Technical Leadership Job Trends in the South West

Technical Leadership
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Technical Leadership skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 124 121
Rank change year-on-year +75 -3 -18
Permanent jobs citing Technical Leadership 301 46 106
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 2.86% 1.29% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.02% 1.56% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 204 36 58
10th Percentile £50,300 £47,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £59,250 £51,598 £48,783
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,250 £67,500 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -5.26% -5.70%
75th Percentile £86,250 £83,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £85,000 £83,250
England median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - +6.67% -0.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,496 2,941 5,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 71.23% 82.17% 75.97%
Number of salaries quoted 5,088 1,827 2,988
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,924 £31,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.64%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Technical Leadership job vacancy trend in the South West

Technical Leadership
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Technical Leadership.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Technical Leadership

Technical Leadership
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership in the South West over the 6 months to 6 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Leadership in the South West

Technical Leadership
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 Leadership within the South West region over the 6 months to 6 October 2026. 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
Bristol +16 91 £77,500 +2.72% 55
Wiltshire +31 60 £68,000 -17.58% 20
Devon +6 43 £70,000 +22.39% 29
Gloucestershire -25 43 £80,000 +28.00% 56
Somerset -2 30 £70,000 +16.67% 36
Dorset +2 13 £65,000 - 24
Cornwall - 13 £50,000 - 7
Technical Leadership
England

Technical Leadership
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 9 (2.99%) Confluence
1 9 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.99%) Apache
2 6 (1.99%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.99%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 4 (1.33%) Simulink
1 4 (1.33%) Windchill
2 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.00%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (4.65%) Workday HCM
2 5 (1.66%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.00%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (1.00%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (1.00%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.33%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.33%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 59 (19.60%) Azure
2 48 (15.95%) AWS
3 21 (6.98%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (5.65%) Entra ID
5 12 (3.99%) GCP
6 11 (3.65%) GitHub
7 9 (2.99%) SaaS
8 8 (2.66%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (2.66%) Serverless
9 7 (2.33%) Amazon EC2
10 5 (1.66%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (1.66%) Amazon S3
10 5 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.33%) Power Platform
12 3 (1.00%) Azure AI
12 3 (1.00%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (1.00%) Slack
13 2 (0.66%) Azure Monitor
13 2 (0.66%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.33%) Firewall
2 3 (1.00%) DHCP
2 3 (1.00%) DNS
2 3 (1.00%) LoRaWAN
2 3 (1.00%) LTE
2 3 (1.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.00%) VLAN
2 3 (1.00%) VPN
2 3 (1.00%) WAN
2 3 (1.00%) Wireless
3 2 (0.66%) BGP
3 2 (0.66%) LAN
3 2 (0.66%) MPLS
3 2 (0.66%) Network Security
3 2 (0.66%) OSPF
3 2 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
3 2 (0.66%) VoIP
4 1 (0.33%) Broadband
4 1 (0.33%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.99%) NoSQL
2 5 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (1.66%) Flink
3 4 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (1.33%) Geospatial Data
3 4 (1.33%) Metadata
4 3 (1.00%) Big Data
5 2 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.66%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.66%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.33%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.33%) Db2
6 1 (0.33%) GIS
6 1 (0.33%) Looker
6 1 (0.33%) Power BI
6 1 (0.33%) Semantic Layer
6 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 16 (5.32%) JIRA
2 15 (4.98%) Git
3 8 (2.66%) GitLab
4 3 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.00%) LabVIEW
4 3 (1.00%) Rational DOORS
4 3 (1.00%) Subversion
5 2 (0.66%) MSI
General
1 94 (31.23%) Social Skills
2 47 (15.61%) Finance
3 36 (11.96%) Public Sector
4 29 (9.63%) Aerospace
5 27 (8.97%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (7.97%) Manufacturing
7 21 (6.98%) Influencing Skills
8 18 (5.98%) Electronics
8 18 (5.98%) Military
9 12 (3.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (3.32%) Aviation
10 10 (3.32%) Documentation Skills
11 9 (2.99%) Retail
12 6 (1.99%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.33%) Environmental Health
14 4 (1.33%) Marketing
15 3 (1.00%) General Ledger
15 3 (1.00%) Legal
15 3 (1.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 109 (36.21%) Lead
2 49 (16.28%) Architect
3 44 (14.62%) Senior
4 31 (10.30%) Principal Engineer
5 20 (6.64%) Software Engineer
5 20 (6.64%) Technical Leader
6 18 (5.98%) Consultant
7 17 (5.65%) Systems Engineer
7 17 (5.65%) Technical Manager
8 16 (5.32%) Solutions Architect
9 15 (4.98%) 3rd Line Support
10 13 (4.32%) Developer
10 13 (4.32%) Infrastructure Specialist
11 11 (3.65%) Infrastructure Security Specialist
11 11 (3.65%) IT Engineer
11 11 (3.65%) Security Specialist
11 11 (3.65%) Senior Software Engineer
12 10 (3.32%) 3rd Line Engineer
12 10 (3.32%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
12 10 (3.32%) Principal Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.97%) Terraform
2 20 (6.64%) REST
3 8 (2.66%) AngularJS
3 8 (2.66%) LDAP
3 8 (2.66%) SailPoint
4 7 (2.33%) .NET
4 7 (2.33%) GraphQL
5 6 (1.99%) RESTful
6 5 (1.66%) Flutter
6 5 (1.66%) React Native
7 4 (1.33%) CSS
7 4 (1.33%) GeoJSON
7 4 (1.33%) HTML
7 4 (1.33%) Node.js
7 4 (1.33%) React
8 3 (1.00%) .NET Framework
8 3 (1.00%) CSS3
8 3 (1.00%) HTML5
8 3 (1.00%) SOAP
9 2 (0.66%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 39 (12.96%) Cloud Native
2 18 (5.98%) Onboarding
3 13 (4.32%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (3.99%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.33%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.33%) Public Cloud
5 7 (2.33%) Robotics
6 6 (1.99%) AI Agents
6 6 (1.99%) Mobile App
6 6 (1.99%) SCADA
7 5 (1.66%) Driving Licence
7 5 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
7 5 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (1.33%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.33%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.00%) Algorithms
9 3 (1.00%) CMDB
9 3 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.00%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 22 (7.31%) Linux
2 18 (5.98%) Windows
3 11 (3.65%) Unix
4 8 (2.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 7 (2.33%) Android
5 7 (2.33%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (35.22%) Mentoring
2 73 (24.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 56 (18.60%) Stakeholder Management
4 55 (18.27%) Agile
5 54 (17.94%) Problem-Solving
6 49 (16.28%) Software Engineering
7 48 (15.95%) CI/CD
8 44 (14.62%) DevOps
9 42 (13.95%) Project Delivery
10 40 (13.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 37 (12.29%) Cybersecurity
11 37 (12.29%) Decision-Making
12 33 (10.96%) Coaching
13 29 (9.63%) Roadmaps
14 24 (7.97%) ERP
14 24 (7.97%) ITIL
14 24 (7.97%) Line Management
15 23 (7.64%) Infrastructure as Code
16 22 (7.31%) Test Automation
17 21 (6.98%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 32 (10.63%) Python
2 21 (6.98%) SQL
3 12 (3.99%) C#
4 10 (3.32%) Java
4 10 (3.32%) JavaScript
5 9 (2.99%) C++
5 9 (2.99%) PowerShell
6 8 (2.66%) Bash
7 6 (1.99%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.33%) Bicep
8 4 (1.33%) MATLAB
8 4 (1.33%) Scala
9 3 (1.00%) C
10 2 (0.66%) VB
11 1 (0.33%) ABAP
11 1 (0.33%) Go
11 1 (0.33%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.33%) SystemVerilog
11 1 (0.33%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 88 (29.24%) Security Cleared
2 62 (20.60%) SC Cleared
3 56 (18.60%) Degree
4 36 (11.96%) DV Cleared
5 14 (4.65%) Chartered Engineer
6 9 (2.99%) HNC
6 9 (2.99%) HND
6 9 (2.99%) Master's Degree
7 7 (2.33%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.99%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.99%) City & Guilds
8 6 (1.99%) NVQ Level 3
9 5 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.66%) PMP
10 4 (1.33%) CITP
10 4 (1.33%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.66%) CEH
11 2 (0.66%) CISSP
11 2 (0.66%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.64%) QA
2 10 (3.32%) Accessibility
2 10 (3.32%) DO-254
3 8 (2.66%) Def Stans
3 8 (2.66%) IEC 61508
4 7 (2.33%) ISO 9001
4 7 (2.33%) SLA
5 5 (1.66%) PMO
6 4 (1.33%) ARP4761
6 4 (1.33%) GDPR
6 4 (1.33%) ISO 26262
6 4 (1.33%) ISO 9000
6 4 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 4 (1.33%) NCSC
7 3 (1.00%) COSHH
7 3 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.66%) ISO 20022
8 2 (0.66%) WCAG
9 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 14 (4.65%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.66%) Docker
3 5 (1.66%) NDS
3 5 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.00%) Firmware
4 3 (1.00%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.66%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.33%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.33%) GPFS
6 1 (0.33%) KVM
6 1 (0.33%) Lustre
6 1 (0.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (3.99%) Ansible
1 12 (3.99%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.32%) Puppet
3 6 (1.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.66%) SCCM
5 4 (1.33%) Functional Safety
6 2 (0.66%) PaperCut
6 2 (0.66%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.33%) Argo
7 1 (0.33%) Autotask
7 1 (0.33%) Grafana
7 1 (0.33%) Proxmox
7 1 (0.33%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 57 (18.94%) Microsoft
2 19 (6.31%) Workday
3 9 (2.99%) CyberArk
4 8 (2.66%) ForgeRock
4 8 (2.66%) Okta
4 8 (2.66%) OpenText
4 8 (2.66%) Red Hat
5 6 (1.99%) NEC
5 6 (1.99%) Oracle
6 5 (1.66%) Google
6 5 (1.66%) IFS
6 5 (1.66%) NetIQ
6 5 (1.66%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.66%) Thales
6 5 (1.66%) VMware
7 4 (1.33%) Rockwell
7 4 (1.33%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.33%) Siemens
8 3 (1.00%) Cisco
9 2 (0.66%) Juniper