Technical Leadership Job Trends in Preston

Technical Leadership
Lancashire > Preston

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - +24
Permanent jobs citing Technical Leadership 3 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 3.66% - 4.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.76% - 5.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £55,070 - -
25th Percentile £55,485 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,560 - -
75th Percentile £64,471 - -
90th Percentile £67,789 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £55,900 £62,205 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.14% +38.23% +13.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 63 130 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 76.83% 100.00% 87.13%
Number of salaries quoted 42 80 66
10th Percentile £29,850 £34,925 £22,907
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £30,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,842 £52,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.97% +14.13% +9.27%
75th Percentile £56,500 £66,938 £57,500
90th Percentile £63,510 £70,250 £67,500
Lancashire median annual salary £46,500 £50,055 £47,500
% change year-on-year -7.10% +5.38% +5.56%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Technical Leadership job vacancy trend in Preston

Technical Leadership
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Technical Leadership.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Technical Leadership

Technical Leadership
Salary Histogram in Preston

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership in Preston over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Leadership in Preston

Technical Leadership
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Systems Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Architect
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) MODAF
2 1 (33.33%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) SysML
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 1 (33.33%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Firmware