The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Leader role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands 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 23 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Lead
Rank 163 166 159
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 41 18 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.819% 0.396% 0.308%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.853% 0.414% 0.322%
Number of salaries quoted 28 16 13
Average salary £43,750 £55,000 £45,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.45% +20.87%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £48,750 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £105,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £51,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-7.76% +3.00%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4806 4353 4043
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.97% 95.88% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3989 3821 3443
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Leader
England

Technical Leader
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Technical Leader Salary Trend

Technical Leader
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Leader across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

West Midlands Technical Leader Salary Histogram

Technical Leader
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Coventry 0 15 £40,000 -15.78%
Birmingham 0 10 £43,500 -58.57%
Warwickshire +8 7 £45,000 -18.18%
Solihull - 4 £35,000 -
Staffordshire -2 1 £50,000 -
Shropshire - 1 £45,000 -
Technical Leader
England

Technical Leader
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 19 (35.85%) C#
1 19 (35.85%) .NET
2 17 (32.08%) Finance
2 17 (32.08%) Telecoms
3 16 (30.19%) MVC
4 14 (26.42%) ASP.NET
5 12 (22.64%) SQL
6 11 (20.75%) HTML
6 11 (20.75%) Windows
7 10 (18.87%) CSS
7 10 (18.87%) SQL Server
7 10 (18.87%) Windows 7
8 9 (16.98%) TDD
8 9 (16.98%) WCF
8 9 (16.98%) SOA
9 8 (15.09%) Cisco
9 8 (15.09%) Microsoft
9 8 (15.09%) Web Services
9 8 (15.09%) Problem Management
10 7 (13.21%) SCCM
10 7 (13.21%) Radio Access Network
10 7 (13.21%) Agile Software Development
10 7 (13.21%) XML
10 7 (13.21%) OO
10 7 (13.21%) JavaScript
10 7 (13.21%) Siemens
11 6 (11.32%) Ethernet
11 6 (11.32%) ATM
11 6 (11.32%) T-SQL
11 6 (11.32%) MS Excel

Technical Leader
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 19 (35.85%) .NET
2 14 (26.42%) ASP.NET
3 11 (20.75%) HTML
4 10 (18.87%) CSS
5 9 (16.98%) WCF
6 8 (15.09%) Web Services
7 7 (13.21%) XML
8 6 (11.32%) XSLT
9 4 (7.547%) XHTML
10 3 (5.660%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (3.774%) Node.js
11 2 (3.774%) REST
11 2 (3.774%) RESTful
11 2 (3.774%) Java EE
12 1 (1.887%) Apache Flex
12 1 (1.887%) LAMP
12 1 (1.887%) J2SE
12 1 (1.887%) Middleware
12 1 (1.887%) XSD
12 1 (1.887%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.660%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 2 (3.774%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.887%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 1 (1.887%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (1.887%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.887%) Tomcat
Applications
1 6 (11.32%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.774%) MS Office
3 1 (1.887%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 7 (13.21%) Radio Access Network
2 6 (11.32%) Ethernet
2 6 (11.32%) ATM
3 4 (7.547%) 3G
3 4 (7.547%) VoIP
4 3 (5.660%) Wireless
4 3 (5.660%) DECT
4 3 (5.660%) PBX
4 3 (5.660%) SDH
5 2 (3.774%) IP Telephony
6 1 (1.887%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.887%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (18.87%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.660%) Big Data
2 3 (5.660%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (3.774%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.887%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.887%) TOAD
4 1 (1.887%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 5 (9.434%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (1.887%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.887%) JDeveloper
2 1 (1.887%) ProC
2 1 (1.887%) JBuilder
General
1 17 (32.08%) Finance
1 17 (32.08%) Telecoms
2 3 (5.660%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.774%) Blackberry
1 2 (3.774%) N-Tier
1 2 (3.774%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.887%) Embedded Systems
2 1 (1.887%) SaaS
2 1 (1.887%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.887%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 1 (1.887%) Derivative
2 1 (1.887%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 11 (20.75%) Windows
2 10 (18.87%) Windows 7
3 3 (5.660%) Windows XP
4 1 (1.887%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (30.19%) MVC
2 9 (16.98%) TDD
2 9 (16.98%) SOA
3 8 (15.09%) Problem Management
4 7 (13.21%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (13.21%) OO
5 6 (11.32%) Wealth Management
6 5 (9.434%) Project Management
7 4 (7.547%) Six Sigma
7 4 (7.547%) Process Management
7 4 (7.547%) Workflow
7 4 (7.547%) Process Improvement
8 3 (5.660%) Logistics
8 3 (5.660%) Migration
8 3 (5.660%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (3.774%) ITIL
9 2 (3.774%) Automated Testing
9 2 (3.774%) Scrum
9 2 (3.774%) Refactoring
9 2 (3.774%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (35.85%) C#
2 12 (22.64%) SQL
3 7 (13.21%) JavaScript
4 6 (11.32%) T-SQL
4 6 (11.32%) XPath
5 5 (9.434%) VB.NET
6 3 (5.660%) PowerShell
6 3 (5.660%) VBScript
6 3 (5.660%) Java
7 2 (3.774%) PHP
7 2 (3.774%) C
7 2 (3.774%) Ruby
8 1 (1.887%) Embedded C++
8 1 (1.887%) Assembly Language
8 1 (1.887%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.887%) Perl
8 1 (1.887%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (7.547%) Six Sigma Black Belt
2 1 (1.887%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.660%) SLA
Systems Management
1 7 (13.21%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (15.09%) Cisco
1 8 (15.09%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.21%) Siemens
3 3 (5.660%) Cramer
4 2 (3.774%) Avaya
5 1 (1.887%) Altera
5 1 (1.887%) Atmel
5 1 (1.887%) RedPrairie
5 1 (1.887%) Intel
5 1 (1.887%) JBoss
5 1 (1.887%) Oracle
Shropshire
Roc Search is working with their client, a well known brand, to source a technical team leader to join their business during this time of growth. As a...
Roc Search
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Warwick, Warwickshire
I have an urgent requirement for a Lead Developer/Tech Lead with excellent skills in C#, ASP.Net, SQL Server (including Stored Procedures and T-SQL), OO/SOA...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 - 50,000 + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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
Coventry
The successful candidate will need to experienced with windows, and messaging systems, and have a high level of technical knowledge of either VoiP/PBX/security/wireless technologies or...
Scope AT
Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 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
Coventry
Senior Operations Delivery Administrator, Technical Lead, 3rd line support,Senior Infrastructure Support, Lead 3rd/4th line technical support, deployment Support Engineer, Windows XP & Windows 7, End-point security,...
Scope AT
Salary: Competitive + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Duties and responsibilities Your duties and responsibilities will include, but is not limited to: - Working with other teams to develop and continually enhance strategic plans and roadmaps taking...
Monarch Recruitment
Salary: £42000 to £45000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013