Technical Leadership Job Trends in Yorkshire

Technical Leadership
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring Technical Leadership skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 107 147
Rank change year-on-year +29 +40 -17
Permanent jobs citing Technical Leadership 138 56 47
As % of all permanent jobs in Yorkshire 1.85% 1.65% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.78% 1.88% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 114 45 31
10th Percentile £62,566 £62,500 £46,250
25th Percentile £65,000 £67,000 £55,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,500 £65,465
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +7.69% -6.48%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £101,250 £90,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £80,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -7.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

Technical Leadership falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,963 2,975 4,210
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 66.52% 87.58% 78.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,640 1,525 2,459
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,500 £39,110
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,865 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.19% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Technical Leadership relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire.

Technical Leadership job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

Technical Leadership
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Technical Leadership.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing Technical Leadership

Technical Leadership
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 26 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Technical Leadership in Yorkshire

Technical Leadership
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leadership within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 26 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Yorkshire +2 93 £82,500 +17.02% 25
South Yorkshire +2 42 £73,500 -12.24% 6
North Yorkshire - 1 £62,500 - 4
East Yorkshire - 1 - -
Technical Leadership
England

Technical Leadership
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 7 (5.07%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.90%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.72%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 54 (39.13%) Azure
2 47 (34.06%) AWS
3 16 (11.59%) GCP
3 16 (11.59%) SaaS
4 9 (6.52%) Azure Data Factory
4 9 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (5.80%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 8 (5.80%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 7 (5.07%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 6 (4.35%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (4.35%) GitHub
7 6 (4.35%) IaaS
7 6 (4.35%) Serverless
8 5 (3.62%) Amazon ECS
8 5 (3.62%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (3.62%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (3.62%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (3.62%) OneDrive
9 3 (2.17%) Amazon Bedrock
9 3 (2.17%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.35%) Broadband
2 3 (2.17%) Firewall
3 2 (1.45%) BGP
3 2 (1.45%) DNS
3 2 (1.45%) Ethernet VPN
3 2 (1.45%) LAN
3 2 (1.45%) Network Security
3 2 (1.45%) NGFW
3 2 (1.45%) OSPF
3 2 (1.45%) VLAN
3 2 (1.45%) VXLAN
3 2 (1.45%) WAN
3 2 (1.45%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (1.45%) Wireless
3 2 (1.45%) WLAN
4 1 (0.72%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.52%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.35%) Amazon Redshift
2 6 (4.35%) BigQuery
2 6 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (3.62%) Metadata
4 4 (2.90%) MongoDB
4 4 (2.90%) MySQL
4 4 (2.90%) NoSQL
4 4 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (2.17%) ClickHouse
5 3 (2.17%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (1.45%) Big Data
6 2 (1.45%) Metadata Repository
6 2 (1.45%) Spark SQL
7 1 (0.72%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.72%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.72%) Power BI
7 1 (0.72%) Semantic Layer
7 1 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (5.07%) GitLab
1 7 (5.07%) Jenkins
2 6 (4.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 6 (4.35%) Git
3 1 (0.72%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.72%) Gatling
3 1 (0.72%) JMeter
3 1 (0.72%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.72%) Selenium
General
1 29 (21.01%) Public Sector
1 29 (21.01%) Social Skills
2 25 (18.12%) Finance
3 9 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (6.52%) Marketing
4 8 (5.80%) Law
5 6 (4.35%) Games
6 2 (1.45%) Banking
6 2 (1.45%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.72%) Digital Healthcare
7 1 (0.72%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 43 (31.16%) Lead
2 36 (26.09%) Architect
3 23 (16.67%) Senior
4 19 (13.77%) Solutions Architect
5 18 (13.04%) Principal Engineer
6 12 (8.70%) SAP Architect
6 12 (8.70%) SAP Financial Architect
6 12 (8.70%) SAP Solutions Architect
7 10 (7.25%) Developer
8 9 (6.52%) DevOps Engineer
8 9 (6.52%) Lead Software Engineer
8 9 (6.52%) Software Engineer
8 9 (6.52%) Team Leader
9 8 (5.80%) Engineering Manager
9 8 (5.80%) Product Manager
9 8 (5.80%) Technical Architect
10 7 (5.07%) Control Systems Engineer
10 7 (5.07%) Data Engineer
10 7 (5.07%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 7 (5.07%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (12.32%) .NET
2 16 (11.59%) Terraform
3 12 (8.70%) Node.js
3 12 (8.70%) React
4 5 (3.62%) Middleware
4 5 (3.62%) PySpark
4 5 (3.62%) RESTful
5 4 (2.90%) AngularJS
5 4 (2.90%) CSS
5 4 (2.90%) HTML
5 4 (2.90%) Vue
6 2 (1.45%) Kafka
7 1 (0.72%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.72%) GraphQL
7 1 (0.72%) Hibernate
7 1 (0.72%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (0.72%) React Native
7 1 (0.72%) Ruby on Rails
7 1 (0.72%) Spring
7 1 (0.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.04%) Onboarding
2 17 (12.32%) Greenfield Project
3 9 (6.52%) Cloud Native
4 8 (5.80%) Product Ownership
4 8 (5.80%) Robotics
4 8 (5.80%) SCADA
5 6 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
5 6 (4.35%) Mobile App
6 4 (2.90%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (2.17%) AI Agents
8 2 (1.45%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.72%) CMDB
9 1 (0.72%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.72%) IoT
9 1 (0.72%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.72%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.72%) NHS
9 1 (0.72%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.07%) Linux
2 6 (4.35%) Android
2 6 (4.35%) Apple iOS
2 6 (4.35%) CentOS
2 6 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (2.17%) Windows
4 2 (1.45%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.72%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (53.62%) Mentoring
2 45 (32.61%) Agile
3 41 (29.71%) Coaching
4 36 (26.09%) CI/CD
5 34 (24.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (22.46%) AI
7 28 (20.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 26 (18.84%) Roadmaps
9 25 (18.12%) DevOps
10 22 (15.94%) Decision-Making
11 20 (14.49%) Analytics
11 20 (14.49%) Software Engineering
12 17 (12.32%) Observability
13 16 (11.59%) Infrastructure as Code
14 15 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
15 13 (9.42%) Integration Patterns
15 13 (9.42%) Line Management
15 13 (9.42%) Platform Engineering
16 12 (8.70%) Acceptance Criteria
16 12 (8.70%) Architecture Governance
Programming Languages
1 24 (17.39%) SQL
2 20 (14.49%) C#
2 20 (14.49%) JavaScript
3 16 (11.59%) Python
3 16 (11.59%) TypeScript
4 13 (9.42%) Java
5 6 (4.35%) Scala
6 3 (2.17%) PHP
7 2 (1.45%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.72%) Bicep
8 1 (0.72%) Ruby
8 1 (0.72%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (11.59%) Degree
2 11 (7.97%) SC Cleared
2 11 (7.97%) Security Cleared
3 8 (5.80%) NVQ Level 3
4 7 (5.07%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.17%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.17%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.45%) CCNP
8 1 (0.72%) CCNA
8 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.70%) Accessibility
2 10 (7.25%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.17%) QA
3 3 (2.17%) WCAG
4 2 (1.45%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.72%) GRC
5 1 (0.72%) JSP 440
System Software
1 7 (5.07%) Docker
2 2 (1.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (5.07%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.35%) Ansible
3 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.70%) SAP
3 9 (6.52%) Salesforce
4 6 (4.35%) Databricks
4 6 (4.35%) Google
5 5 (3.62%) Adobe
6 3 (2.17%) Cisco
6 3 (2.17%) Foundry
7 2 (1.45%) Arista
7 2 (1.45%) Aruba
7 2 (1.45%) F5
7 2 (1.45%) Informatica
7 2 (1.45%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.72%) ServiceNow