Technical Leader Jobs in Bristol

Technical Lead
South West > Bristol

The median Technical Lead salary in Bristol is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 142 155
Rank change year-on-year +57 +13 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 11 14 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.94% 0.43% 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 0.45% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 11 12 15
10th Percentile £56,250 £61,724 -
25th Percentile £63,750 - £43,251
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -10.34% -3.33%
75th Percentile £116,875 £82,500 £80,627
90th Percentile £122,500 - £84,000
South West median annual salary £73,750 £63,749 £48,250
% change year-on-year +15.69% +32.12% -32.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,112 3,145 2,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.88% 97.16% 92.59%
Number of salaries quoted 755 2,364 1,485
10th Percentile £30,850 £32,000 £32,200
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.17% +9.20%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,250 £74,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £87,419
South West median annual salary £51,729 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.46% -4.76% +5.00%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Job postings that featured Technical Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in Bristol

Technical Leader
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Leader in Bristol.

Salary trend for Technical Leader in Bristol

Technical Leader
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leader in Bristol over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Leader in Bristol

Technical Leader
Job Locations in Bristol

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the Bristol region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
Avonmouth - 1 £72,500 -
Technical Leader
South West

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, 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 across the Bristol region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Software Engineering
2 5 (45.45%) Games
2 5 (45.45%) PHP
2 5 (45.45%) E-Commerce
2 5 (45.45%) Finance
2 5 (45.45%) AWS
2 5 (45.45%) Mentoring
2 5 (45.45%) GCP
3 4 (36.36%) DevOps
3 4 (36.36%) Python
3 4 (36.36%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) Web Development
3 4 (36.36%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (27.27%) Data Science
4 3 (27.27%) Analytical Modelling
4 3 (27.27%) QA
4 3 (27.27%) Unit Testing
4 3 (27.27%) TDD
4 3 (27.27%) MVC
4 3 (27.27%) Line Management
4 3 (27.27%) Analytics
4 3 (27.27%) Azure
4 3 (27.27%) Data Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) Reinsurance
4 3 (27.27%) SOLID
4 3 (27.27%) Databricks
5 2 (18.18%) Terraform
5 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
5 2 (18.18%) Docker

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) AWS
1 5 (45.45%) GCP
2 3 (27.27%) Azure
3 1 (9.09%) Boomi
3 1 (9.09%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
3 1 (9.09%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) MySQL
2 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Git
General
1 5 (45.45%) Finance
1 5 (45.45%) Games
2 2 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) CSS
1 2 (18.18%) HTML
1 2 (18.18%) LAMP
1 2 (18.18%) Laravel
2 1 (9.09%) .NET
2 1 (9.09%) AngularJS
2 1 (9.09%) Node.js
2 1 (9.09%) PySpark
2 1 (9.09%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Reinsurance
2 2 (18.18%) Mobile App
3 1 (9.09%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Software Engineering
2 5 (45.45%) E-Commerce
2 5 (45.45%) Mentoring
3 4 (36.36%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) DevOps
3 4 (36.36%) Full-Stack Development
3 4 (36.36%) Web Development
4 3 (27.27%) Analytical Modelling
4 3 (27.27%) Analytics
4 3 (27.27%) Data Engineering
4 3 (27.27%) Data Science
4 3 (27.27%) Line Management
4 3 (27.27%) MVC
4 3 (27.27%) SOLID
4 3 (27.27%) TDD
4 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
4 3 (27.27%) Unit Testing
5 2 (18.18%) OOP
5 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
5 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) PHP
2 4 (36.36%) Python
3 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
4 1 (9.09%) C#
4 1 (9.09%) Java
4 1 (9.09%) X++
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) QA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (18.18%) Kubernetes
1 2 (18.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) Databricks
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) SnapLogic
2 1 (9.09%) Twitter