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 20 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
20 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 356 398 391
Rank change year-on-year +42 -7 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 770 860 1,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.79% 0.81% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 0.88% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 613 633 736
10th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% +16.10%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £110,000 £110,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +10.66%

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 91,854 97,276 146,984
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.60% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 66,203 60,967 85,741
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 20 April 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 20 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
England +83 711 £75,000 - 115
UK excluding London +49 531 £70,000 +7.69% 83
Work from Home +89 383 £75,000 +7.14% 56
London +90 205 £90,000 -6.49% 40
North of England +49 175 £73,805 -7.32% 19
Midlands +34 107 £73,805 +18.09% 16
South East +15 106 £65,000 +13.04% 21
North West +24 99 £79,932 -3.11% 14
West Midlands +41 65 £74,402 +19.04% 12
South West -2 61 £55,000 +25.00% 7
Yorkshire +53 54 £73,805 -0.93% 3
East of England +52 43 £70,000 -3.45% 9
East Midlands +3 42 £65,000 -7.14% 4
Wales +13 23 £70,000 +27.27% 4
North East +19 22 £73,805 -17.07% 2
Scotland -71 14 £75,000 +25.00% 10
Northern Ireland +20 2 - - 1

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

For the 6 months to 20 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 featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 303 (39.35%) Agile
2 247 (32.08%) AWS
3 231 (30.00%) Mentoring
4 215 (27.92%) Java
5 176 (22.86%) Azure
6 160 (20.78%) Social Skills
7 156 (20.26%) Finance
8 155 (20.13%) Degree
9 141 (18.31%) Roadmaps
10 137 (17.79%) Technical Leadership
11 132 (17.14%) DevOps
12 127 (16.49%) Software Engineering
13 119 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
14 112 (14.55%) Microsoft
15 107 (13.90%) Coaching
16 93 (12.08%) Python
17 88 (11.43%) CI/CD
18 87 (11.30%) Windows
18 87 (11.30%) TypeScript
19 85 (11.04%) Continuous Integration
20 82 (10.65%) JavaScript
21 81 (10.52%) Product Roadmap
22 80 (10.39%) Design Patterns
22 80 (10.39%) Security Cleared
23 77 (10.00%) .NET
23 77 (10.00%) SDLC
24 76 (9.87%) C#
24 76 (9.87%) Project Management
24 76 (9.87%) Open Source
25 72 (9.35%) Banking

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 37 (4.81%) Tuxedo
2 25 (3.25%) Apache Airflow
3 22 (2.86%) Apache
4 18 (2.34%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.43%) Confluence
6 8 (1.04%) Apache Pig
6 8 (1.04%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.78%) WordPress
8 4 (0.52%) CMS
9 2 (0.26%) Magnolia
9 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.13%) Drupal
10 1 (0.13%) SAS
10 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.26%) MadCap Flare
2 2 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.52%) Primavera
3 3 (0.39%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.13%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 247 (32.08%) AWS
2 176 (22.86%) Azure
3 48 (6.23%) SaaS
4 38 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (4.68%) Amazon Kinesis
5 36 (4.68%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (4.29%) Amazon EC2
6 33 (4.29%) Serverless
7 29 (3.77%) Snowflake
8 28 (3.64%) Power Platform
9 27 (3.51%) Amazon S3
10 23 (2.99%) AWS Lambda
11 22 (2.86%) dbt
12 19 (2.47%) GCP
13 13 (1.69%) Amazon SQS
13 13 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 13 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (1.69%) PaaS
14 11 (1.43%) GitHub
15 10 (1.30%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.68%) Firewall
2 18 (2.34%) WAN
3 11 (1.43%) Wireless
4 10 (1.30%) 5G
4 10 (1.30%) LAN
5 9 (1.17%) SD-WAN
5 9 (1.17%) VLAN
6 7 (0.91%) NAS
7 6 (0.78%) VoIP
8 5 (0.65%) SAN
8 5 (0.65%) VPN
9 4 (0.52%) Broadband
9 4 (0.52%) DNS
9 4 (0.52%) Network Security
10 3 (0.39%) CTI
10 3 (0.39%) DHCP
10 3 (0.39%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.26%) Cisco ASA
11 2 (0.26%) SSL
11 2 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (7.66%) SQL Server
2 46 (5.97%) Data Warehouse
3 45 (5.84%) MySQL
4 35 (4.55%) Amazon RDS
5 31 (4.03%) Relational Database
6 29 (3.77%) Data Lake
7 25 (3.25%) Amazon Redshift
7 25 (3.25%) RDBMS
8 23 (2.99%) Power BI
9 22 (2.86%) Amazon Athena
9 22 (2.86%) Apache Arrow
9 22 (2.86%) Apache Ignite
9 22 (2.86%) Dremio
9 22 (2.86%) DynamoDB
10 16 (2.08%) Big Data
11 13 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
12 8 (1.04%) Apache Hive
12 8 (1.04%) Hadoop
12 8 (1.04%) MongoDB
13 7 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 63 (8.18%) Git
2 53 (6.88%) GitLab
3 26 (3.38%) Postman
4 13 (1.69%) JIRA
5 9 (1.17%) JUnit
6 8 (1.04%) Checkstyle
6 8 (1.04%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.65%) Maven
8 4 (0.52%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.39%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.26%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
11 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.13%) Gatling
11 1 (0.13%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.13%) Phabricator
11 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 160 (20.78%) Social Skills
2 156 (20.26%) Finance
3 72 (9.35%) Banking
4 67 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
5 38 (4.94%) Manufacturing
6 29 (3.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 25 (3.25%) Pharmaceutical
8 22 (2.86%) Front Office
8 22 (2.86%) Investment Banking
9 20 (2.60%) Public Sector
10 17 (2.21%) Legal
11 16 (2.08%) Retail
12 15 (1.95%) Electronics
13 14 (1.82%) Law
14 13 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.69%) Retail Banking
15 12 (1.56%) Aerospace
15 12 (1.56%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.56%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (10.00%) .NET
2 66 (8.57%) React
3 58 (7.53%) Spring Boot
4 46 (5.97%) Spring
5 45 (5.84%) Kafka
6 38 (4.94%) RESTful
7 37 (4.81%) JSON
8 30 (3.90%) Node.js
9 27 (3.51%) HTML
10 26 (3.38%) CSS
11 25 (3.25%) NumPy
11 25 (3.25%) Pandas
12 22 (2.86%) AngularJS
12 22 (2.86%) gRPC
12 22 (2.86%) Protocol Buffers
12 22 (2.86%) SciPy
13 18 (2.34%) Laravel
14 15 (1.95%) XML
15 13 (1.69%) ASP.NET
16 12 (1.56%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 44 (5.71%) Management Information System
2 33 (4.29%) Private Cloud
3 27 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (3.38%) Cloud Native
4 26 (3.38%) Fixed Income
4 26 (3.38%) Hedge funds
5 23 (2.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 23 (2.99%) Greenfield Project
6 22 (2.86%) Derivative
6 22 (2.86%) Equities
7 17 (2.21%) Algorithms
7 17 (2.21%) Robotics
8 14 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
9 13 (1.69%) Product Ownership
10 12 (1.56%) Client/Server
10 12 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.43%) Data Centre
12 10 (1.30%) NHS
13 9 (1.17%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 87 (11.30%) Windows
2 45 (5.84%) Linux
3 39 (5.06%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.08%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (1.56%) Android
6 10 (1.30%) Windows 10
6 10 (1.30%) Windows Server 2012
6 10 (1.30%) Windows Server 2016
7 9 (1.17%) zOS
8 8 (1.04%) Unix
9 7 (0.91%) Apple iOS
10 6 (0.78%) CentOS
10 6 (0.78%) Solaris
10 6 (0.78%) Ubuntu
11 5 (0.65%) Mac OS
12 4 (0.52%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 303 (39.35%) Agile
2 231 (30.00%) Mentoring
3 141 (18.31%) Roadmaps
4 137 (17.79%) Technical Leadership
5 132 (17.14%) DevOps
6 127 (16.49%) Software Engineering
7 119 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
8 107 (13.90%) Coaching
9 88 (11.43%) CI/CD
10 85 (11.04%) Continuous Integration
11 81 (10.52%) Product Roadmap
12 80 (10.39%) Design Patterns
13 77 (10.00%) SDLC
14 76 (9.87%) Open Source
14 76 (9.87%) Project Management
15 71 (9.22%) Computer Science
15 71 (9.22%) Strategic Thinking
16 62 (8.05%) Customer Service
17 59 (7.66%) Code Quality
17 59 (7.66%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 215 (27.92%) Java
2 93 (12.08%) Python
3 87 (11.30%) TypeScript
4 82 (10.65%) JavaScript
5 76 (9.87%) C#
6 66 (8.57%) COBOL
6 66 (8.57%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 63 (8.18%) SQL
8 57 (7.40%) PHP
9 44 (5.71%) C++
10 40 (5.19%) C
11 13 (1.69%) VB.NET
12 12 (1.56%) Kotlin
13 11 (1.43%) PowerShell
14 10 (1.30%) Rust
14 10 (1.30%) Scala
15 9 (1.17%) Go
16 5 (0.65%) Delphi
17 4 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 3 (0.39%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 155 (20.13%) Degree
2 80 (10.39%) Security Cleared
3 49 (6.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 32 (4.16%) SC Cleared
5 20 (2.60%) Master's Degree
6 15 (1.95%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.56%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
10 9 (1.17%) DBS Check
11 7 (0.91%) CCNP
11 7 (0.91%) Chartered Engineer
12 5 (0.65%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.52%) CCNA
13 4 (0.52%) CIMA
13 4 (0.52%) PMP
14 3 (0.39%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.39%) CompTIA Security+
14 3 (0.39%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.51%) Data Quality
2 23 (2.99%) QA
3 20 (2.60%) GMP
4 15 (1.95%) SLA
5 11 (1.43%) PMO
6 6 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.78%) NCSC
7 5 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.52%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.52%) GDPR
9 3 (0.39%) JTAG
10 2 (0.26%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.26%) HL7
10 2 (0.26%) ISO 20022
10 2 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.13%) NIST
11 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 33 (4.29%) Docker
2 24 (3.12%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.95%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (1.17%) vSphere
6 8 (1.04%) HDFS
7 3 (0.39%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.26%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.26%) Firmware
8 2 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 34 (4.42%) Terraform
2 32 (4.16%) Kubernetes
3 14 (1.82%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (1.69%) SCCM
5 8 (1.04%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.78%) Nagios
7 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.26%) Ansible
7 2 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.26%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.13%) Grafana
8 1 (0.13%) Istio
8 1 (0.13%) Podman
Vendors
1 112 (14.55%) Microsoft
2 66 (8.57%) Micro Focus
3 47 (6.10%) Oracle
4 32 (4.16%) VMware
5 20 (2.60%) Salesforce
6 19 (2.47%) Databricks
7 15 (1.95%) Cisco
8 13 (1.69%) IBM
9 11 (1.43%) Google
10 10 (1.30%) Citrix
10 10 (1.30%) SAP
11 9 (1.17%) ServiceNow
12 8 (1.04%) Meraki
13 7 (0.91%) CheckPoint
13 7 (0.91%) Sony
14 6 (0.78%) Palo Alto
14 6 (0.78%) Veeam
15 5 (0.65%) Informatica
16 4 (0.52%) Barracuda Networks
16 4 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud