Technical Leadership Job Trends in Bedford

Technical Leadership
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bedford requiring Technical Leadership skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 - 27
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Technical Leadership 6 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedford 2.39% - 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.83% - 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile £68,750 - -
25th Percentile - - £107,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 - £115,000
75th Percentile - - £122,500
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median annual salary £75,000 - £100,000
% change year-on-year - - +25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedford

Technical Leadership falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 212 58 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedford 84.46% 90.63% 62.96%
Number of salaries quoted 158 23 84
10th Percentile - £37,400 £24,613
25th Percentile £30,000 £48,125 £28,673
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £53,000 £36,500
Median % change year-on-year -24.53% +45.21% -39.17%
75th Percentile £55,000 £76,250 £49,063
90th Percentile £65,000 £95,000 £61,250
Bedfordshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -16.67%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Technical Leadership relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

Technical Leadership job vacancy trend in Bedford

Technical Leadership
Salary Trend in Bedford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Technical Leadership.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Technical Leadership

Technical Leadership
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (50.00%) Electronics
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Embedded Engineer
1 6 (100.00%) Systems Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Hardware Engineer
2 3 (50.00%) Lead
2 3 (50.00%) Lead Systems Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Principal Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Principal Hardware Engineer
3 2 (33.33%) Principal Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (16.67%) Change Control
2 1 (16.67%) Chemistry
2 1 (16.67%) Configuration Management
2 1 (16.67%) Market Surveillance
2 1 (16.67%) QMS
2 1 (16.67%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering
2 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
2 1 (16.67%) Validation
2 1 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (16.67%) Firmware
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft