Technical Leadership Job Trends in Scotland

Technical Leadership
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Technical Leadership skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 130 112
Rank change year-on-year +2 -18 +30
Permanent jobs citing Technical Leadership 17 75 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.67% 1.72% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.75% 2.00% 2.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9 31 45
10th Percentile £49,887 £47,500 £53,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £58,882
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £65,000 £75,554
Median % change year-on-year +16.77% -13.97% +25.92%
75th Percentile £82,241 £78,988 £85,000
90th Percentile £106,135 £90,000 £137,913
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,276 3,750 2,577
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.92% 85.83% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 999 1,592 2,004
10th Percentile £26,924 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £41,688 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,950 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Technical Leadership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leadership in Scotland

Technical Leadership
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Technical Leadership.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Technical Leadership

Technical Leadership
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Leadership in Scotland

Technical Leadership
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leadership within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 September 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
Edinburgh +6 12 £77,500 +10.71% 17
Glasgow +42 2 £67,000 -17.54% 14
Renfrewshire - 1 £49,433 - 2
North Lanarkshire - 1 - -
South Ayrshire - 1 £75,900 -
Technical Leadership
UK

Technical Leadership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (17.65%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Azure
2 4 (23.53%) AWS
2 4 (23.53%) GCP
2 4 (23.53%) OpenShift
3 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (5.88%) PaaS
3 1 (5.88%) Power Automate
3 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) DNS
1 3 (17.65%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 3 (17.65%) Network Security
2 2 (11.76%) FTP
3 1 (5.88%) SpaceWire
3 1 (5.88%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) DB2
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) GitLab
2 2 (11.76%) Git
3 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
3 1 (5.88%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (5.88%) Xcode
3 1 (5.88%) XCTest
3 1 (5.88%) XCUITest
General
1 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Banking
2 2 (11.76%) Electronics
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Tech for Good
3 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Lead
2 5 (29.41%) Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Network Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Network Security Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Network Technical Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Security Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Security Technical Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Software Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Technical Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Technical Design Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Lead Software Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Senior
4 2 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Leader
5 1 (5.88%) Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Information Security Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) Power Platform Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Principal Systems Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Senior Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Next.js
1 1 (5.88%) React
1 1 (5.88%) React Native
1 1 (5.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Public Cloud
2 3 (17.65%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (17.65%) Private Cloud
3 2 (11.76%) AS400
3 2 (11.76%) Cloud Native
3 2 (11.76%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (11.76%) iSeries
4 1 (5.88%) Algorithms
4 1 (5.88%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
4 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.88%) Android
2 1 (5.88%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) Mentoring
2 7 (41.18%) Agile
2 7 (41.18%) DevOps
3 6 (35.29%) Software Engineering
3 6 (35.29%) Test Automation
4 5 (29.41%) High Availability
4 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (23.53%) Coaching
5 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (23.53%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (23.53%) Deployment Automation
5 4 (23.53%) Product Roadmap
5 4 (23.53%) Roadmaps
5 4 (23.53%) Thought Leadership
6 3 (17.65%) Community of Practice
6 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure as Code
6 3 (17.65%) IT Strategy
6 3 (17.65%) Observability
6 3 (17.65%) TDD
6 3 (17.65%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) C
1 2 (11.76%) Java
1 2 (11.76%) RPG
1 2 (11.76%) RPG IV
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) C++
2 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.88%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) Shell Script
2 1 (5.88%) Swift
2 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) CCNA
1 3 (17.65%) CCNP
1 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.88%) Chartered Engineer
3 1 (5.88%) HNC
3 1 (5.88%) HND
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) ECSS
1 1 (5.88%) GDPR
1 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 15288
1 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (5.88%) NIST
1 1 (5.88%) NIST 800
1 1 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Kubernetes
2 3 (17.65%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) F5
1 3 (17.65%) IBM
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft