Technical Leader Jobs

Technical Lead
UK

The median Technical Lead salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 346 404
Rank change year-on-year -153 +58 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 223 799 814
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.40% 0.81% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.85% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 148 631 614
10th Percentile £55,875 £46,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,360 £56,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -6.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £94,688
90th Percentile £115,750 £122,500 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 49,912 93,707 92,673
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.63% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 27,050 67,086 58,518
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £80,750
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Technical Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in the UK

Technical Leader
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Leader.

Salary trend for Technical Leader in the UK

Technical Leader
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leader over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Leader in the UK

Technical Leader
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 2025. 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 -176 193 £81,450 +8.60% 377
UK excluding London -103 139 £67,500 -3.57% 312
London -28 62 £100,000 +8.99% 127
Work from Home -136 60 £75,000 - 220
North of England -58 54 £67,037 -9.17% 93
North West -46 46 £67,037 -16.13% 51
Midlands -22 31 £77,500 +10.71% 40
West Midlands +11 28 £77,500 +5.01% 24
South West +68 22 £67,500 +5.88% 37
South East +6 15 £80,000 +23.08% 91
Scotland +115 14 £63,000 -16.00% 17
Yorkshire +27 6 £80,000 +8.39% 30
East Midlands -6 3 £74,250 +14.23% 14
North East +24 2 £73,519 -0.39% 12
East of England +4 2 £80,000 +14.29% 35
Wales +20 1 £27,000 -61.43% 7

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Technical Leader job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 68 (30.49%) Mentoring
2 66 (29.60%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (28.25%) DevOps
4 52 (23.32%) Agile
5 51 (22.87%) Social Skills
6 47 (21.08%) Azure
7 45 (20.18%) Software Engineering
8 44 (19.73%) AWS
8 44 (19.73%) Technical Leadership
9 41 (18.39%) Roadmaps
9 41 (18.39%) Finance
10 40 (17.94%) Analytical Skills
11 38 (17.04%) Degree
12 36 (16.14%) C#
13 34 (15.25%) CI/CD
14 33 (14.80%) Microservices
15 32 (14.35%) Systems Engineering
15 32 (14.35%) Java
16 31 (13.90%) .NET
16 31 (13.90%) Coaching
17 30 (13.45%) Electronics
18 29 (13.00%) Python
18 29 (13.00%) Project Management
18 29 (13.00%) Docker
18 29 (13.00%) Kubernetes
19 28 (12.56%) JavaScript
20 26 (11.66%) Analytics
21 24 (10.76%) Terraform
21 24 (10.76%) Microsoft
22 23 (10.31%) Project Delivery

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.24%) CMS
1 5 (2.24%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.90%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.90%) Confluence
4 1 (0.45%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.45%) nginx
4 1 (0.45%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (1.35%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.45%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.90%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.45%) Maximo
3 1 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 47 (21.08%) Azure
2 44 (19.73%) AWS
3 22 (9.87%) Serverless
4 15 (6.73%) Cloud Computing
4 15 (6.73%) GCP
5 12 (5.38%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (4.93%) Snowflake
7 8 (3.59%) SaaS
8 7 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
9 6 (2.69%) Power Platform
10 5 (2.24%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (2.24%) AWS CloudFormation
10 5 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.24%) IaaS
10 5 (2.24%) PaaS
11 4 (1.79%) Amazon SQS
11 4 (1.79%) GitHub
12 3 (1.35%) Amazon ECS
12 3 (1.35%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.93%) HTTP
2 9 (4.04%) SD-WAN
2 9 (4.04%) WAN
3 8 (3.59%) 5G
4 4 (1.79%) Network Security
5 3 (1.35%) DNS
5 3 (1.35%) Firewall
6 2 (0.90%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.90%) Ethernet
6 2 (0.90%) FlexRay
6 2 (0.90%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.90%) VPN
6 2 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.45%) Broadband
7 1 (0.45%) Cisco ISE
7 1 (0.45%) DHCP
7 1 (0.45%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.45%) SAN
7 1 (0.45%) Skype
7 1 (0.45%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.62%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.69%) GIS
2 6 (2.69%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.79%) Electronic Patient Records
3 4 (1.79%) MySQL
4 3 (1.35%) Amazon RDS
4 3 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.90%) Big Data
5 2 (0.90%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.90%) Power BI
6 1 (0.45%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.45%) Couchbase
6 1 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (5.83%) JIRA
2 11 (4.93%) PowerBuilder
3 8 (3.59%) GitLab
4 6 (2.69%) Jenkins
5 5 (2.24%) Git
6 1 (0.45%) ESLint
6 1 (0.45%) FitNesse
6 1 (0.45%) Moq
6 1 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.45%) Selenium
6 1 (0.45%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.45%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.45%) Storybook
6 1 (0.45%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.45%) webpack
General
1 51 (22.87%) Social Skills
2 41 (18.39%) Finance
3 40 (17.94%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (13.45%) Electronics
5 22 (9.87%) Law
6 21 (9.42%) Manufacturing
7 20 (8.97%) Banking
8 11 (4.93%) Games
9 10 (4.48%) Retail Banking
10 8 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (3.14%) Retail
12 6 (2.69%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.79%) Health Technology
14 3 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (1.35%) Legal
14 3 (1.35%) Public Sector
15 2 (0.90%) Automotive
15 2 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.90%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (13.90%) .NET
2 22 (9.87%) React
3 20 (8.97%) Kafka
4 15 (6.73%) AngularJS
4 15 (6.73%) GraphQL
5 14 (6.28%) REST
6 11 (4.93%) SOAP
7 9 (4.04%) Vue
8 8 (3.59%) RESTful
9 7 (3.14%) CSS
9 7 (3.14%) HTML
10 6 (2.69%) Laravel
11 4 (1.79%) .NET Core
11 4 (1.79%) Node.js
12 3 (1.35%) AWS CDK
12 3 (1.35%) Elastic Stack
12 3 (1.35%) LAMP
12 3 (1.35%) Next.js
12 3 (1.35%) Serverless Framework
12 3 (1.35%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.42%) Legacy Systems
2 20 (8.97%) IoT
2 20 (8.97%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 20 (8.97%) SCADA
3 18 (8.07%) Product Ownership
4 14 (6.28%) Reinsurance
5 11 (4.93%) Cloud Native
6 10 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
7 8 (3.59%) Self-Driving Car
8 6 (2.69%) Data Centre
9 5 (2.24%) Management Information System
10 4 (1.79%) CCTV
10 4 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
11 3 (1.35%) Legacy Applications
11 3 (1.35%) Mobile App
11 3 (1.35%) Private Cloud
11 3 (1.35%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.35%) Sports Betting
12 2 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.90%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.69%) Android
1 6 (2.69%) Apple iOS
1 6 (2.69%) Windows
2 3 (1.35%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.90%) Linux
4 1 (0.45%) CentOS
4 1 (0.45%) Debian
4 1 (0.45%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (30.49%) Mentoring
2 66 (29.60%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (28.25%) DevOps
4 52 (23.32%) Agile
5 45 (20.18%) Software Engineering
6 44 (19.73%) Technical Leadership
7 41 (18.39%) Roadmaps
8 34 (15.25%) CI/CD
9 33 (14.80%) Microservices
10 32 (14.35%) Systems Engineering
11 31 (13.90%) Coaching
12 29 (13.00%) Project Management
13 26 (11.66%) Analytics
14 23 (10.31%) Project Delivery
15 22 (9.87%) Computer Science
16 21 (9.42%) Data Collection
16 21 (9.42%) Supply Chain Management
17 20 (8.97%) Containerisation
17 20 (8.97%) Mechatronics
18 19 (8.52%) Architectural Design
Programming Languages
1 36 (16.14%) C#
2 32 (14.35%) Java
3 29 (13.00%) Python
4 28 (12.56%) JavaScript
5 22 (9.87%) SQL
6 13 (5.83%) TypeScript
7 12 (5.38%) PHP
8 7 (3.14%) Bash
9 5 (2.24%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.90%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.90%) C++
11 1 (0.45%) ABAP
11 1 (0.45%) Bicep
11 1 (0.45%) Go
11 1 (0.45%) X++
Qualifications
1 38 (17.04%) Degree
2 21 (9.42%) BPSS Clearance
3 18 (8.07%) Security Cleared
4 11 (4.93%) Chartered Engineer
4 11 (4.93%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.24%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.79%) CCNA
7 4 (1.79%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.79%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.90%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.90%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.90%) MCSA
8 2 (0.90%) MCSE
8 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (0.45%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.45%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.59%) GDPR
1 8 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (3.59%) PMO
1 8 (3.59%) SOC 2
2 7 (3.14%) HIPAA
2 7 (3.14%) QA
3 6 (2.69%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.69%) WCAG
4 2 (0.90%) JTAG
5 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.45%) NIST
5 1 (0.45%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.45%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (13.00%) Docker
2 7 (3.14%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.79%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 29 (13.00%) Kubernetes
2 24 (10.76%) Terraform
3 7 (3.14%) Grafana
4 6 (2.69%) Ansible
4 6 (2.69%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.45%) Control-M
5 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.45%) Proxmox
5 1 (0.45%) SCCM
5 1 (0.45%) SCOM
5 1 (0.45%) SCOrch
5 1 (0.45%) SCSM
Vendors
1 24 (10.76%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.97%) Rockwell
2 20 (8.97%) Siemens
3 14 (6.28%) Databricks
4 9 (4.04%) Salesforce
5 3 (1.35%) Google
5 3 (1.35%) SAP
5 3 (1.35%) VMware
6 2 (0.90%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.90%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.45%) Cisco
7 1 (0.45%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.45%) IBM
7 1 (0.45%) Oracle
7 1 (0.45%) SnapLogic
7 1 (0.45%) Teradata
7 1 (0.45%) Twitter