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 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 286 333 330
Rank change year-on-year +47 -3 +78
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 79 109 138
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.52% 0.64% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.67% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 59 63 103
10th Percentile £67,500 £30,000 £52,100
25th Percentile £72,500 £55,000 £64,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -6.25% +10.34%
75th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £113,500 £109,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £73,250 £82,500
% change year-on-year +9.22% -11.21% +3.13%

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 14,145 16,379 19,561
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 96.15% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 9,116 10,040 15,901
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,015
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £61,206 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.05% +2.01% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,563 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 1 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 1 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 25 (31.65%) Mentoring
1 25 (31.65%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (30.38%) Agile
3 22 (27.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (26.58%) Azure
5 18 (22.78%) CI/CD
5 18 (22.78%) Microsoft
6 16 (20.25%) Serverless
7 15 (18.99%) AWS
7 15 (18.99%) SQL
8 14 (17.72%) Technical Leadership
9 13 (16.46%) DevOps
9 13 (16.46%) Roadmaps
10 12 (15.19%) Project Delivery
10 12 (15.19%) Test Automation
11 11 (13.92%) Git
11 11 (13.92%) GitHub
11 11 (13.92%) Java
12 10 (12.66%) Full-Stack Development
12 10 (12.66%) Python
12 10 (12.66%) TypeScript
13 9 (11.39%) AI
13 9 (11.39%) Design Patterns
13 9 (11.39%) MVC
14 8 (10.13%) Docker
14 8 (10.13%) Microservices
14 8 (10.13%) Migration
14 8 (10.13%) QA
14 8 (10.13%) React
14 8 (10.13%) SaaS

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 (3.80%) CMS
1 3 (3.80%) Confluence
1 3 (3.80%) Drupal
1 3 (3.80%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.27%) JBoss
Business Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 21 (26.58%) Azure
2 16 (20.25%) Serverless
3 15 (18.99%) AWS
4 11 (13.92%) GitHub
5 8 (10.13%) SaaS
6 7 (8.86%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (7.59%) Entra ID
7 6 (7.59%) PaaS
8 5 (6.33%) Amazon S3
8 5 (6.33%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (6.33%) Azure App Service
8 5 (6.33%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (6.33%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (6.33%) Power Platform
9 4 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (3.80%) Amazon ECR
10 3 (3.80%) Apigee
10 3 (3.80%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (3.80%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.80%) Firewall
2 2 (2.53%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (2.53%) Network Security
3 1 (1.27%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.27%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.33%) NoSQL
1 5 (6.33%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.06%) DynamoDB
3 2 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.53%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (2.53%) MySQL
3 2 (2.53%) Power BI
3 2 (2.53%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.27%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.27%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.27%) Tick Data
Development Applications
1 11 (13.92%) Git
2 5 (6.33%) JIRA
3 3 (3.80%) Cypress.io
3 3 (3.80%) GitLab
3 3 (3.80%) Jenkins
3 3 (3.80%) Maven
3 3 (3.80%) SonarQube
4 1 (1.27%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.27%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.27%) Selenium
4 1 (1.27%) Vite
4 1 (1.27%) webpack
General
1 32 (40.51%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.13%) Finance
2 8 (10.13%) Public Sector
3 6 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.06%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.06%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (5.06%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.80%) Marketing
6 1 (1.27%) Automotive
6 1 (1.27%) Back Office
6 1 (1.27%) Banking
6 1 (1.27%) Front Office
6 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.27%) Law
6 1 (1.27%) Publishing
6 1 (1.27%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.13%) React
2 6 (7.59%) .NET
3 5 (6.33%) .NET Framework
3 5 (6.33%) ASP.NET Web API
3 5 (6.33%) ASP.NET Web Forms
3 5 (6.33%) CSS
3 5 (6.33%) Entity Framework
3 5 (6.33%) HTML
3 5 (6.33%) Razor View Engine
3 5 (6.33%) RESTful
3 5 (6.33%) Spring Boot
4 4 (5.06%) Flask
4 4 (5.06%) OAuth
4 4 (5.06%) OAuth2
4 4 (5.06%) OpenID
4 4 (5.06%) Spring
5 3 (3.80%) AngularJS
5 3 (3.80%) Gherkin
5 3 (3.80%) Jest
5 3 (3.80%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.59%) Cloud Native
2 4 (5.06%) Data Structures
2 4 (5.06%) PKI
3 3 (3.80%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.53%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.53%) Replication
5 1 (1.27%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.27%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.27%) CMDB
5 1 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.27%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 1 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.27%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.27%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.27%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.27%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.27%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.33%) Windows
2 4 (5.06%) Windows Server
3 3 (3.80%) Linux
4 2 (2.53%) SUSE
4 2 (2.53%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (31.65%) Mentoring
1 25 (31.65%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (30.38%) Agile
3 22 (27.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (22.78%) CI/CD
5 14 (17.72%) Technical Leadership
6 13 (16.46%) DevOps
6 13 (16.46%) Roadmaps
7 12 (15.19%) Project Delivery
7 12 (15.19%) Test Automation
8 10 (12.66%) Full-Stack Development
9 9 (11.39%) AI
9 9 (11.39%) Design Patterns
9 9 (11.39%) MVC
10 8 (10.13%) Microservices
10 8 (10.13%) Migration
10 8 (10.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (10.13%) User Experience
11 7 (8.86%) Analytics
11 7 (8.86%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 15 (18.99%) SQL
2 11 (13.92%) Java
3 10 (12.66%) Python
3 10 (12.66%) TypeScript
4 6 (7.59%) JavaScript
5 3 (3.80%) C#
5 3 (3.80%) Go
5 3 (3.80%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.53%) Bash
6 2 (2.53%) Groovy
6 2 (2.53%) Rust
7 1 (1.27%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (7.59%) Degree
2 5 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 5 (6.33%) Master's Degree
3 3 (3.80%) CISSP
4 2 (2.53%) AWS Certification
4 2 (2.53%) AWS Certified Developer
4 2 (2.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (2.53%) CEH
4 2 (2.53%) CISM
4 2 (2.53%) GSEC
4 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.53%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.27%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.27%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.27%) MCP
5 1 (1.27%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.13%) QA
2 5 (6.33%) Accessibility
2 5 (6.33%) WCAG
3 2 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.53%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.27%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (10.13%) Docker
2 5 (6.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (6.33%) Terraform
2 3 (3.80%) HP Fortify
3 1 (1.27%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (22.78%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.06%) SAP
2 4 (5.06%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.80%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.53%) AppDynamics
4 2 (2.53%) BigPanda
4 2 (2.53%) Dynatrace
4 2 (2.53%) Google
4 2 (2.53%) Splunk
5 1 (1.27%) CrowdStrike
5 1 (1.27%) Informatica
5 1 (1.27%) Oracle
5 1 (1.27%) Palo Alto