Technical Leadership Job Trends in Berkshire

Technical Leadership
South East > Berkshire

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 77 104
Rank change year-on-year +17 +27 +2
Permanent jobs citing Technical Leadership 74 50 38
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 3.72% 2.92% 1.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.50% 3.16% 2.15%
Number of salaries quoted 11 36 26
10th Percentile £31,250 - £47,890
25th Percentile £65,650 £71,250 £53,556
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £82,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% +3.13% -
75th Percentile £78,125 £83,750 £86,875
90th Percentile £85,000 - £96,250
South East median annual salary £73,250 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -2.33% +3.45% +7.41%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,644 1,581 1,768
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.74% 92.40% 89.07%
Number of salaries quoted 746 699 1,233
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,875 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £39,380
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -7.56%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,125 £92,750 £87,400
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Technical Leadership job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Technical Leadership
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Technical Leadership.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Technical Leadership

Technical Leadership
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership in Berkshire over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Leadership in Berkshire

Technical Leadership
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leadership within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 4 January 2026. 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
Slough -4 21 £65,650 - 35
Windsor -15 21 £70,000 -15.15% 1
Maidenhead - 20 - -
Reading +33 8 £82,500 - 18
Bracknell +17 2 £70,000 -3.45%
Technical Leadership
South East

Technical Leadership
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.35%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 59 (79.73%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.70%) SaaS
2 1 (1.35%) AWS
2 1 (1.35%) Azure
2 1 (1.35%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (1.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.05%) Firewall
2 2 (2.70%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.35%) S/MIME
3 1 (1.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (1.35%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.35%) Power BI
2 1 (1.35%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.35%) SAS EBI
2 1 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Rational DOORS
General
1 67 (90.54%) Social Skills
2 63 (85.14%) Finance
3 59 (79.73%) Manufacturing
4 57 (77.03%) Marketing
5 5 (6.76%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.70%) Retail
7 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (82.43%) Senior
2 57 (77.03%) Analyst
2 57 (77.03%) SAP Analyst
2 57 (77.03%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (8.11%) Architect
3 6 (8.11%) Lead
4 4 (5.41%) Developer
4 4 (5.41%) Lead Architect
4 4 (5.41%) Senior Developer
5 2 (2.70%) Field Engineer
5 2 (2.70%) Field Service Engineer
5 2 (2.70%) Integration Architect
5 2 (2.70%) Lead Developer
5 2 (2.70%) Oracle Developer
5 2 (2.70%) Photocopier Engineer
5 2 (2.70%) Senior Oracle Developer
6 1 (1.35%) Data Manager
6 1 (1.35%) Principal Systems Engineer
6 1 (1.35%) Service Manager
6 1 (1.35%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) HTML
1 2 (2.70%) JSON
1 2 (2.70%) Node.js
1 2 (2.70%) SAPUI5
2 1 (1.35%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.76%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (2.70%) Data Centre
2 2 (2.70%) Driving Licence
2 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.70%) PMI
3 1 (1.35%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.35%) PKI
3 1 (1.35%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.05%) Windows
1 3 (4.05%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (85.14%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (79.73%) Data Management
3 58 (78.38%) Architectural Design
4 57 (77.03%) Data Collection
4 57 (77.03%) Decision Quality
4 57 (77.03%) Impact Analysis
4 57 (77.03%) Incident Management
4 57 (77.03%) Logistics
4 57 (77.03%) Quality Management
4 57 (77.03%) SAP Implementation
4 57 (77.03%) Translating Business Requirements
4 57 (77.03%) User Acceptance Testing
5 5 (6.76%) Mentoring
6 4 (5.41%) Migration
7 3 (4.05%) DevOps
7 3 (4.05%) Mathematics
7 3 (4.05%) Network Design
7 3 (4.05%) Security Testing
7 3 (4.05%) Service Design
8 2 (2.70%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.41%) Java
1 4 (5.41%) SQL
2 2 (2.70%) ABAP
2 2 (2.70%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.70%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.35%) Python
3 1 (1.35%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (5.41%) Degree
1 4 (5.41%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.05%) DV Cleared
3 2 (2.70%) Numerate Degree
3 2 (2.70%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.35%) CEH
4 1 (1.35%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (1.35%) CISM
4 1 (1.35%) CISSP
4 1 (1.35%) GIAC
4 1 (1.35%) HND
4 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.35%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.35%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.35%) GDPR
2 1 (1.35%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.35%) NIST
2 1 (1.35%) NIST 800
2 1 (1.35%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 3 (4.05%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (4.05%) vRealize
Vendors
1 59 (79.73%) SAP
2 3 (4.05%) VMware
3 2 (2.70%) Oracle
3 2 (2.70%) Workday
4 1 (1.35%) Databricks
4 1 (1.35%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.35%) Thales