Technical Manager Job Trends in Glasgow

Technical Manager
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Technical Manager salary in Glasgow is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 October 2025.

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

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 87 66
Rank change year-on-year +7 -21 +49
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Manager 5 4 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.63% 0.37% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.38% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 7
10th Percentile - £66,000 £56,293
25th Percentile - £67,500 £57,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £72,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +21.74% +5.88%
75th Percentile - £75,000 £61,123
90th Percentile - - £61,174
Scotland median annual salary £50,000 £51,900 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.66% -5.64% +10.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 735 1,054 677
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.16% 97.96% 97.83%
Number of salaries quoted 313 544 525
10th Percentile £29,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,390 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £73,750
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £53,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -15.09% +4.95% -8.18%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Technical Manager job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Technical Manager
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in Glasgow.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Manager job vacancies in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 22 October 2025, 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 Glasgow region featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Alteryx
2 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) Contingency Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Investment Management
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (40.00%) Screaming Frog
2 2 (40.00%) SEO
2 2 (40.00%) Shopify
2 2 (40.00%) Tableau
2 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (40.00%) Wealth Management
2 2 (40.00%) WordPress
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) AWS
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Confluence
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) QA

Technical Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 (40.00%) WordPress
2 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (40.00%) Law
1 2 (40.00%) Private Banking
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Project Management
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) Contingency Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Investment Management
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Resource Allocation
2 2 (40.00%) SEO
2 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (40.00%) Wealth Management
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Alteryx
1 2 (40.00%) Screaming Frog