Technical Leader Job Trends in Leicester

Technical Lead
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Technical Lead salary in Leicester is £46,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 December 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 - 48
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 0.36% - 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45,750 - £92,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 - £95,000
75th Percentile £47,250 - £97,500
90th Percentile - - -
Leicestershire median annual salary £46,500 - £95,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 267 249 260
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.02% 92.91% 98.11%
Number of salaries quoted 191 154 213
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,475 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.45% +0.50% +6.95%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £67,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £43,750 £49,990
% change year-on-year +2.86% -12.48% +12.34%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Leader' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leicester.

Technical Leader job vacancy trend in Leicester

Technical Leader
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Leicester.

Salary distribution trend for Technical Leader job vacancies in Leicester

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester

For the 6 months to 2 December 2025, Technical Leader 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 Leicester region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Epics
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Miro
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Project Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Miro
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 1 (100.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Epics
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (100.00%) Project Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Salesforce