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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 83 93
Rank change year-on-year -50 +10 +44
Permanent jobs citing Technical Leadership 17 65 69
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.62% 2.00% 2.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 2.36% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 9 28 56
10th Percentile £55,887 £50,000 £58,882
25th Percentile £72,000 £52,500 £68,718
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,217 £66,250 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year +16.55% -6.13% +17.63%
75th Percentile £82,241 £79,736 £85,000
90th Percentile £104,500 £86,875 £137,913
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,750
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.09% -3.00%

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 2,402 2,754 2,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 88.28% 84.66% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,148 1,280 1,791
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.91% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,250 £70,000 £69,800
90th Percentile £79,825 £82,500 £82,548
UK median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Technical Leadership job vacancy trend 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 12 November 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 12 November 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 -14 6 £77,500 +14.81% 17
Glasgow -32 4 £74,000 -1.33% 14
Renfrewshire - 2 £63,467 - 1
South Ayrshire - 2 £75,900 -
Moray +2 1 - - 1
East Ayrshire -8 1 - - 1
North Lanarkshire - 1 - -
Technical Leadership
UK

Technical Leadership
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) AWS
1 4 (23.53%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) GCP
2 3 (17.65%) 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 2 (11.76%) DNS
1 2 (11.76%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 2 (11.76%) Network Security
2 1 (5.88%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) LAN
2 1 (5.88%) SSL
2 1 (5.88%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (11.76%) GitLab
General
1 4 (23.53%) Electronics
2 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Banking
3 1 (5.88%) Games
3 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (5.88%) Legal
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Retail
3 1 (5.88%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Lead
2 4 (23.53%) Principal Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Principal Systems Engineer
2 4 (23.53%) Systems Engineer
3 3 (17.65%) Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Network Architect
3 3 (17.65%) Technical Leader
4 2 (11.76%) Network Security Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Network Technical Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Security Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Security Technical Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Senior
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Architect
4 2 (11.76%) Technical Design Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Information Specialist
5 1 (5.88%) Lead Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Lead Product Manager
5 1 (5.88%) Power Platform Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Site Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Site Reliability 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%) RESTful
1 1 (5.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (23.53%) Algorithms
2 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (11.76%) Private Cloud
2 2 (11.76%) Public Cloud
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
3 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Android
1 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) DevOps
1 5 (29.41%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (23.53%) Agile
2 4 (23.53%) High Availability
2 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
2 4 (23.53%) Observability
2 4 (23.53%) Signal Processing
2 4 (23.53%) Test Planning
3 3 (17.65%) Coaching
3 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (17.65%) Deployment Automation
3 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (17.65%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (17.65%) Roadmaps
3 3 (17.65%) Test Automation
4 2 (11.76%) Community of Practice
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (11.76%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (11.76%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) Java
2 1 (5.88%) C
2 1 (5.88%) C++
2 1 (5.88%) Go
2 1 (5.88%) Python
2 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (17.65%) CCNP
2 3 (17.65%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (11.76%) CCNA
4 1 (5.88%) Chartered Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) HNC
4 1 (5.88%) HND
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 1 (5.88%) GDPR
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.88%) NIST
2 1 (5.88%) NIST 800
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) Kubernetes
2 2 (11.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) IBM
2 2 (11.76%) F5
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) Aruba
3 1 (5.88%) Cisco
3 1 (5.88%) Palo Alto