Technical Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Technical Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Technical Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 344 331 519
Rank change year-on-year -13 +188 -50
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Manager 255 565 216
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.74% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.77% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 82 460 185
10th Percentile £31,250 £40,475 £45,300
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £48,526
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -16.67% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,813 £75,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 35,966 72,929 49,772
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 95.03% 88.85%
Number of salaries quoted 18,271 51,149 29,365
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% -6.54% +6.37%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Manager in the UK excluding London

Technical Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Technical Manager in the UK excluding London

Technical Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Manager in the UK excluding London

Technical Manager
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 Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 June 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
North of England +65 168 £55,000 +10.00% 216
Yorkshire +127 143 £65,000 +36.84% 95
South East -14 44 £52,500 - 315
North West -47 23 £55,000 +10.00% 101
Midlands -29 16 £65,000 +30.00% 171
East of England +7 15 £45,000 -10.00% 150
South West +57 11 £58,750 +17.50% 112
West Midlands -18 9 £65,000 +18.18% 91
East Midlands +19 6 £60,000 +20.00% 70
Scotland +108 2 £95,000 +111.11% 42
North East +40 1 £65,000 +18.18% 21
Wales +31 1 £71,500 +16.73% 20
Technical Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 June 2025, Technical Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 172 (67.45%) Social Skills
2 169 (66.27%) Degree
3 157 (61.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 152 (59.61%) Mathematics
5 150 (58.82%) Physics
6 149 (58.43%) Manufacturing
7 140 (54.90%) Electronics
8 139 (54.51%) Marketing
9 137 (53.73%) Presentation Skills
10 36 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
11 32 (12.55%) Stakeholder Management
12 26 (10.20%) Finance
13 25 (9.80%) Project Management
14 24 (9.41%) Agile
15 22 (8.63%) Project Delivery
16 16 (6.27%) Mentoring
17 15 (5.88%) Microsoft
18 14 (5.49%) Service Delivery
18 14 (5.49%) BPSS Clearance
18 14 (5.49%) Azure
18 14 (5.49%) Systems Engineering
18 14 (5.49%) Product Strategy
19 13 (5.10%) Coaching
19 13 (5.10%) Retail
20 12 (4.71%) Python
20 12 (4.71%) Java
20 12 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
20 12 (4.71%) JIRA
21 11 (4.31%) Automotive
21 11 (4.31%) Decision-Making

Technical Manager 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 10 (3.92%) Confluence
2 3 (1.18%) CMS
2 3 (1.18%) Kentico
Applications
1 3 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.18%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 14 (5.49%) Azure
2 6 (2.35%) SaaS
3 5 (1.96%) AWS
4 4 (1.57%) GitHub
5 3 (1.18%) BigCommerce
5 3 (1.18%) ClickUp
5 3 (1.18%) GCP
5 3 (1.18%) Kontent
5 3 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
5 3 (1.18%) Storyblok
6 2 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.78%) Azure Functions
6 2 (0.78%) Azure Key Vault
6 2 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (0.78%) Entra ID
6 2 (0.78%) IaaS
6 2 (0.78%) PaaS
6 2 (0.78%) Serverless
7 1 (0.39%) Azure Sentinel
7 1 (0.39%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.35%) Firewall
2 4 (1.57%) Network Security
3 3 (1.18%) Cisco Firepower
3 3 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.78%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (0.78%) VLAN
4 2 (0.78%) Wireless
5 1 (0.39%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.39%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.39%) FlexRay
5 1 (0.39%) VoIP
5 1 (0.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (4.71%) JIRA
2 2 (0.78%) Jenkins
General
1 172 (67.45%) Social Skills
2 149 (58.43%) Manufacturing
3 140 (54.90%) Electronics
4 139 (54.51%) Marketing
5 137 (53.73%) Presentation Skills
6 26 (10.20%) Finance
7 13 (5.10%) Retail
8 12 (4.71%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (4.31%) Automotive
10 8 (3.14%) Banking
10 8 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 5 (1.96%) Aerospace
13 4 (1.57%) Law
13 4 (1.57%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.18%) Investment Banking
14 3 (1.18%) Legal
15 2 (0.78%) Agriculture
15 2 (0.78%) Local Government
16 1 (0.39%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.18%) Spring
1 3 (1.18%) Spring Boot
2 2 (0.78%) Hibernate
3 1 (0.39%) .NET
3 1 (0.39%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 6 (2.35%) Digital Signage
2 5 (1.96%) Driving Licence
2 5 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
3 4 (1.57%) Onboarding
3 4 (1.57%) Virtual Team
4 3 (1.18%) Embedded Systems
4 3 (1.18%) Product Ownership
5 2 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (0.78%) Security Posture
5 2 (0.78%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.39%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (0.39%) Data Centre
6 1 (0.39%) FMCG
6 1 (0.39%) Infotainment
6 1 (0.39%) IoT
6 1 (0.39%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.39%) NHS
6 1 (0.39%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.75%) Windows
2 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (61.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 152 (59.61%) Mathematics
3 150 (58.82%) Physics
4 36 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (12.55%) Stakeholder Management
6 25 (9.80%) Project Management
7 24 (9.41%) Agile
8 22 (8.63%) Project Delivery
9 16 (6.27%) Mentoring
10 14 (5.49%) Product Strategy
10 14 (5.49%) Service Delivery
10 14 (5.49%) Systems Engineering
11 13 (5.10%) Coaching
12 11 (4.31%) Decision-Making
13 10 (3.92%) Software Engineering
14 9 (3.53%) Resource Allocation
15 8 (3.14%) Computer Science
15 8 (3.14%) PRINCE2
15 8 (3.14%) System Testing
15 8 (3.14%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 12 (4.71%) Java
1 12 (4.71%) Python
2 2 (0.78%) C#
2 2 (0.78%) R
3 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.39%) PHP
Qualifications
1 169 (66.27%) Degree
2 14 (5.49%) BPSS Clearance
3 9 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (2.75%) NVQ Level 3
4 7 (2.75%) NVQ Level 4
5 6 (2.35%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.57%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.57%) PMP
7 3 (1.18%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.18%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.78%) CCNA
8 2 (0.78%) CCNP
8 2 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.78%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.78%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.39%) CISM
9 1 (0.39%) CISSP
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (1.18%) PMO
1 3 (1.18%) QA
1 3 (1.18%) SLA
2 2 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (0.78%) NIST
3 1 (0.39%) JTAG
System Software
1 4 (1.57%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.78%) Docker
3 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (1.57%) Terraform
2 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.78%) Ansible
3 2 (0.78%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.39%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.39%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 15 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 9 (3.53%) Cisco
3 7 (2.75%) Meraki
4 5 (1.96%) Oracle
5 4 (1.57%) VMware
6 3 (1.18%) Autodesk
6 3 (1.18%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.18%) IBM
7 2 (0.78%) BMC
7 2 (0.78%) Broadcom
7 2 (0.78%) HP
7 2 (0.78%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.78%) PeopleSoft
7 2 (0.78%) Red Hat
7 2 (0.78%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.39%) ForgeRock
8 1 (0.39%) NetIQ
8 1 (0.39%) Okta
8 1 (0.39%) Ping Identity
8 1 (0.39%) Planview