Educational Technology Job Trends

Educational Technology (Edtech)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Educational Technology in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Educational Technology over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 561 605 753
Rank change year-on-year +44 +148 +65
Permanent jobs citing Educational Technology 178 54 159
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.12% 0.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.76% 0.28% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 139 44 134
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,000 £24,913
25th Percentile £39,984 £30,688 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year - +18.92% -22.92%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,625 £66,625
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - +37.50% -33.33%

All Generic Skills
UK

Educational Technology falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 23,343 19,092 36,350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 25.21% 43.13% 34.00%
Number of salaries quoted 14,822 8,957 23,473
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,211
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £38,524
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% - -9.09%

Educational Technology
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Educational Technology relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Educational Technology job vacancy trend in the UK

Educational Technology
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Educational Technology.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Educational Technology

Educational Technology
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Educational Technology over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Educational Technology in the UK

Educational Technology
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Educational Technology within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 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
England +49 145 £50,000 -6.98% 74
UK excluding London +17 99 £55,000 - 52
London +17 63 £62,500 +47.06% 33
Work from Home +4 48 £50,000 -6.98% 56
North of England -10 29 £50,000 -9.09% 24
South East -7 20 £50,000 -41.18% 9
Scotland +25 18 £80,000 -15.79% 6
South West -54 16 £47,500 +5.56% 6
Yorkshire -28 15 £70,000 +27.27% 13
North West +25 12 £50,000 -24.53% 11
Midlands -14 8 £60,000 +100.00% 2
West Midlands -17 8 £60,000 +100.00%
East of England - 8 £80,150 - 3
North East - 2 £46,250 - 1

Educational Technology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 6 (3.37%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.12%) Moodle
3 2 (1.12%) WordPress
4 1 (0.56%) Apache
4 1 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.56%) Totara
Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.12%) Trello
2 1 (0.56%) Adobe Captivate
2 1 (0.56%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (2.25%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 2 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 23 (12.92%) SaaS
2 14 (7.87%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (7.30%) AWS
4 7 (3.93%) Azure
5 6 (3.37%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.69%) GitHub
7 2 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (1.12%) Google Analytics
7 2 (1.12%) Google Sheets
7 2 (1.12%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.56%) Canva
8 1 (0.56%) dbt
8 1 (0.56%) Google Gemini
8 1 (0.56%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.56%) LangSmith
8 1 (0.56%) Vyond
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.49%) Firewall
2 7 (3.93%) Wi-Fi
3 5 (2.81%) TCP/IP
4 4 (2.25%) DHCP
4 4 (2.25%) DNS
4 4 (2.25%) VLAN
4 4 (2.25%) Wireless
5 3 (1.69%) LAN
5 3 (1.69%) WAN
6 1 (0.56%) DSL
6 1 (0.56%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.12%) Big Data
1 2 (1.12%) BigQuery
1 2 (1.12%) Power BI
2 1 (0.56%) Airbyte
2 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.56%) Power Query
2 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.56%) Semantic Layer
2 1 (0.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Claude Code
2 1 (0.56%) Cypress.io
2 1 (0.56%) Git
2 1 (0.56%) SpecFlow
General
1 45 (25.28%) Social Skills
2 31 (17.42%) Finance
3 23 (12.92%) Marketing
4 10 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.93%) Swedish Language
6 5 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (2.81%) Legal
6 5 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (2.81%) Public Sector
6 5 (2.81%) Tech for Good
7 4 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.69%) Local Government
9 2 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.12%) Multimedia
9 2 (1.12%) Publishing
10 1 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (17.98%) Developer
2 25 (14.04%) Senior
3 19 (10.67%) Software Engineer
4 17 (9.55%) Senior Developer
5 15 (8.43%) Python Developer
6 13 (7.30%) Senior Python Developer
7 12 (6.74%) Head of Finance
8 10 (5.62%) Accountant
8 10 (5.62%) Lead
8 10 (5.62%) Management Accountant
9 9 (5.06%) Sales Manager
10 8 (4.49%) IT Support
10 8 (4.49%) Operations Manager
10 8 (4.49%) PHP Developer
10 8 (4.49%) Relationships Manager
11 7 (3.93%) Account Executive
11 7 (3.93%) Administrator
11 7 (3.93%) Product Manager
12 6 (3.37%) IT Engineer
12 6 (3.37%) IT Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.62%) Flask
2 4 (2.25%) React
3 3 (1.69%) REST
3 3 (1.69%) Ruby on Rails
4 2 (1.12%) .NET
4 2 (1.12%) OAuth
4 2 (1.12%) Visualforce
5 1 (0.56%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.56%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.56%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.56%) ASP.NET Core
5 1 (0.56%) CSS
5 1 (0.56%) HTML
5 1 (0.56%) LangChain
5 1 (0.56%) LangGraph
5 1 (0.56%) Node.js
5 1 (0.56%) SignalR
5 1 (0.56%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.87%) Cloud Native
2 6 (3.37%) Social Media
2 6 (3.37%) Web Conferencing
3 5 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.81%) Learning Management System
3 5 (2.81%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.81%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.25%) Digital Signage
4 4 (2.25%) Product Ownership
4 4 (2.25%) Virtual Team
5 3 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.69%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.69%) e-Learning
6 2 (1.12%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.56%) Animation
7 1 (0.56%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.56%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.56%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.56%) Video Editing
7 1 (0.56%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.18%) Windows
2 10 (5.62%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.25%) Mac OS
3 4 (2.25%) Windows 10
3 4 (2.25%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.56%) Android
4 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.56%) Debian
4 1 (0.56%) Linux
4 1 (0.56%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (11.80%) AI
2 19 (10.67%) Software Engineering
3 17 (9.55%) Agile
3 17 (9.55%) CRM
4 15 (8.43%) B2B
4 15 (8.43%) Customer Service
4 15 (8.43%) Roadmaps
5 13 (7.30%) Financial Modelling
5 13 (7.30%) Stakeholder Management
6 12 (6.74%) Analytics
6 12 (6.74%) Coaching
7 10 (5.62%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (5.62%) Decision-Making
8 9 (5.06%) Kalman Filter
8 9 (5.06%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (5.06%) Product Marketing
9 8 (4.49%) Mentoring
10 7 (3.93%) Customer Experience
10 7 (3.93%) Workflow
11 6 (3.37%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (12.36%) Python
2 9 (5.06%) JavaScript
2 9 (5.06%) PHP
3 5 (2.81%) SQL
4 4 (2.25%) Ruby
5 2 (1.12%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.56%) Bash
6 1 (0.56%) C#
6 1 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.56%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (6.74%) Degree
2 5 (2.81%) DBS Check
3 1 (0.56%) ACCA
3 1 (0.56%) CIMA
3 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.56%) Postgraduate
3 1 (0.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.93%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.25%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.12%) GDPR
3 2 (1.12%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.56%) IFRS
4 1 (0.56%) QA
System Software
1 6 (3.37%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (3.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (1.12%) SCCM
3 1 (0.56%) Ansible
Vendors
1 17 (9.55%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.62%) Salesforce
3 9 (5.06%) HubSpot
4 6 (3.37%) Google
5 5 (2.81%) Marketo
5 5 (2.81%) Pardot
6 4 (2.25%) Apple
6 4 (2.25%) Veeam
7 2 (1.12%) Adobe
7 2 (1.12%) Freshdesk
7 2 (1.12%) VMware
8 1 (0.56%) Dataiku
8 1 (0.56%) Synthesia