Tech for Good Job Trends

Tech for Good (Tech4Good)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Tech for Good in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Tech for Good over the 6 months leading up to 17 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 481 455 481
Rank change year-on-year -26 +26 +169
Permanent jobs citing Tech for Good 196 254 346
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.52% 0.46%
As % of the General category 0.52% 0.76% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 186 214 331
10th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £83,125
90th Percentile £85,000 £101,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% +13.64% -8.33%

All General Skills
UK

Tech for Good falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 37,983 33,413 46,130
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 56.30% 68.18% 61.56%
Number of salaries quoted 20,665 15,109 34,214
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -10.51%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £106,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -9.52%

Tech for Good
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Tech for Good relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Tech for Good job vacancy trend in the UK

Tech for Good
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Tech for Good.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Tech for Good

Tech for Good
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Tech for Good over the 6 months to 17 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Tech for Good in the UK

Tech for Good
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Tech for Good within the UK over the 6 months to 17 February 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 -20 149 £70,000 +3.70% 24
UK excluding London -24 111 £70,000 +12.00% 17
Work from Home -17 70 £69,750 +3.33% 15
London +1 49 £76,000 - 8
North of England -16 33 £70,000 +16.67% 3
South East +23 23 £70,000 +16.67% 3
South West -25 21 £65,000 +13.04% 9
Yorkshire -33 18 £70,000 -6.67%
North West +1 15 £70,000 +16.67% 3
Scotland -19 13 £60,000 -14.29% 1
East of England +7 9 £67,500 -3.57% 1
West Midlands +10 5 £70,000 -24.32%
Midlands +2 5 £70,000 -24.32%
Northern Ireland -23 4 £70,000 -26.32%
Wales -3 3 £70,000 +16.67%

Tech for Good
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 13 (6.63%) WordPress
2 6 (3.06%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.04%) Apache
3 4 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.53%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.51%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.02%) Chatbot
1 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 64 (32.65%) Power Platform
2 61 (31.12%) AWS
3 57 (29.08%) Dynamics 365
4 21 (10.71%) SaaS
5 19 (9.69%) AWS Lambda
5 19 (9.69%) Serverless
6 17 (8.67%) Amazon S3
7 16 (8.16%) Azure
8 14 (7.14%) Amazon SQS
9 10 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (3.06%) GitHub
10 6 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (2.55%) GCP
12 4 (2.04%) Entra ID
12 4 (2.04%) Power Automate
12 4 (2.04%) PowerApps
13 2 (1.02%) OpenShift
14 1 (0.51%) Amazon SageMaker
14 1 (0.51%) Figma
14 1 (0.51%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.02%) Internet
2 1 (0.51%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.57%) Power BI
2 6 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.04%) MySQL
4 3 (1.53%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (1.53%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.53%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.02%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.02%) Tableau
6 1 (0.51%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 6 (3.06%) JIRA
2 4 (2.04%) Git
3 1 (0.51%) Appium
3 1 (0.51%) GitLab
3 1 (0.51%) JMeter
3 1 (0.51%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.51%) Postman
General
1 33 (16.84%) Social Skills
2 30 (15.31%) Health Technology
3 17 (8.67%) Publishing
4 15 (7.65%) Influencing Skills
4 15 (7.65%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (4.59%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.55%) Social Housing
7 4 (2.04%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.02%) Finance
8 2 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.02%) Marketing
9 1 (0.51%) Local Government
9 1 (0.51%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 59 (30.10%) Developer
2 54 (27.55%) Application Development Manager
2 54 (27.55%) Applications Development Manager
2 54 (27.55%) Applications Manager
2 54 (27.55%) Development Manager
3 34 (17.35%) Lead
4 33 (16.84%) Software Engineer
5 32 (16.33%) Lead Developer
6 25 (12.76%) Senior
7 20 (10.20%) Python Developer
8 19 (9.69%) React Developer
9 16 (8.16%) AWS Developer
10 15 (7.65%) Lead Python Developer
11 13 (6.63%) WordPress Developer
12 12 (6.12%) Senior Software Engineer
13 9 (4.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 9 (4.59%) Software Developer
14 8 (4.08%) Full-Stack Developer
14 8 (4.08%) Java Developer
14 8 (4.08%) Lead Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (10.71%) React
2 16 (8.16%) RESTful
3 13 (6.63%) Node.js
4 10 (5.10%) .NET
4 10 (5.10%) Spring Boot
5 9 (4.59%) Laravel
6 8 (4.08%) React Native
6 8 (4.08%) Spring
7 4 (2.04%) Django
7 4 (2.04%) Ruby on Rails
8 2 (1.02%) CSS
8 2 (1.02%) FastAPI
8 2 (1.02%) Flask
8 2 (1.02%) HTML
8 2 (1.02%) Kafka
8 2 (1.02%) Nuxt
8 2 (1.02%) Swagger
8 2 (1.02%) Vue
9 1 (0.51%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.51%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.67%) IoT
2 11 (5.61%) Mobile App
3 6 (3.06%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.06%) NHS
4 5 (2.55%) Smart Home
5 4 (2.04%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.53%) Robotics
7 1 (0.51%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.51%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.51%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.61%) Android
1 11 (5.61%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.53%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (21.94%) Software Engineering
2 39 (19.90%) Agile
3 35 (17.86%) CI/CD
3 35 (17.86%) Mentoring
4 32 (16.33%) TDD
5 28 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
6 23 (11.73%) DevOps
6 23 (11.73%) Scrum
7 22 (11.22%) Coaching
8 20 (10.20%) User Stories
9 18 (9.18%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (9.18%) Pair Programming
10 17 (8.67%) Continuous Integration
11 16 (8.16%) Operational Stability
11 16 (8.16%) Process Improvement
12 15 (7.65%) Code Quality
13 14 (7.14%) Acceptance Criteria
13 14 (7.14%) Extreme Programming
13 14 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (7.14%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (15.82%) Python
2 17 (8.67%) Java
2 17 (8.67%) TypeScript
3 11 (5.61%) PHP
4 10 (5.10%) SQL
5 6 (3.06%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.04%) Ruby
7 3 (1.53%) C++
8 2 (1.02%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (5.10%) Degree
2 1 (0.51%) DBS Check
2 1 (0.51%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.51%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (11.22%) QA
2 10 (5.10%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (4.08%) Docker
2 4 (2.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (5.10%) Terraform
2 6 (3.06%) Ansible
3 5 (2.55%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 10 (5.10%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.02%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.51%) Facebook
3 1 (0.51%) Instagram