Hybrid/Remote Technical Leader Job Trends

Technical Lead
UK > Work from Home

The median Technical Lead salary for remote/hybrid work is £87,466 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 November 2025.

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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 298 315 340
Rank change year-on-year +17 +25 +116
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 75 152 144
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.49% 0.77% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.80% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 56 103 118
10th Percentile £69,375 £46,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £75,625 £62,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,466 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% +6.67% +2.04%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £90,938
90th Percentile - £122,500 £113,750
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £82,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -9.09% +3.13%

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 14,288 18,965 20,065
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.54% 96.48% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 9,132 11,878 16,422
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 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -0.83% -3.20%
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 29 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 29 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 23 (30.67%) Mentoring
2 21 (28.00%) Agile
2 21 (28.00%) Azure
2 21 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (24.00%) AWS
3 18 (24.00%) Technical Leadership
4 17 (22.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (21.33%) DevOps
5 16 (21.33%) Microsoft
5 16 (21.33%) SQL
6 15 (20.00%) CI/CD
7 14 (18.67%) Java
8 13 (17.33%) Python
8 13 (17.33%) Serverless
9 11 (14.67%) Roadmaps
10 10 (13.33%) GitHub
10 10 (13.33%) Project Delivery
10 10 (13.33%) Test Automation
11 9 (12.00%) JavaScript
12 8 (10.67%) Docker
12 8 (10.67%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (10.67%) Git
12 8 (10.67%) Performance Tuning
12 8 (10.67%) Power Platform
13 7 (9.33%) Analytics
13 7 (9.33%) Coaching
13 7 (9.33%) Collaborative Culture
13 7 (9.33%) Containerisation
13 7 (9.33%) Design Patterns
13 7 (9.33%) MVC

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
1 3 (4.00%) SharePoint
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 21 (28.00%) Azure
2 18 (24.00%) AWS
3 13 (17.33%) Serverless
4 10 (13.33%) GitHub
5 8 (10.67%) Dynamics 365
5 8 (10.67%) Power Platform
6 7 (9.33%) SaaS
7 5 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (6.67%) PaaS
8 4 (5.33%) Amazon S3
8 4 (5.33%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (5.33%) Entra ID
8 4 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (4.00%) Azure App Service
9 3 (4.00%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (2.67%) Amazon ECR
10 2 (2.67%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (2.67%) Azure Key Vault
10 2 (2.67%) PowerApps
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%) Power BI
3 2 (2.67%) SAP HANA
3 2 (2.67%) Tick Data
4 1 (1.33%) Couchbase
4 1 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
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%) Cypress.io
3 2 (2.67%) GitLab
3 2 (2.67%) Maven
3 2 (2.67%) SonarQube
4 1 (1.33%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.33%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.33%) JIRA
4 1 (1.33%) Selenium
4 1 (1.33%) Vite
4 1 (1.33%) webpack
General
1 30 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 18 (24.00%) Finance
3 7 (9.33%) Public Sector
4 5 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
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
6 3 (4.00%) Front Office
7 2 (2.67%) Back Office
8 1 (1.33%) Automotive
8 1 (1.33%) Law
8 1 (1.33%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.33%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.00%) CSS
1 6 (8.00%) HTML
1 6 (8.00%) React
1 6 (8.00%) Spring Boot
2 5 (6.67%) Spring
3 4 (5.33%) .NET
3 4 (5.33%) Flask
3 4 (5.33%) Middleware
3 4 (5.33%) OAuth
3 4 (5.33%) OAuth2
3 4 (5.33%) OpenID
4 3 (4.00%) .NET Framework
4 3 (4.00%) AngularJS
4 3 (4.00%) ASP.NET Web API
4 3 (4.00%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 3 (4.00%) Entity Framework
4 3 (4.00%) Node.js
4 3 (4.00%) Razor View Engine
4 3 (4.00%) REST
4 3 (4.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.67%) Cloud Native
2 4 (5.33%) Data Structures
2 4 (5.33%) PKI
3 3 (4.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 3 (4.00%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.67%) Derivative
4 2 (2.67%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (2.67%) Equities
4 2 (2.67%) Fixed Income
4 2 (2.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
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 23 (30.67%) Mentoring
2 21 (28.00%) Agile
2 21 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
3 18 (24.00%) Technical Leadership
4 17 (22.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 16 (21.33%) DevOps
6 15 (20.00%) CI/CD
7 11 (14.67%) Roadmaps
8 10 (13.33%) Project Delivery
8 10 (13.33%) Test Automation
9 8 (10.67%) Performance Tuning
10 7 (9.33%) Analytics
10 7 (9.33%) Coaching
10 7 (9.33%) Collaborative Culture
10 7 (9.33%) Containerisation
10 7 (9.33%) Design Patterns
10 7 (9.33%) MVC
10 7 (9.33%) Scrum
10 7 (9.33%) User Experience
11 6 (8.00%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 16 (21.33%) SQL
2 14 (18.67%) 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 1 (1.33%) Bash
7 1 (1.33%) Groovy
7 1 (1.33%) PHP
7 1 (1.33%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (6.67%) Degree
2 3 (4.00%) CISSP
2 3 (4.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (2.67%) AWS Certification
3 2 (2.67%) AWS Certified Developer
3 2 (2.67%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
3 2 (2.67%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.67%) CEH
3 2 (2.67%) CISM
3 2 (2.67%) GSEC
3 2 (2.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.33%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.67%) Accessibility
1 5 (6.67%) QA
1 5 (6.67%) WCAG
2 3 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.67%) GDPR
3 2 (2.67%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.33%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.33%) 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 16 (21.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.33%) SAP
3 2 (2.67%) Google
3 2 (2.67%) Oracle
3 2 (2.67%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.33%) AppDynamics
4 1 (1.33%) BigPanda
4 1 (1.33%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.33%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.33%) Guidewire
4 1 (1.33%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.33%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.33%) Splunk