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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 176 197
Rank change year-on-year +53 +21 +23
Permanent jobs citing Technical Leadership 1,406 1,666 1,802
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.52% 1.61% 1.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.69% 1.91% 1.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,053 1,068 1,147
10th Percentile £60,000 £48,000 £51,250
25th Percentile £62,000 £58,250 £61,202
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,600 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% -6.45% +3.33%
75th Percentile £83,750 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £107,000 £110,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,600 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +4.59% - +1.85%

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 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -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 31 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 31 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 +46 1,239 £70,600 -2.62% 1,091
UK excluding London +71 1,081 £70,600 +4.59% 659
Work from Home +52 668 £70,600 -4.77% 720
South East +131 639 £70,600 +8.62% 140
London +2 273 £100,000 +17.65% 529
North of England -19 176 £71,991 +10.64% 185
North West -24 115 £62,205 -11.86% 116
Wales +92 95 £70,600 +18.66% 15
Yorkshire +20 57 £78,750 +26.00% 51
South West -4 57 £67,500 +3.85% 81
Midlands -16 54 £75,000 - 93
West Midlands +9 44 £75,000 - 61
Scotland +40 28 £74,870 -0.17% 51
East of England -9 26 £71,500 +10.00% 59
East Midlands +11 10 £72,500 +3.57% 29
Northern Ireland +36 5 - - 20
North East +31 4 £72,250 -3.67% 22
Channel Islands - 2 £78,750 - 23

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 26 (1.85%) Apache Spark
2 16 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (0.92%) CMS
4 12 (0.85%) Confluence
5 10 (0.71%) Headless CMS
6 8 (0.57%) Apache
7 7 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.50%) SharePoint
8 5 (0.36%) Appian
8 5 (0.36%) nginx
9 4 (0.28%) IIS
10 3 (0.21%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.14%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.14%) WebSphere
11 2 (0.14%) WebSphere Application Server
12 1 (0.071%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.071%) CICS
12 1 (0.071%) Drupal
12 1 (0.071%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 61 (4.34%) Microsoft Office
2 42 (2.99%) Simulink
3 8 (0.57%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.14%) Trello
6 1 (0.071%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.071%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.071%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (0.85%) Dynamics AX
2 9 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.28%) Orchestrade
3 4 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS R12
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.071%) BASE24
6 1 (0.071%) Magento
6 1 (0.071%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.071%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 1 (0.071%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 294 (20.91%) Azure
2 233 (16.57%) AWS
3 110 (7.82%) GCP
4 67 (4.77%) Azure DevOps
5 61 (4.34%) Serverless
6 41 (2.92%) AWS Lambda
6 41 (2.92%) Power Platform
7 36 (2.56%) GitHub
8 29 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
8 29 (2.06%) Snowflake
9 28 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
9 28 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (1.85%) Amazon S3
10 26 (1.85%) Azure Service Bus
11 25 (1.78%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 23 (1.64%) SonarCloud
13 22 (1.56%) SaaS
13 22 (1.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 20 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
14 20 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 62 (4.41%) Network Security
2 51 (3.63%) WAN
3 37 (2.63%) LAN
4 33 (2.35%) Firewall
5 30 (2.13%) BGP
5 30 (2.13%) VPN
6 29 (2.06%) TCP/IP
7 24 (1.71%) Junos
7 24 (1.71%) MPLS
8 22 (1.56%) DNS
9 21 (1.49%) IPsec
10 19 (1.35%) Cisco IOS
11 15 (1.07%) SD-WAN
12 12 (0.85%) Modbus
12 12 (0.85%) MQTT
12 12 (0.85%) Multicast
13 11 (0.78%) VLAN
14 9 (0.64%) OSPF
15 8 (0.57%) Cisco Nexus
15 8 (0.57%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.98%) NoSQL
2 45 (3.20%) SQL Server
3 41 (2.92%) Data Warehouse
4 37 (2.63%) Data Lake
4 37 (2.63%) Relational Database
5 34 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
6 27 (1.92%) Big Data
6 27 (1.92%) Elasticsearch
6 27 (1.92%) MongoDB
6 27 (1.92%) Power BI
7 21 (1.49%) Hadoop
7 21 (1.49%) RDBMS
8 16 (1.14%) Amazon Redshift
8 16 (1.14%) Metadata
9 12 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
9 12 (0.85%) BigQuery
10 9 (0.64%) DynamoDB
11 8 (0.57%) MySQL
12 6 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
12 6 (0.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 439 (31.22%) Rational DOORS
2 80 (5.69%) Git
3 54 (3.84%) JIRA
4 42 (2.99%) Jenkins
5 28 (1.99%) GitLab
6 26 (1.85%) Visual Studio
7 25 (1.78%) Octopus Deploy
7 25 (1.78%) Team Foundation Server
8 23 (1.64%) MSBuild
9 9 (0.64%) Selenium
9 9 (0.64%) SonarQube
10 8 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
11 7 (0.50%) Gradle
12 6 (0.43%) Robot Framework
12 6 (0.43%) Storybook
13 5 (0.36%) Maven
13 5 (0.36%) Snyk
14 4 (0.28%) Bitbucket
14 4 (0.28%) Cypress.io
15 3 (0.21%) JUnit
General
1 502 (35.70%) Electronics
2 402 (28.59%) Social Skills
3 208 (14.79%) Finance
4 96 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
5 91 (6.47%) Law
6 78 (5.55%) Banking
7 65 (4.62%) Public Sector
8 53 (3.77%) Retail
9 49 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 48 (3.41%) Aerospace
11 32 (2.28%) Marketing
12 18 (1.28%) Games
13 17 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
13 17 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
14 14 (1.00%) Investment Banking
15 12 (0.85%) Manufacturing
15 12 (0.85%) Retail Banking
16 10 (0.71%) Advertising
16 10 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 459 (32.65%) Systems Engineer
2 353 (25.11%) Senior
3 348 (24.75%) Lead
4 262 (18.63%) Architect
5 259 (18.42%) Principal Engineer
6 241 (17.14%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 217 (15.43%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 97 (6.90%) Software Engineer
9 83 (5.90%) Solutions Architect
10 80 (5.69%) Developer
11 63 (4.48%) Team Leader
12 58 (4.13%) Technical Architect
13 57 (4.05%) Lead Software Engineer
14 49 (3.49%) Technical Leader
15 40 (2.84%) Lead Systems Engineer
16 39 (2.77%) Senior Software Engineer
17 38 (2.70%) Radar Engineer
18 35 (2.49%) Network Architect
19 33 (2.35%) Lead Developer
20 26 (1.85%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (6.69%) .NET
2 79 (5.62%) Kafka
3 74 (5.26%) React
3 74 (5.26%) REST
4 55 (3.91%) CSS
5 54 (3.84%) HTML
6 45 (3.20%) Node.js
7 39 (2.77%) AngularJS
8 34 (2.42%) SOAP
9 33 (2.35%) Middleware
10 32 (2.28%) JSON
11 29 (2.06%) XML
12 26 (1.85%) Bootstrap
12 26 (1.85%) GraphQL
13 25 (1.78%) ASP.NET
14 24 (1.71%) gRPC
14 24 (1.71%) RESTful
14 24 (1.71%) Spring
15 22 (1.56%) Lightning Web Components
16 18 (1.28%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 495 (35.21%) Algorithms
2 97 (6.90%) Cloud Native
3 57 (4.05%) Enterprise Software
4 53 (3.77%) Management Information System
5 50 (3.56%) Product Ownership
6 24 (1.71%) Mobile App
7 23 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
8 22 (1.56%) Data Centre
9 21 (1.49%) IoT
10 19 (1.35%) Private Cloud
11 18 (1.28%) Virtual Team
12 17 (1.21%) Data Structures
13 15 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
15 13 (0.92%) FMCG
16 12 (0.85%) Clustering
16 12 (0.85%) Device Driver
16 12 (0.85%) Public Cloud
17 11 (0.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 11 (0.78%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 58 (4.13%) Linux
2 57 (4.05%) Windows
3 22 (1.56%) Unix
4 18 (1.28%) Apple iOS
5 14 (1.00%) Windows Server
6 11 (0.78%) Android
7 4 (0.28%) CentOS
7 4 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.14%) Debian
9 2 (0.14%) Solaris
10 1 (0.071%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.071%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.071%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.071%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.071%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.071%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 549 (39.05%) Systems Engineering
2 473 (33.64%) Signal Processing
3 455 (32.36%) Mentoring
4 380 (27.03%) Agile
5 273 (19.42%) DevOps
6 252 (17.92%) Software Engineering
7 240 (17.07%) Test Planning
8 232 (16.50%) CI/CD
8 232 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
9 197 (14.01%) Microservices
10 178 (12.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 165 (11.74%) Computer Science
12 142 (10.10%) Roadmaps
13 135 (9.60%) Continuous Improvement
14 133 (9.46%) Analytics
15 129 (9.17%) Coaching
16 120 (8.53%) Project Management
17 117 (8.32%) Stakeholder Management
18 103 (7.33%) Architectural Design
19 94 (6.69%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 154 (10.95%) Java
2 152 (10.81%) SQL
3 135 (9.60%) JavaScript
3 135 (9.60%) Python
4 125 (8.89%) C#
5 118 (8.39%) R
6 63 (4.48%) TypeScript
7 48 (3.41%) C++
8 27 (1.92%) C
9 23 (1.64%) Apex Code
10 16 (1.14%) PowerShell
11 14 (1.00%) PHP
12 13 (0.92%) Scala
13 11 (0.78%) Kotlin
14 10 (0.71%) Swift
15 8 (0.57%) Bash
15 8 (0.57%) Go
16 7 (0.50%) Objective-C
16 7 (0.50%) Ruby
17 5 (0.36%) Rust
Qualifications
1 554 (39.40%) BPSS Clearance
2 241 (17.14%) Degree
3 134 (9.53%) Security Cleared
4 106 (7.54%) SC Cleared
5 98 (6.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 49 (3.49%) Master's Degree
7 41 (2.92%) AWS Certification
7 41 (2.92%) CCNP
7 41 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
8 36 (2.56%) CCNA
9 28 (1.99%) Chartered Engineer
10 27 (1.92%) JNCIS
11 26 (1.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 26 (1.85%) Azure Certification
12 20 (1.42%) DV Cleared
13 15 (1.07%) TOGAF Certification
14 10 (0.71%) JNCIA
14 10 (0.71%) PhD
15 9 (0.64%) PMI Certification
15 9 (0.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 481 (34.21%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 74 (5.26%) QA
3 70 (4.98%) GDPR
4 51 (3.63%) Data Quality
5 28 (1.99%) HIPAA
6 25 (1.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 22 (1.56%) GxP
8 18 (1.28%) SLA
9 12 (0.85%) SOC 2
10 11 (0.78%) Accessibility
11 10 (0.71%) PMO
12 9 (0.64%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 6 (0.43%) NIST
13 6 (0.43%) PCI DSS
14 4 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 3 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.21%) NCSC
15 3 (0.21%) PMBOK
16 2 (0.14%) COBIT
16 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 100 (7.11%) Docker
2 19 (1.35%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.07%) Firmware
4 14 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.50%) Hyper-V
5 7 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.21%) KVM
8 2 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.14%) NFS
8 2 (0.14%) SRDF
8 2 (0.14%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 2 (0.14%) VMware NSX
8 2 (0.14%) vSphere
8 2 (0.14%) Xen
9 1 (0.071%) Snort
9 1 (0.071%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 96 (6.83%) Terraform
2 92 (6.54%) Kubernetes
3 42 (2.99%) Ansible
4 30 (2.13%) Prometheus
5 28 (1.99%) Grafana
6 9 (0.64%) Progress Chef
7 8 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.21%) Puppet
10 2 (0.14%) WMI
11 1 (0.071%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.071%) Kiali
11 1 (0.071%) SCCM
11 1 (0.071%) SCOM
11 1 (0.071%) SCOrch
11 1 (0.071%) SCSM
11 1 (0.071%) vCenter Server
11 1 (0.071%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 471 (33.50%) IBM
2 161 (11.45%) Microsoft
3 54 (3.84%) Google
4 46 (3.27%) Cisco
4 46 (3.27%) Databricks
5 40 (2.84%) MathWorks
6 30 (2.13%) Salesforce
7 28 (1.99%) SAP
8 27 (1.92%) Juniper
9 26 (1.85%) VMware
10 22 (1.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 18 (1.28%) Oracle
12 9 (0.64%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.57%) Autodesk
14 7 (0.50%) Arista
14 7 (0.50%) New Relic
15 6 (0.43%) EMC
15 6 (0.43%) F5
15 6 (0.43%) Rockwell
15 6 (0.43%) Siemens