Technical Leadership Jobs

Technical Leadership
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Technical Leadership skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Technical Leadership over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 170 202
Rank change year-on-year +40 +32 +21
Permanent jobs citing Technical Leadership 1,207 1,709 1,946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.32% 1.74% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 2.02% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 927 1,105 1,222
10th Percentile £56,250 £49,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,000 £59,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,600 £72,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% -9.38% +9.22%
75th Percentile £86,875 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £110,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,600 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +0.86% +3.70% +0.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Technical Leadership falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,568 84,685 99,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.32% 85.99% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 26,511 59,837 58,366
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £76,009 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Technical Leadership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leadership in the UK

Technical Leadership
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Leadership in the UK

Technical Leadership
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Leadership in the UK

Technical Leadership
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leadership 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
England +31 1,059 £70,600 -3.29% 871
UK excluding London +55 860 £70,600 +0.86% 611
Work from Home +83 542 £70,600 -5.87% 479
South East +110 429 £70,600 +2.32% 202
London +2 289 £96,250 +13.24% 384
North of England +9 167 £71,991 +10.64% 124
North West -4 108 £63,750 -9.67% 80
Midlands +27 69 £72,500 -3.33% 91
Wales +90 67 £70,600 +18.66% 26
South West -12 66 £67,500 +3.85% 76
West Midlands +19 54 £75,000 - 47
Yorkshire +33 52 £75,000 +20.00% 33
Scotland +42 33 £72,435 -3.42% 36
East of England -7 23 £65,000 - 70
East Midlands +28 15 £70,000 - 38
North East +39 7 £73,500 -2.00% 14
Northern Ireland +33 6 - - 7
Channel Islands - 2 £78,750 -

Technical Leadership
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 14 (1.16%) Apache Spark
2 13 (1.08%) Confluence
3 12 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.83%) CMS
5 8 (0.66%) Headless CMS
6 7 (0.58%) Apache
6 7 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.58%) SharePoint
6 7 (0.58%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.41%) NetWeaver
8 4 (0.33%) SAS
9 2 (0.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.17%) IIS
9 2 (0.17%) WebSphere
9 2 (0.17%) WebSphere Application Server
10 1 (0.083%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.083%) CICS
10 1 (0.083%) Drupal
10 1 (0.083%) nginx
10 1 (0.083%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 62 (5.14%) Microsoft Office
2 43 (3.56%) Simulink
3 9 (0.75%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.17%) Trello
7 1 (0.083%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.083%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.083%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 20 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.50%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.41%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 4 (0.33%) Orchestrade
5 3 (0.25%) Magento
5 3 (0.25%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.25%) Shopify
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.17%) Payment Gateway
6 2 (0.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 2 (0.17%) Sprinklr
7 1 (0.083%) BASE24
7 1 (0.083%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 310 (25.68%) Azure
2 258 (21.38%) AWS
3 95 (7.87%) GCP
4 64 (5.30%) Serverless
5 63 (5.22%) Azure DevOps
6 54 (4.47%) Power Platform
7 44 (3.65%) AWS Lambda
8 39 (3.23%) SaaS
9 36 (2.98%) GitHub
10 30 (2.49%) Azure Service Bus
10 30 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
11 29 (2.40%) AWS CloudFormation
11 29 (2.40%) Snowflake
12 27 (2.24%) Cloud Computing
13 26 (2.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 24 (1.99%) SonarCloud
15 23 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
16 22 (1.82%) Amazon S3
16 22 (1.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 19 (1.57%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 59 (4.89%) Network Security
2 48 (3.98%) WAN
3 36 (2.98%) Firewall
4 34 (2.82%) LAN
5 30 (2.49%) BGP
6 26 (2.15%) TCP/IP
7 25 (2.07%) MPLS
8 21 (1.74%) IPsec
8 21 (1.74%) VPN
9 20 (1.66%) DNS
9 20 (1.66%) Junos
10 19 (1.57%) Cisco IOS
11 16 (1.33%) SD-WAN
12 12 (0.99%) Modbus
12 12 (0.99%) MQTT
12 12 (0.99%) Multicast
13 11 (0.91%) VLAN
14 8 (0.66%) 5G
14 8 (0.66%) DHCP
14 8 (0.66%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (3.81%) SQL Server
2 40 (3.31%) NoSQL
3 35 (2.90%) Relational Database
4 34 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
5 33 (2.73%) Data Lake
5 33 (2.73%) DynamoDB
5 33 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
6 30 (2.49%) Elasticsearch
7 27 (2.24%) Amazon Aurora
8 25 (2.07%) Big Data
9 24 (1.99%) Power BI
10 21 (1.74%) RDBMS
11 19 (1.57%) MongoDB
12 16 (1.33%) Amazon Redshift
13 14 (1.16%) BigQuery
13 14 (1.16%) Hadoop
14 13 (1.08%) MySQL
15 10 (0.83%) Metadata
16 9 (0.75%) SAP HANA
17 7 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 270 (22.37%) Rational DOORS
2 80 (6.63%) Git
3 46 (3.81%) Jenkins
4 37 (3.07%) JIRA
5 32 (2.65%) GitLab
6 29 (2.40%) Visual Studio
7 26 (2.15%) Octopus Deploy
7 26 (2.15%) Team Foundation Server
8 24 (1.99%) MSBuild
9 10 (0.83%) SonarQube
10 8 (0.66%) Gradle
10 8 (0.66%) Sonatype Nexus
11 5 (0.41%) Maven
11 5 (0.41%) Oracle Forms
11 5 (0.41%) Selenium
11 5 (0.41%) Storybook
12 4 (0.33%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.25%) Xcode
13 3 (0.25%) XCTest
13 3 (0.25%) XCUITest
General
1 406 (33.64%) Social Skills
2 304 (25.19%) Electronics
3 214 (17.73%) Finance
4 108 (8.95%) Banking
5 106 (8.78%) Analytical Skills
6 104 (8.62%) Law
7 52 (4.31%) Aerospace
8 51 (4.23%) Retail
9 48 (3.98%) Public Sector
10 31 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 28 (2.32%) Marketing
12 26 (2.15%) Financial Institution
12 26 (2.15%) Games
13 19 (1.57%) Pharmaceutical
14 14 (1.16%) Investment Banking
15 13 (1.08%) Manufacturing
16 12 (0.99%) Retail Banking
17 10 (0.83%) Advertising
17 10 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 331 (27.42%) Lead
2 313 (25.93%) Systems Engineer
3 308 (25.52%) Senior
4 267 (22.12%) Architect
5 168 (13.92%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 164 (13.59%) Principal Engineer
7 144 (11.93%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 123 (10.19%) Software Engineer
9 95 (7.87%) Solutions Architect
10 82 (6.79%) Developer
11 66 (5.47%) Team Leader
12 54 (4.47%) Lead Software Engineer
13 53 (4.39%) Technical Architect
14 44 (3.65%) Technical Leader
15 40 (3.31%) Lead Systems Engineer
15 40 (3.31%) Senior Software Engineer
16 34 (2.82%) Lead Developer
17 29 (2.40%) Cloud Architect
18 27 (2.24%) Data Engineer
18 27 (2.24%) Engineering Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 109 (9.03%) .NET
2 102 (8.45%) React
3 81 (6.71%) AngularJS
4 71 (5.88%) Node.js
5 70 (5.80%) Kafka
5 70 (5.80%) REST
6 55 (4.56%) CSS
7 54 (4.47%) HTML
8 44 (3.65%) Spring
9 37 (3.07%) Spring Boot
10 35 (2.90%) Middleware
10 35 (2.90%) SOAP
11 34 (2.82%) JSON
12 32 (2.65%) RESTful
13 30 (2.49%) XML
14 28 (2.32%) Bootstrap
15 27 (2.24%) ASP.NET
16 26 (2.15%) GraphQL
17 24 (1.99%) gRPC
18 23 (1.91%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 302 (25.02%) Algorithms
2 71 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 52 (4.31%) Enterprise Software
4 42 (3.48%) Product Ownership
5 39 (3.23%) Management Information System
6 29 (2.40%) Data Centre
7 27 (2.24%) Mobile App
8 24 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (1.82%) IoT
10 19 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
11 16 (1.33%) Private Cloud
12 15 (1.24%) Data Structures
13 14 (1.16%) Onboarding
14 12 (0.99%) Device Driver
15 11 (0.91%) Derivative
16 10 (0.83%) Fixed Income
16 10 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
17 9 (0.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 9 (0.75%) NHS
18 8 (0.66%) Mobile Games
Operating Systems
1 64 (5.30%) Linux
1 64 (5.30%) Windows
2 27 (2.24%) Unix
3 22 (1.82%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.57%) Apple iOS
5 15 (1.24%) Android
6 9 (0.75%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.41%) AIX
8 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.17%) CentOS
9 2 (0.17%) Debian
9 2 (0.17%) Solaris
9 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.083%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.083%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.083%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.083%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.083%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 478 (39.60%) Mentoring
2 400 (33.14%) Agile
3 324 (26.84%) Systems Engineering
4 302 (25.02%) Software Engineering
5 286 (23.70%) DevOps
6 277 (22.95%) Signal Processing
7 224 (18.56%) CI/CD
8 223 (18.48%) Problem-Solving
9 196 (16.24%) Computer Science
10 186 (15.41%) Microservices
11 169 (14.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 151 (12.51%) Continuous Improvement
13 146 (12.10%) Roadmaps
14 144 (11.93%) Test Planning
15 121 (10.02%) Coaching
16 118 (9.78%) Analytics
17 114 (9.44%) Project Management
18 102 (8.45%) Stakeholder Management
19 94 (7.79%) Design Patterns
20 81 (6.71%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 184 (15.24%) Java
2 152 (12.59%) JavaScript
3 147 (12.18%) Python
3 147 (12.18%) SQL
4 142 (11.76%) C#
5 119 (9.86%) R
6 68 (5.63%) TypeScript
7 48 (3.98%) C++
8 34 (2.82%) C
9 23 (1.91%) Apex Code
10 21 (1.74%) PHP
11 18 (1.49%) PowerShell
12 14 (1.16%) Kotlin
13 13 (1.08%) Scala
14 11 (0.91%) Swift
15 8 (0.66%) Objective-C
15 8 (0.66%) Ruby
16 6 (0.50%) Bash
16 6 (0.50%) Go
16 6 (0.50%) Rust
Qualifications
1 321 (26.59%) BPSS Clearance
2 210 (17.40%) Degree
3 134 (11.10%) Security Cleared
4 117 (9.69%) SC Cleared
5 101 (8.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 38 (3.15%) CCNP
6 38 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
6 38 (3.15%) Master's Degree
7 35 (2.90%) AWS Certification
8 27 (2.24%) CCNA
8 27 (2.24%) JNCIS
9 25 (2.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 17 (1.41%) Azure Certification
10 17 (1.41%) DBS Check
10 17 (1.41%) DV Cleared
11 14 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
12 12 (0.99%) PMI Certification
12 12 (0.99%) PMP
13 8 (0.66%) SAP Certification
14 6 (0.50%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 277 (22.95%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 69 (5.72%) QA
3 60 (4.97%) GDPR
4 42 (3.48%) Data Quality
5 25 (2.07%) HIPAA
6 24 (1.99%) GxP
7 21 (1.74%) SLA
8 19 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 10 (0.83%) PMO
10 6 (0.50%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.50%) SOC 2
11 5 (0.41%) Accessibility
11 5 (0.41%) NIST
12 4 (0.33%) CRD IV
12 4 (0.33%) IFRS
12 4 (0.33%) IFRS 9
12 4 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.25%) NCSC
13 3 (0.25%) PMBOK
System Software
1 130 (10.77%) Docker
2 18 (1.49%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.24%) Firmware
3 15 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.58%) Hyper-V
4 7 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.25%) KVM
7 2 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.17%) NFS
7 2 (0.17%) SRDF
7 2 (0.17%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.17%) Xen
8 1 (0.083%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.083%) Snort
8 1 (0.083%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.083%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 119 (9.86%) Kubernetes
2 90 (7.46%) Terraform
3 34 (2.82%) Ansible
3 34 (2.82%) Prometheus
4 30 (2.49%) Grafana
5 14 (1.16%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.50%) Puppet
7 5 (0.41%) SCCM
7 5 (0.41%) Tivoli Storage Manager
8 4 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.33%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.17%) Marathon
9 2 (0.17%) WMI
10 1 (0.083%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.083%) SCOM
10 1 (0.083%) SCOrch
10 1 (0.083%) SCSM
10 1 (0.083%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 301 (24.94%) IBM
2 194 (16.07%) Microsoft
3 51 (4.23%) Databricks
4 49 (4.06%) Google
5 46 (3.81%) Cisco
6 41 (3.40%) SAP
7 40 (3.31%) MathWorks
8 29 (2.40%) Salesforce
9 24 (1.99%) VMware
10 23 (1.91%) Juniper
10 23 (1.91%) Oracle
11 21 (1.74%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 17 (1.41%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.66%) New Relic
14 7 (0.58%) Arista
15 6 (0.50%) EMC
16 5 (0.41%) Siemens
16 5 (0.41%) Splunk
17 4 (0.33%) Atlassian
17 4 (0.33%) Facebook