Technical Leader Jobs in England

Technical Lead
UK > England

The median Technical Lead salary in England is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 324 395 395
Rank change year-on-year +71 0 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 722 759 1,215
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.85% 0.81% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 0.89% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 574 577 640
10th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £50,253
25th Percentile £61,360 £57,500 £64,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% +14.81%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% +17.42%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 80,117 85,349 125,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.55% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 59,992 53,990 75,607
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in England

Technical Leader
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Technical Leader in England

Technical Leader
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leader in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Leader in England

Technical Leader
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
London +62 209 £90,000 -5.26% 47
North of England +39 176 £73,805 -2.57% 18
Midlands +27 108 £73,805 +18.09% 19
South East +20 107 £65,000 +13.04% 23
North West +21 101 £79,932 +6.58% 13
West Midlands +30 66 £74,402 +19.04% 12
South West +6 62 £63,749 +44.89% 11
Yorkshire +57 53 £73,805 +1.80% 4
East of England +44 44 £70,000 +50.54% 12
East Midlands +1 42 £65,000 -7.14% 7
North East +18 22 £73,805 -17.07% 1
Technical Leader
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 across the England region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 297 (41.14%) Agile
2 242 (33.52%) AWS
3 215 (29.78%) Mentoring
4 211 (29.22%) Java
5 159 (22.02%) Social Skills
6 158 (21.88%) Azure
7 154 (21.33%) Finance
8 147 (20.36%) Degree
9 138 (19.11%) Roadmaps
10 133 (18.42%) Software Engineering
11 131 (18.14%) Technical Leadership
12 128 (17.73%) DevOps
13 117 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
14 107 (14.82%) Coaching
15 103 (14.27%) Microsoft
16 97 (13.43%) Python
17 87 (12.05%) Windows
18 86 (11.91%) TypeScript
19 83 (11.50%) CI/CD
20 82 (11.36%) Continuous Integration
21 79 (10.94%) Product Roadmap
21 79 (10.94%) Design Patterns
22 77 (10.66%) JavaScript
23 76 (10.53%) Project Management
23 76 (10.53%) Banking
24 73 (10.11%) .NET
24 73 (10.11%) Open Source
24 73 (10.11%) SDLC
25 72 (9.97%) C#
26 71 (9.83%) Computer Science

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 37 (5.12%) Tuxedo
2 31 (4.29%) Apache Airflow
3 28 (3.88%) Apache
4 18 (2.49%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.52%) Confluence
6 8 (1.11%) Apache Pig
6 8 (1.11%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.83%) WordPress
8 4 (0.55%) CMS
9 2 (0.28%) Magnolia
9 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.14%) Drupal
10 1 (0.14%) SAS
10 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.28%) MadCap Flare
2 2 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.55%) Primavera
3 3 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.14%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 242 (33.52%) AWS
2 158 (21.88%) Azure
3 39 (5.40%) SaaS
4 38 (5.26%) Amazon Kinesis
5 37 (5.12%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (4.85%) Snowflake
7 34 (4.71%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (4.29%) Amazon EC2
8 31 (4.29%) Serverless
9 28 (3.88%) dbt
10 27 (3.74%) Amazon S3
11 22 (3.05%) Power Platform
12 21 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
13 20 (2.77%) GCP
14 13 (1.80%) Amazon SQS
14 13 (1.80%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 13 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
14 13 (1.80%) PaaS
15 10 (1.39%) Azure Logic Apps
15 10 (1.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.43%) Firewall
2 18 (2.49%) WAN
3 11 (1.52%) 5G
4 10 (1.39%) SD-WAN
4 10 (1.39%) Wireless
5 9 (1.25%) LAN
5 9 (1.25%) VLAN
6 7 (0.97%) NAS
7 6 (0.83%) VoIP
8 5 (0.69%) SAN
8 5 (0.69%) VPN
9 4 (0.55%) Network Security
10 3 (0.42%) Broadband
10 3 (0.42%) CTI
10 3 (0.42%) DHCP
10 3 (0.42%) DNS
10 3 (0.42%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.28%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.28%) Software-Defined Radio
11 2 (0.28%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (8.59%) SQL Server
2 46 (6.37%) Data Warehouse
3 43 (5.96%) MySQL
4 35 (4.85%) Amazon RDS
4 35 (4.85%) Data Lake
5 31 (4.29%) Relational Database
6 28 (3.88%) Amazon Athena
6 28 (3.88%) Apache Arrow
6 28 (3.88%) Apache Ignite
6 28 (3.88%) Dremio
7 25 (3.46%) Amazon Redshift
7 25 (3.46%) RDBMS
8 22 (3.05%) DynamoDB
8 22 (3.05%) Power BI
9 16 (2.22%) Big Data
10 15 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (1.25%) MongoDB
12 8 (1.11%) Apache Hive
12 8 (1.11%) Hadoop
13 7 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 57 (7.89%) Git
2 48 (6.65%) GitLab
3 26 (3.60%) Postman
4 13 (1.80%) JIRA
5 9 (1.25%) JUnit
6 8 (1.11%) Checkstyle
6 8 (1.11%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.55%) Maven
7 4 (0.55%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.42%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.28%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.28%) Rational Rhapsody
10 1 (0.14%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.14%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.14%) Gatling
10 1 (0.14%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.14%) Phabricator
10 1 (0.14%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 159 (22.02%) Social Skills
2 154 (21.33%) Finance
3 76 (10.53%) Banking
4 66 (9.14%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 28 (3.88%) Front Office
6 28 (3.88%) Investment Banking
7 25 (3.46%) Pharmaceutical
8 20 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.35%) Legal
10 16 (2.22%) Retail
11 15 (2.08%) Electronics
12 14 (1.94%) Law
13 13 (1.80%) Financial Institution
13 13 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.80%) Public Sector
14 12 (1.66%) Aerospace
14 12 (1.66%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.52%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (10.11%) .NET
2 57 (7.89%) React
3 55 (7.62%) Spring Boot
4 45 (6.23%) Spring
5 44 (6.09%) Kafka
6 38 (5.26%) RESTful
7 37 (5.12%) JSON
8 31 (4.29%) NumPy
8 31 (4.29%) Pandas
9 28 (3.88%) gRPC
9 28 (3.88%) Node.js
9 28 (3.88%) Protocol Buffers
9 28 (3.88%) SciPy
10 21 (2.91%) HTML
11 20 (2.77%) CSS
12 18 (2.49%) AngularJS
13 16 (2.22%) Laravel
14 15 (2.08%) XML
15 13 (1.80%) ASP.NET
16 12 (1.66%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 43 (5.96%) Management Information System
2 31 (4.29%) Fixed Income
2 31 (4.29%) Hedge funds
3 29 (4.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 29 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (3.88%) Derivative
4 28 (3.88%) Equities
4 28 (3.88%) Private Cloud
5 25 (3.46%) Cloud Native
6 22 (3.05%) Greenfield Project
7 18 (2.49%) Robotics
8 17 (2.35%) Algorithms
9 16 (2.22%) Cyber Threat
10 14 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (1.80%) Product Ownership
12 12 (1.66%) Client/Server
12 12 (1.66%) Cyberattack
12 12 (1.66%) Data Fabric
13 11 (1.52%) Data Centre
13 11 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 87 (12.05%) Windows
2 47 (6.51%) Linux
3 38 (5.26%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.22%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (1.66%) Android
5 12 (1.66%) zOS
6 10 (1.39%) Windows 10
6 10 (1.39%) Windows Server 2012
6 10 (1.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 8 (1.11%) CentOS
7 8 (1.11%) Solaris
7 8 (1.11%) Ubuntu
7 8 (1.11%) Unix
8 7 (0.97%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.69%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.55%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (41.14%) Agile
2 215 (29.78%) Mentoring
3 138 (19.11%) Roadmaps
4 133 (18.42%) Software Engineering
5 131 (18.14%) Technical Leadership
6 128 (17.73%) DevOps
7 117 (16.20%) Problem-Solving
8 107 (14.82%) Coaching
9 83 (11.50%) CI/CD
10 82 (11.36%) Continuous Integration
11 79 (10.94%) Design Patterns
11 79 (10.94%) Product Roadmap
12 76 (10.53%) Project Management
13 73 (10.11%) Open Source
13 73 (10.11%) SDLC
14 71 (9.83%) Computer Science
15 70 (9.70%) Strategic Thinking
16 60 (8.31%) Customer Service
17 54 (7.48%) Data Modelling
17 54 (7.48%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 211 (29.22%) Java
2 97 (13.43%) Python
3 86 (11.91%) TypeScript
4 77 (10.66%) JavaScript
5 72 (9.97%) C#
6 66 (9.14%) COBOL
6 66 (9.14%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 63 (8.73%) SQL
8 53 (7.34%) PHP
9 43 (5.96%) C++
10 39 (5.40%) C
11 13 (1.80%) VB.NET
12 12 (1.66%) Kotlin
12 12 (1.66%) Scala
13 11 (1.52%) PowerShell
14 10 (1.39%) Rust
15 9 (1.25%) Go
16 4 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 3 (0.42%) MATLAB
18 2 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 147 (20.36%) Degree
2 63 (8.73%) Security Cleared
3 49 (6.79%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (3.19%) SC Cleared
5 19 (2.63%) Master's Degree
6 15 (2.08%) Azure Certification
6 15 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.52%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.25%) DBS Check
9 8 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (0.97%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (0.55%) CCNA
11 4 (0.55%) CCNP
11 4 (0.55%) CIMA
11 4 (0.55%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.55%) PMP
12 3 (0.42%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.42%) HND
12 3 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.57%) Data Quality
2 23 (3.19%) QA
3 20 (2.77%) GMP
4 15 (2.08%) SLA
5 11 (1.52%) PMO
6 6 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.83%) NCSC
7 5 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.55%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.55%) GDPR
9 3 (0.42%) JTAG
10 2 (0.28%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.28%) HL7
10 2 (0.28%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.14%) NIST
11 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 30 (4.16%) Docker
2 23 (3.19%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.08%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.25%) vSphere
5 8 (1.11%) HDFS
6 3 (0.42%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.28%) Firmware
7 2 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 34 (4.71%) Terraform
2 29 (4.02%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.94%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (1.80%) SCCM
5 8 (1.11%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.83%) Nagios
7 2 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.28%) Ansible
7 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.28%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.14%) Grafana
8 1 (0.14%) Istio
8 1 (0.14%) Podman
Vendors
1 103 (14.27%) Microsoft
2 66 (9.14%) Micro Focus
3 46 (6.37%) Oracle
4 30 (4.16%) VMware
5 20 (2.77%) Databricks
6 19 (2.63%) Salesforce
7 15 (2.08%) IBM
8 13 (1.80%) Cisco
9 11 (1.52%) Google
10 10 (1.39%) Citrix
10 10 (1.39%) SAP
11 7 (0.97%) CheckPoint
11 7 (0.97%) ServiceNow
12 6 (0.83%) Veeam
13 5 (0.69%) Informatica
13 5 (0.69%) Meraki
14 4 (0.55%) Barracuda Networks
14 4 (0.55%) F5
14 4 (0.55%) Palo Alto
14 4 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud