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 21 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 485 433 486
Rank change year-on-year -52 +53 +148
Permanent jobs citing Tech for Good 194 250 344
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.28% 0.52% 0.46%
As % of the General category 0.50% 0.75% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 185 212 329
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 £82,500
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 38,588 33,237 46,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 56.07% 68.49% 61.62%
Number of salaries quoted 21,042 15,318 34,335
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,211 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.31% +9.09% -10.10%
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 21 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 21 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 -36 148 £70,000 +3.70% 30
UK excluding London -30 112 £70,000 +12.00% 18
Work from Home -29 68 £72,500 +7.41% 16
London +12 47 £76,000 - 13
North of England -29 33 £70,000 +16.67% 3
South East -5 23 £70,000 +16.67% 4
South West -26 22 £65,000 +10.64% 10
Yorkshire -25 18 £70,000 -6.67%
North West -10 15 £70,000 +16.67% 3
Scotland -6 13 £60,000 -14.29% 1
East of England +4 9 £67,500 -3.57%
West Midlands -2 5 £70,000 -24.32%
Midlands -4 5 £70,000 -24.32%
Northern Ireland -26 4 £70,000 -26.32%
Wales 0 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 (6.70%) WordPress
2 6 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.06%) Apache
3 4 (2.06%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.55%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.52%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (1.03%) Chatbot
1 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 64 (32.99%) Power Platform
2 59 (30.41%) AWS
3 57 (29.38%) Dynamics 365
4 21 (10.82%) SaaS
5 17 (8.76%) Amazon S3
5 17 (8.76%) AWS Lambda
5 17 (8.76%) Serverless
6 16 (8.25%) Azure
7 14 (7.22%) Amazon SQS
8 10 (5.15%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (2.58%) GitHub
11 4 (2.06%) Entra ID
11 4 (2.06%) GCP
11 4 (2.06%) Power Automate
11 4 (2.06%) PowerApps
12 2 (1.03%) OpenShift
13 1 (0.52%) Amazon SageMaker
13 1 (0.52%) Figma
13 1 (0.52%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.03%) Internet
2 1 (0.52%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.61%) Power BI
2 5 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.06%) MySQL
4 3 (1.55%) Amazon Redshift
4 3 (1.55%) Data Lake
4 3 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.55%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.03%) Tableau
6 1 (0.52%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 5 (2.58%) JIRA
2 3 (1.55%) Git
3 1 (0.52%) Appium
3 1 (0.52%) GitLab
3 1 (0.52%) JMeter
3 1 (0.52%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.52%) Postman
General
1 33 (17.01%) Social Skills
2 28 (14.43%) Health Technology
3 15 (7.73%) Organisational Skills
3 15 (7.73%) Publishing
4 14 (7.22%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (5.15%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (2.58%) Social Housing
7 4 (2.06%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.03%) Finance
8 2 (1.03%) Marketing
9 1 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.52%) Local Government
9 1 (0.52%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 56 (28.87%) Developer
2 54 (27.84%) Application Development Manager
2 54 (27.84%) Applications Development Manager
2 54 (27.84%) Applications Manager
2 54 (27.84%) Development Manager
3 34 (17.53%) Lead
4 33 (17.01%) Software Engineer
5 32 (16.49%) Lead Developer
6 22 (11.34%) Senior
7 18 (9.28%) Python Developer
8 17 (8.76%) React Developer
9 15 (7.73%) AWS Developer
9 15 (7.73%) Lead Python Developer
10 13 (6.70%) WordPress Developer
11 12 (6.19%) Senior Software Engineer
12 10 (5.15%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 8 (4.12%) Java Developer
13 8 (4.12%) Lead Java Developer
13 8 (4.12%) Lead Software Developer
13 8 (4.12%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (9.79%) React
2 14 (7.22%) RESTful
3 12 (6.19%) Node.js
4 11 (5.67%) Spring Boot
5 10 (5.15%) .NET
5 10 (5.15%) Laravel
6 9 (4.64%) Spring
7 8 (4.12%) React Native
8 4 (2.06%) Django
8 4 (2.06%) Ruby on Rails
9 2 (1.03%) CSS
9 2 (1.03%) FastAPI
9 2 (1.03%) Flask
9 2 (1.03%) HTML
9 2 (1.03%) Kafka
9 2 (1.03%) Nuxt
9 2 (1.03%) Vue
10 1 (0.52%) AngularJS
10 1 (0.52%) Next.js
10 1 (0.52%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.76%) IoT
2 11 (5.67%) Mobile App
3 6 (3.09%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.09%) NHS
4 5 (2.58%) Smart Home
5 3 (1.55%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.55%) Robotics
6 1 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.52%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.52%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 11 (5.67%) Android
1 11 (5.67%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (22.16%) Software Engineering
2 35 (18.04%) Agile
2 35 (18.04%) CI/CD
3 34 (17.53%) Mentoring
4 29 (14.95%) TDD
5 28 (14.43%) Full-Stack Development
6 24 (12.37%) DevOps
7 21 (10.82%) Coaching
8 20 (10.31%) Scrum
8 20 (10.31%) User Stories
9 18 (9.28%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (8.25%) Continuous Integration
10 16 (8.25%) Pair Programming
10 16 (8.25%) Process Improvement
11 15 (7.73%) Code Quality
12 14 (7.22%) Acceptance Criteria
12 14 (7.22%) Extreme Programming
12 14 (7.22%) Operational Stability
12 14 (7.22%) Time Management
13 13 (6.70%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 29 (14.95%) Python
2 18 (9.28%) Java
3 14 (7.22%) TypeScript
4 12 (6.19%) PHP
5 10 (5.15%) SQL
6 7 (3.61%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.06%) Ruby
8 3 (1.55%) C++
9 2 (1.03%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (5.15%) Degree
2 1 (0.52%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (10.31%) QA
2 9 (4.64%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.52%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (4.64%) Docker
2 4 (2.06%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (5.15%) Terraform
2 6 (3.09%) Ansible
3 5 (2.58%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (4.64%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.03%) Salesforce
3 1 (0.52%) Facebook
3 1 (0.52%) Instagram