Technical Leader Jobs in the Thames Valley

Technical Lead
South East > Thames Valley

The median Technical Lead salary in the Thames Valley is £70,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 200 201
Rank change year-on-year +26 +1 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 6 46 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.18% 0.68% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.72% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 5 30 43
10th Percentile - £40,000 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £56,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,500 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% +17.39% -35.21%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,875 £61,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,125 -
South East median annual salary £80,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +23.08% +13.04% -17.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,802 6,361 5,387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.57% 94.69% 89.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,268 4,463 3,154
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in the Thames Valley

Technical Leader
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Leader in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Technical Leader in the Thames Valley

Technical Leader
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leader in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Leader in the Thames Valley

Technical Leader
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 9 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
Buckinghamshire +22 4 £45,000 -43.75% 4
Berkshire +30 2 £74,000 +13.85% 6
Technical Leader
South East

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 9 May 2025, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
3 2 (33.33%) SAP
3 2 (33.33%) Windows
3 2 (33.33%) MCSE
3 2 (33.33%) MCSA
3 2 (33.33%) ERP
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 2 (33.33%) Logistics
3 2 (33.33%) SAP Business One
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 2 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (33.33%) Data Development
3 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Network Security
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) Degree
3 2 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (33.33%) GitHub
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (33.33%) GitHub
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) .NET
1 1 (16.67%) ARM Templates
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) HTML5
1 1 (16.67%) Next.js
1 1 (16.67%) React
1 1 (16.67%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Budgeting
3 2 (33.33%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
3 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) Data Development
3 2 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 2 (33.33%) DevOps
3 2 (33.33%) ERP
3 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 2 (33.33%) Line Management
3 2 (33.33%) Logistics
3 2 (33.33%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (16.67%) Data Collection
4 1 (16.67%) Data Interpretation
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C#
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) MCSA
1 2 (33.33%) MCSE
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (16.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) SAP