Technical Manager Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Technical Manager
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Technical Manager salary in Cambridgeshire is £76,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 75 63
Rank change year-on-year +19 -12 +65
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Manager 8 7 9
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.91% 0.80% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 0.87% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £73,875 - -
25th Percentile £74,063 £66,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £72,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.17% +45.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £79,688 £78,750 -
90th Percentile £80,625 - -
East of England median annual salary £60,750 £75,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -19.00% +42.86% -17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cambridgeshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 785 801 652
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.61% 91.54% 93.81%
Number of salaries quoted 549 387 451
10th Percentile £28,200 £30,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £72,750 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £88,750
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,250
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.48% -3.91%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Technical Manager job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Technical Manager
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in Cambridgeshire.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in Cambridgeshire

Technical Manager
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Manager within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 14 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
Huntingdon - 4 - -
Peterborough - 3 £76,250 - 1
Technical Manager
East of England

Technical Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire

For the 6 months to 14 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Degree
2 6 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 6 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (62.50%) Process Improvement
4 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 4 (50.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (50.00%) AI
4 4 (50.00%) Asset Management
4 4 (50.00%) AWS
4 4 (50.00%) Azure
4 4 (50.00%) Budgeting
4 4 (50.00%) Business Continuity
4 4 (50.00%) Change Management
4 4 (50.00%) Cost Control
4 4 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
4 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (50.00%) Data Centre Operations
4 4 (50.00%) Dell
4 4 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 4 (50.00%) Fortinet
4 4 (50.00%) High Availability
4 4 (50.00%) Hyper-V
4 4 (50.00%) Information Security
4 4 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 4 (50.00%) IT Governance
4 4 (50.00%) ITIL
4 4 (50.00%) ITSM
4 4 (50.00%) Linux
4 4 (50.00%) Microsoft

Technical Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 2 (25.00%) Confluence
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) AWS
1 4 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) SAN
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Data Centre
1 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Storage
1 4 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Windows
1 4 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 5 (62.50%) Process Improvement
3 4 (50.00%) AI
3 4 (50.00%) Asset Management
3 4 (50.00%) Business Continuity
3 4 (50.00%) Change Management
3 4 (50.00%) Cost Control
3 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (50.00%) Data Centre Operations
3 4 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 4 (50.00%) High Availability
3 4 (50.00%) Information Security
3 4 (50.00%) IT Governance
3 4 (50.00%) ITIL
3 4 (50.00%) ITSM
3 4 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
3 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (50.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
1 2 (25.00%) R
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) Degree
2 6 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (50.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (25.00%) PMI Certification
4 2 (25.00%) PMP
4 2 (25.00%) Postgraduate
5 1 (12.50%) Numerate Degree
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 4 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (50.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) CrowdStrike
1 4 (50.00%) Dell
1 4 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (50.00%) Palo Alto
1 4 (50.00%) Veeam
1 4 (50.00%) VMware