Technical Leadership Jobs in Scotland

Technical Leadership
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Technical Leadership skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Technical Leadership over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 167 131 147
Rank change year-on-year -36 +16 -14
Permanent jobs citing Technical Leadership 85 81 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.49% 2.13% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 2.23% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 34 43 61
10th Percentile £47,500 £47,717 £45,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £58,191 £55,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,554 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.73% +25.92% +9.09%
75th Percentile £79,900 £93,269 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £72,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% - +7.14%

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 5,004 3,640 5,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 87.82% 95.94% 92.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,133 1,969 3,041
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,555 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - +15.79%
75th Percentile £67,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,548 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Leadership in Scotland.

Salary trend for Technical Leadership in Scotland

Technical Leadership
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership in Scotland over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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
Glasgow -56 46 £75,000 +21.95% 6
Edinburgh +12 23 £77,500 - 5
Stirling - 3 £32,500 -
Lanarkshire - 3 - - 1
Dundee -4 2 £52,500 +9.11%
West Lothian - 2 - - 2
Aberdeen - 1 £62,500 - 3
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 32 (37.65%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
Business Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 16 (18.82%) AWS
2 12 (14.12%) Azure
3 5 (5.88%) dbt
3 5 (5.88%) Entra ID
3 5 (5.88%) PaaS
3 5 (5.88%) SaaS
4 4 (4.71%) Cloud Computing
4 4 (4.71%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (4.71%) IaaS
4 4 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (4.71%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.53%) OpenShift
6 2 (2.35%) GitHub
7 1 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (1.18%) Azure API Management
7 1 (1.18%) GCP
7 1 (1.18%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.06%) Firewall
2 3 (3.53%) SD-WAN
3 2 (2.35%) BGP
3 2 (2.35%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (2.35%) DNS
3 2 (2.35%) IPsec
3 2 (2.35%) LAN
3 2 (2.35%) NX-OS
3 2 (2.35%) OSPF
3 2 (2.35%) VoIP
3 2 (2.35%) VPN
3 2 (2.35%) WAN
3 2 (2.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (41.18%) Big Data
2 32 (37.65%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.18%) Power BI
3 1 (1.18%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Git
1 1 (1.18%) Gradle
1 1 (1.18%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.18%) Maven
1 1 (1.18%) Rational DOORS
1 1 (1.18%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 45 (52.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 39 (45.88%) Finance
3 34 (40.00%) Influencing Skills
4 33 (38.82%) Marketing
5 32 (37.65%) Law
6 14 (16.47%) Social Skills
7 6 (7.06%) Banking
8 5 (5.88%) Legal
9 3 (3.53%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.35%) Telecoms
11 1 (1.18%) Aerospace
11 1 (1.18%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (51.76%) Lead
2 40 (47.06%) Software Engineer
3 32 (37.65%) Big Data Engineer
3 32 (37.65%) Big Data Software Engineer
3 32 (37.65%) Java Engineer
3 32 (37.65%) Java Scala Software Engineer
3 32 (37.65%) Java Software Engineer
3 32 (37.65%) Lead Big Data Engineer
3 32 (37.65%) Lead Java Engineer
3 32 (37.65%) Lead Software Engineer
3 32 (37.65%) Scala Engineer
3 32 (37.65%) Scala Software Engineer
4 15 (17.65%) Senior
5 10 (11.76%) Architect
6 8 (9.41%) Senior Software Engineer
7 7 (8.24%) Developer
8 5 (5.88%) Analyst
8 5 (5.88%) Governance Analyst
8 5 (5.88%) Lead Developer
8 5 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.06%) React
2 5 (5.88%) Django
2 5 (5.88%) Node.js
3 4 (4.71%) J2EE
3 4 (4.71%) LDAP
3 4 (4.71%) OAuth
3 4 (4.71%) OAuth2
3 4 (4.71%) OpenID
3 4 (4.71%) REST
3 4 (4.71%) SAML
4 3 (3.53%) .NET
5 2 (2.35%) RESTful
5 2 (2.35%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 35 (41.18%) Cloud Native
2 6 (7.06%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.71%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.71%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.35%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.35%) Private Cloud
4 2 (2.35%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.18%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.18%) IoT
5 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (15.29%) Linux
2 3 (3.53%) Windows
3 2 (2.35%) Android
3 2 (2.35%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (58.82%) Agile
2 49 (57.65%) Software Engineering
3 36 (42.35%) CI/CD
3 36 (42.35%) SDLC
4 34 (40.00%) Community of Practice
5 32 (37.65%) Operational Stability
5 32 (37.65%) Performance Tuning
6 16 (18.82%) Roadmaps
7 14 (16.47%) Mentoring
7 14 (16.47%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (15.29%) Coaching
9 12 (14.12%) DevOps
10 10 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (10.59%) Identity Access Management
12 8 (9.41%) Continuous Integration
12 8 (9.41%) Technology Roadmap
13 6 (7.06%) Artificial Intelligence
13 6 (7.06%) Collaborative Working
13 6 (7.06%) Information Security
13 6 (7.06%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 39 (45.88%) Java
2 37 (43.53%) SQL
3 32 (37.65%) Scala
4 15 (17.65%) Python
5 7 (8.24%) C
5 7 (8.24%) Embedded C
6 5 (5.88%) PowerShell
7 3 (3.53%) C#
7 3 (3.53%) JavaScript
7 3 (3.53%) Kotlin
7 3 (3.53%) TypeScript
8 2 (2.35%) Swift
9 1 (1.18%) Bash
9 1 (1.18%) Groovy
9 1 (1.18%) Ruby
9 1 (1.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (9.41%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.24%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.06%) Degree
4 5 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (3.53%) Azure Certification
5 3 (3.53%) CCNA
5 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.53%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (2.35%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.35%) CCIE
7 1 (1.18%) CISSP
7 1 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.18%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.18%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.18%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.06%) QA
2 1 (1.18%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 5 (5.88%) Active Directory
1 5 (5.88%) RACF
2 1 (1.18%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (9.41%) Kubernetes
2 6 (7.06%) Terraform
3 4 (4.71%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (3.53%) Ansible
4 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (2.35%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 12 (14.12%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.06%) ServiceNow
3 5 (5.88%) Cisco
3 5 (5.88%) CyberArk
4 4 (4.71%) Okta
4 4 (4.71%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.71%) Splunk
5 1 (1.18%) Adobe
5 1 (1.18%) Coverity
5 1 (1.18%) Google
5 1 (1.18%) Klocwork
5 1 (1.18%) MuleSoft
5 1 (1.18%) Thales