
6 6 (0.80%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.66%) DHCP
7 5 (0.66%) Internet
8 4 (0.53%) 4G
8 4 (0.53%) Wireless
9 3 (0.40%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.40%) VoIP
9 3 (0.40%) VPN
10 2 (0.27%) 5G
10 2 (0.27%) SAN
11 1 (0.13%) Cisco Firepower
11 1 (0.13%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.13%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (0.93%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.80%) MySQL
3 5 (0.66%) RDBMS
3 5 (0.66%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.40%) EDMS
4 3 (0.40%) Electronic Patient Records
4 3 (0.40%) Tableau
5 2 (0.27%) Big Data
5 2 (0.27%) GIS
5 2 (0.27%) Metadata
5 2 (0.27%) Power BI
5 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.13%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.13%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.13%) Impala
6 1 (0.13%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.13%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 18 (2.39%) JIRA
2 6 (0.80%) Git
2 6 (0.80%) PHPUnit
3 3 (0.40%) GCC
4 2 (0.27%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.27%) GitLab
5 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 166 (22.02%) Social Skills
2 120 (15.92%) Finance
3 49 (6.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 47 (6.23%) Legal
5 44 (5.84%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (5.04%) Manufacturing
6 38 (5.04%) Retail
7 32 (4.24%) Presentation Skills
8 31 (4.11%) Marketing
9 19 (2.52%) Telecoms
10 16 (2.12%) Banking
10 16 (2.12%) Local Government
11 15 (1.99%) Electronics
12 13 (1.72%) Aerospace
13 12 (1.59%) French Language
14 11 (1.46%) German Language
14 11 (1.46%) Spanish Language
15 10 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
15 10 (1.33%) Italian Language
15 10 (1.33%) Portuguese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.39%) .NET
2 11 (1.46%) RESTful
3 9 (1.19%) CSS
3 9 (1.19%) SOAP
4 7 (0.93%) HTML
5 6 (0.80%) Doctrine
5 6 (0.80%) HTML5
5 6 (0.80%) jQuery
5 6 (0.80%) Laravel
5 6 (0.80%) Lucene
5 6 (0.80%) Symfony
5 6 (0.80%) Vue
6 5 (0.66%) Flash
6 5 (0.66%) Ruby on Rails
7 3 (0.40%) FHIR
8 2 (0.27%) Kafka
8 2 (0.27%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.27%) web3js
9 1 (0.13%) .NET Framework
9 1 (0.13%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 33 (4.38%) Onboarding
2 26 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 21 (2.79%) Virtual Team
4 15 (1.99%) Data Centre
5 13 (1.72%) IoT
5 13 (1.72%) NHS
6 12 (1.59%) Data Structures
7 11 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
8 10 (1.33%) PKI
9 9 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.19%) Product Ownership
10 8 (1.06%) Driving Licence
11 6 (0.80%) Private Cloud
11 6 (0.80%) Security Posture
12 5 (0.66%) CCTV
12 5 (0.66%) CMDB
12 5 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
12 5 (0.66%) Digital Media
12 5 (0.66%) Housing Association
13 4 (0.53%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 48 (6.37%) Windows
2 25 (3.32%) Windows Server
3 12 (1.59%) Linux
4 6 (0.80%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.27%) Android
5 2 (0.27%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (21.09%) Project Management
2 133 (17.64%) Agile
3 105 (13.93%) Problem-Solving
4 84 (11.14%) Project Delivery
5 75 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 68 (9.02%) Stakeholder Management
7 52 (6.90%) Mentoring
8 46 (6.10%) Cybersecurity
9 43 (5.70%) Roadmaps
10 41 (5.44%) Time Management
11 38 (5.04%) Service Delivery
12 37 (4.91%) Decision-Making
13 36 (4.77%) ITIL
14 33 (4.38%) DevOps
15 31 (4.11%) PRINCE2
16 29 (3.85%) Tech Ops
17 27 (3.58%) Coaching
18 26 (3.45%) Change Management
19 24 (3.18%) Customer Requirements
20 23 (3.05%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 12 (1.59%) SQL
2 11 (1.46%) JavaScript
3 9 (1.19%) C#
4 6 (0.80%) PHP
5 4 (0.53%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.27%) C++
6 2 (0.27%) Java
6 2 (0.27%) Python
7 1 (0.13%) C
7 1 (0.13%) Scala
7 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 115 (15.25%) Degree
2 45 (5.97%) Security Cleared
3 28 (3.71%) HND
4 24 (3.18%) HNC
5 20 (2.65%) SC Cleared
6 15 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (1.86%) Azure Certification
7 14 (1.86%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.59%) PMI Certification
9 11 (1.46%) CCNP
9 11 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.33%) ITIL Certification
10 10 (1.33%) PMP
10 10 (1.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 9 (1.19%) CCNA
11 9 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.80%) Computer Science Degree
13 5 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 4 (0.53%) Master's Degree
15 3 (0.40%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
2 24 (3.18%) SLA
3 22 (2.92%) GDPR
4 17 (2.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (2.25%) QA
5 9 (1.19%) Accessibility
6 8 (1.06%) PMO
7 6 (0.80%) ISO 9001
7 6 (0.80%) NEBOSH
8 4 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.53%) GMP
8 4 (0.53%) SOC 2
9 2 (0.27%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.27%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.13%) GRC
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.13%) NCSC
10 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.13%) PSD2
System Software
1 19 (2.52%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.13%) HDFS
4 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (0.27%) Terraform
3 1 (0.13%) Autotask
3 1 (0.13%) FTK
3 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 90 (11.94%) Microsoft
2 21 (2.79%) Salesforce
3 20 (2.65%) Cisco
4 16 (2.12%) VMware
5 13 (1.72%) Sitecore
6 10 (1.33%) NEC
7 9 (1.19%) Google
8 8 (1.06%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.93%) Adobe
9 7 (0.93%) Fortinet
9 7 (0.93%) SAP
10 6 (0.80%) Facebook
10 6 (0.80%) Marketo
11 5 (0.66%) Apple
11 5 (0.66%) Oracle
12 4 (0.53%) Meraki
12 4 (0.53%) Vectorworks
13 3 (0.40%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.40%) Ciena
14 2 (0.27%) Cadence