Technical Manager Jobs in England

Technical Manager
UK > England

The median Technical Manager salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 378 355 543
Rank change year-on-year -23 +188 -18
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Manager 342 625 420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.71% 0.73% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.77% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 101 502 328
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% -3.70%
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,313 £81,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £105,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% -4.41%

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 43,811 81,137 82,278
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.57% 94.49% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 24,794 60,555 52,271
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,280 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,688 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,443 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.41% -12.50% -

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Manager in England

Technical Manager
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Technical Manager in England

Technical Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Manager in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Manager in England

Technical Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 11 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
North of England +87 170 £55,000 +10.00% 31
Yorkshire +137 144 £65,000 +26.83% 12
London +18 64 £67,500 -3.57% 220
South East +37 62 £55,000 +2.80% 87
North West -50 24 £55,000 +10.00% 19
Midlands -13 18 £65,000 +18.18% 25
South West +56 16 £57,500 +15.00% 17
East of England +5 12 £32,500 -35.00% 31
West Midlands +3 11 £65,000 +13.04% 17
East Midlands +22 6 £60,000 +20.00% 8
North East +45 1 - - 1
Technical Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 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 England region featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 222 (64.91%) Social Skills
2 193 (56.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 185 (54.09%) Manufacturing
4 181 (52.92%) Degree
5 150 (43.86%) Mathematics
5 150 (43.86%) Physics
6 142 (41.52%) Marketing
7 141 (41.23%) Electronics
8 137 (40.06%) Presentation Skills
9 82 (23.98%) Problem-Solving
10 59 (17.25%) Service Delivery
11 55 (16.08%) Coaching
12 52 (15.20%) Finance
13 49 (14.33%) Service Management
13 49 (14.33%) Project Management
14 48 (14.04%) Process Improvement
15 47 (13.74%) NVQ Level 3
15 47 (13.74%) NVQ Level 4
16 31 (9.06%) Agile
17 26 (7.60%) Stakeholder Management
18 22 (6.43%) Microsoft
19 21 (6.14%) Azure
19 21 (6.14%) Project Delivery
20 18 (5.26%) Banking
20 18 (5.26%) Project Planning
21 17 (4.97%) Computer Science Degree
22 16 (4.68%) SaaS
22 16 (4.68%) Computer Science
22 16 (4.68%) PMP
23 15 (4.39%) AWS

Technical Manager 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 6 (1.75%) Confluence
2 3 (0.88%) CMS
2 3 (0.88%) Kentico
3 2 (0.58%) Mendix
3 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.58%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (1.75%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.58%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (2.05%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.17%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 21 (6.14%) Azure
2 16 (4.68%) SaaS
3 15 (4.39%) AWS
4 8 (2.34%) GCP
4 8 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (1.75%) OCI
6 5 (1.46%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (1.17%) PaaS
8 3 (0.88%) BigCommerce
8 3 (0.88%) ClickUp
8 3 (0.88%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.88%) GitHub
8 3 (0.88%) IBM Cloud
8 3 (0.88%) Kontent
8 3 (0.88%) Storyblok
9 2 (0.58%) Asana
9 2 (0.58%) Google Sheets
9 2 (0.58%) Lucidchart
9 2 (0.58%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.29%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.75%) Firewall
2 5 (1.46%) HTTP
3 4 (1.17%) Network Security
3 4 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.88%) Cisco Firepower
4 3 (0.88%) LAN
5 2 (0.58%) Bluetooth
5 2 (0.58%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.58%) FlexRay
5 2 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
5 2 (0.58%) MQTT
5 2 (0.58%) VLAN
5 2 (0.58%) Wireless
6 1 (0.29%) Broadband
6 1 (0.29%) DHCP
6 1 (0.29%) DNS
6 1 (0.29%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.29%) VoIP
6 1 (0.29%) VPN
6 1 (0.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.46%) Data Lake
2 5 (1.46%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.58%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (3.51%) JIRA
2 2 (0.58%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.58%) MSI
General
1 222 (64.91%) Social Skills
2 185 (54.09%) Manufacturing
3 142 (41.52%) Marketing
4 141 (41.23%) Electronics
5 137 (40.06%) Presentation Skills
6 52 (15.20%) Finance
7 18 (5.26%) Banking
8 13 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 13 (3.80%) Legal
9 9 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (2.63%) Automotive
9 9 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (2.63%) Telecoms
10 8 (2.34%) Law
10 8 (2.34%) Retail
11 6 (1.75%) Advertising
12 2 (0.58%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.58%) German Language
12 2 (0.58%) Local Government
12 2 (0.58%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.75%) JSON
2 5 (1.46%) Pandas
2 5 (1.46%) Puppeteer
2 5 (1.46%) Scrapy
3 2 (0.58%) Spring
3 2 (0.58%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.29%) .NET
4 1 (0.29%) Hibernate
4 1 (0.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (1.75%) Digital Signage
2 5 (1.46%) Data Centre
2 5 (1.46%) Driving Licence
2 5 (1.46%) Linux Command Line
2 5 (1.46%) Onboarding
2 5 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (1.17%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (0.88%) CMDB
4 3 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
4 3 (0.88%) Management Information System
4 3 (0.88%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.58%) CCTV
5 2 (0.58%) Infotainment
5 2 (0.58%) Low-Code
5 2 (0.58%) NHS
5 2 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (0.58%) Security Posture
5 2 (0.58%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.29%) FMCG
6 1 (0.29%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.51%) Windows
2 6 (1.75%) Linux
3 5 (1.46%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.88%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (0.58%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.29%) Android
6 1 (0.29%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 193 (56.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 150 (43.86%) Mathematics
2 150 (43.86%) Physics
3 82 (23.98%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (17.25%) Service Delivery
5 55 (16.08%) Coaching
6 49 (14.33%) Project Management
6 49 (14.33%) Service Management
7 48 (14.04%) Process Improvement
8 31 (9.06%) Agile
9 26 (7.60%) Stakeholder Management
10 21 (6.14%) Project Delivery
11 18 (5.26%) Project Planning
12 16 (4.68%) Computer Science
13 15 (4.39%) Product Strategy
13 15 (4.39%) Roadmaps
14 14 (4.09%) Migration
14 14 (4.09%) Systems Engineering
15 13 (3.80%) CRM
15 13 (3.80%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 13 (3.80%) Python
2 8 (2.34%) SQL
3 7 (2.05%) Java
4 6 (1.75%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.88%) R
6 2 (0.58%) C#
7 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 181 (52.92%) Degree
2 47 (13.74%) NVQ Level 3
2 47 (13.74%) NVQ Level 4
3 17 (4.97%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (4.68%) PMP
5 15 (4.39%) BPSS Clearance
6 10 (2.92%) Security Cleared
7 9 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.05%) PMI Certification
9 6 (1.75%) CCNP
10 4 (1.17%) CISM
10 4 (1.17%) CISSP
11 3 (0.88%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 3 (0.88%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.88%) CCIE
11 3 (0.88%) CCNA
11 3 (0.88%) CCSP
11 3 (0.88%) HNC
12 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.92%) QA
2 7 (2.05%) SLA
3 6 (1.75%) GRC
4 5 (1.46%) NIST
5 4 (1.17%) GDPR
5 4 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.88%) Accessibility
6 3 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.88%) NEBOSH
6 3 (0.88%) PMO
7 2 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.58%) JTAG
8 1 (0.29%) ISO 13485
8 1 (0.29%) ISO 20022
8 1 (0.29%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 6 (1.75%) Active Directory
1 6 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (0.88%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.29%) Docker
3 1 (0.29%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.88%) Terraform
3 2 (0.58%) Ansible
4 1 (0.29%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.29%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.29%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 22 (6.43%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.51%) Cisco
3 11 (3.22%) ServiceNow
4 9 (2.63%) Oracle
5 7 (2.05%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.75%) IBM
6 6 (1.75%) VMware
7 5 (1.46%) Meraki
8 3 (0.88%) Autodesk
8 3 (0.88%) Fortinet
8 3 (0.88%) Google
8 3 (0.88%) LogicMonitor
8 3 (0.88%) SolarWinds
8 3 (0.88%) Veeam
9 2 (0.58%) BMC
9 2 (0.58%) Broadcom
9 2 (0.58%) HP
9 2 (0.58%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.58%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.58%) Sage