Technical Leader Jobs in England

Technical Lead
UK > England

The median Technical Lead salary in England is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 March 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 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 475 347 390
Rank change year-on-year -128 +43 +21
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 186 598 817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.41% 0.78% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.83% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 119 471 630
10th Percentile £57,700 £46,581 £45,000
25th Percentile £61,297 £61,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £73,805 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.39% -4.77% +3.33%
75th Percentile £98,750 £87,500 £95,938
90th Percentile £120,000 £111,250 £115,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £73,805 £75,000
% change year-on-year +8.39% -1.59% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 41,665 72,436 92,503
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.80% 94.51% 92.76%
Number of salaries quoted 23,752 55,763 58,114
10th Percentile £31,785 £28,750 £32,750
25th Percentile £44,057 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £55,000 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -9.19% +0.95%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,836 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.16% -8.33% -

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in England

Technical Leader
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Technical Leader in England

Technical Leader
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leader in England over the 6 months to 19 March 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Leader in England

Technical Leader
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the England region over the 6 months to 19 March 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
London -35 62 £90,000 - 65
Midlands +4 36 £70,000 -5.15% 11
North of England -42 34 £77,500 +5.01% 39
West Midlands +14 33 £70,000 -5.15% 7
North West -25 21 £72,500 -1.77% 27
South West +60 18 £67,500 +17.70% 5
South East +15 16 £78,000 +11.43% 21
Yorkshire +28 9 £80,000 +8.39% 9
East of England +14 9 £85,000 +21.43% 10
North East +17 4 £80,000 +8.39% 3
East Midlands +15 3 £74,250 +14.23% 4
Technical Leader
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 March 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 England region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 65 (34.95%) Mentoring
2 57 (30.65%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (30.11%) DevOps
4 52 (27.96%) Social Skills
5 51 (27.42%) Azure
6 48 (25.81%) Agile
7 45 (24.19%) AWS
8 43 (23.12%) Software Engineering
9 41 (22.04%) Technical Leadership
10 36 (19.35%) Java
11 34 (18.28%) Analytical Skills
12 33 (17.74%) Python
12 33 (17.74%) Finance
13 31 (16.67%) Roadmaps
14 30 (16.13%) C#
15 29 (15.59%) Coaching
16 27 (14.52%) Microservices
16 27 (14.52%) CI/CD
17 26 (13.98%) Electronics
18 25 (13.44%) Analytics
19 23 (12.37%) Project Management
20 22 (11.83%) Manufacturing
20 22 (11.83%) TDD
20 22 (11.83%) .NET
20 22 (11.83%) Kubernetes
21 21 (11.29%) Docker
21 21 (11.29%) Legacy Systems
21 21 (11.29%) JavaScript
21 21 (11.29%) Law
21 21 (11.29%) Degree

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.08%) CMS
2 2 (1.08%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.54%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.54%) Confluence
3 1 (0.54%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (1.08%) SAP Business One
1 2 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 51 (27.42%) Azure
2 45 (24.19%) AWS
3 13 (6.99%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (5.91%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (5.91%) Serverless
4 11 (5.91%) Snowflake
5 9 (4.84%) GCP
6 8 (4.30%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (3.23%) Amazon EKS
7 6 (3.23%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.69%) SaaS
9 4 (2.15%) Amazon ECS
9 4 (2.15%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.61%) GitHub
11 2 (1.08%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (1.08%) Datadog
11 2 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.08%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.69%) Network Security
2 4 (2.15%) 5G
2 4 (2.15%) HTTP
2 4 (2.15%) SD-WAN
2 4 (2.15%) WAN
3 3 (1.61%) DNS
4 2 (1.08%) Bluetooth
4 2 (1.08%) Broadband
4 2 (1.08%) Ethernet
4 2 (1.08%) Firewall
4 2 (1.08%) FlexRay
4 2 (1.08%) IP Telephony
4 2 (1.08%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.08%) VoIP
4 2 (1.08%) VPN
4 2 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.54%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.54%) DHCP
5 1 (0.54%) IPsec
5 1 (0.54%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.84%) SQL Server
2 6 (3.23%) GIS
2 6 (3.23%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.15%) MySQL
3 4 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.61%) Power BI
5 2 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.08%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.54%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.54%) Big Data
6 1 (0.54%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.54%) Couchbase
6 1 (0.54%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.54%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (5.38%) GitLab
2 9 (4.84%) JIRA
3 8 (4.30%) Git
4 7 (3.76%) Jenkins
5 4 (2.15%) PowerBuilder
6 1 (0.54%) FitNesse
6 1 (0.54%) Moq
6 1 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.54%) Selenium
6 1 (0.54%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.54%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.54%) TeamCity
General
1 52 (27.96%) Social Skills
2 34 (18.28%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (17.74%) Finance
4 26 (13.98%) Electronics
5 22 (11.83%) Manufacturing
6 21 (11.29%) Law
7 19 (10.22%) Banking
8 14 (7.53%) Games
9 9 (4.84%) Retail Banking
10 7 (3.76%) Investment Banking
10 7 (3.76%) Retail
11 4 (2.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (2.15%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (1.08%) Automotive
12 2 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.08%) Legal
12 2 (1.08%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.54%) Advertising
13 1 (0.54%) Corporate Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (11.83%) .NET
2 20 (10.75%) React
3 18 (9.68%) Kafka
4 9 (4.84%) GraphQL
5 8 (4.30%) AngularJS
5 8 (4.30%) Node.js
5 8 (4.30%) RESTful
6 6 (3.23%) CSS
6 6 (3.23%) HTML
6 6 (3.23%) REST
7 5 (2.69%) .NET Core
7 5 (2.69%) Electron
8 4 (2.15%) AWS CDK
8 4 (2.15%) Laravel
8 4 (2.15%) SOAP
9 3 (1.61%) .NET Framework
9 3 (1.61%) LAMP
9 3 (1.61%) Spring
9 3 (1.61%) Web Services
9 3 (1.61%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (11.29%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (10.75%) IoT
2 20 (10.75%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 20 (10.75%) SCADA
3 14 (7.53%) Product Ownership
4 9 (4.84%) Cloud Native
5 8 (4.30%) CCTV
6 6 (3.23%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.69%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.69%) Reinsurance
8 4 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.15%) Mobile App
8 4 (2.15%) Self-Driving Car
9 3 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.61%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.61%) Public Cloud
10 2 (1.08%) Infotainment
10 2 (1.08%) Sports Betting
10 2 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.30%) Windows
2 7 (3.76%) Android
2 7 (3.76%) Apple iOS
3 6 (3.23%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.54%) Linux
4 1 (0.54%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (34.95%) Mentoring
2 57 (30.65%) Problem-Solving
3 56 (30.11%) DevOps
4 48 (25.81%) Agile
5 43 (23.12%) Software Engineering
6 41 (22.04%) Technical Leadership
7 31 (16.67%) Roadmaps
8 29 (15.59%) Coaching
9 27 (14.52%) CI/CD
9 27 (14.52%) Microservices
10 25 (13.44%) Analytics
11 23 (12.37%) Project Management
12 22 (11.83%) TDD
13 21 (11.29%) Collaborative Culture
14 20 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
14 20 (10.75%) Data Collection
14 20 (10.75%) Mechatronics
15 17 (9.14%) Computer Science
16 16 (8.60%) Project Delivery
17 14 (7.53%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 36 (19.35%) Java
2 33 (17.74%) Python
3 30 (16.13%) C#
4 21 (11.29%) JavaScript
5 17 (9.14%) TypeScript
6 15 (8.06%) SQL
7 11 (5.91%) PHP
8 7 (3.76%) Bash
9 4 (2.15%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.08%) Apex Code
10 2 (1.08%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.54%) ABAP
11 1 (0.54%) Bicep
11 1 (0.54%) C++
11 1 (0.54%) Go
11 1 (0.54%) X++
Qualifications
1 21 (11.29%) Degree
2 15 (8.06%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.91%) SC Cleared
4 8 (4.30%) CCNA
4 8 (4.30%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (4.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (2.69%) AWS Certification
6 2 (1.08%) GCFA
6 2 (1.08%) GCIH
6 2 (1.08%) GSEC
6 2 (1.08%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.08%) MCSA
6 2 (1.08%) MCSE
6 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.54%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.54%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.54%) HP ASE
7 1 (0.54%) HP MASE
7 1 (0.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.54%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.23%) Accessibility
1 6 (3.23%) QA
1 6 (3.23%) WCAG
2 5 (2.69%) PMO
3 2 (1.08%) GDPR
3 2 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.08%) JTAG
4 1 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.54%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.54%) ISO 13485
4 1 (0.54%) NIST
4 1 (0.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.54%) SOC 2
System Software
1 21 (11.29%) Docker
2 7 (3.76%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.76%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (11.83%) Kubernetes
2 18 (9.68%) Terraform
3 6 (3.23%) Ansible
4 3 (1.61%) Grafana
4 3 (1.61%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.08%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (1.08%) SCCM
5 2 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.54%) Control-M
6 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.54%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (10.75%) Microsoft
1 20 (10.75%) Rockwell
1 20 (10.75%) Siemens
2 12 (6.45%) Databricks
3 9 (4.84%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.69%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.15%) SAP
5 4 (2.15%) VMware
6 2 (1.08%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.08%) CrowdStrike
6 2 (1.08%) Extreme Networks
6 2 (1.08%) Google
6 2 (1.08%) LogicMonitor
6 2 (1.08%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.08%) Optimizely
6 2 (1.08%) Rapid7
6 2 (1.08%) SolarWinds
6 2 (1.08%) Splunk
6 2 (1.08%) Teradata
6 2 (1.08%) Veeam