Technical Lead
UK

The median Technical Lead salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 May 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 330 410 422
Rank change year-on-year +80 +12 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 863 757 1,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.84% 0.78% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 0.85% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 679 569 698
10th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £48,649
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,000 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% +18.08%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £116,500 £119,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% -7.41% +8.87%

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 97,915 88,821 160,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 91.42% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 69,754 56,171 84,699
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
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 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Leader in the UK

Technical Leader
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leader over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Leader in the UK

Technical Leader
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +91 789 £75,000 +3.45% 158
UK excluding London +81 589 £70,000 +12.00% 114
Work from Home +75 421 £75,000 +14.77% 73
London +57 236 £95,859 +0.90% 53
North of England +59 191 £73,805 +1.80% 34
Midlands +40 123 £73,805 +18.09% 18
South East +10 116 £65,000 +13.04% 18
North West +27 108 £79,932 +10.25% 17
West Midlands +25 79 £73,805 +18.09% 9
South West -6 66 £59,374 +23.06% 9
Yorkshire +68 61 £73,805 +5.44% 10
East of England +37 45 £70,000 +50.54% 19
East Midlands +7 44 £65,000 +44.44% 9
Wales +22 28 £70,000 +27.27% 4
North East +20 24 £73,805 -17.07% 8
Scotland -67 21 £61,150 +1.92% 10
Northern Ireland +27 3 £58,800 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, Technical Leader 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 Leader in the job title.

1 338 (39.17%) Agile
2 288 (33.37%) AWS
3 251 (29.08%) Java
4 236 (27.35%) Mentoring
5 187 (21.67%) Finance
6 185 (21.44%) Azure
7 182 (21.09%) Software Engineering
8 174 (20.16%) Social Skills
9 155 (17.96%) Degree
10 145 (16.80%) Roadmaps
11 137 (15.87%) DevOps
12 133 (15.41%) Technical Leadership
13 122 (14.14%) JavaScript
14 121 (14.02%) Python
15 120 (13.90%) Problem-Solving
16 116 (13.44%) TypeScript
17 113 (13.09%) Coaching
18 111 (12.86%) Microsoft
19 103 (11.94%) Banking
20 94 (10.89%) Continuous Integration
21 91 (10.54%) Windows
21 91 (10.54%) CI/CD
22 87 (10.08%) .NET
23 86 (9.97%) Security Cleared
23 86 (9.97%) Open Source
24 80 (9.27%) Project Management
24 80 (9.27%) Design Patterns
25 79 (9.15%) Product Roadmap
26 78 (9.04%) SDLC
27 71 (8.23%) Computer Science

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 59 (6.84%) Apache Airflow
2 56 (6.49%) Apache
3 37 (4.29%) Tuxedo
4 18 (2.09%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.27%) Apache Spark
6 10 (1.16%) Confluence
7 6 (0.70%) Apache Pig
8 4 (0.46%) CMS
8 4 (0.46%) WordPress
9 2 (0.23%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.23%) Magnolia
9 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.12%) Drupal
10 1 (0.12%) SAS
10 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.23%) MadCap Flare
2 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.23%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (1.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.46%) Primavera
3 3 (0.35%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.12%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 288 (33.37%) AWS
2 185 (21.44%) Azure
3 64 (7.42%) dbt
4 63 (7.30%) Snowflake
5 47 (5.45%) SaaS
6 44 (5.10%) Amazon Kinesis
7 40 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
8 34 (3.94%) Amazon EC2
9 33 (3.82%) Azure DevOps
10 31 (3.59%) Serverless
11 27 (3.13%) Amazon S3
11 27 (3.13%) Power Platform
12 21 (2.43%) AWS Lambda
13 17 (1.97%) GCP
14 15 (1.74%) PaaS
15 13 (1.51%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 12 (1.39%) Azure Service Bus
16 12 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
17 11 (1.27%) Amazon SQS
17 11 (1.27%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 41 (4.75%) Firewall
2 21 (2.43%) WAN
3 13 (1.51%) Wireless
4 12 (1.39%) 5G
5 11 (1.27%) LAN
5 11 (1.27%) SD-WAN
6 9 (1.04%) VLAN
7 7 (0.81%) NAS
8 6 (0.70%) VoIP
9 5 (0.58%) SAN
9 5 (0.58%) VPN
10 4 (0.46%) Broadband
10 4 (0.46%) Network Security
10 4 (0.46%) TETRA
10 4 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.35%) CTI
11 3 (0.35%) DNS
11 3 (0.35%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.23%) DHCP
12 2 (0.23%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (7.30%) Data Lake
1 63 (7.30%) SQL Server
2 56 (6.49%) Amazon Athena
2 56 (6.49%) Apache Arrow
2 56 (6.49%) Apache Ignite
2 56 (6.49%) Dremio
3 48 (5.56%) MySQL
4 46 (5.33%) Data Warehouse
5 41 (4.75%) Amazon RDS
6 31 (3.59%) Relational Database
7 30 (3.48%) DynamoDB
8 25 (2.90%) Amazon Redshift
8 25 (2.90%) RDBMS
9 21 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
9 21 (2.43%) Power BI
10 14 (1.62%) Big Data
11 11 (1.27%) Amazon Aurora
12 10 (1.16%) MongoDB
12 10 (1.16%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 58 (6.72%) Git
2 53 (6.14%) GitLab
3 26 (3.01%) Postman
4 9 (1.04%) JIRA
5 7 (0.81%) JUnit
6 6 (0.70%) Checkstyle
6 6 (0.70%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.58%) Maven
7 5 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.46%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.23%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.23%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.12%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.12%) Gatling
10 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.12%) Phabricator
10 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 187 (21.67%) Finance
2 174 (20.16%) Social Skills
3 103 (11.94%) Banking
4 67 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (6.49%) Front Office
5 56 (6.49%) Investment Banking
6 39 (4.52%) Manufacturing
7 32 (3.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (2.90%) Pharmaceutical
9 20 (2.32%) Public Sector
10 17 (1.97%) Electronics
10 17 (1.97%) Legal
11 16 (1.85%) Retail
12 15 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (1.51%) Financial Institution
14 13 (1.51%) Law
14 13 (1.51%) Retail Banking
15 12 (1.39%) Aerospace
15 12 (1.39%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (10.08%) .NET
2 65 (7.53%) React
3 59 (6.84%) NumPy
3 59 (6.84%) Pandas
4 56 (6.49%) gRPC
4 56 (6.49%) Protocol Buffers
4 56 (6.49%) SciPy
5 54 (6.26%) Spring Boot
6 49 (5.68%) Kafka
7 45 (5.21%) Spring
8 39 (4.52%) JSON
8 39 (4.52%) RESTful
9 32 (3.71%) HTML
10 31 (3.59%) Node.js
11 30 (3.48%) CSS
12 21 (2.43%) Laravel
13 19 (2.20%) AngularJS
13 19 (2.20%) REST
14 16 (1.85%) GraphQL
14 16 (1.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 57 (6.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 56 (6.49%) Derivative
2 56 (6.49%) Equities
2 56 (6.49%) Fixed Income
2 56 (6.49%) Hedge funds
3 45 (5.21%) Management Information System
4 33 (3.82%) Private Cloud
4 33 (3.82%) Self-Motivation
5 27 (3.13%) Cloud Native
6 23 (2.67%) Distributed Systems
7 22 (2.55%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (2.20%) Product Ownership
8 19 (2.20%) Robotics
9 17 (1.97%) Algorithms
10 16 (1.85%) Cyber Threat
11 13 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
12 12 (1.39%) Cyberattack
12 12 (1.39%) Data Fabric
13 11 (1.27%) Client/Server
14 10 (1.16%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 91 (10.54%) Windows
2 49 (5.68%) Linux
3 39 (4.52%) Windows Server
4 19 (2.20%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (1.51%) Windows Server 2012
5 13 (1.51%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (1.39%) zOS
7 10 (1.16%) Android
7 10 (1.16%) Unix
7 10 (1.16%) Windows 10
8 8 (0.93%) CentOS
8 8 (0.93%) Solaris
8 8 (0.93%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.58%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.58%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.46%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (39.17%) Agile
2 236 (27.35%) Mentoring
3 182 (21.09%) Software Engineering
4 145 (16.80%) Roadmaps
5 137 (15.87%) DevOps
6 133 (15.41%) Technical Leadership
7 120 (13.90%) Problem-Solving
8 113 (13.09%) Coaching
9 94 (10.89%) Continuous Integration
10 91 (10.54%) CI/CD
11 86 (9.97%) Open Source
12 80 (9.27%) Design Patterns
12 80 (9.27%) Project Management
13 79 (9.15%) Product Roadmap
14 78 (9.04%) SDLC
15 71 (8.23%) Computer Science
15 71 (8.23%) Strategic Thinking
16 65 (7.53%) ITIL
17 62 (7.18%) Asset Management
17 62 (7.18%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 251 (29.08%) Java
2 122 (14.14%) JavaScript
3 121 (14.02%) Python
4 116 (13.44%) TypeScript
5 70 (8.11%) C#
6 66 (7.65%) COBOL
6 66 (7.65%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 61 (7.07%) SQL
8 59 (6.84%) PHP
9 47 (5.45%) C++
10 43 (4.98%) C
11 18 (2.09%) Scala
12 13 (1.51%) Kotlin
12 13 (1.51%) Rust
12 13 (1.51%) VB.NET
13 12 (1.39%) Go
14 11 (1.27%) PowerShell
15 5 (0.58%) Delphi
16 4 (0.46%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 155 (17.96%) Degree
2 86 (9.97%) Security Cleared
3 49 (5.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 39 (4.52%) SC Cleared
5 16 (1.85%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.74%) Master's Degree
6 15 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (1.51%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
10 8 (0.93%) Chartered Engineer
11 7 (0.81%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.70%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.58%) CCNP
14 4 (0.46%) CCNA
14 4 (0.46%) CIMA
14 4 (0.46%) HND
14 4 (0.46%) PMP
15 3 (0.35%) A+ Certification
15 3 (0.35%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (6.95%) Data Quality
2 23 (2.67%) QA
3 20 (2.32%) GMP
4 18 (2.09%) SLA
5 14 (1.62%) PMO
6 6 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.70%) NCSC
7 5 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.46%) GDPR
9 3 (0.35%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.35%) JTAG
9 3 (0.35%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.23%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.23%) GRC
10 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.12%) NIST
System Software
1 35 (4.06%) Docker
2 22 (2.55%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.09%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (1.04%) vSphere
6 6 (0.70%) HDFS
7 5 (0.58%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.35%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.35%) Ceph
8 3 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.23%) Firmware
9 2 (0.23%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 38 (4.40%) Kubernetes
2 36 (4.17%) Terraform
3 18 (2.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.62%) SCCM
5 7 (0.81%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.70%) Nagios
7 5 (0.58%) Ansible
8 3 (0.35%) Knative
9 2 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.23%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.12%) Grafana
10 1 (0.12%) Istio
10 1 (0.12%) Podman
Vendors
1 111 (12.86%) Microsoft
2 66 (7.65%) Micro Focus
3 49 (5.68%) Oracle
4 36 (4.17%) VMware
5 22 (2.55%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.32%) Databricks
7 15 (1.74%) IBM
8 14 (1.62%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.51%) Citrix
10 12 (1.39%) Cisco
11 10 (1.16%) Google
11 10 (1.16%) SAP
12 7 (0.81%) CheckPoint
12 7 (0.81%) Sony
13 6 (0.70%) Meraki
13 6 (0.70%) Sitecore
13 6 (0.70%) Veeam
14 5 (0.58%) Informatica
15 4 (0.46%) Palo Alto
15 4 (0.46%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud