Hybrid/Remote Technical Leader Job Trends
Technical Lead
UK > Work from Home
The median Technical Lead salary for remote/hybrid work is £87,431 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 October 2026.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 293 | 345 | 290 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +52 | -55 | +57 |
| Permanent Technical Leader jobs | 190 | 65 | 198 |
| As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options | 0.75% | 0.40% | 0.98% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.79% | 0.42% | 1.02% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 159 | 51 | 146 |
| 10th Percentile | £71,450 | £68,750 | £54,375 |
| 25th Percentile | £79,400 | £76,250 | £68,125 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £87,431 | £85,000 | £87,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.86% | -2.86% | +16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £100,000 | £100,000 | £122,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £103,000 | £130,000 | £148,750 |
| UK median annual salary | £87,431 | £80,000 | £75,150 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.29% | +6.45% | -3.03% |
All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts with remote/hybrid work options and matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.
| 6 months to 24 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent remote/hybrid job adverts matching a recognised job title | 23,943 | 15,308 | 19,496 |
| % of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title | 93.99% | 93.62% | 96.63% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 16,244 | 8,710 | 12,281 |
| 10th Percentile | £35,000 | £29,250 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,000 | £40,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £56,944 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.37% | -5.09% | -4.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £77,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £97,500 | £100,000 |
| UK median annual salary | £59,300 | £52,500 | £56,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.95% | -7.08% | -5.83% |
Technical Leader Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Technical Leader job postings offering remote/hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
Technical Leader Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution trend for remote/hybrid Technical Leader job vacancies.
Technical Leader Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs
Salary distribution for Technical Leader jobs with remote/hybrid work options over the 6 months to 24 October 2026.
Technical Leader Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs
For the 6 months to 24 October 2026, Technical Leader job ads cited 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 Technical Leader jobs with remote/hybrid work options.
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mentoring | 39.5% | 75 |
| 2 | Technical Leadership | 34.2% | 65 |
| 3 | Agile | 30.0% | 57 |
| 4 | CI/CD | 29.5% | 56 |
| 5 | Coaching | 25.8% | 49 |
| 6 | AWS | 24.2% | 46 |
| 7 | Azure | 18.9% | 36 |
| 8 | Microservices | 16.8% | 32 |
| 9 | Architectural Patterns | 16.3% | 31 |
| 9 | Continuous Improvement | 16.3% | 31 |
| 9 | SQL | 16.3% | 31 |
| 12 | AI | 15.8% | 30 |
| 13 | Infrastructure as Code | 15.3% | 29 |
| 14 | DevOps | 14.7% | 28 |
| 14 | Full-Stack Development | 14.7% | 28 |
| 16 | Security Cleared | 14.2% | 27 |
| 16 | Terraform | 14.2% | 27 |
| 18 | Site Reliability Engineering | 13.2% | 25 |
| 19 | Decision-Making | 12.6% | 24 |
| 19 | Python | 12.6% | 24 |
| 19 | Roadmaps | 12.6% | 24 |
| 19 | SC Cleared | 12.6% | 24 |
| 19 | TypeScript | 12.6% | 24 |
| 24 | REST | 12.1% | 23 |
| 25 | Observability | 11.1% | 21 |
| 26 | Digital Transformation Programme | 10.5% | 20 |
| 26 | Docker | 10.5% | 20 |
| 26 | User Experience | 10.5% | 20 |
| 29 | SaaS | 10.0% | 19 |
| 29 | Waterfall | 10.0% | 19 |
Technical Leader Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Job Titles
| Rank | Job Title | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lead Architect | 26.8% | 51 |
| 1 | Technical Architect | 26.8% | 51 |
| 3 | Full-Stack Engineer | 9.5% | 18 |
| 4 | Technical Engineer | 7.4% | 14 |
| 5 | Lead Developer | 3.2% | 6 |
| 5 | Technical Developer | 3.2% | 6 |
| 7 | Technical Support | 2.6% | 5 |
| 8 | Lead Java Engineer | 1.6% | 3 |
| 8 | Salesforce Technical Leader | 1.6% | 3 |
| 8 | Senior Java Engineer | 1.6% | 3 |
| 11 | Infrastructure Technical Architect | 1.1% | 2 |
| 11 | Integration Developer | 1.1% | 2 |
| 11 | Lead C# Developer | 1.1% | 2 |
| 11 | Lead Python Developer | 1.1% | 2 |
| 11 | Project Engineer | 1.1% | 2 |
| 11 | Technical Analyst | 1.1% | 2 |
| 11 | Technical Delivery Manager | 1.1% | 2 |
| 11 | Technical Project Leader | 1.1% | 2 |
| 11 | Technical Team Leader | 1.1% | 2 |
| 20 | .NET Developer - Fintech | 0.5% | 1 |