Technical Manager Jobs in Edinburgh

Technical Manager
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Technical Manager salary in Edinburgh is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 July 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 98 124
Rank change year-on-year +21 +26 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Manager 2 2 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.23% 0.13% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.14% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £48,875
25th Percentile - £55,400 £50,939
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £58,800 £50,939
Median % change year-on-year +61.56% +15.43% +1.88%
75th Percentile - £62,200 £52,500
90th Percentile - - £69,000
Scotland median annual salary £95,000 £45,000 £50,939
% change year-on-year +111.11% -11.66% +1.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 750 1,480 1,566
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.41% 96.17% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 352 997 949
10th Percentile £26,929 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,782 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year - +0.80% +4.43%
75th Percentile £82,751 £71,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,722 £88,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £50,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.96% -8.18% -

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Manager in Edinburgh

Technical Manager
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Manager in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Technical Manager in Edinburgh

Technical Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 19 July 2025, Technical Manager 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 Edinburgh region featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) ForgeRock
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) Ping Identity
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) PingFederate
2 1 (50.00%) Okta
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) ADO
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) ETL

Technical Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Data Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (50.00%) ETL
2 1 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Quality Management
2 1 (50.00%) Resource Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PMP
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ForgeRock
1 1 (50.00%) NetIQ
1 1 (50.00%) Okta
1 1 (50.00%) Ping Identity