Technical Leader Jobs in London

Technical Lead
England > London

The median Technical Lead salary in London is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 326 289 346
Rank change year-on-year -37 +57 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 67 236 279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.53% 0.98% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 1.04% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 49 199 211
10th Percentile £70,800 £61,088 £57,500
25th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £95,859 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.32% +0.90% +5.56%
75th Percentile £107,500 £122,500 £117,500
90th Percentile £123,750 £148,750 £132,500
England median annual salary £85,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +13.33% +3.45% -9.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,455 22,637 31,177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.43% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,909 16,798 22,986
10th Percentile £40,971 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in London

Technical Leader
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Technical Leader in London

Technical Leader
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leader in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Leader in London

Technical Leader
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Central London +16 13 £90,000 -14.29% 2
North London - 1 - -
Technical Leader
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 London region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 24 (35.82%) Finance
2 22 (32.84%) DevOps
2 22 (32.84%) CI/CD
3 20 (29.85%) Roadmaps
4 18 (26.87%) Kubernetes
4 18 (26.87%) C#
4 18 (26.87%) Agile
4 18 (26.87%) Azure
5 17 (25.37%) Docker
6 16 (23.88%) Microsoft
6 16 (23.88%) Architectural Design
7 15 (22.39%) JavaScript
7 15 (22.39%) .NET
7 15 (22.39%) SQL Server
7 15 (22.39%) Microservices
8 14 (20.90%) Data Governance
8 14 (20.90%) Serverless
8 14 (20.90%) Strategic Roadmap
8 14 (20.90%) AWS
8 14 (20.90%) Social Skills
8 14 (20.90%) Containerisation
9 13 (19.40%) Insurtech
9 13 (19.40%) Cloud Computing
9 13 (19.40%) Python
10 12 (17.91%) SQL
10 12 (17.91%) GraphQL
10 12 (17.91%) REST
10 12 (17.91%) Mentoring
10 12 (17.91%) API Development
10 12 (17.91%) API Integration

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (5.97%) Confluence
1 4 (5.97%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.99%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.99%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.49%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (7.46%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (26.87%) Azure
2 14 (20.90%) AWS
2 14 (20.90%) Serverless
3 13 (19.40%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (8.96%) GCP
5 5 (7.46%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (5.97%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (4.48%) IaaS
7 3 (4.48%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (4.48%) PaaS
7 3 (4.48%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.99%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (2.99%) Amazon EKS
8 2 (2.99%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (2.99%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (2.99%) Contentful
8 2 (2.99%) Copilot Studio
8 2 (2.99%) Snowflake
8 2 (2.99%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (16.42%) HTTP
2 2 (2.99%) Network Security
3 1 (1.49%) Bluetooth
3 1 (1.49%) DNS
3 1 (1.49%) Ethernet
3 1 (1.49%) Firewall
3 1 (1.49%) FlexRay
3 1 (1.49%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.49%) VPN
3 1 (1.49%) WAN
3 1 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (22.39%) SQL Server
2 6 (8.96%) GIS
3 2 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (16.42%) PowerBuilder
2 10 (14.93%) JIRA
General
1 24 (35.82%) Finance
2 14 (20.90%) Social Skills
3 9 (13.43%) Banking
4 4 (5.97%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.97%) Investment Banking
5 3 (4.48%) Front Office
5 3 (4.48%) Marketing
6 2 (2.99%) Automotive
6 2 (2.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.99%) Law
6 2 (2.99%) Legal
6 2 (2.99%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.99%) Retail
6 2 (2.99%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.49%) Electronics
7 1 (1.49%) Esports
7 1 (1.49%) Games
7 1 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.49%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (22.39%) .NET
2 12 (17.91%) GraphQL
2 12 (17.91%) REST
3 11 (16.42%) React
3 11 (16.42%) SOAP
4 4 (5.97%) Kafka
5 2 (2.99%) AWS CDK
5 2 (2.99%) Elastic Stack
5 2 (2.99%) RESTful
6 1 (1.49%) .NET Core
6 1 (1.49%) AngularJS
6 1 (1.49%) PyTorch
6 1 (1.49%) TensorFlow
6 1 (1.49%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.42%) Reinsurance
2 8 (11.94%) Cloud Native
2 8 (11.94%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.97%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.48%) Fixed Income
5 2 (2.99%) CCTV
5 2 (2.99%) Derivative
5 2 (2.99%) Equities
5 2 (2.99%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.99%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (2.99%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.49%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (1.49%) Infotainment
6 1 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.49%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.49%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.49%) Security Posture
6 1 (1.49%) Sports Betting
6 1 (1.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.96%) Android
1 6 (8.96%) Apple iOS
2 3 (4.48%) Linux
2 3 (4.48%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (32.84%) CI/CD
1 22 (32.84%) DevOps
2 20 (29.85%) Roadmaps
3 18 (26.87%) Agile
4 16 (23.88%) Architectural Design
5 15 (22.39%) Microservices
6 14 (20.90%) Containerisation
6 14 (20.90%) Data Governance
6 14 (20.90%) Strategic Roadmap
7 13 (19.40%) Insurtech
8 12 (17.91%) API Development
8 12 (17.91%) API Integration
8 12 (17.91%) Mentoring
8 12 (17.91%) Requirements Gathering
9 11 (16.42%) Collaborative Culture
9 11 (16.42%) SDLC
9 11 (16.42%) Technical Leadership
10 10 (14.93%) Infrastructure as Code
11 9 (13.43%) Design Patterns
11 9 (13.43%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (26.87%) C#
2 15 (22.39%) JavaScript
3 13 (19.40%) Python
4 12 (17.91%) SQL
5 10 (14.93%) Java
6 5 (7.46%) Bash
7 3 (4.48%) PowerShell
8 2 (2.99%) C++
9 1 (1.49%) Bicep
9 1 (1.49%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (16.42%) Security Cleared
2 8 (11.94%) Degree
3 6 (8.96%) AWS Certification
3 6 (8.96%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.48%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (2.99%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.99%) CCNA
5 2 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (2.99%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.49%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.49%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.45%) Accessibility
1 7 (10.45%) GDPR
2 6 (8.96%) WCAG
3 5 (7.46%) HIPAA
3 5 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (7.46%) SOC 2
4 1 (1.49%) JTAG
4 1 (1.49%) NIST
4 1 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 17 (25.37%) Docker
2 3 (4.48%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (26.87%) Kubernetes
2 6 (8.96%) Terraform
3 3 (4.48%) Ansible
3 3 (4.48%) Grafana
3 3 (4.48%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (23.88%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.46%) Databricks
2 5 (7.46%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.49%) Google
3 1 (1.49%) Guidewire
3 1 (1.49%) ServiceNow
3 1 (1.49%) VMware