Technical Lead
UK
The median Technical Lead salary in the UK is £81,975 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 495 | 349 | 394 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -146 | +45 | +1 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader | 199 | 793 | 849 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.38% | 0.81% | 0.82% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.42% | 0.85% | 0.89% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 138 | 631 | 635 |
| 10th Percentile | £59,577 | £46,000 | £45,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £63,750 | £61,360 | £56,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £81,975 | £75,000 | £72,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.30% | +3.45% | -6.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £100,000 | £90,000 | £95,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £120,000 | £122,500 | £112,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £72,500 | £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 | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Technical Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Technical Leader
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Leader.
Technical Leader
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leader over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
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 1 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 |
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| England | -153 | 180 | £81,450 | +8.60% | 232 |
| UK excluding London | -110 | 113 | £72,500 | +3.57% | 168 |
| London | -26 | 65 | £100,000 | +11.11% | 95 |
| Work from Home | -72 | 61 | £75,000 | - | 169 |
| North of England | -47 | 35 | £75,000 | +1.62% | 40 |
| Midlands | +8 | 33 | £73,750 | -0.07% | 26 |
| West Midlands | +14 | 30 | £73,750 | -0.88% | 14 |
| North West | -41 | 27 | £75,000 | -6.17% | 25 |
| South West | +68 | 24 | £67,500 | +5.88% | 21 |
| South East | +17 | 14 | £78,000 | +20.00% | 56 |
| Yorkshire | +28 | 6 | £80,000 | +8.39% | 11 |
| Scotland | +118 | 4 | £67,500 | -10.00% | 5 |
| East Midlands | +11 | 3 | £74,250 | +14.23% | 11 |
| North East | +30 | 2 | £73,519 | -0.39% | 5 |
| East of England | +14 | 2 | £80,000 | +14.29% | 20 |
| Northern Ireland | +34 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 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.
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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:
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