Technical Leader Jobs in England

Technical Lead
UK > England

The median Technical Lead salary in England is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 318 397 408
Rank change year-on-year +79 +11 -32
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 753 698 1,219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.87% 0.79% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 0.86% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 591 537 617
10th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £48,649
25th Percentile £61,360 £56,250 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -9.38% +17.65%
75th Percentile £90,625 £93,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £117,500 £118,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £71,250 £80,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -10.94% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,760 80,739 129,993
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 91.52% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 60,876 51,417 74,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,125 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Technical Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in England

Technical Leader
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Leader in England.

Salary trend for Technical Leader in England

Technical Leader
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leader in England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Leader in England

Technical Leader
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the England region over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. 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
London +62 226 £93,000 -2.11% 72
North of England +62 177 £73,805 +1.80% 34
Midlands +31 118 £70,000 +12.00% 19
South East +12 113 £65,000 +13.04% 34
North West +18 100 £79,932 +10.25% 19
West Midlands +29 75 £73,805 +18.09% 11
South West -19 62 £63,749 +44.88% 11
Yorkshire +62 55 £73,805 +5.44% 8
East of England +38 43 £70,000 +50.54% 15
East Midlands +17 43 £65,000 +13.04% 8
North East +14 22 £73,805 -17.07% 9
Technical Leader
UK

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, Technical Leader job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 317 (42.10%) Agile
2 262 (34.79%) AWS
3 232 (30.81%) Java
4 217 (28.82%) Mentoring
5 167 (22.18%) Finance
6 166 (22.05%) Azure
7 165 (21.91%) Social Skills
8 158 (20.98%) Software Engineering
9 151 (20.05%) Degree
10 140 (18.59%) Roadmaps
11 129 (17.13%) Technical Leadership
12 127 (16.87%) DevOps
13 118 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
14 112 (14.87%) Python
15 108 (14.34%) Coaching
16 103 (13.68%) Microsoft
17 101 (13.41%) TypeScript
18 99 (13.15%) JavaScript
19 90 (11.95%) Banking
20 87 (11.55%) Windows
20 87 (11.55%) CI/CD
21 84 (11.16%) Continuous Integration
22 82 (10.89%) Design Patterns
23 79 (10.49%) Product Roadmap
24 78 (10.36%) Project Management
25 77 (10.23%) .NET
25 77 (10.23%) Open Source
26 76 (10.09%) SDLC
27 73 (9.69%) Computer Science
28 70 (9.30%) Strategic Thinking

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 49 (6.51%) Apache Airflow
2 46 (6.11%) Apache
3 37 (4.91%) Tuxedo
4 18 (2.39%) SharePoint
5 12 (1.59%) Confluence
6 10 (1.33%) Apache Spark
7 8 (1.06%) Apache Pig
8 6 (0.80%) WordPress
9 4 (0.53%) CMS
10 2 (0.27%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.13%) Cloud Foundry
11 1 (0.13%) Drupal
11 1 (0.13%) SAS
11 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.27%) MadCap Flare
2 2 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.53%) Primavera
3 3 (0.40%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.13%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 262 (34.79%) AWS
2 166 (22.05%) Azure
3 53 (7.04%) Snowflake
4 46 (6.11%) dbt
5 40 (5.31%) Amazon Kinesis
6 39 (5.18%) SaaS
7 38 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
9 32 (4.25%) Amazon EC2
9 32 (4.25%) Serverless
10 27 (3.59%) Amazon S3
11 23 (3.05%) Power Platform
12 21 (2.79%) AWS Lambda
13 20 (2.66%) GCP
14 13 (1.73%) Amazon SQS
14 13 (1.73%) Azure Synapse Analytics
14 13 (1.73%) PaaS
15 12 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
16 11 (1.46%) PowerApps
17 10 (1.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.25%) Firewall
2 19 (2.52%) WAN
3 12 (1.59%) 5G
4 11 (1.46%) SD-WAN
5 10 (1.33%) Wireless
6 9 (1.20%) LAN
6 9 (1.20%) VLAN
7 7 (0.93%) NAS
8 6 (0.80%) VoIP
9 5 (0.66%) SAN
9 5 (0.66%) VPN
10 4 (0.53%) Network Security
11 3 (0.40%) Broadband
11 3 (0.40%) CTI
11 3 (0.40%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.27%) DHCP
12 2 (0.27%) DNS
12 2 (0.27%) Software-Defined Radio
13 1 (0.13%) Cisco ASA
13 1 (0.13%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (8.37%) SQL Server
2 53 (7.04%) Data Lake
3 46 (6.11%) Amazon Athena
3 46 (6.11%) Apache Arrow
3 46 (6.11%) Apache Ignite
3 46 (6.11%) Data Warehouse
3 46 (6.11%) Dremio
3 46 (6.11%) MySQL
4 38 (5.05%) Amazon RDS
5 30 (3.98%) Relational Database
6 25 (3.32%) Amazon Redshift
6 25 (3.32%) RDBMS
7 24 (3.19%) DynamoDB
8 22 (2.92%) Power BI
9 17 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
10 16 (2.12%) Big Data
11 9 (1.20%) Amazon Aurora
11 9 (1.20%) MongoDB
12 8 (1.06%) Apache Hive
12 8 (1.06%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 55 (7.30%) Git
2 48 (6.37%) GitLab
3 26 (3.45%) Postman
4 13 (1.73%) JIRA
5 9 (1.20%) JUnit
6 8 (1.06%) Checkstyle
6 8 (1.06%) SonarQube
7 4 (0.53%) Maven
7 4 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (0.53%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.27%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.27%) Rational Rhapsody
9 1 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.13%) Gatling
9 1 (0.13%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.13%) Phabricator
9 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 167 (22.18%) Finance
2 165 (21.91%) Social Skills
3 90 (11.95%) Banking
4 66 (8.76%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (6.11%) Front Office
5 46 (6.11%) Investment Banking
6 38 (5.05%) Manufacturing
7 25 (3.32%) Pharmaceutical
8 17 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (2.26%) Legal
9 16 (2.12%) Electronics
9 16 (2.12%) Retail
10 15 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
11 14 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (1.73%) Financial Institution
12 13 (1.73%) Law
12 13 (1.73%) Public Sector
13 12 (1.59%) Aerospace
13 12 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
13 12 (1.59%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (10.23%) .NET
2 56 (7.44%) React
3 53 (7.04%) Spring Boot
4 49 (6.51%) NumPy
4 49 (6.51%) Pandas
5 46 (6.11%) gRPC
5 46 (6.11%) Protocol Buffers
5 46 (6.11%) SciPy
6 44 (5.84%) Kafka
6 44 (5.84%) Spring
7 38 (5.05%) JSON
7 38 (5.05%) RESTful
8 25 (3.32%) HTML
8 25 (3.32%) Node.js
9 24 (3.19%) CSS
10 18 (2.39%) Laravel
11 17 (2.26%) AngularJS
12 15 (1.99%) XML
13 13 (1.73%) REST
14 12 (1.59%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 47 (6.24%) Fixed Income
1 47 (6.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 47 (6.24%) Hedge funds
2 46 (6.11%) Derivative
2 46 (6.11%) Equities
3 44 (5.84%) Management Information System
4 30 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (3.72%) Private Cloud
6 25 (3.32%) Cloud Native
7 19 (2.52%) Greenfield Project
7 19 (2.52%) Robotics
8 18 (2.39%) Distributed Systems
8 18 (2.39%) Product Ownership
9 17 (2.26%) Algorithms
10 16 (2.12%) Cyber Threat
11 13 (1.73%) Client/Server
12 12 (1.59%) Cyberattack
12 12 (1.59%) Data Fabric
13 11 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.33%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 87 (11.55%) Windows
2 47 (6.24%) Linux
3 38 (5.05%) Windows Server
4 18 (2.39%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (1.59%) Windows Server 2012
5 12 (1.59%) Windows Server 2016
5 12 (1.59%) zOS
6 11 (1.46%) Android
7 10 (1.33%) Windows 10
8 8 (1.06%) CentOS
8 8 (1.06%) Solaris
8 8 (1.06%) Ubuntu
8 8 (1.06%) Unix
9 6 (0.80%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.66%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.53%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 317 (42.10%) Agile
2 217 (28.82%) Mentoring
3 158 (20.98%) Software Engineering
4 140 (18.59%) Roadmaps
5 129 (17.13%) Technical Leadership
6 127 (16.87%) DevOps
7 118 (15.67%) Problem-Solving
8 108 (14.34%) Coaching
9 87 (11.55%) CI/CD
10 84 (11.16%) Continuous Integration
11 82 (10.89%) Design Patterns
12 79 (10.49%) Product Roadmap
13 78 (10.36%) Project Management
14 77 (10.23%) Open Source
15 76 (10.09%) SDLC
16 73 (9.69%) Computer Science
17 70 (9.30%) Strategic Thinking
18 61 (8.10%) Customer Service
19 55 (7.30%) Microservices
20 54 (7.17%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 232 (30.81%) Java
2 112 (14.87%) Python
3 101 (13.41%) TypeScript
4 99 (13.15%) JavaScript
5 68 (9.03%) C#
6 66 (8.76%) COBOL
6 66 (8.76%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 61 (8.10%) SQL
8 54 (7.17%) PHP
9 45 (5.98%) C++
10 41 (5.44%) C
11 14 (1.86%) Scala
12 13 (1.73%) VB.NET
13 12 (1.59%) Kotlin
13 12 (1.59%) Rust
14 11 (1.46%) Go
14 11 (1.46%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (0.40%) Apex Code
16 3 (0.40%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 151 (20.05%) Degree
2 64 (8.50%) Security Cleared
3 50 (6.64%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (3.19%) SC Cleared
5 17 (2.26%) Master's Degree
6 16 (2.12%) Azure Certification
7 15 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.59%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.20%) DBS Check
10 8 (1.06%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (1.06%) Chartered Engineer
10 8 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.53%) CCNA
11 4 (0.53%) CCNP
11 4 (0.53%) CIMA
11 4 (0.53%) HND
11 4 (0.53%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.53%) PMP
12 3 (0.40%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.40%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.77%) Data Quality
2 26 (3.45%) QA
3 20 (2.66%) GMP
4 17 (2.26%) SLA
5 13 (1.73%) PMO
6 6 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.80%) NCSC
7 5 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.53%) GDPR
9 3 (0.40%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.40%) JTAG
9 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.27%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.27%) GRC
10 2 (0.27%) HL7
10 2 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.13%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.13%) NIST
System Software
1 29 (3.85%) Docker
2 21 (2.79%) Active Directory
3 17 (2.26%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.20%) vSphere
5 8 (1.06%) HDFS
6 4 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.40%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.27%) Ceph
8 2 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.27%) Firmware
8 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (4.65%) Terraform
2 30 (3.98%) Kubernetes
3 17 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.86%) SCCM
5 7 (0.93%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.80%) Nagios
7 4 (0.53%) Ansible
8 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.27%) Knative
8 2 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.27%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.13%) Grafana
9 1 (0.13%) Istio
9 1 (0.13%) Podman
Vendors
1 103 (13.68%) Microsoft
2 66 (8.76%) Micro Focus
3 47 (6.24%) Oracle
4 33 (4.38%) VMware
5 20 (2.66%) Databricks
5 20 (2.66%) Salesforce
6 15 (1.99%) IBM
7 12 (1.59%) Cisco
7 12 (1.59%) Citrix
8 11 (1.46%) Google
9 10 (1.33%) SAP
10 7 (0.93%) CheckPoint
10 7 (0.93%) ServiceNow
11 6 (0.80%) Veeam
12 5 (0.66%) Informatica
12 5 (0.66%) Meraki
13 4 (0.53%) Barracuda Networks
13 4 (0.53%) F5
13 4 (0.53%) Palo Alto
13 4 (0.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud