The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Leader role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Leader in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Lead
Rank 106 97 89
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 8 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.474% 0.207% 0.154%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.501% 0.215% 0.161%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 2
Average salary £43,500 £105,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-58.57% +90.90%
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1598 1396 1246
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.78% 96.41% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1340 1245 1079
Average salary £41,250 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Leader
West Midlands

Technical Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Technical Leader across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham Technical Leader Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Leader
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Technical Leader across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Technical Leader Salary Trend

Technical Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Technical Leader in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Technical Leader in their job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 5 (62.50%) Windows
3 4 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 4 (50.00%) SCCM
4 3 (37.50%) Problem Management
5 2 (25.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 2 (25.00%) Cisco
5 2 (25.00%) Siemens
6 1 (12.50%) SQLPlus
6 1 (12.50%) ProC
6 1 (12.50%) Project Management
6 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
6 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 1 (12.50%) JDeveloper
6 1 (12.50%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
6 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
6 1 (12.50%) Retail
6 1 (12.50%) Automated Testing
6 1 (12.50%) Ruby
6 1 (12.50%) Degree
6 1 (12.50%) Refactoring
6 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
6 1 (12.50%) OO
6 1 (12.50%) JBoss
6 1 (12.50%) Tomcat
6 1 (12.50%) J2SE
6 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
6 1 (12.50%) JBuilder

Technical Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Technical Leader in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Technical Leader in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) J2SE
1 1 (12.50%) J2EE
1 1 (12.50%) Node.js
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle HTTP Server
1 1 (12.50%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
1 1 (12.50%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQLPlus
1 1 (12.50%) TOAD
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (12.50%) ProC
2 1 (12.50%) JDeveloper
2 1 (12.50%) JBuilder
2 1 (12.50%) Eclipse
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
1 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
1 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Problem Management
2 1 (12.50%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
2 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (12.50%) Automated Testing
2 1 (12.50%) Refactoring
2 1 (12.50%) OO
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Ruby
1 1 (12.50%) C
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) Perl
1 1 (12.50%) PHP
1 1 (12.50%) PL/SQL
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
1 1 (12.50%) VBScript
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
1 2 (25.00%) Siemens
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) JBoss
2 1 (12.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) RedPrairie
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
They are looking for a highly experienced Technical lead, with comprehensive skills in SCCM 2007 and above, and a strong knowledge of Windows 7... If you have a...
TEKsystems
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Also required is unit testing, automated testing and continuous integration, with an emphasis on refactoring is a key to this role. Tech skills; PHP, node.js, ruby, MangoDB,...
ISL
Salary: £45000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013