Technical Leadership Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Technical Leadership
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring Technical Leadership skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 69 55
Rank change year-on-year +16 -14 +2
Permanent jobs citing Technical Leadership 6 8 54
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.93% 1.27% 5.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 1.37% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 5 5 10
10th Percentile £74,500 £67,750 £69,401
25th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £82,500 £92,500 £98,250
90th Percentile £83,250 £94,000 £114,500
South West median annual salary £80,000 £72,500 £65,066
% change year-on-year +10.34% +11.43% +8.44%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Gloucestershire

Technical Leadership falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 488 584 866
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 75.31% 92.70% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 344 239 538
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £29,657
25th Percentile £36,072 £41,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £77,750 £80,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £54,439 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.15% +3.69% +3.35%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Technical Leadership relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Technical Leadership job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Technical Leadership
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Technical Leadership.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing Technical Leadership

Technical Leadership
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leadership within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Cheltenham +7 1 £75,000 +7.14% 8
Technical Leadership
South West

Technical Leadership
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
1 1 (16.67%) SaaS
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Military
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity Consultant
1 3 (50.00%) Security Consultant
2 2 (33.33%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Software Engineering Team Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Software Team Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) React
2 1 (16.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (50.00%) PKI
2 1 (16.67%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Business Development
2 3 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 3 (50.00%) Cryptography
2 3 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (50.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (50.00%) Information Assurance
2 3 (50.00%) MODAF
2 3 (50.00%) Penetration Testing
2 3 (50.00%) Protective Monitoring
2 3 (50.00%) Security Architecture
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (50.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) Microservices
3 2 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C
1 1 (16.67%) C#
1 1 (16.67%) C++
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) RMADS