Technologist
UK
The median Technologist salary in the UK is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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 11 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 658 | 701 | 887 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +43 | +186 | +219 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Technologist | 48 | 200 | 94 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.088% | 0.20% | 0.093% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.097% | 0.21% | 0.10% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 32 | 119 | 30 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £24,000 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £25,313 | £28,000 | £52,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £40,000 | £32,000 | £70,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -54.29% | +133.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £44,878 | £87,188 |
| 90th Percentile | £64,500 | £57,500 | £117,125 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £35,000 | £30,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +16.67% | -45.45% | +110.42% |
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 | 49,511 | 93,886 | 92,389 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.48% | 94.63% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,626 | 67,255 | 58,266 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,443 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.41% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Technologist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Technologist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Technologist
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technologist.
Technologist
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Technologist over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.
Technologist
Top 15 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technologist within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work from Home | +164 | 34 | £40,000 | -5.88% | 20 |
| UK excluding London | +44 | 34 | £35,000 | +16.67% | 45 |
| England | +15 | 34 | £40,000 | +25.00% | 54 |
| London | +111 | 11 | £60,000 | +9.09% | 21 |
| North of England | +22 | 10 | £32,813 | +9.38% | 11 |
| South West | +79 | 7 | £35,000 | +16.67% | 12 |
| Scotland | +126 | 6 | £25,625 | -28.82% | 2 |
| Yorkshire | +52 | 6 | £25,625 | -26.79% | 4 |
| South East | +87 | 5 | £40,000 | +23.08% | 7 |
| Wales | +36 | 4 | £37,500 | +33.93% | 5 |
| North West | -25 | 3 | £40,000 | +42.86% | 6 |
| Midlands | +23 | 1 | £40,000 | +25.00% | 4 |
| East Midlands | +8 | 1 | £40,000 | +25.00% | 3 |
| North East | - | 1 | £60,000 | - | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | £40,000 | - |
Technologist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, Technologist 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 Technologist in the job title.
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Technologist 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: