Technical Leader Jobs in the UK excluding London

Technical Lead
UK > UK excluding London

The median Technical Lead salary in the UK excluding London is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 332 371 424
Rank change year-on-year +39 +53 -49
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 550 453 526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.78% 0.76% 0.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.82% 0.86% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 422 354 320
10th Percentile £43,200 £42,000 £41,750
25th Percentile £59,438 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,871 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.34% -6.86% +8.87%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,625 £81,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £86,250 £91,375
UK median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
% change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% +14.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,294 52,879 68,547
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 89.14% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,576 30,026 42,521
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Technical Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in the UK excluding London

Technical Leader
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Leader in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Technical Leader in the UK excluding London

Technical Leader
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leader in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Leader in the UK excluding London

Technical Leader
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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
North of England +48 176 £73,805 +1.80% 22
Midlands +36 117 £71,902 +15.04% 18
South East +10 112 £65,000 +13.04% 18
North West +18 99 £79,932 +10.25% 12
West Midlands +35 74 £73,805 +18.09% 10
South West -19 61 £63,749 +44.88% 11
Yorkshire +69 55 £73,805 +5.44% 6
East of England +39 44 £70,000 +50.54% 13
East Midlands +6 43 £65,000 -7.14% 8
Wales +21 22 £70,000 +27.27% 4
North East +17 22 £73,805 -17.07% 5
Scotland -64 18 £75,000 +25.00% 14
Northern Ireland +26 2 - - 4
Technical Leader
UK

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 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 UK excluding London region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 225 (40.91%) Agile
2 172 (31.27%) Mentoring
3 154 (28.00%) AWS
4 143 (26.00%) Java
5 118 (21.45%) Roadmaps
6 115 (20.91%) Azure
7 114 (20.73%) Degree
7 114 (20.73%) Social Skills
8 101 (18.36%) Technical Leadership
9 95 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
10 93 (16.91%) Coaching
11 83 (15.09%) Software Engineering
12 79 (14.36%) Product Roadmap
13 78 (14.18%) Continuous Integration
14 77 (14.00%) DevOps
15 76 (13.82%) Microsoft
16 72 (13.09%) Security Cleared
17 70 (12.73%) Strategic Thinking
18 69 (12.55%) Open Source
19 67 (12.18%) Windows
20 66 (12.00%) COBOL
20 66 (12.00%) Micro Focus
20 66 (12.00%) Finance
20 66 (12.00%) Micro Focus COBOL
21 58 (10.55%) Project Management
22 56 (10.18%) Design Patterns
23 55 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
24 53 (9.64%) Code Quality
25 51 (9.27%) TypeScript
26 50 (9.09%) .NET

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 37 (6.73%) Tuxedo
2 13 (2.36%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.73%) Confluence
4 1 (0.18%) CMS
4 1 (0.18%) SAS
4 1 (0.18%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (0.36%) MadCap Flare
1 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.18%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 154 (28.00%) AWS
2 115 (20.91%) Azure
3 33 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (5.45%) Amazon Kinesis
5 24 (4.36%) Amazon EC2
6 23 (4.18%) Amazon S3
7 18 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (3.27%) SaaS
8 17 (3.09%) Serverless
9 16 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
10 9 (1.64%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (1.45%) Cloudflare
12 7 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
13 6 (1.09%) Amazon SQS
13 6 (1.09%) Entra ID
13 6 (1.09%) Power Platform
14 5 (0.91%) GCP
15 4 (0.73%) Azure Service Bus
15 4 (0.73%) Cloud Computing
15 4 (0.73%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 36 (6.55%) Firewall
2 19 (3.45%) WAN
3 12 (2.18%) 5G
4 11 (2.00%) SD-WAN
4 11 (2.00%) Wireless
5 9 (1.64%) LAN
5 9 (1.64%) VLAN
6 7 (1.27%) NAS
7 6 (1.09%) VoIP
8 5 (0.91%) SAN
8 5 (0.91%) VPN
9 4 (0.73%) Broadband
9 4 (0.73%) Network Security
10 3 (0.55%) CTI
10 3 (0.55%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.36%) DNS
11 2 (0.36%) Software-Defined Radio
11 2 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.18%) 5G NR
12 1 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (6.91%) MySQL
2 33 (6.00%) Amazon RDS
3 32 (5.82%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (5.64%) SQL Server
5 23 (4.18%) DynamoDB
6 21 (3.82%) Amazon Redshift
6 21 (3.82%) RDBMS
6 21 (3.82%) Relational Database
7 15 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (0.55%) Amazon Aurora
8 3 (0.55%) DB2
8 3 (0.55%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.55%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.18%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.18%) Big Data
9 1 (0.18%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.18%) GIS
9 1 (0.18%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
9 1 (0.18%) Redis
Development Applications
1 44 (8.00%) GitLab
2 36 (6.55%) Git
3 21 (3.82%) Postman
4 4 (0.73%) JIRA
4 4 (0.73%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.36%) Maven
7 1 (0.18%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.18%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.18%) Phabricator
7 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 114 (20.73%) Social Skills
2 66 (12.00%) Finance
3 55 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (6.73%) Manufacturing
5 25 (4.55%) Pharmaceutical
6 22 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (3.09%) Electronics
8 15 (2.73%) Banking
8 15 (2.73%) Legal
8 15 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
10 13 (2.36%) Retail
11 12 (2.18%) Aerospace
11 12 (2.18%) Documentation Skills
12 11 (2.00%) Games
12 11 (2.00%) Public Sector
13 10 (1.82%) Marketing
14 8 (1.45%) Aviation
14 8 (1.45%) Military
15 6 (1.09%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (9.09%) .NET
2 43 (7.82%) React
3 38 (6.91%) RESTful
4 33 (6.00%) JSON
5 26 (4.73%) Node.js
6 25 (4.55%) Spring Boot
7 24 (4.36%) Spring
8 23 (4.18%) HTML
9 22 (4.00%) CSS
10 15 (2.73%) XML
11 14 (2.55%) Laravel
12 11 (2.00%) GraphQL
13 8 (1.45%) Kafka
14 5 (0.91%) AngularJS
14 5 (0.91%) ASP.NET
15 4 (0.73%) REST
15 4 (0.73%) Web Services
16 3 (0.55%) .NET Core
16 3 (0.55%) .NET Framework
16 3 (0.55%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 33 (6.00%) Management Information System
2 31 (5.64%) Private Cloud
3 22 (4.00%) Cloud Native
4 18 (3.27%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (3.09%) Robotics
5 17 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
6 11 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
7 10 (1.82%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
8 8 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (1.09%) Algorithms
9 6 (1.09%) Fat Client
9 6 (1.09%) NHS
9 6 (1.09%) Thin Client
10 5 (0.91%) Operational Technology
10 5 (0.91%) Product Ownership
11 4 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (0.73%) Augmented Reality
11 4 (0.73%) FPGA
11 4 (0.73%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 67 (12.18%) Windows
2 37 (6.73%) Windows Server
3 22 (4.00%) Linux
4 18 (3.27%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (2.18%) Windows Server 2012
5 12 (2.18%) Windows Server 2016
6 10 (1.82%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.91%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.73%) Android
9 2 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 225 (40.91%) Agile
2 172 (31.27%) Mentoring
3 118 (21.45%) Roadmaps
4 101 (18.36%) Technical Leadership
5 95 (17.27%) Problem-Solving
6 93 (16.91%) Coaching
7 83 (15.09%) Software Engineering
8 79 (14.36%) Product Roadmap
9 78 (14.18%) Continuous Integration
10 77 (14.00%) DevOps
11 70 (12.73%) Strategic Thinking
12 69 (12.55%) Open Source
13 58 (10.55%) Project Management
14 56 (10.18%) Design Patterns
15 53 (9.64%) Code Quality
16 50 (9.09%) CI/CD
16 50 (9.09%) Customer Service
17 48 (8.73%) Computer Science
18 47 (8.55%) ITIL
18 47 (8.55%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 143 (26.00%) Java
2 66 (12.00%) COBOL
2 66 (12.00%) Micro Focus COBOL
3 51 (9.27%) TypeScript
4 48 (8.73%) JavaScript
4 48 (8.73%) PHP
5 47 (8.55%) Python
6 46 (8.36%) C#
7 43 (7.82%) C++
8 40 (7.27%) C
9 21 (3.82%) SQL
10 13 (2.36%) VB.NET
11 8 (1.45%) Rust
12 6 (1.09%) Go
13 4 (0.73%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.73%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.55%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.55%) MATLAB
14 3 (0.55%) Scala
15 2 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 114 (20.73%) Degree
2 72 (13.09%) Security Cleared
3 36 (6.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 27 (4.91%) SC Cleared
5 13 (2.36%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
6 9 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 6 (1.09%) Azure Certification
9 5 (0.91%) CCNP
9 5 (0.91%) PMI Certification
10 4 (0.73%) CCNA
10 4 (0.73%) Chartered Engineer
10 4 (0.73%) DBS Check
10 4 (0.73%) HND
10 4 (0.73%) PMP
11 3 (0.55%) A+ Certification
11 3 (0.55%) CompTIA Security+
11 3 (0.55%) Master's Degree
11 3 (0.55%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (3.64%) GMP
2 17 (3.09%) SLA
3 11 (2.00%) PMO
4 10 (1.82%) QA
5 5 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.73%) GDPR
7 3 (0.55%) JTAG
8 2 (0.36%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.36%) Def Stans
8 2 (0.36%) GRC
8 2 (0.36%) NCSC
9 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.18%) NIST
9 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (3.27%) Active Directory
2 17 (3.09%) Hyper-V
3 9 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.64%) vSphere
4 8 (1.45%) Docker
5 3 (0.55%) BitLocker
6 2 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.36%) Firmware
6 2 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 21 (3.82%) Terraform
2 16 (2.91%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (2.55%) SCCM
4 6 (1.09%) FortiGate
4 6 (1.09%) Nagios
5 5 (0.91%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.36%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.36%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.18%) Ansible
7 1 (0.18%) Grafana
7 1 (0.18%) Podman
Vendors
1 76 (13.82%) Microsoft
2 66 (12.00%) Micro Focus
3 40 (7.27%) Oracle
4 33 (6.00%) VMware
5 21 (3.82%) Salesforce
6 12 (2.18%) Citrix
7 11 (2.00%) Cisco
8 7 (1.27%) CheckPoint
8 7 (1.27%) IBM
8 7 (1.27%) ServiceNow
9 6 (1.09%) Veeam
10 5 (0.91%) Informatica
10 5 (0.91%) Meraki
11 4 (0.73%) Barracuda Networks
11 4 (0.73%) ESET
11 4 (0.73%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.73%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 3 (0.55%) QinetiQ
12 3 (0.55%) SAP
13 2 (0.36%) BMC