Technical Leadership
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Technical Leadership skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Technical Leadership over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 180 199 223
Rank change year-on-year +19 +24 -15
Permanent jobs citing Technical Leadership 1,658 1,850 3,134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.61% 1.90% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 1.99% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,062 1,151 1,342
10th Percentile £48,000 £51,250 £46,412
25th Percentile £58,250 £61,202 £56,069
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £79,632 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.96% +6.18% +7.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £67,000
% change year-on-year - +0.75% +11.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Technical Leadership is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,886 92,843 159,778
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.13% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,763 54,795 82,800
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leadership in the UK

Technical Leadership
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Leadership in the UK

Technical Leadership
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Technical Leadership in the UK

Technical Leadership
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 Leadership 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 +22 1,455 £72,500 -9.38% 333
UK excluding London +46 1,100 £67,500 - 226
Work from Home +12 707 £73,789 -7.76% 157
London -15 464 £85,000 +3.03% 125
South East +40 280 £65,000 -7.14% 38
North of England +56 255 £65,066 +0.10% 45
South West +30 212 £65,000 +3.17% 37
North West +32 137 £70,288 +8.14% 22
Midlands -10 134 £75,000 +15.38% 36
Scotland -41 113 £75,000 +7.57% 25
Yorkshire +69 96 £62,500 -3.85% 16
West Midlands -14 94 £75,000 +15.38% 22
East of England -16 86 £65,000 -10.34% 35
East Midlands -3 40 £70,000 +7.69% 14
North East +13 22 £75,000 +33.39% 9
Northern Ireland +15 10 £75,400 +25.67% 10
Wales +6 10 £59,500 -5.17% 3

Technical Leadership
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 82 (4.95%) Apache Spark
2 46 (2.77%) CMS
3 45 (2.71%) SharePoint
4 41 (2.47%) Sitecore CMS
5 40 (2.41%) IIS
6 37 (2.23%) Kentico
6 37 (2.23%) Umbraco
7 36 (2.17%) Headless CMS
8 31 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
9 11 (0.66%) Drupal
10 7 (0.42%) Apache
10 7 (0.42%) OpenStack
11 6 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
11 6 (0.36%) Confluence
11 6 (0.36%) Mendix
12 5 (0.30%) K2 blackpearl
13 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
13 4 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
13 4 (0.24%) SAS
14 3 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.42%) Oracle Smart View
4 6 (0.36%) Simulink
5 4 (0.24%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.24%) Windchill
6 1 (0.060%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 19 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.42%) HFM
2 7 (0.42%) Hyperion Planning
2 7 (0.42%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.12%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.12%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.060%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.060%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.060%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.060%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.060%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 537 (32.39%) Azure
2 364 (21.95%) AWS
3 135 (8.14%) Power Platform
4 104 (6.27%) GCP
5 102 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
5 102 (6.15%) SaaS
6 97 (5.85%) Azure DevOps
7 83 (5.01%) Power Automate
8 68 (4.10%) PowerApps
9 64 (3.86%) IaaS
10 63 (3.80%) Dynamics 365
10 63 (3.80%) Serverless
11 57 (3.44%) Entra ID
12 50 (3.02%) OneDrive
13 49 (2.96%) Amazon S3
14 45 (2.71%) PaaS
15 42 (2.53%) Dropbox
15 42 (2.53%) Google Drive
16 41 (2.47%) OpenShift
17 40 (2.41%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 89 (5.37%) Firewall
2 44 (2.65%) DNS
3 43 (2.59%) WAN
4 42 (2.53%) VPN
5 39 (2.35%) MPLS
6 37 (2.23%) Wireless
7 35 (2.11%) BGP
8 32 (1.93%) Network Security
9 25 (1.51%) LAN
10 21 (1.27%) VLAN
11 20 (1.21%) SAN
11 20 (1.21%) SD-WAN
12 19 (1.15%) OSPF
13 18 (1.09%) 5G
13 18 (1.09%) SSL
14 16 (0.97%) TCP/IP
15 14 (0.84%) Internet
15 14 (0.84%) NAS
16 13 (0.78%) IPsec
17 11 (0.66%) Ethernet VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (6.09%) Big Data
2 90 (5.43%) NoSQL
3 89 (5.37%) SQL Server
4 83 (5.01%) Power BI
5 77 (4.64%) Relational Database
6 57 (3.44%) Data Warehouse
7 48 (2.90%) Data Lake
8 46 (2.77%) Amazon RDS
9 38 (2.29%) MySQL
9 38 (2.29%) RDBMS
10 34 (2.05%) MongoDB
11 28 (1.69%) Amazon Redshift
12 22 (1.33%) Metadata
13 16 (0.97%) DB2
13 16 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 14 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
15 10 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 8 (0.48%) CockroachDB
17 7 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
17 7 (0.42%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 99 (5.97%) Git
2 46 (2.77%) Jenkins
3 37 (2.23%) JIRA
4 32 (1.93%) GitLab
5 26 (1.57%) Postman
6 24 (1.45%) Subversion
7 15 (0.90%) CMake
8 12 (0.72%) IBM UrbanCode
9 10 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
10 9 (0.54%) Cypress.io
10 9 (0.54%) Rational DOORS
11 8 (0.48%) Jaeger
11 8 (0.48%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.36%) RStudio
12 6 (0.36%) Selenium
13 5 (0.30%) JUnit
13 5 (0.30%) MLflow
14 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.24%) Terragrunt
14 4 (0.24%) webpack
General
1 512 (30.88%) Social Skills
2 328 (19.78%) Finance
3 195 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 168 (10.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 119 (7.18%) Influencing Skills
6 110 (6.63%) Banking
7 94 (5.67%) Marketing
8 87 (5.25%) Law
9 82 (4.95%) Public Sector
10 70 (4.22%) Legal
11 65 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
12 48 (2.90%) Automotive
13 39 (2.35%) Back Office
14 33 (1.99%) Electronics
15 29 (1.75%) Retail
16 25 (1.51%) Local Government
17 24 (1.45%) Manufacturing
18 23 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
19 21 (1.27%) Games
20 20 (1.21%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 476 (28.71%) Lead
2 433 (26.12%) Senior
3 359 (21.65%) Architect
4 230 (13.87%) Developer
5 157 (9.47%) Software Engineer
6 140 (8.44%) Principal Engineer
7 133 (8.02%) Cloud Engineer
7 133 (8.02%) Technical Leader
8 112 (6.76%) Principal Cloud Engineer
8 112 (6.76%) Senior Developer
9 104 (6.27%) Technical Architect
10 93 (5.61%) Solutions Architect
11 77 (4.64%) Lead Software Engineer
12 73 (4.40%) Lead Developer
13 69 (4.16%) Analyst
14 65 (3.92%) Senior Analyst
15 61 (3.68%) Senior Architect
16 56 (3.38%) Big Data Engineer
16 56 (3.38%) Big Data Software Engineer
16 56 (3.38%) Scala Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (12.42%) .NET
2 121 (7.30%) React
3 75 (4.52%) RESTful
4 69 (4.16%) .NET Core
4 69 (4.16%) .NET Framework
5 60 (3.62%) Node.js
6 57 (3.44%) ASP.NET
7 54 (3.26%) Spring
8 51 (3.08%) CSS
8 51 (3.08%) HTML
9 48 (2.90%) JSON
10 47 (2.83%) Spring Boot
10 47 (2.83%) XML
11 46 (2.77%) Next.js
12 42 (2.53%) ASP.NET MVC
13 41 (2.47%) Kafka
14 36 (2.17%) AngularJS
14 36 (2.17%) REST
15 28 (1.69%) Django
15 28 (1.69%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 150 (9.05%) Cloud Native
2 136 (8.20%) Management Information System
3 89 (5.37%) Product Ownership
4 74 (4.46%) IoT
5 64 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
6 62 (3.74%) Algorithms
7 58 (3.50%) Data Centre
8 54 (3.26%) Public Cloud
9 43 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
10 42 (2.53%) iPad
11 35 (2.11%) Greenfield Project
12 34 (2.05%) Hybrid Cloud
13 24 (1.45%) Robotics
14 23 (1.39%) Mobile App
15 19 (1.15%) Blockchain
15 19 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
16 15 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
16 15 (0.90%) Data Structures
17 13 (0.78%) Enterprise Cloud
17 13 (0.78%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 160 (9.65%) Linux
2 145 (8.75%) Windows
3 47 (2.83%) Windows Server
4 38 (2.29%) Unix
5 24 (1.45%) Apple iOS
6 23 (1.39%) Android
7 17 (1.03%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.66%) CentOS
9 7 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
10 6 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
11 3 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (0.12%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.060%) Debian
13 1 (0.060%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.060%) tvOS
13 1 (0.060%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.060%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 627 (37.82%) Agile
2 426 (25.69%) Mentoring
3 390 (23.52%) DevOps
4 385 (23.22%) Roadmaps
5 346 (20.87%) Software Engineering
6 322 (19.42%) Problem-Solving
7 275 (16.59%) CI/CD
8 254 (15.32%) Coaching
9 219 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 214 (12.91%) Technology Roadmap
11 194 (11.70%) Computer Science
12 160 (9.65%) SDLC
13 158 (9.53%) Microservices
14 145 (8.75%) Project Management
15 135 (8.14%) Cybersecurity
16 133 (8.02%) Artificial Intelligence
17 127 (7.66%) Scrum
18 124 (7.48%) Project Delivery
19 114 (6.88%) Machine Learning
20 107 (6.45%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 300 (18.09%) SQL
2 264 (15.92%) Python
3 255 (15.38%) Java
4 253 (15.26%) C#
5 181 (10.92%) JavaScript
6 78 (4.70%) PowerShell
7 73 (4.40%) Scala
8 68 (4.10%) TypeScript
9 67 (4.04%) PHP
10 64 (3.86%) C++
11 60 (3.62%) C
12 40 (2.41%) SystemVerilog
13 33 (1.99%) Bash
14 32 (1.93%) Kotlin
15 28 (1.69%) R
16 25 (1.51%) T-SQL
17 22 (1.33%) Go
17 22 (1.33%) Ruby
18 17 (1.03%) Bicep
18 17 (1.03%) Swift
Qualifications
1 323 (19.48%) Degree
2 188 (11.34%) Security Cleared
3 149 (8.99%) Computer Science Degree
4 124 (7.48%) SC Cleared
5 56 (3.38%) Master's Degree
6 43 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 36 (2.17%) AWS Certification
8 35 (2.11%) TOGAF Certification
9 30 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 29 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
11 28 (1.69%) Azure Certification
12 24 (1.45%) CISSP
12 24 (1.45%) PhD
13 23 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 19 (1.15%) CCNA
15 12 (0.72%) AWS Certified Developer
15 12 (0.72%) DV Cleared
15 12 (0.72%) PMI Certification
16 11 (0.66%) CISM
17 10 (0.60%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (5.31%) QA
2 34 (2.05%) GDPR
3 33 (1.99%) Data Quality
4 27 (1.63%) SLA
5 14 (0.84%) PMO
6 12 (0.72%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.54%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.48%) Def Stans
9 7 (0.42%) IEC 61508
9 7 (0.42%) ISO 13485
9 7 (0.42%) JTAG
9 7 (0.42%) NIST
10 6 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (0.30%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.24%) MISRA
12 4 (0.24%) MISRA C
12 4 (0.24%) NCSC
13 3 (0.18%) ECSS
13 3 (0.18%) ISO 26262
14 2 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 144 (8.69%) Active Directory
2 99 (5.97%) Docker
3 58 (3.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 51 (3.08%) RACF
5 36 (2.17%) Firmware
6 24 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
7 15 (0.90%) Hyper-V
8 10 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (0.60%) vSphere
9 9 (0.54%) KVM
10 7 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
11 6 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
12 3 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
12 3 (0.18%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.060%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.060%) Lustre
13 1 (0.060%) LXC
13 1 (0.060%) Slurm Workload Manager
13 1 (0.060%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 131 (7.90%) Kubernetes
2 117 (7.06%) Terraform
3 64 (3.86%) Ansible
4 33 (1.99%) Progress Chef
5 28 (1.69%) Puppet
6 21 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (0.78%) Prometheus
8 10 (0.60%) FortiGate
8 10 (0.60%) Nagios
9 8 (0.48%) Kiali
10 6 (0.36%) Endace
10 6 (0.36%) Kibana
10 6 (0.36%) logstash
10 6 (0.36%) SCCM
10 6 (0.36%) ServiceCenter
10 6 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.30%) ZABBIX
12 4 (0.24%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.24%) Packer
13 3 (0.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 382 (23.04%) Microsoft
2 107 (6.45%) Google
3 66 (3.98%) Cisco
4 61 (3.68%) VMware
5 55 (3.32%) Databricks
6 50 (3.02%) CyberArk
7 47 (2.83%) Salesforce
8 41 (2.47%) Sitecore
9 36 (2.17%) Optimizely
10 34 (2.05%) Oracle
11 33 (1.99%) IBM
12 29 (1.75%) Cadence
13 28 (1.69%) Juniper
13 28 (1.69%) Synopsys
14 25 (1.51%) Splunk
15 21 (1.27%) Veeam
16 18 (1.09%) SAP
17 16 (0.97%) Dynatrace
18 15 (0.90%) Red Hat
19 14 (0.84%) HP