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 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 320 393 401
Rank change year-on-year +73 +8 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 737 715 1,207
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.86% 0.79% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 0.87% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 584 553 620
10th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £48,649
25th Percentile £61,360 £56,250 £64,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -9.38% +17.65%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £116,000 £117,625
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% +14.81%

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 81,130 82,270 127,705
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,549 52,263 74,733
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,857 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 10 May 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 10 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
London +60 215 £91,750 -3.42% 55
North of England +56 174 £73,805 +1.80% 20
Midlands +19 115 £71,902 +15.04% 16
South East +13 112 £65,000 +13.04% 21
North West +14 98 £79,932 +10.25% 11
West Midlands +13 73 £73,805 +18.09% 10
South West -11 62 £63,749 +44.89% 8
Yorkshire +64 54 £73,805 +5.44% 6
East of England +53 45 £70,000 +50.54% 13
East Midlands +5 42 £65,000 -7.14% 6
North East +14 22 £73,805 -17.07% 3
Technical Leader
UK

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 across the England region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 308 (41.79%) Agile
2 251 (34.06%) AWS
3 224 (30.39%) Java
4 213 (28.90%) Mentoring
5 163 (22.12%) Social Skills
6 162 (21.98%) Finance
7 160 (21.71%) Azure
8 150 (20.35%) Degree
9 147 (19.95%) Software Engineering
10 138 (18.72%) Roadmaps
11 128 (17.37%) Technical Leadership
12 121 (16.42%) DevOps
13 118 (16.01%) Problem-Solving
14 107 (14.52%) Python
15 104 (14.11%) Coaching
16 101 (13.70%) Microsoft
17 95 (12.89%) TypeScript
18 91 (12.35%) JavaScript
19 86 (11.67%) Windows
20 85 (11.53%) Banking
21 84 (11.40%) CI/CD
22 82 (11.13%) Continuous Integration
23 81 (10.99%) Design Patterns
24 79 (10.72%) Project Management
25 78 (10.58%) Product Roadmap
26 75 (10.18%) Open Source
27 73 (9.91%) SDLC
27 73 (9.91%) .NET
28 72 (9.77%) Computer Science
29 70 (9.50%) Strategic Thinking

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 43 (5.83%) Apache Airflow
2 40 (5.43%) Apache
3 37 (5.02%) Tuxedo
4 18 (2.44%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.49%) Confluence
6 10 (1.36%) Apache Spark
7 8 (1.09%) Apache Pig
8 6 (0.81%) WordPress
9 4 (0.54%) CMS
10 2 (0.27%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.14%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.14%) Drupal
11 1 (0.14%) SAS
11 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.27%) MadCap Flare
2 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (1.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.54%) Primavera
3 3 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.14%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 251 (34.06%) AWS
2 160 (21.71%) Azure
3 47 (6.38%) Snowflake
4 40 (5.43%) dbt
5 39 (5.29%) SaaS
6 38 (5.16%) Amazon Kinesis
7 37 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
8 31 (4.21%) Amazon EC2
8 31 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (4.21%) Serverless
9 27 (3.66%) Amazon S3
10 23 (3.12%) Power Platform
11 21 (2.85%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (2.71%) GCP
13 13 (1.76%) Amazon SQS
13 13 (1.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 13 (1.76%) PaaS
14 12 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
15 11 (1.49%) PowerApps
16 10 (1.36%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.34%) Firewall
2 19 (2.58%) WAN
3 12 (1.63%) 5G
4 11 (1.49%) SD-WAN
5 10 (1.36%) Wireless
6 9 (1.22%) LAN
6 9 (1.22%) VLAN
7 7 (0.95%) NAS
8 6 (0.81%) VoIP
9 5 (0.68%) SAN
9 5 (0.68%) VPN
10 4 (0.54%) Network Security
11 3 (0.41%) Broadband
11 3 (0.41%) CTI
11 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.27%) DHCP
12 2 (0.27%) DNS
12 2 (0.27%) Software-Defined Radio
13 1 (0.14%) LTE
13 1 (0.14%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (8.28%) SQL Server
2 47 (6.38%) Data Lake
3 46 (6.24%) Data Warehouse
4 45 (6.11%) MySQL
5 40 (5.43%) Amazon Athena
5 40 (5.43%) Apache Arrow
5 40 (5.43%) Apache Ignite
5 40 (5.43%) Dremio
6 36 (4.88%) Amazon RDS
7 30 (4.07%) Relational Database
8 25 (3.39%) Amazon Redshift
8 25 (3.39%) RDBMS
9 22 (2.99%) DynamoDB
9 22 (2.99%) Power BI
10 16 (2.17%) Big Data
11 15 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (1.22%) MongoDB
13 8 (1.09%) Apache Hive
13 8 (1.09%) Hadoop
14 7 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 54 (7.33%) Git
2 48 (6.51%) GitLab
3 26 (3.53%) Postman
4 13 (1.76%) JIRA
5 9 (1.22%) JUnit
6 8 (1.09%) Checkstyle
6 8 (1.09%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.54%) Maven
7 4 (0.54%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.27%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.27%) 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
10 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 163 (22.12%) Social Skills
2 162 (21.98%) Finance
3 85 (11.53%) Banking
4 68 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (5.43%) Front Office
5 40 (5.43%) Investment Banking
6 38 (5.16%) Manufacturing
7 25 (3.39%) Pharmaceutical
8 18 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.31%) Legal
10 16 (2.17%) Electronics
10 16 (2.17%) Retail
11 15 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.76%) Financial Institution
13 13 (1.76%) Law
13 13 (1.76%) Public Sector
14 12 (1.63%) Aerospace
14 12 (1.63%) Documentation Skills
14 12 (1.63%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 73 (9.91%) .NET
2 56 (7.60%) React
3 53 (7.19%) Spring Boot
4 44 (5.97%) Spring
5 43 (5.83%) NumPy
5 43 (5.83%) Pandas
6 42 (5.70%) Kafka
7 40 (5.43%) gRPC
7 40 (5.43%) Protocol Buffers
7 40 (5.43%) SciPy
8 38 (5.16%) RESTful
9 37 (5.02%) JSON
10 26 (3.53%) Node.js
11 24 (3.26%) HTML
12 23 (3.12%) CSS
13 17 (2.31%) Laravel
14 15 (2.04%) AngularJS
14 15 (2.04%) XML
15 11 (1.49%) ASP.NET
15 11 (1.49%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.97%) Management Information System
2 41 (5.56%) Fixed Income
2 41 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 41 (5.56%) Hedge funds
3 40 (5.43%) Derivative
3 40 (5.43%) Equities
4 29 (3.93%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (3.80%) Private Cloud
6 25 (3.39%) Cloud Native
7 20 (2.71%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (2.58%) Robotics
9 17 (2.31%) Algorithms
10 16 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
10 16 (2.17%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.90%) Product Ownership
12 12 (1.63%) Client/Server
12 12 (1.63%) Cyberattack
12 12 (1.63%) Data Fabric
13 11 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.36%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 86 (11.67%) Windows
2 47 (6.38%) Linux
3 37 (5.02%) Windows Server
4 17 (2.31%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (1.63%) zOS
6 11 (1.49%) Android
6 11 (1.49%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (1.36%) Windows 10
8 8 (1.09%) CentOS
8 8 (1.09%) Solaris
8 8 (1.09%) Ubuntu
8 8 (1.09%) Unix
9 6 (0.81%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.68%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.54%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (41.79%) Agile
2 213 (28.90%) Mentoring
3 147 (19.95%) Software Engineering
4 138 (18.72%) Roadmaps
5 128 (17.37%) Technical Leadership
6 121 (16.42%) DevOps
7 118 (16.01%) Problem-Solving
8 104 (14.11%) Coaching
9 84 (11.40%) CI/CD
10 82 (11.13%) Continuous Integration
11 81 (10.99%) Design Patterns
12 79 (10.72%) Project Management
13 78 (10.58%) Product Roadmap
14 75 (10.18%) Open Source
15 73 (9.91%) SDLC
16 72 (9.77%) Computer Science
17 70 (9.50%) Strategic Thinking
18 60 (8.14%) Customer Service
19 54 (7.33%) Data Modelling
20 53 (7.19%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 224 (30.39%) Java
2 107 (14.52%) Python
3 95 (12.89%) TypeScript
4 91 (12.35%) JavaScript
5 69 (9.36%) C#
6 66 (8.96%) COBOL
6 66 (8.96%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 61 (8.28%) SQL
8 53 (7.19%) PHP
9 46 (6.24%) C++
10 41 (5.56%) C
11 13 (1.76%) VB.NET
12 12 (1.63%) Kotlin
12 12 (1.63%) Rust
12 12 (1.63%) Scala
13 11 (1.49%) Go
13 11 (1.49%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.41%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.41%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 150 (20.35%) Degree
2 64 (8.68%) Security Cleared
3 49 (6.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (3.26%) SC Cleared
5 17 (2.31%) Master's Degree
6 16 (2.17%) Azure Certification
7 14 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.63%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.22%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.09%) Chartered Engineer
10 8 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.54%) CCNA
11 4 (0.54%) CCNP
11 4 (0.54%) CIMA
11 4 (0.54%) HND
11 4 (0.54%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.54%) PMP
12 3 (0.41%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.41%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (6.11%) Data Quality
2 24 (3.26%) QA
3 20 (2.71%) GMP
4 16 (2.17%) SLA
5 12 (1.63%) PMO
6 6 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.81%) NCSC
7 5 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.54%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.54%) GDPR
9 3 (0.41%) JTAG
10 2 (0.27%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.27%) GRC
10 2 (0.27%) HL7
10 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.14%) NIST
11 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 28 (3.80%) Docker
2 22 (2.99%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.17%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.22%) vSphere
5 8 (1.09%) HDFS
6 4 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.41%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.27%) Ceph
8 2 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.27%) Firmware
8 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (4.75%) Terraform
2 29 (3.93%) Kubernetes
3 15 (2.04%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (1.76%) SCCM
5 7 (0.95%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.81%) Nagios
7 4 (0.54%) Ansible
8 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.27%) Knative
8 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.27%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.14%) Grafana
9 1 (0.14%) Istio
9 1 (0.14%) Podman
Vendors
1 101 (13.70%) Microsoft
2 66 (8.96%) Micro Focus
3 47 (6.38%) Oracle
4 32 (4.34%) VMware
5 20 (2.71%) Databricks
5 20 (2.71%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.04%) IBM
7 12 (1.63%) Cisco
8 11 (1.49%) Citrix
8 11 (1.49%) Google
9 10 (1.36%) SAP
10 8 (1.09%) ServiceNow
11 7 (0.95%) CheckPoint
12 6 (0.81%) Veeam
13 5 (0.68%) Informatica
13 5 (0.68%) Meraki
14 4 (0.54%) Barracuda Networks
14 4 (0.54%) F5
14 4 (0.54%) Palo Alto
14 4 (0.54%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud