Technical Leader Jobs in Leeds

Technical Lead
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Technical Lead salary in Leeds is £80,725 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 116 138
Rank change year-on-year +40 +22 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 5 18 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 0.64% 0.80% 1.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.83% 1.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2 18 31
10th Percentile £74,708 - £55,000
25th Percentile £74,756 £61,250 £66,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,725 £74,402 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.50% +6.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £87,419 £81,875 £90,000
90th Percentile £87,903 £84,964 -
West Yorkshire median annual salary £80,000 £74,402 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.52% +6.29% +12.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 728 2,168 2,803
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.57% 95.97% 95.18%
Number of salaries quoted 499 1,575 1,690
10th Percentile £28,400 £31,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £40,375 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £53,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £84,574 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £56,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -9.09% +7.84%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in Leeds

Technical Leader
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Technical Leader in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 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 Leeds region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (80.00%) Analytics
2 4 (80.00%) Coaching
3 3 (60.00%) DevOps
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) Private Cloud
3 3 (60.00%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (60.00%) Public Cloud
3 3 (60.00%) Data Centre
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Banking
3 3 (60.00%) Economics
3 3 (60.00%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (60.00%) JIRA
3 3 (60.00%) Customer Experience
3 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
3 3 (60.00%) Objectives and Key Results
3 3 (60.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (60.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 3 (60.00%) Thought Leadership
3 3 (60.00%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (60.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 3 (60.00%) Business Case
3 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Product Thinking
4 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills

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

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Banking
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Centre
1 3 (60.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 3 (60.00%) Private Cloud
1 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
1 3 (60.00%) Public Cloud
2 1 (20.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Analytics
2 4 (80.00%) Coaching
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
3 3 (60.00%) Business Case
3 3 (60.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (60.00%) Customer Experience
3 3 (60.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 3 (60.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (60.00%) DevOps
3 3 (60.00%) Economics
3 3 (60.00%) Objectives and Key Results
3 3 (60.00%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (60.00%) Product Thinking
3 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (60.00%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (60.00%) Thought Leadership
4 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) ABAP
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) SAP