Technical Leader Jobs in the South West

Technical Lead
England > South West

The median Technical Lead salary in the South West is £63,749 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 233 217 250
Rank change year-on-year -16 +33 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 63 54 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.68% 0.79% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 0.89% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 44 42 37
10th Percentile £40,218 £38,518 £43,600
25th Percentile £50,000 £40,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,749 £44,000 £71,640
Median % change year-on-year +44.88% -38.58% +22.99%
75th Percentile £72,813 £63,438 £76,520
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,175 £92,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -9.38% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 8,945 6,087 7,773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.22% 89.19% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,520 3,772 5,137
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,750 £29,450
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £64,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,650 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in the South West

Technical Leader
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Leader in the South West.

Salary trend for Technical Leader in the South West

Technical Leader
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leader in the South West over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Leader in the South West

Technical Leader
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the South West region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Devon -5 18 £50,000 +33.63%
Gloucestershire -9 16 £52,500 -
Bristol -1 15 £65,000 +3.59% 2
Wiltshire -12 8 £38,000 -5.00% 2
Dorset - 4 £65,000 - 3
Somerset +4 2 £65,000 +48.10%
Technical Leader
England

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Technical Leader 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 West region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 23 (36.51%) Agile
1 23 (36.51%) Requirements Analysis
2 22 (34.92%) Technical Leadership
3 19 (30.16%) Security Cleared
4 17 (26.98%) WAN
5 14 (22.22%) ITIL
5 14 (22.22%) AWS
6 13 (20.63%) Mentoring
6 13 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (20.63%) Social Skills
6 13 (20.63%) Azure
6 13 (20.63%) Java
7 12 (19.05%) Degree
7 12 (19.05%) Computer Science
7 12 (19.05%) Customer Requirements
7 12 (19.05%) Project Delivery
7 12 (19.05%) TypeScript
8 11 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (17.46%) Defect Tracking
8 11 (17.46%) Test Automation
8 11 (17.46%) Product Management
8 11 (17.46%) Open Source
8 11 (17.46%) Conflict Resolution
8 11 (17.46%) SD-WAN
8 11 (17.46%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (17.46%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (17.46%) Full Stack Development
8 11 (17.46%) Test Assurance
8 11 (17.46%) PMO
8 11 (17.46%) Self-Motivation

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 6 (9.52%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 14 (22.22%) AWS
2 13 (20.63%) Azure
3 1 (1.59%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
3 1 (1.59%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (1.59%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 17 (26.98%) WAN
2 11 (17.46%) 5G
2 11 (17.46%) SD-WAN
3 6 (9.52%) LAN
4 3 (4.76%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (17.46%) GitLab
General
1 13 (20.63%) Social Skills
2 11 (17.46%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (17.46%) Electronics
2 11 (17.46%) Organisational Skills
2 11 (17.46%) Presentation Skills
3 7 (11.11%) Aerospace
4 6 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.17%) Law
5 2 (3.17%) Legal
6 1 (1.59%) Aviation
6 1 (1.59%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.59%) Marketing
6 1 (1.59%) Social Housing
6 1 (1.59%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) .NET
1 2 (3.17%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.59%) Node.js
2 1 (1.59%) React
Miscellaneous
1 11 (17.46%) Private Cloud
1 11 (17.46%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (12.70%) Robotics
3 6 (9.52%) Fat Client
3 6 (9.52%) Thin Client
4 3 (4.76%) FPGA
5 2 (3.17%) NHS
6 1 (1.59%) IoT
6 1 (1.59%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
6 1 (1.59%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.11%) Windows
2 6 (9.52%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.59%) Linux
3 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (36.51%) Agile
1 23 (36.51%) Requirements Analysis
2 22 (34.92%) Technical Leadership
3 14 (22.22%) ITIL
4 13 (20.63%) Mentoring
4 13 (20.63%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (19.05%) Computer Science
5 12 (19.05%) Customer Requirements
5 12 (19.05%) Project Delivery
6 11 (17.46%) B2B
6 11 (17.46%) Conflict Resolution
6 11 (17.46%) Continuous Integration
6 11 (17.46%) Defect Tracking
6 11 (17.46%) Full Stack Development
6 11 (17.46%) Open Source
6 11 (17.46%) Product Management
6 11 (17.46%) Project Management
6 11 (17.46%) Test Assurance
6 11 (17.46%) Test Automation
6 11 (17.46%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 13 (20.63%) Java
2 12 (19.05%) TypeScript
3 10 (15.87%) JavaScript
4 8 (12.70%) C++
5 3 (4.76%) MATLAB
5 3 (4.76%) SQL
6 2 (3.17%) C#
7 1 (1.59%) C
Qualifications
1 19 (30.16%) Security Cleared
2 12 (19.05%) Degree
3 9 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 8 (12.70%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (17.46%) PMO
2 3 (4.76%) JTAG
3 2 (3.17%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.76%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 6 (9.52%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (12.70%) Microsoft
2 6 (9.52%) VMware
3 1 (1.59%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.59%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud