Technical Manager Job Trends in Berkshire

Technical Manager
South East > Berkshire

The median Technical Manager salary in Berkshire is £48,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 107 129
Rank change year-on-year +12 +22 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Manager 33 14 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 1.68% 0.86% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.82% 1.04% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 18 3 14
10th Percentile £39,900 - £49,650
25th Percentile £42,750 - £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.43% +16.67% +11.42%
75th Percentile £50,000 - £71,875
90th Percentile £57,500 - £74,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,817 1,350 1,965
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 82.52% 94.11%
Number of salaries quoted 912 695 1,439
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £81,250 £70,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Technical Manager job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Technical Manager
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in Berkshire

Technical Manager
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Manager in Berkshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Manager in Berkshire

Technical Manager
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 Manager within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Bracknell - 13 £45,000 -
Reading +24 11 - -
Slough - 1 £75,000 - 6
Technical Manager
South East

Technical Manager Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Technical Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Berkshire region featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 11 (33.33%) Presales
1 11 (33.33%) Unified Communications
2 10 (30.30%) SC Cleared
2 10 (30.30%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.06%) AWS
3 2 (6.06%) Azure
3 2 (6.06%) Budgeting
3 2 (6.06%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 2 (6.06%) Business Development
3 2 (6.06%) Business Strategy
3 2 (6.06%) CI/CD
3 2 (6.06%) Cost Optimisation
3 2 (6.06%) FinOps
3 2 (6.06%) GCP
3 2 (6.06%) Google
3 2 (6.06%) Migration
3 2 (6.06%) Platform Engineering
3 2 (6.06%) Product Management
3 2 (6.06%) Product Roadmap
3 2 (6.06%) Product Vision
3 2 (6.06%) Roadmaps
3 2 (6.06%) SaaS
4 1 (3.03%) People Management

Technical Manager Skill Set
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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (6.06%) AWS
1 2 (6.06%) Azure
1 2 (6.06%) GCP
1 2 (6.06%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (33.33%) Unified Communications
General
1 2 (6.06%) Retail
1 2 (6.06%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.06%) Life Science
2 1 (3.03%) Data Centre
2 1 (3.03%) e-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Presales
2 2 (6.06%) Budgeting
2 2 (6.06%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 2 (6.06%) Business Development
2 2 (6.06%) Business Strategy
2 2 (6.06%) CI/CD
2 2 (6.06%) Cost Optimisation
2 2 (6.06%) FinOps
2 2 (6.06%) Migration
2 2 (6.06%) Platform Engineering
2 2 (6.06%) Product Management
2 2 (6.06%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (6.06%) Product Vision
2 2 (6.06%) Roadmaps
3 1 (3.03%) People Management
Qualifications
1 10 (30.30%) SC Cleared
1 10 (30.30%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (6.06%) Google