Technologist Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Technologist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Technologist salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 384 510 516
Rank change year-on-year +126 +6 +204
Permanent jobs requiring a Technologist 118 57 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.28% 0.16% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.17% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 61 37 14
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £25,825
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £26,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% +12.90% -43.64%
75th Percentile - - £50,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £39,172 £95,150
UK median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% +9.38% -48.46%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 37,803 34,118 30,445
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 92.97% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 22,898 16,838 23,053
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% -1.67%

Technologist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technologist' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Technologist job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Technologist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Technologist job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Technologist job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Technologist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technologist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Technologist in the UK excluding London

Technologist
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 Technologist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 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
North of England +55 46 £45,000 - 18
Midlands +27 22 £35,000 - 11
East Midlands +12 17 £35,500 +28.53% 9
Yorkshire +6 17 £45,000 +50.00% 7
North East +20 15 £50,000 -50.00% 2
North West +39 14 £45,000 - 9
Scotland - 13 £57,500 - 5
East of England +32 11 £30,000 +15.38%
South East +27 9 £35,000 -9.37% 2
Northern Ireland 0 8 - - 4
South West -3 8 - -
West Midlands +25 5 £35,000 - 2
Wales - 1 £35,000 -
Technologist
UK

Technologist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, Technologist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Technologist in the job title.

1 19 (16.10%) AI
2 8 (6.78%) Software Engineering
3 7 (5.93%) Data Analysis
3 7 (5.93%) Project Management
3 7 (5.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (5.93%) Thought Leadership
3 7 (5.93%) Visualisation
4 6 (5.08%) Customer Requirements
4 6 (5.08%) Fintech
5 5 (4.24%) Machine Learning
6 4 (3.39%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (3.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (3.39%) Data Visualisation
6 4 (3.39%) Workflow
7 3 (2.54%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (2.54%) Power BI
7 3 (2.54%) Power Platform
7 3 (2.54%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (2.54%) Service Delivery
7 3 (2.54%) SQL
8 2 (1.69%) Building Information Modelling
8 2 (1.69%) Degree
8 2 (1.69%) Digital Innovation
8 2 (1.69%) Revit
9 1 (0.85%) Agile
9 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.85%) Business Case
9 1 (0.85%) Business Development
9 1 (0.85%) Business Strategy

Technologist Skill Set
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 1 (0.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (1.69%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 3 (2.54%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (2.54%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.54%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.85%) JIRA
General
1 7 (5.93%) Aerospace
1 7 (5.93%) Finance
1 7 (5.93%) Legal
2 5 (4.24%) Manufacturing
3 3 (2.54%) Law
4 2 (1.69%) Retail
5 1 (0.85%) Avionics
5 1 (0.85%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.93%) Life Science
2 6 (5.08%) Hedge funds
3 3 (2.54%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.85%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.85%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (16.10%) AI
2 8 (6.78%) Software Engineering
3 7 (5.93%) Data Analysis
3 7 (5.93%) Project Management
3 7 (5.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 7 (5.93%) Thought Leadership
3 7 (5.93%) Visualisation
4 6 (5.08%) Customer Requirements
4 6 (5.08%) Fintech
5 5 (4.24%) Machine Learning
6 4 (3.39%) Collaborative Culture
6 4 (3.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (3.39%) Data Visualisation
6 4 (3.39%) Workflow
7 3 (2.54%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (2.54%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (2.54%) Service Delivery
8 2 (1.69%) Building Information Modelling
8 2 (1.69%) Digital Innovation
9 1 (0.85%) Decarbonisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (2.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (1.69%) Degree
2 1 (0.85%) BPSS Clearance