Technical Manager Jobs in the South East

Technical Manager
England > South East

The median Technical Manager salary in the South East is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 229 267 349
Rank change year-on-year +38 +82 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Manager 63 129 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.67% 0.77% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.82% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 26 100 47
10th Percentile £30,750 £41,250 £48,500
25th Percentile £40,688 £48,000 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.80% -17.69% -3.70%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £105,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% -3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 8,126 15,757 13,122
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.55% 93.95% 90.38%
Number of salaries quoted 4,501 11,308 8,289
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Technical Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Manager in the South East

Technical Manager
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Manager in the South East.

Salary trend for Technical Manager in the South East

Technical Manager
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Manager in the South East over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Manager in the South East

Technical Manager
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Manager within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Thames Valley +53 26 £70,000 +36.59% 22
Hampshire +59 17 £53,250 -14.80% 5
Berkshire +23 16 £60,000 +17.07% 10
Surrey +43 9 £31,500 -51.54% 3
Oxfordshire +30 8 £70,000 +24.44% 8
East Sussex +35 5 £43,000 -10.42% 9
Kent +13 5 £41,000 -31.67% 1
Buckinghamshire +21 2 £85,000 +41.67% 6
West Sussex +28 1 £70,000 +33.33% 4
Technical Manager
England

Technical Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Technical Manager 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 South East region featuring Technical Manager in the job title.

1 42 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (63.49%) Social Skills
3 35 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 33 (52.38%) Manufacturing
5 32 (50.79%) Service Delivery
5 32 (50.79%) Coaching
6 31 (49.21%) Process Improvement
6 31 (49.21%) NVQ Level 3
6 31 (49.21%) NVQ Level 4
6 31 (49.21%) Service Management
7 13 (20.63%) Finance
8 11 (17.46%) Project Delivery
9 10 (15.87%) Microsoft
10 9 (14.29%) Mentoring
11 7 (11.11%) Data Privacy
11 7 (11.11%) Windows
11 7 (11.11%) CRM
11 7 (11.11%) Retail
12 6 (9.52%) Automotive
12 6 (9.52%) Digital Signage
12 6 (9.52%) SaaS
13 5 (7.94%) Azure
13 5 (7.94%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (6.35%) Security Cleared
14 4 (6.35%) VMware Infrastructure
14 4 (6.35%) QA
14 4 (6.35%) Meraki
14 4 (6.35%) Project Management
14 4 (6.35%) Firewall
14 4 (6.35%) PRINCE2

Technical Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (4.76%) CMS
1 3 (4.76%) Kentico
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.52%) SaaS
2 5 (7.94%) Azure
3 3 (4.76%) BigCommerce
3 3 (4.76%) ClickUp
3 3 (4.76%) Kontent
3 3 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.76%) Storyblok
4 2 (3.17%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.35%) Firewall
2 3 (4.76%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (3.17%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.59%) Broadband
4 1 (1.59%) Network Security
4 1 (1.59%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 40 (63.49%) Social Skills
2 33 (52.38%) Manufacturing
3 13 (20.63%) Finance
4 7 (11.11%) Retail
5 6 (9.52%) Automotive
6 5 (7.94%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (6.35%) Marketing
8 2 (3.17%) Electronics
8 2 (3.17%) Local Government
8 2 (3.17%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.59%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.59%) Spring
1 1 (1.59%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.52%) Digital Signage
2 3 (4.76%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.17%) Driving Licence
3 2 (3.17%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.59%) FMCG
4 1 (1.59%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.59%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.59%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.59%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.11%) Windows
2 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 32 (50.79%) Coaching
3 32 (50.79%) Service Delivery
4 31 (49.21%) Process Improvement
4 31 (49.21%) Service Management
5 11 (17.46%) Project Delivery
6 9 (14.29%) Mentoring
7 7 (11.11%) CRM
7 7 (11.11%) Data Privacy
8 4 (6.35%) Agile
8 4 (6.35%) PRINCE2
8 4 (6.35%) Project Management
9 3 (4.76%) Artificial Intelligence
9 3 (4.76%) E-Commerce
9 3 (4.76%) IT Governance
9 3 (4.76%) Scrum
9 3 (4.76%) SDLC
9 3 (4.76%) SEO
9 3 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.59%) C#
1 1 (1.59%) Java
1 1 (1.59%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 31 (49.21%) NVQ Level 3
1 31 (49.21%) NVQ Level 4
2 4 (6.35%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.59%) Degree
3 1 (1.59%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.59%) PMP
3 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.35%) QA
2 1 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.59%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (6.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (4.76%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.59%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.59%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 10 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.35%) Cisco
2 4 (6.35%) Meraki
2 4 (6.35%) VMware
3 2 (3.17%) Sage
4 1 (1.59%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.59%) IBM
4 1 (1.59%) Oracle
4 1 (1.59%) PeopleSoft