Hybrid/Remote Technical Leader Job Trends

Technical Lead
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Lead salary for remote/hybrid work is £86,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 November 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 301 316 347
Rank change year-on-year +15 +31 +114
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 75 156 143
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.49% 0.78% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.81% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 56 108 117
10th Percentile £68,125 £49,375 £47,500
25th Percentile £73,750 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.81% +6.67% +0.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £108,125 £91,250
90th Percentile £105,625 £148,750 £115,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £81,250
% change year-on-year +6.67% -7.69% +1.56%

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 14,267 19,177 20,153
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.57% 96.50% 95.81%
Number of salaries quoted 9,138 12,013 16,473
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -1.64% -2.40%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -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 26 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 26 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 22 (29.33%) Azure
1 22 (29.33%) Mentoring
1 22 (29.33%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (26.67%) Technical Leadership
3 19 (25.33%) AWS
4 18 (24.00%) Agile
5 17 (22.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 17 (22.67%) DevOps
5 17 (22.67%) Microsoft
5 17 (22.67%) SQL
6 15 (20.00%) CI/CD
6 15 (20.00%) Java
7 13 (17.33%) Python
7 13 (17.33%) Roadmaps
7 13 (17.33%) Serverless
8 11 (14.67%) Project Delivery
9 10 (13.33%) GitHub
9 10 (13.33%) Test Automation
10 9 (12.00%) Dynamics 365
10 9 (12.00%) JavaScript
11 8 (10.67%) Collaborative Culture
11 8 (10.67%) Containerisation
11 8 (10.67%) Docker
11 8 (10.67%) Git
11 8 (10.67%) Performance Tuning
11 8 (10.67%) Power Platform
12 7 (9.33%) Analytics
12 7 (9.33%) CSS
12 7 (9.33%) Design Patterns
12 7 (9.33%) Full-Stack Development

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 (4.00%) CMS
1 3 (4.00%) Drupal
2 1 (1.33%) Apache Solr
2 1 (1.33%) Confluence
2 1 (1.33%) JBoss
2 1 (1.33%) nginx
Business Applications
1 3 (4.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (4.00%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.33%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 22 (29.33%) Azure
2 19 (25.33%) AWS
3 13 (17.33%) Serverless
4 10 (13.33%) GitHub
5 9 (12.00%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (10.67%) Power Platform
7 7 (9.33%) SaaS
8 6 (8.00%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (6.67%) PaaS
10 4 (5.33%) Amazon S3
10 4 (5.33%) AWS Lambda
10 4 (5.33%) Entra ID
11 3 (4.00%) Azure App Service
11 3 (4.00%) Azure Logic Apps
11 3 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (2.67%) Amazon ECR
12 2 (2.67%) Amazon ECS
12 2 (2.67%) AWS Step Functions
12 2 (2.67%) Azure Key Vault
12 2 (2.67%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.00%) Firewall
2 2 (2.67%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (2.67%) Network Security
2 2 (2.67%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.33%) DNS
3 1 (1.33%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.33%) IPsec
3 1 (1.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.33%) NoSQL
2 3 (4.00%) DynamoDB
2 3 (4.00%) MySQL
2 3 (4.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.67%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.67%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.67%) Power BI
3 2 (2.67%) SAP HANA
3 2 (2.67%) Tick Data
4 1 (1.33%) Couchbase
4 1 (1.33%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (10.67%) Git
2 3 (4.00%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.67%) Bitbucket
3 2 (2.67%) Cypress.io
3 2 (2.67%) GitLab
3 2 (2.67%) Maven
3 2 (2.67%) SonarQube
4 1 (1.33%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.33%) JIRA
4 1 (1.33%) Selenium
4 1 (1.33%) Snyk
4 1 (1.33%) Vite
4 1 (1.33%) webpack
General
1 33 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 20 (26.67%) Finance
3 7 (9.33%) Public Sector
4 5 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.33%) Front Office
5 4 (5.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.33%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.33%) Marketing
5 4 (5.33%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (5.33%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.00%) Banking
7 2 (2.67%) Back Office
8 1 (1.33%) Automotive
8 1 (1.33%) Law
8 1 (1.33%) Retail
8 1 (1.33%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.33%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.33%) CSS
1 7 (9.33%) HTML
2 6 (8.00%) React
2 6 (8.00%) Spring Boot
3 5 (6.67%) .NET
3 5 (6.67%) Spring
4 4 (5.33%) Flask
4 4 (5.33%) OAuth
4 4 (5.33%) OAuth2
4 4 (5.33%) OpenID
4 4 (5.33%) RESTful
5 3 (4.00%) .NET Framework
5 3 (4.00%) AngularJS
5 3 (4.00%) ASP.NET Web API
5 3 (4.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 3 (4.00%) Entity Framework
5 3 (4.00%) Node.js
5 3 (4.00%) Razor View Engine
5 3 (4.00%) REST
6 2 (2.67%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.00%) Cloud Native
2 4 (5.33%) Data Structures
2 4 (5.33%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.33%) PKI
3 3 (4.00%) Derivative
3 3 (4.00%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (4.00%) Equities
3 3 (4.00%) Fixed Income
3 3 (4.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.00%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.67%) Hedge funds
4 2 (2.67%) Replication
5 1 (1.33%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.33%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.33%) CMDB
5 1 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.33%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.33%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.33%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.33%) Windows
1 4 (5.33%) Windows Server
2 2 (2.67%) Linux
2 2 (2.67%) SUSE
2 2 (2.67%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (29.33%) Mentoring
1 22 (29.33%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (26.67%) Technical Leadership
3 18 (24.00%) Agile
4 17 (22.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 17 (22.67%) DevOps
5 15 (20.00%) CI/CD
6 13 (17.33%) Roadmaps
7 11 (14.67%) Project Delivery
8 10 (13.33%) Test Automation
9 8 (10.67%) Collaborative Culture
9 8 (10.67%) Containerisation
9 8 (10.67%) Performance Tuning
10 7 (9.33%) Analytics
10 7 (9.33%) Design Patterns
10 7 (9.33%) Full-Stack Development
10 7 (9.33%) People Management
10 7 (9.33%) Scrum
10 7 (9.33%) Software Engineering
10 7 (9.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 17 (22.67%) SQL
2 15 (20.00%) Java
3 13 (17.33%) Python
4 9 (12.00%) JavaScript
5 7 (9.33%) TypeScript
6 3 (4.00%) C#
6 3 (4.00%) PowerShell
7 2 (2.67%) PHP
8 1 (1.33%) Bash
8 1 (1.33%) Groovy
8 1 (1.33%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 6 (8.00%) Degree
2 4 (5.33%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.00%) CISSP
3 3 (4.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.67%) AWS Certification
4 2 (2.67%) AWS Certified Developer
4 2 (2.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (2.67%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.67%) CEH
4 2 (2.67%) CISM
4 2 (2.67%) GSEC
4 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.33%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.67%) Accessibility
1 5 (6.67%) QA
1 5 (6.67%) WCAG
2 4 (5.33%) GDPR
2 4 (5.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.67%) HIPAA
3 2 (2.67%) PCI DSS
3 2 (2.67%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (10.67%) Docker
2 3 (4.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (9.33%) Terraform
2 3 (4.00%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.67%) HP Fortify
4 1 (1.33%) Ansible
4 1 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (22.67%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.33%) SAP
3 3 (4.00%) Oracle
4 2 (2.67%) Google
4 2 (2.67%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.33%) AppDynamics
5 1 (1.33%) BigPanda
5 1 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.33%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.33%) Guidewire
5 1 (1.33%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.33%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.33%) Splunk