Technical Leader Jobs in England

Technical Lead
UK > England

The median Technical Lead salary in England is £79,932 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 424 435
Rank change year-on-year +117 +11 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 689 491 1,230
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.88% 0.69% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 0.75% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 562 400 651
10th Percentile £46,000 £50,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £58,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £79,932 £72,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.25% -9.38% +14.29%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £120,000 £130,000
UK median annual salary £75,075 £72,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.55% -9.38% +14.29%

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 74,198 65,186 140,455
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.70% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 51,681 46,119 77,508
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +62 245 £102,500 +13.89% 23
North of England +103 164 £75,150 +11.33% 6
South East +43 97 £60,000 +4.35% 7
North West +57 94 £79,932 +16.26% 5
Midlands +12 91 £73,805 +18.09% 5
West Midlands +16 67 £74,477 +14.58% 3
South West +13 56 £60,000 +1.69% 7
Yorkshire +80 54 £73,805 +12.94% 1
East of England +22 32 £77,500 +6.90% 2
East Midlands -13 24 £70,000 +55.56% 2
North East +8 20 £73,902 -5.25%
Technical Leader
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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.

1 282 (40.93%) Agile
2 259 (37.59%) AWS
3 223 (32.37%) Java
4 191 (27.72%) Software Engineering
5 178 (25.83%) Finance
6 177 (25.69%) Mentoring
7 143 (20.75%) Python
8 140 (20.32%) Azure
9 135 (19.59%) Social Skills
10 134 (19.45%) JavaScript
11 130 (18.87%) Roadmaps
12 126 (18.29%) DevOps
12 126 (18.29%) TypeScript
13 114 (16.55%) Banking
14 104 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
15 102 (14.80%) Degree
16 97 (14.08%) Coaching
17 96 (13.93%) Technical Leadership
17 96 (13.93%) dbt
18 93 (13.50%) Snowflake
18 93 (13.50%) Data Lake
19 92 (13.35%) Data Quality
20 91 (13.21%) NumPy
20 91 (13.21%) Pandas
20 91 (13.21%) Apache Airflow
21 89 (12.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
22 88 (12.77%) Apache
22 88 (12.77%) Derivative
22 88 (12.77%) Investment Banking
22 88 (12.77%) Asset Management

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 91 (13.21%) Apache Airflow
2 88 (12.77%) Apache
3 30 (4.35%) Tuxedo
4 20 (2.90%) SharePoint
5 10 (1.45%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.87%) Confluence
7 3 (0.44%) CMS
8 2 (0.29%) Apache Pig
8 2 (0.29%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.29%) Magnolia
8 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.15%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.15%) SAS
9 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.58%) MS Visio
3 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.15%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.15%) MadCap Flare
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (2.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.44%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.29%) Primavera
4 1 (0.15%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 259 (37.59%) AWS
2 140 (20.32%) Azure
3 96 (13.93%) dbt
4 93 (13.50%) Snowflake
5 49 (7.11%) Amazon Kinesis
6 40 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
7 30 (4.35%) Amazon EC2
8 29 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (3.92%) Amazon S3
10 26 (3.77%) Serverless
11 24 (3.48%) SaaS
12 22 (3.19%) Power Platform
13 16 (2.32%) AWS Lambda
14 13 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
14 13 (1.89%) PowerApps
15 12 (1.74%) Entra ID
16 11 (1.60%) GCP
17 10 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
17 10 (1.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
18 9 (1.31%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 29 (4.21%) Firewall
2 22 (3.19%) WAN
3 14 (2.03%) 5G
4 13 (1.89%) Wireless
5 11 (1.60%) LAN
5 11 (1.60%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.73%) Network Security
6 5 (0.73%) VoIP
7 4 (0.58%) VLAN
7 4 (0.58%) VPN
7 4 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.44%) Broadband
8 3 (0.44%) FTP
8 3 (0.44%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.29%) CTI
9 2 (0.29%) DNS
10 1 (0.15%) 802.11
10 1 (0.15%) Ethernet
10 1 (0.15%) LTE
10 1 (0.15%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (13.50%) Data Lake
2 88 (12.77%) Amazon Athena
2 88 (12.77%) Apache Arrow
2 88 (12.77%) Apache Ignite
2 88 (12.77%) Dremio
3 44 (6.39%) Amazon RDS
4 40 (5.81%) Data Warehouse
5 38 (5.52%) MySQL
6 36 (5.22%) SQL Server
7 30 (4.35%) Relational Database
8 28 (4.06%) DynamoDB
9 25 (3.63%) Amazon Redshift
9 25 (3.63%) RDBMS
10 20 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
11 17 (2.47%) Power BI
12 16 (2.32%) NoSQL
13 13 (1.89%) Amazon Aurora
14 9 (1.31%) Big Data
15 8 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
16 7 (1.02%) DB2
Development Applications
1 48 (6.97%) Git
2 27 (3.92%) GitLab
3 26 (3.77%) Postman
4 4 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (0.44%) JIRA
5 3 (0.44%) Maven
5 3 (0.44%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.29%) Checkstyle
6 2 (0.29%) JUnit
6 2 (0.29%) SonarQube
7 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 178 (25.83%) Finance
2 135 (19.59%) Social Skills
3 114 (16.55%) Banking
4 88 (12.77%) Front Office
4 88 (12.77%) Investment Banking
5 45 (6.53%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (3.77%) Manufacturing
7 17 (2.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (2.18%) Electronics
9 13 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
10 12 (1.74%) Financial Institution
10 12 (1.74%) Law
10 12 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (1.60%) Presentation Skills
11 11 (1.60%) Retail
12 10 (1.45%) Games
12 10 (1.45%) Legal
12 10 (1.45%) Retail Banking
13 9 (1.31%) Marketing
14 7 (1.02%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (13.21%) NumPy
1 91 (13.21%) Pandas
2 88 (12.77%) gRPC
2 88 (12.77%) Protocol Buffers
2 88 (12.77%) SciPy
3 67 (9.72%) .NET
4 42 (6.10%) Spring Boot
5 36 (5.22%) Kafka
5 36 (5.22%) RESTful
6 35 (5.08%) JSON
7 33 (4.79%) React
7 33 (4.79%) Spring
8 26 (3.77%) Node.js
9 21 (3.05%) HTML
9 21 (3.05%) REST
10 20 (2.90%) GraphQL
11 19 (2.76%) CSS
12 16 (2.32%) Web Services
13 14 (2.03%) Laravel
14 13 (1.89%) Scalaz
Miscellaneous
1 89 (12.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 88 (12.77%) Derivative
2 88 (12.77%) Equities
2 88 (12.77%) Fixed Income
2 88 (12.77%) Hedge funds
3 40 (5.81%) Management Information System
4 30 (4.35%) Cloud Native
5 28 (4.06%) Distributed Systems
6 27 (3.92%) Self-Motivation
7 22 (3.19%) Private Cloud
8 18 (2.61%) Product Ownership
9 15 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
9 15 (2.18%) Robotics
10 13 (1.89%) Blog
10 13 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
10 13 (1.89%) Media Streaming
11 12 (1.74%) Algorithms
11 12 (1.74%) Cyberattack
11 12 (1.74%) Data Fabric
12 11 (1.60%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 68 (9.87%) Windows
2 31 (4.50%) Windows Server
3 30 (4.35%) Linux
4 19 (2.76%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (2.18%) Windows Server 2012
5 15 (2.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 13 (1.89%) zOS
7 8 (1.16%) CentOS
7 8 (1.16%) Solaris
7 8 (1.16%) Ubuntu
7 8 (1.16%) Unix
7 8 (1.16%) Windows 10
8 7 (1.02%) Android
9 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 282 (40.93%) Agile
2 191 (27.72%) Software Engineering
3 177 (25.69%) Mentoring
4 130 (18.87%) Roadmaps
5 126 (18.29%) DevOps
6 104 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
7 97 (14.08%) Coaching
8 96 (13.93%) Technical Leadership
9 88 (12.77%) Asset Management
9 88 (12.77%) Greeks
9 88 (12.77%) Investment Management
10 72 (10.45%) Open Source
11 71 (10.30%) Product Roadmap
12 70 (10.16%) CI/CD
13 69 (10.01%) Continuous Integration
14 64 (9.29%) Project Management
15 61 (8.85%) Strategic Thinking
16 58 (8.42%) ITIL
17 57 (8.27%) SDLC
18 53 (7.69%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 223 (32.37%) Java
2 143 (20.75%) Python
3 134 (19.45%) JavaScript
4 126 (18.29%) TypeScript
5 59 (8.56%) COBOL
5 59 (8.56%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 45 (6.53%) C++
7 43 (6.24%) PHP
8 42 (6.10%) SQL
9 41 (5.95%) C#
10 33 (4.79%) C
11 21 (3.05%) Scala
12 10 (1.45%) Rust
13 6 (0.87%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.87%) PowerShell
13 6 (0.87%) VB.NET
14 5 (0.73%) Go
15 4 (0.58%) Apex Code
16 3 (0.44%) MATLAB
17 2 (0.29%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 102 (14.80%) Degree
2 49 (7.11%) Security Cleared
3 39 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (3.05%) SC Cleared
5 14 (2.03%) Azure Certification
6 11 (1.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.16%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.87%) CISSP
9 5 (0.73%) CCNA
9 5 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (0.73%) CISM
9 5 (0.73%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.58%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.58%) HND
11 3 (0.44%) CESG Certified Professional
11 3 (0.44%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.44%) ISACA
12 2 (0.29%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.29%) CIMA
12 2 (0.29%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (13.35%) Data Quality
2 20 (2.90%) QA
2 20 (2.90%) SLA
3 16 (2.32%) PMO
4 8 (1.16%) GMP
5 5 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.58%) GDPR
6 4 (0.58%) NIST
6 4 (0.58%) PCI DSS
7 3 (0.44%) COBIT
7 3 (0.44%) JTAG
8 2 (0.29%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.29%) GRC
9 1 (0.15%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 24 (3.48%) Docker
2 20 (2.90%) Active Directory
2 20 (2.90%) Hyper-V
3 4 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.44%) Ceph
4 3 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.29%) HDFS
5 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.15%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 33 (4.79%) Terraform
2 30 (4.35%) Kubernetes
3 20 (2.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (2.03%) SCCM
5 5 (0.73%) Ansible
6 3 (0.44%) Knative
6 3 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.29%) SCOM
8 1 (0.15%) QRadar
Vendors
1 73 (10.60%) Microsoft
2 59 (8.56%) Micro Focus
3 41 (5.95%) Oracle
4 27 (3.92%) VMware
5 17 (2.47%) Citrix
6 14 (2.03%) Databricks
6 14 (2.03%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.60%) IBM
8 10 (1.45%) SAP
8 10 (1.45%) ServiceNow
9 8 (1.16%) Cisco
10 7 (1.02%) Progress
11 6 (0.87%) Google
12 5 (0.73%) ESET
12 5 (0.73%) Ruckus Wireless
13 4 (0.58%) Barracuda Networks
13 4 (0.58%) Ekahau
13 4 (0.58%) F5
13 4 (0.58%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 3 (0.44%) Informatica