Technical Leader Jobs in Wales

Technical Lead
UK > Wales

The median Technical Lead salary in Wales is £44,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 99 121
Rank change year-on-year +21 +22 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 2 28 12
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.17% 1.28% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 1.38% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 2 25 11
10th Percentile £29,975 £57,946 £42,500
25th Percentile £35,188 £64,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,750 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.07% +27.27% -18.52%
75th Percentile £54,688 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £60,125 - £95,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% +7.14% -12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,005 2,036 1,452
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.68% 93.05% 85.97%
Number of salaries quoted 570 1,390 805
10th Percentile £23,504 £26,250 £26,391
25th Percentile £25,087 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -5.59%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,000 £70,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in Wales

Technical Leader
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Technical Leader in Wales

Technical Leader
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leader in Wales over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Technical Leader in Wales

Technical Leader
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the Wales region over the 6 months to 30 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
South Wales +16 1 £62,500 -10.71% 22
North Wales +3 1 £27,000 -
Technical Leader
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 across the Wales region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Order Management
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Spring Boot
2 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Broadband
2 1 (50.00%) VoIP
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Spring
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Broadband
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Spring
1 1 (50.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Fintech
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Order Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Scrum
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree