Lecturer Job Trends

Lecturer
UK

The median Lecturer salary in the UK is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 January 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 697 737
Rank change year-on-year +657 +40 +239
Permanent jobs requiring a Lecturer 3,243 10 21
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 5.19% 0.019% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.71% 0.020% 0.034%
Number of salaries quoted 56 2 21
10th Percentile £39,959 - £31,000
25th Percentile - £34,667 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £36,547 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.45% -8.63% -7.52%
75th Percentile £42,981 £38,426 -
90th Percentile £70,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 - £40,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.52%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 56,751 49,013 62,355
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.76% 92.29% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 35,238 25,292 48,562
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.41%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,050 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.75% +6.10% -5.66%

Lecturer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Lecturer job vacancy trend in the UK

Lecturer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Lecturer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Lecturer job vacancies in the UK

Lecturer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lecturer over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Lecturer in the UK

Lecturer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lecturer within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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
England +633 3,207 £40,000 +9.45% 9
UK excluding London +524 2,887 £40,000 - 7
North of England - 1,249 £40,000 - 2
North West - 1,142 £40,000 - 2
Midlands +214 817 £40,000 - 1
West Midlands +187 714 £40,000 - 1
South East - 471 - - 2
London +308 333 £49,500 +35.44% 4
East of England - 286 - -
East Midlands - 115 - -
Yorkshire - 107 - -
South West - 41 £70,000 - 2
Wales - 29 £45,000 -
Work from Home - 12 - -
Channel Islands - 6 - -
Scotland - 1 - -

Lecturer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 January 2026, Lecturer 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 featuring Lecturer in the job title.

1 3,188 (98.30%) Degree
2 3,172 (97.81%) Master's Degree
3 3,170 (97.75%) Cybersecurity
4 3,162 (97.50%) AI
5 3,159 (97.41%) Cloud Computing
5 3,159 (97.41%) Web Development
6 3,155 (97.29%) PhD
7 3,150 (97.13%) Machine Learning
8 3,140 (96.82%) Postgraduate
9 3,139 (96.79%) Internet
9 3,139 (96.79%) User Experience
10 25 (0.77%) Computer Science
11 20 (0.62%) Big Data
11 20 (0.62%) Business Analysis
11 20 (0.62%) Digital Marketing
11 20 (0.62%) HND
12 12 (0.37%) Chatbot
12 12 (0.37%) Chemistry
12 12 (0.37%) Conversational UI
12 12 (0.37%) PayPal
13 11 (0.34%) Natural Language Processing
13 11 (0.34%) Project Management
13 11 (0.34%) Reinforcement Learning
14 10 (0.31%) Psychology
15 5 (0.15%) DBS Check
16 4 (0.12%) Mentoring
17 3 (0.093%) Computer Science Degree
17 3 (0.093%) Continuous Improvement
18 2 (0.062%) Facebook
18 2 (0.062%) Google

Lecturer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 12 (0.37%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.031%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (0.031%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (0.031%) Blender
2 1 (0.031%) Maya
2 1 (0.031%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.031%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3,159 (97.41%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 3,139 (96.79%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (0.62%) Big Data
2 1 (0.031%) MS Access
General
1 3,166 (97.63%) Social Skills
2 3,159 (97.41%) Banking
2 3,159 (97.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (0.62%) Marketing
4 12 (0.37%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (0.19%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (0.062%) Humanities
6 2 (0.062%) Social Science
7 1 (0.031%) Games
7 1 (0.031%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.031%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (0.031%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 3,159 (97.41%) IoT
2 10 (0.31%) Management Information System
3 2 (0.062%) NHS
4 1 (0.031%) Animation
4 1 (0.031%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.031%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,170 (97.75%) Cybersecurity
2 3,162 (97.50%) AI
3 3,159 (97.41%) Web Development
4 3,150 (97.13%) Machine Learning
5 3,139 (96.79%) User Experience
6 25 (0.77%) Computer Science
7 20 (0.62%) Business Analysis
7 20 (0.62%) Digital Marketing
8 12 (0.37%) Chemistry
8 12 (0.37%) Conversational UI
9 11 (0.34%) Natural Language Processing
9 11 (0.34%) Project Management
9 11 (0.34%) Reinforcement Learning
10 10 (0.31%) Psychology
11 4 (0.12%) Mentoring
12 3 (0.093%) Continuous Improvement
13 2 (0.062%) Mathematics
13 2 (0.062%) Motion Capture
14 1 (0.031%) Incident Management
14 1 (0.031%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 3,188 (98.30%) Degree
2 3,172 (97.81%) Master's Degree
3 3,155 (97.29%) PhD
4 3,140 (96.82%) Postgraduate
5 20 (0.62%) HND
6 5 (0.15%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.093%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.031%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (0.37%) PayPal
2 2 (0.062%) Facebook
2 2 (0.062%) Google
3 1 (0.031%) Adobe
3 1 (0.031%) Autodesk
3 1 (0.031%) Instagram