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 5 November 2025.

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

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 290 354
Rank change year-on-year -45 +64 +95
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 68 186 144
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.43% 0.94% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.97% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 52 134 120
10th Percentile £67,625 £53,225 £51,800
25th Percentile £76,250 £62,813 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £86,250 £85,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.47% +13.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £96,563
90th Percentile £128,125 £148,750 £130,000
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% -

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 15,035 19,197 21,006
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 96.64% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8,918 11,996 17,139
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,768 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.05% -4.00% +1.08%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -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 5 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 5 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 (32.35%) Azure
2 19 (27.94%) Technical Leadership
3 18 (26.47%) Mentoring
4 17 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (23.53%) AWS
6 15 (22.06%) DevOps
7 14 (20.59%) Microsoft
7 14 (20.59%) SQL
8 13 (19.12%) Agile
8 13 (19.12%) Continuous Improvement
8 13 (19.12%) Java
8 13 (19.12%) Python
8 13 (19.12%) Roadmaps
9 12 (17.65%) CI/CD
10 9 (13.24%) Power Platform
10 9 (13.24%) Project Delivery
10 9 (13.24%) Serverless
11 8 (11.76%) Containerisation
11 8 (11.76%) Dynamics 365
11 8 (11.76%) GitHub
11 8 (11.76%) JavaScript
11 8 (11.76%) People Management
11 8 (11.76%) Performance Tuning
11 8 (11.76%) Test Automation
12 7 (10.29%) AI
12 7 (10.29%) Analytics
12 7 (10.29%) Business Strategy
12 7 (10.29%) Collaborative Culture
12 7 (10.29%) CSS
12 7 (10.29%) HTML

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 1 (1.47%) Apache Solr
1 1 (1.47%) CMS
1 1 (1.47%) Drupal
1 1 (1.47%) nginx
Business Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.47%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (1.47%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 22 (32.35%) Azure
2 16 (23.53%) AWS
3 9 (13.24%) Power Platform
3 9 (13.24%) Serverless
4 8 (11.76%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (11.76%) GitHub
5 4 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (5.88%) SaaS
6 3 (4.41%) Azure Logic Apps
6 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (4.41%) PaaS
6 3 (4.41%) Power Automate
6 3 (4.41%) PowerApps
7 2 (2.94%) AWS Lambda
7 2 (2.94%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (2.94%) Azure Functions
7 2 (2.94%) Azure Key Vault
7 2 (2.94%) Entra ID
7 2 (2.94%) GCP
7 2 (2.94%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.41%) Firewall
2 2 (2.94%) Intrusion Detection
2 2 (2.94%) Network Security
2 2 (2.94%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.47%) DNS
3 1 (1.47%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.47%) IPsec
3 1 (1.47%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.94%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (2.94%) NoSQL
1 2 (2.94%) Power BI
1 2 (2.94%) SAP HANA
1 2 (2.94%) Tick Data
2 1 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.47%) Couchbase
2 1 (1.47%) MySQL
2 1 (1.47%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.47%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.88%) Git
2 1 (1.47%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.47%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.47%) Snyk
2 1 (1.47%) Vite
2 1 (1.47%) webpack
General
1 30 (44.12%) Social Skills
2 22 (32.35%) Finance
3 8 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 6 (8.82%) Front Office
5 4 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.88%) Marketing
5 4 (5.88%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (5.88%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.41%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.41%) Banking
7 2 (2.94%) Back Office
8 1 (1.47%) Law
8 1 (1.47%) Legal
8 1 (1.47%) Retail
8 1 (1.47%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.47%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.29%) CSS
1 7 (10.29%) HTML
2 4 (5.88%) Flask
2 4 (5.88%) OAuth
2 4 (5.88%) OAuth2
2 4 (5.88%) OpenID
2 4 (5.88%) Spring Boot
3 3 (4.41%) .NET
3 3 (4.41%) React
3 3 (4.41%) Spring
4 2 (2.94%) Blazor
4 2 (2.94%) JSON
4 2 (2.94%) Kafka
4 2 (2.94%) Middleware
4 2 (2.94%) REST
4 2 (2.94%) SAP Basis
4 2 (2.94%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (2.94%) SAPUI5
4 2 (2.94%) SOAP
4 2 (2.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.29%) Cloud Native
2 5 (7.35%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.88%) Data Structures
3 4 (5.88%) Derivative
3 4 (5.88%) Equities
3 4 (5.88%) Fixed Income
3 4 (5.88%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (5.88%) PKI
4 3 (4.41%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (4.41%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.94%) Hedge funds
5 2 (2.94%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.94%) Replication
6 1 (1.47%) Algorithms
6 1 (1.47%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.47%) CMDB
6 1 (1.47%) Cyber Threat
6 1 (1.47%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 1 (1.47%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.47%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.88%) Windows
1 4 (5.88%) Windows Server
2 2 (2.94%) Linux
2 2 (2.94%) SUSE
2 2 (2.94%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (27.94%) Technical Leadership
2 18 (26.47%) Mentoring
3 17 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (22.06%) DevOps
5 13 (19.12%) Agile
5 13 (19.12%) Continuous Improvement
5 13 (19.12%) Roadmaps
6 12 (17.65%) CI/CD
7 9 (13.24%) Project Delivery
8 8 (11.76%) Containerisation
8 8 (11.76%) People Management
8 8 (11.76%) Performance Tuning
8 8 (11.76%) Test Automation
9 7 (10.29%) AI
9 7 (10.29%) Analytics
9 7 (10.29%) Business Strategy
9 7 (10.29%) Collaborative Culture
9 7 (10.29%) Migration
9 7 (10.29%) Software Engineering
10 6 (8.82%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 14 (20.59%) SQL
2 13 (19.12%) Java
2 13 (19.12%) Python
3 8 (11.76%) JavaScript
4 4 (5.88%) C#
5 3 (4.41%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.94%) PHP
6 2 (2.94%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.47%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.47%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.35%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (5.88%) Degree
3 3 (4.41%) CISSP
3 3 (4.41%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.94%) AWS Certification
4 2 (2.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 2 (2.94%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.94%) CEH
4 2 (2.94%) CISM
4 2 (2.94%) GSEC
5 1 (1.47%) AWS Certified Developer
5 1 (1.47%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.47%) MCP
5 1 (1.47%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.35%) GDPR
1 5 (7.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (5.88%) Accessibility
3 3 (4.41%) HIPAA
3 3 (4.41%) QA
3 3 (4.41%) SOC 2
3 3 (4.41%) WCAG
4 2 (2.94%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (8.82%) Docker
2 1 (1.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (10.29%) Terraform
2 4 (5.88%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.47%) Ansible
3 1 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (20.59%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.88%) SAP
3 2 (2.94%) Google
3 2 (2.94%) Oracle
3 2 (2.94%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.47%) AppDynamics
4 1 (1.47%) BigPanda
4 1 (1.47%) CrowdStrike
4 1 (1.47%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.47%) Guidewire
4 1 (1.47%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.47%) Splunk