Technical Leadership Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Technical Leadership
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Technical Leadership skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 184 153
Rank change year-on-year +37 -31 +21
Permanent jobs citing Technical Leadership 601 543 690
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.42% 1.51% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.81% 1.70% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 411 341 448
10th Percentile £52,400 £52,500 £48,000
25th Percentile £58,500 £62,500 £61,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year - +6.27% +0.82%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,688
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,000 £92,104
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -9.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,283 31,985 30,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.49% 89.04% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,187 14,363 22,780
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Technical Leadership job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Technical Leadership
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Technical Leadership.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Technical Leadership

Technical Leadership
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Leadership in the UK excluding London

Technical Leadership
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 Leadership within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
South East +67 222 £75,000 - 247
North of England +47 162 £75,000 +4.18% 152
North West +56 92 £75,000 +9.49% 69
Midlands +47 88 £68,000 +0.74% 93
West Midlands +35 61 £75,000 +7.14% 28
Yorkshire +5 55 £75,900 +8.43% 65
South West -20 51 £80,000 +10.34% 123
East of England +6 40 £55,000 -35.29% 129
East Midlands +4 27 £65,000 +4.00% 64
Scotland -27 24 £77,359 +14.61% 39
Wales +13 16 £68,958 -1.21% 39
North East +9 16 £75,000 -0.53% 20
Northern Ireland -10 7 £82,500 +10.00% 16
Technical Leadership
UK

Technical Leadership
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 15 (2.50%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.50%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.00%) CMS
5 5 (0.83%) Apache
6 4 (0.67%) Appian
7 3 (0.50%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.50%) Mule
7 3 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.33%) ArchestrA
8 2 (0.33%) FactoryTalk
8 2 (0.33%) HCL Notes
8 2 (0.33%) IIS
8 2 (0.33%) SAS
8 2 (0.33%) WinCC
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.17%) Confluence
9 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 10 (1.66%) CATIA
2 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.50%) Weka
3 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.33%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.33%) Revit
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 61 (10.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.50%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.33%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.17%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 173 (28.79%) Azure
2 117 (19.47%) AWS
3 65 (10.82%) SaaS
4 34 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
4 34 (5.66%) Power Platform
5 29 (4.83%) GCP
6 28 (4.66%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (3.83%) Entra ID
8 18 (3.00%) GitHub
9 15 (2.50%) Serverless
10 13 (2.16%) PaaS
11 11 (1.83%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 10 (1.66%) Azure Logic Apps
13 9 (1.50%) Amazon S3
13 9 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
14 8 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
15 7 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
15 7 (1.16%) Azure Key Vault
15 7 (1.16%) IaaS
15 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.99%) DNS
2 20 (3.33%) Firewall
3 17 (2.83%) VPN
4 16 (2.66%) WAN
5 12 (2.00%) LAN
6 8 (1.33%) SD-WAN
7 7 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (1.00%) TCP/IP
8 6 (1.00%) Wireless
9 5 (0.83%) DHCP
9 5 (0.83%) Junos
9 5 (0.83%) MPLS
10 4 (0.67%) BGP
10 4 (0.67%) Network Security
11 3 (0.50%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (0.50%) Modbus
11 3 (0.50%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.50%) WLAN
12 2 (0.33%) Profibus
12 2 (0.33%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
2 22 (3.66%) SQL Server
3 15 (2.50%) MongoDB
4 13 (2.16%) NoSQL
5 12 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (1.50%) MySQL
7 8 (1.33%) Metadata
8 7 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 6 (1.00%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.83%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.67%) Airbyte
11 4 (0.67%) Power BI
11 4 (0.67%) Redis
12 3 (0.50%) Delta Lake
12 3 (0.50%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.33%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.33%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 2 (0.33%) Parquet
13 2 (0.33%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 63 (10.48%) Git
2 55 (9.15%) Rational DOORS
3 42 (6.99%) Jenkins
3 42 (6.99%) JIRA
4 19 (3.16%) GitLab
4 19 (3.16%) Selenium
5 11 (1.83%) Robot Framework
5 11 (1.83%) Snyk
6 4 (0.67%) Cucumber
6 4 (0.67%) JUnit
7 3 (0.50%) Apache Continuum
7 3 (0.50%) MSTest
7 3 (0.50%) NUnit
8 2 (0.33%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.17%) MLflow
9 1 (0.17%) Moq
9 1 (0.17%) NSubstitute
General
1 224 (37.27%) Social Skills
2 125 (20.80%) Finance
3 70 (11.65%) Marketing
4 68 (11.31%) Manufacturing
5 42 (6.99%) Electronics
6 35 (5.82%) Analytical Skills
7 32 (5.32%) Public Sector
8 29 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (3.66%) Law
10 18 (3.00%) Retail
11 17 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 14 (2.33%) Banking
12 14 (2.33%) Legal
13 12 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.50%) Financial Institution
14 9 (1.50%) Military
15 7 (1.16%) Games
16 6 (1.00%) Aerospace
16 6 (1.00%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.83%) Billing
Job Titles
1 243 (40.43%) Lead
2 131 (21.80%) Senior
3 89 (14.81%) Systems Engineer
4 83 (13.81%) Developer
5 77 (12.81%) Architect
6 68 (11.31%) Principal Engineer
7 60 (9.98%) Analyst
7 60 (9.98%) Senior Analyst
8 57 (9.48%) SAP Analyst
9 49 (8.15%) Lead Developer
9 49 (8.15%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 33 (5.49%) Software Engineer
11 30 (4.99%) Lead Systems Engineer
12 27 (4.49%) Technical Leader
13 24 (3.99%) Solutions Architect
14 23 (3.83%) Lead Software Engineer
15 22 (3.66%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 18 (3.00%) RF Engineer
17 17 (2.83%) C# Developer
17 17 (2.83%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (9.48%) .NET
2 35 (5.82%) React
3 24 (3.99%) HTML
4 22 (3.66%) CSS
5 21 (3.49%) RESTful
6 20 (3.33%) Node.js
7 17 (2.83%) JSON
8 15 (2.50%) .NET Core
8 15 (2.50%) XML
9 13 (2.16%) Spring
10 12 (2.00%) Spring Boot
11 10 (1.66%) Kafka
12 9 (1.50%) AngularJS
12 9 (1.50%) ARM Templates
13 7 (1.16%) Flask
13 7 (1.16%) OLE
13 7 (1.16%) PySpark
14 6 (1.00%) REST
14 6 (1.00%) Vue
15 5 (0.83%) Micronaut
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.66%) Cloud Native
2 38 (6.32%) Algorithms
3 35 (5.82%) Product Ownership
4 26 (4.33%) Distributed Systems
5 20 (3.33%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (2.33%) Driving Licence
6 14 (2.33%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.00%) Management Information System
8 11 (1.83%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.33%) FPGA
9 8 (1.33%) Marketing Technology
10 6 (1.00%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.00%) Linux Command Line
11 5 (0.83%) Clustering
11 5 (0.83%) Low-Code
11 5 (0.83%) Operational Technology
11 5 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (0.83%) SCADA
11 5 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 34 (5.66%) Windows
2 16 (2.66%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.83%) Linux
4 6 (1.00%) VMS
5 4 (0.67%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.33%) Unix
7 1 (0.17%) Android
7 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (28.29%) Problem-Solving
2 147 (24.46%) Mentoring
3 144 (23.96%) Agile
4 114 (18.97%) Continuous Improvement
5 101 (16.81%) Software Engineering
6 92 (15.31%) Systems Engineering
7 91 (15.14%) CI/CD
8 88 (14.64%) DevOps
9 76 (12.65%) Architectural Design
10 69 (11.48%) Data Management
11 68 (11.31%) Incident Management
12 67 (11.15%) Translating Business Requirements
13 62 (10.32%) AI
13 62 (10.32%) Coaching
13 62 (10.32%) Logistics
13 62 (10.32%) Quality Management
13 62 (10.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 59 (9.82%) Impact Analysis
14 59 (9.82%) Roadmaps
15 58 (9.65%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 80 (13.31%) Python
2 66 (10.98%) C#
3 56 (9.32%) SQL
4 40 (6.66%) Java
5 37 (6.16%) JavaScript
6 27 (4.49%) TypeScript
7 18 (3.00%) PowerShell
8 10 (1.66%) Bash
9 9 (1.50%) MATLAB
10 7 (1.16%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.00%) C++
11 6 (1.00%) Scala
12 5 (0.83%) C
13 4 (0.67%) ABAP
13 4 (0.67%) Bicep
13 4 (0.67%) Delphi
14 3 (0.50%) Go
14 3 (0.50%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.50%) PHP
15 2 (0.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 83 (13.81%) Degree
2 81 (13.48%) Security Cleared
3 70 (11.65%) BPSS Clearance
4 36 (5.99%) SC Cleared
5 29 (4.83%) DV Cleared
6 16 (2.66%) Azure Certification
7 14 (2.33%) Chartered Engineer
8 13 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
9 10 (1.66%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.50%) CCNP
10 9 (1.50%) CISSP
11 8 (1.33%) Master's Degree
12 7 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (1.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (1.00%) CCNA
13 6 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
14 5 (0.83%) JNCIA
15 4 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (8.82%) QA
2 42 (6.99%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 26 (4.33%) Def Stans
4 20 (3.33%) Data Quality
5 14 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 10 (1.66%) NIST
7 7 (1.16%) Accessibility
8 6 (1.00%) GDPR
8 6 (1.00%) IEC 61508
9 4 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.67%) ISO 20022
9 4 (0.67%) ISO 26262
9 4 (0.67%) PCI DSS
9 4 (0.67%) SEPA
9 4 (0.67%) TARGET2
10 3 (0.50%) RMADS
11 2 (0.33%) GxP
11 2 (0.33%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 41 (6.82%) Docker
2 27 (4.49%) Active Directory
3 8 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.16%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.00%) Firmware
6 4 (0.67%) Embedded Firmware
7 3 (0.50%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.33%) vSphere
9 1 (0.17%) Ceph
9 1 (0.17%) Lustre
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
9 1 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 47 (7.82%) Terraform
2 41 (6.82%) Kubernetes
3 18 (3.00%) Ansible
4 13 (2.16%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (1.00%) Grafana
6 5 (0.83%) FortiGate
7 3 (0.50%) vRealize
8 2 (0.33%) Argo
8 2 (0.33%) Control-M
8 2 (0.33%) Nessus
8 2 (0.33%) SCCM
9 1 (0.17%) Proxmox
9 1 (0.17%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 66 (10.98%) Microsoft
2 63 (10.48%) SAP
3 47 (7.82%) IBM
4 31 (5.16%) Databricks
5 18 (3.00%) Oracle
6 17 (2.83%) Cisco
7 16 (2.66%) VMware
8 14 (2.33%) ServiceNow
9 11 (1.83%) Black Duck
9 11 (1.83%) Coverity
10 10 (1.66%) Juniper
11 8 (1.33%) Fortinet
11 8 (1.33%) Guidewire
12 5 (0.83%) Aruba
12 5 (0.83%) Citrix
12 5 (0.83%) Tenable
12 5 (0.83%) UiPath
13 4 (0.67%) BiZZdesign
13 4 (0.67%) Siemens
13 4 (0.67%) Splunk