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 23 January 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 281 335 335
Rank change year-on-year +54 0 +58
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 87 102 175
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.56% 0.62% 0.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.65% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 67 53 135
10th Percentile £56,800 £30,000 £54,600
25th Percentile £71,875 £53,750 £61,305
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,000 £97,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -6.25%

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 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 14,558 15,740 23,366
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.66% 96.01% 95.84%
Number of salaries quoted 9,497 9,472 19,288
10th Percentile £30,165 £35,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,713 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £81,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

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 23 January 2026.

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 23 January 2026, 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 30 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 28 (32.18%) Agile
3 28 (32.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (25.29%) CI/CD
5 20 (22.99%) Technical Leadership
6 19 (21.84%) Azure
6 19 (21.84%) Serverless
7 17 (19.54%) Microsoft
8 16 (18.39%) AWS
9 15 (17.24%) SQL
10 13 (14.94%) Migration
10 13 (14.94%) Roadmaps
11 12 (13.79%) DevOps
11 12 (13.79%) Project Delivery
11 12 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 12 (13.79%) Test Automation
12 11 (12.64%) Full-Stack Development
12 11 (12.64%) Git
12 11 (12.64%) GitHub
12 11 (12.64%) Microservices
12 11 (12.64%) Stakeholder Management
13 10 (11.49%) Design Patterns
13 10 (11.49%) MVC
13 10 (11.49%) QA
13 10 (11.49%) SaaS
13 10 (11.49%) TypeScript
14 9 (10.34%) AI
14 9 (10.34%) Containerisation
14 9 (10.34%) Event-Driven

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 (3.45%) CMS
1 3 (3.45%) Confluence
1 3 (3.45%) Drupal
1 3 (3.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.15%) JBoss
Business Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.15%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 19 (21.84%) Azure
1 19 (21.84%) Serverless
2 16 (18.39%) AWS
3 11 (12.64%) GitHub
4 10 (11.49%) SaaS
5 8 (9.20%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (8.05%) Entra ID
7 6 (6.90%) Azure App Service
7 6 (6.90%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (6.90%) GitHub Actions
7 6 (6.90%) PaaS
7 6 (6.90%) Power Platform
8 5 (5.75%) Amazon S3
8 5 (5.75%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (3.45%) Amazon ECR
10 3 (3.45%) Apigee
10 3 (3.45%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (3.45%) Datadog
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.30%) Firewall
2 1 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.15%) Network Security
2 1 (1.15%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.90%) NoSQL
1 6 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.60%) DynamoDB
3 2 (2.30%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.30%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (2.30%) MySQL
3 2 (2.30%) Power BI
3 2 (2.30%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.15%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (12.64%) Git
2 7 (8.05%) JIRA
3 3 (3.45%) Cypress.io
3 3 (3.45%) GitLab
3 3 (3.45%) Jenkins
3 3 (3.45%) Maven
3 3 (3.45%) SonarQube
4 1 (1.15%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.15%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.15%) Selenium
4 1 (1.15%) Vite
4 1 (1.15%) webpack
General
1 37 (42.53%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.20%) Public Sector
3 7 (8.05%) Finance
4 6 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (4.60%) Manufacturing
5 4 (4.60%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (4.60%) Publishing
5 4 (4.60%) Telecoms
6 3 (3.45%) Marketing
7 2 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.15%) Automotive
8 1 (1.15%) Banking
8 1 (1.15%) Front Office
8 1 (1.15%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.20%) .NET
1 8 (9.20%) React
2 6 (6.90%) .NET Framework
2 6 (6.90%) ASP.NET Web API
2 6 (6.90%) ASP.NET Web Forms
2 6 (6.90%) Entity Framework
2 6 (6.90%) Razor View Engine
2 6 (6.90%) RESTful
3 5 (5.75%) CSS
3 5 (5.75%) HTML
4 4 (4.60%) Flask
4 4 (4.60%) OAuth
4 4 (4.60%) OAuth2
4 4 (4.60%) OpenID
4 4 (4.60%) Spring
4 4 (4.60%) Spring Boot
5 3 (3.45%) AngularJS
5 3 (3.45%) Gherkin
5 3 (3.45%) Jest
5 3 (3.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.34%) Cloud Native
2 4 (4.60%) Data Structures
2 4 (4.60%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (4.60%) Legacy Applications
2 4 (4.60%) Onboarding
2 4 (4.60%) PKI
3 2 (2.30%) Replication
4 1 (1.15%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.15%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.15%) CMDB
4 1 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.15%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.15%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.15%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.15%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.60%) Linux
1 4 (4.60%) Windows
2 2 (2.30%) SUSE
2 2 (2.30%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
2 2 (2.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (34.48%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 28 (32.18%) Agile
3 28 (32.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 22 (25.29%) CI/CD
5 20 (22.99%) Technical Leadership
6 13 (14.94%) Migration
6 13 (14.94%) Roadmaps
7 12 (13.79%) DevOps
7 12 (13.79%) Project Delivery
7 12 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 12 (13.79%) Test Automation
8 11 (12.64%) Full-Stack Development
8 11 (12.64%) Microservices
8 11 (12.64%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (11.49%) Design Patterns
9 10 (11.49%) MVC
10 9 (10.34%) Containerisation
10 9 (10.34%) Event-Driven
10 9 (10.34%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 15 (17.24%) SQL
2 10 (11.49%) TypeScript
3 9 (10.34%) Java
4 8 (9.20%) Python
5 7 (8.05%) JavaScript
6 3 (3.45%) C#
6 3 (3.45%) Go
6 3 (3.45%) PowerShell
7 2 (2.30%) Bash
7 2 (2.30%) Groovy
7 2 (2.30%) Rust
8 1 (1.15%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (9.20%) Degree
2 6 (6.90%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (6.90%) Master's Degree
3 4 (4.60%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.30%) AWS Certification
4 2 (2.30%) AWS Certified Developer
4 2 (2.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (2.30%) CISSP
4 2 (2.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.30%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.15%) CEH
5 1 (1.15%) CISM
5 1 (1.15%) GSEC
5 1 (1.15%) MCP
5 1 (1.15%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.49%) QA
2 5 (5.75%) Accessibility
2 5 (5.75%) WCAG
3 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.30%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.15%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.15%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (8.05%) Docker
2 6 (6.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (4.60%) Terraform
2 3 (3.45%) HP Fortify
3 1 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (19.54%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.90%) ServiceNow
3 4 (4.60%) SAP
4 3 (3.45%) AppDynamics
4 3 (3.45%) BigPanda
4 3 (3.45%) Dynatrace
4 3 (3.45%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.45%) Splunk
5 2 (2.30%) Oracle
6 1 (1.15%) CrowdStrike
6 1 (1.15%) Informatica
6 1 (1.15%) Palo Alto