Hybrid/Remote Technical Leader Job Trends

Technical Lead
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Lead salary for remote/hybrid work is £87,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 297 350
Rank change year-on-year -12 +53 +101
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 71 170 144
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.46% 0.87% 0.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.90% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 53 120 118
10th Percentile £67,750 £52,825 £49,250
25th Percentile £76,250 £61,500 £61,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,625 £92,500
90th Percentile £126,250 £148,750 £113,750
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,332 18,924 20,579
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.81% 96.61% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 9,112 11,778 16,793
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,631 £60,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% -2.44% -1.13%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Technical Leader' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Technical Leader job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Technical Leader
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Technical Leader job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Technical Leader job vacancies

Technical Leader
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Technical Leader over the 6 months to 19 November 2025.

Technical Leader salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 19 November 2025, Technical Leader job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 21 (29.58%) Azure
2 20 (28.17%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (26.76%) Mentoring
3 19 (26.76%) Technical Leadership
4 16 (22.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 16 (22.54%) Microsoft
5 15 (21.13%) Agile
5 15 (21.13%) AWS
5 15 (21.13%) DevOps
5 15 (21.13%) SQL
6 13 (18.31%) Java
6 13 (18.31%) Python
6 13 (18.31%) Roadmaps
7 11 (15.49%) CI/CD
8 10 (14.08%) Project Delivery
9 9 (12.68%) Dynamics 365
9 9 (12.68%) GitHub
9 9 (12.68%) Serverless
9 9 (12.68%) Test Automation
10 8 (11.27%) JavaScript
10 8 (11.27%) People Management
10 8 (11.27%) Power Platform
11 7 (9.86%) Analytics
11 7 (9.86%) Business Strategy
11 7 (9.86%) Collaborative Culture
11 7 (9.86%) Containerisation
11 7 (9.86%) CSS
11 7 (9.86%) HTML
11 7 (9.86%) Performance Tuning
11 7 (9.86%) Software Engineering

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.23%) CMS
1 3 (4.23%) Drupal
2 1 (1.41%) Apache Solr
2 1 (1.41%) nginx
Business Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (4.23%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 21 (29.58%) Azure
2 15 (21.13%) AWS
3 9 (12.68%) Dynamics 365
3 9 (12.68%) GitHub
3 9 (12.68%) Serverless
4 8 (11.27%) Power Platform
5 6 (8.45%) SaaS
6 5 (7.04%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (5.63%) PaaS
8 3 (4.23%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (4.23%) Entra ID
9 2 (2.82%) Azure App Service
9 2 (2.82%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (2.82%) Azure Functions
9 2 (2.82%) Azure Key Vault
9 2 (2.82%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (2.82%) IaaS
9 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (2.82%) Power Automate
9 2 (2.82%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.23%) Firewall
2 2 (2.82%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (2.82%) Network Security
2 2 (2.82%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.41%) DNS
3 1 (1.41%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.41%) IPsec
3 1 (1.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.23%) NoSQL
2 2 (2.82%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (2.82%) Power BI
2 2 (2.82%) SAP HANA
2 2 (2.82%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.82%) Tick Data
3 1 (1.41%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.41%) Couchbase
3 1 (1.41%) MySQL
3 1 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Git
2 1 (1.41%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.41%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.41%) Snyk
2 1 (1.41%) Vite
2 1 (1.41%) webpack
General
1 33 (46.48%) Social Skills
2 21 (29.58%) Finance
3 7 (9.86%) Public Sector
4 6 (8.45%) Front Office
5 5 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.63%) Manufacturing
6 4 (5.63%) Marketing
6 4 (5.63%) Pharmaceutical
6 4 (5.63%) Telecoms
7 3 (4.23%) Banking
8 2 (2.82%) Back Office
9 1 (1.41%) Law
9 1 (1.41%) Legal
9 1 (1.41%) Retail
9 1 (1.41%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.41%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.86%) CSS
1 7 (9.86%) HTML
2 5 (7.04%) React
3 4 (5.63%) .NET
3 4 (5.63%) Flask
3 4 (5.63%) OAuth
3 4 (5.63%) OAuth2
3 4 (5.63%) OpenID
3 4 (5.63%) Spring Boot
4 3 (4.23%) RESTful
4 3 (4.23%) Spring
5 2 (2.82%) ASP.NET Web API
5 2 (2.82%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 2 (2.82%) Entity Framework
5 2 (2.82%) Kafka
5 2 (2.82%) Oracle Fusion
5 2 (2.82%) Razor View Engine
5 2 (2.82%) REST
5 2 (2.82%) SAP Fiori
5 2 (2.82%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.45%) Cloud Native
2 5 (7.04%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.63%) Data Structures
3 4 (5.63%) Derivative
3 4 (5.63%) Equities
3 4 (5.63%) Fixed Income
3 4 (5.63%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (5.63%) PKI
4 3 (4.23%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (4.23%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.82%) Hedge funds
5 2 (2.82%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.82%) Replication
6 1 (1.41%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.41%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.41%) CMDB
6 1 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.41%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.41%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.63%) Windows
1 4 (5.63%) Windows Server
2 2 (2.82%) Linux
2 2 (2.82%) SUSE
2 2 (2.82%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (28.17%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (26.76%) Mentoring
2 19 (26.76%) Technical Leadership
3 16 (22.54%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (21.13%) Agile
4 15 (21.13%) DevOps
5 13 (18.31%) Roadmaps
6 11 (15.49%) CI/CD
7 10 (14.08%) Project Delivery
8 9 (12.68%) Test Automation
9 8 (11.27%) People Management
10 7 (9.86%) Analytics
10 7 (9.86%) Business Strategy
10 7 (9.86%) Collaborative Culture
10 7 (9.86%) Containerisation
10 7 (9.86%) Performance Tuning
10 7 (9.86%) Software Engineering
10 7 (9.86%) User Experience
11 6 (8.45%) Data Analysis
11 6 (8.45%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 15 (21.13%) SQL
2 13 (18.31%) Java
2 13 (18.31%) Python
3 8 (11.27%) JavaScript
4 4 (5.63%) C#
5 3 (4.23%) PowerShell
5 3 (4.23%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.82%) PHP
7 1 (1.41%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.04%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (7.04%) Degree
2 4 (5.63%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.23%) CISSP
4 2 (2.82%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.82%) CEH
4 2 (2.82%) CISM
4 2 (2.82%) GSEC
4 2 (2.82%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.41%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.41%) AWS Certified Developer
5 1 (1.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.41%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.45%) Accessibility
2 5 (7.04%) WCAG
3 4 (5.63%) GDPR
3 4 (5.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (5.63%) QA
4 2 (2.82%) HIPAA
4 2 (2.82%) PCI DSS
4 2 (2.82%) SOC 2
System Software
1 6 (8.45%) Docker
2 2 (2.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (9.86%) Terraform
2 3 (4.23%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.41%) Ansible
3 1 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (22.54%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.63%) SAP
3 3 (4.23%) Oracle
4 2 (2.82%) Google
4 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.41%) AppDynamics
5 1 (1.41%) BigPanda
5 1 (1.41%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.41%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.41%) Guidewire
5 1 (1.41%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.41%) Splunk