Technical Leader Jobs in London

Technical Lead
England > London

The median Technical Lead salary in London is £93,000 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 298 360 378
Rank change year-on-year +62 +18 -45
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 226 284 727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.96% 0.84% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 0.89% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 188 218 315
10th Percentile £62,158 £58,500 £66,250
25th Percentile £83,750 £70,313 £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £93,000 £95,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £122,500 £115,938 £110,000
90th Percentile £148,750 £132,500 £142,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -9.38% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,294 31,975 66,602
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 95.13% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 16,646 23,616 34,555
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,444 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in London

Technical Leader
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Technical Leader in London

Technical Leader
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Technical Leader in London

Technical Leader
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the London 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
Central London +23 22 £100,000 +5.26% 9
South London 0 4 - - 1
West London -3 1 £102,500 +35.76% 2
Technical Leader
England

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

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 London region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 115 (50.88%) AWS
2 103 (45.58%) Finance
3 100 (44.25%) Java
4 97 (42.92%) Agile
5 75 (33.19%) Banking
6 73 (32.30%) Software Engineering
7 67 (29.65%) Python
8 62 (27.43%) Azure
9 56 (24.78%) JavaScript
10 55 (24.34%) TypeScript
11 54 (23.89%) Mentoring
12 53 (23.45%) Data Lake
12 53 (23.45%) Snowflake
13 52 (23.01%) DevOps
14 50 (22.12%) Data Quality
15 49 (21.68%) NumPy
15 49 (21.68%) Pandas
15 49 (21.68%) Apache Airflow
15 49 (21.68%) Social Skills
16 47 (20.80%) Hedge funds
16 47 (20.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 47 (20.80%) Asset Management
16 47 (20.80%) Fixed Income
17 46 (20.35%) Front Office
17 46 (20.35%) Investment Banking
17 46 (20.35%) Equities
17 46 (20.35%) Apache
17 46 (20.35%) SciPy
17 46 (20.35%) Protocol Buffers
17 46 (20.35%) Derivative

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (21.68%) Apache Airflow
2 46 (20.35%) Apache
3 10 (4.42%) Apache Spark
4 8 (3.54%) Apache Pig
5 7 (3.10%) Confluence
6 6 (2.65%) WordPress
7 5 (2.21%) SharePoint
8 3 (1.33%) CMS
9 2 (0.88%) Magnolia
9 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.44%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.44%) Cloud Foundry
10 1 (0.44%) Drupal
Applications
1 7 (3.10%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (2.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.77%) Primavera
3 3 (1.33%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 115 (50.88%) AWS
2 62 (27.43%) Azure
3 53 (23.45%) Snowflake
4 46 (20.35%) dbt
5 21 (9.29%) Power Platform
6 17 (7.52%) Serverless
7 16 (7.08%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (6.64%) GCP
8 15 (6.64%) SaaS
9 13 (5.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 10 (4.42%) Amazon EC2
10 10 (4.42%) Azure Logic Apps
10 10 (4.42%) Power Automate
10 10 (4.42%) PowerApps
11 9 (3.98%) Amazon Kinesis
12 8 (3.54%) WhatsApp
13 7 (3.10%) Amazon SQS
13 7 (3.10%) AWS Lambda
13 7 (3.10%) Azure Service Bus
14 6 (2.65%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.44%) Cisco ASA
1 1 (0.44%) DHCP
1 1 (0.44%) DNS
1 1 (0.44%) Firewall
1 1 (0.44%) FTP
1 1 (0.44%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (23.45%) Data Lake
2 46 (20.35%) Amazon Athena
2 46 (20.35%) Apache Arrow
2 46 (20.35%) Apache Ignite
2 46 (20.35%) Dremio
3 22 (9.73%) SQL Server
4 21 (9.29%) Power BI
5 15 (6.64%) Big Data
6 14 (6.19%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (4.42%) MySQL
8 9 (3.98%) Relational Database
9 8 (3.54%) Apache Hive
9 8 (3.54%) Hadoop
10 7 (3.10%) Data Mining
10 7 (3.10%) Spark SQL
11 6 (2.65%) Azure SQL Database
11 6 (2.65%) MongoDB
12 5 (2.21%) Amazon Aurora
12 5 (2.21%) Amazon RDS
13 4 (1.77%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 19 (8.41%) Git
2 9 (3.98%) GitLab
2 9 (3.98%) JUnit
3 8 (3.54%) Checkstyle
3 8 (3.54%) JIRA
3 8 (3.54%) SonarQube
4 5 (2.21%) Postman
5 3 (1.33%) Maven
6 2 (0.88%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.88%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.44%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.44%) Gatling
7 1 (0.44%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.44%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.44%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 103 (45.58%) Finance
2 75 (33.19%) Banking
3 49 (21.68%) Social Skills
4 46 (20.35%) Front Office
4 46 (20.35%) Investment Banking
5 10 (4.42%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (4.42%) Retail Banking
6 9 (3.98%) Financial Institution
7 7 (3.10%) Law
8 4 (1.77%) Local Government
9 3 (1.33%) Retail
10 2 (0.88%) Advertising
10 2 (0.88%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.44%) Back Office
11 1 (0.44%) Games
11 1 (0.44%) iGaming
11 1 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.44%) Legal
11 1 (0.44%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.44%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (21.68%) NumPy
1 49 (21.68%) Pandas
2 46 (20.35%) gRPC
2 46 (20.35%) Protocol Buffers
2 46 (20.35%) SciPy
3 34 (15.04%) Kafka
4 31 (13.72%) Spring Boot
5 27 (11.95%) .NET
6 21 (9.29%) Spring
7 18 (7.96%) React
8 12 (5.31%) AngularJS
9 11 (4.87%) J2EE
10 8 (3.54%) REST
11 7 (3.10%) Middleware
11 7 (3.10%) PySpark
12 6 (2.65%) Laravel
13 5 (2.21%) .NET Core
13 5 (2.21%) ASP.NET
13 5 (2.21%) FastAPI
13 5 (2.21%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 47 (20.80%) Fixed Income
1 47 (20.80%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 47 (20.80%) Hedge funds
2 46 (20.35%) Derivative
2 46 (20.35%) Equities
3 13 (5.75%) Product Ownership
3 13 (5.75%) Self-Motivation
4 11 (4.87%) Algorithms
4 11 (4.87%) Client/Server
5 8 (3.54%) Cyberattack
5 8 (3.54%) Data Fabric
5 8 (3.54%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.10%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.65%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (2.21%) Educational Technology
9 4 (1.77%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
9 4 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.77%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.52%) Linux
2 12 (5.31%) Windows
3 8 (3.54%) zOS
4 4 (1.77%) CentOS
4 4 (1.77%) Solaris
4 4 (1.77%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.77%) Unix
5 3 (1.33%) Android
6 2 (0.88%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (42.92%) Agile
2 73 (32.30%) Software Engineering
3 54 (23.89%) Mentoring
4 52 (23.01%) DevOps
5 47 (20.80%) Asset Management
6 46 (20.35%) Greeks
6 46 (20.35%) Investment Management
7 44 (19.47%) SDLC
8 41 (18.14%) CI/CD
9 33 (14.60%) Microservices
10 31 (13.72%) Technical Leadership
11 27 (11.95%) Design Patterns
12 26 (11.50%) Computer Science
12 26 (11.50%) Problem-Solving
13 24 (10.62%) Roadmaps
14 21 (9.29%) ETL
15 20 (8.85%) Business Intelligence
16 19 (8.41%) Line Management
17 18 (7.96%) Machine Learning
18 17 (7.52%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 100 (44.25%) Java
2 67 (29.65%) Python
3 56 (24.78%) JavaScript
4 55 (24.34%) TypeScript
5 42 (18.58%) SQL
6 19 (8.41%) C#
7 10 (4.42%) PHP
7 10 (4.42%) Scala
8 9 (3.98%) Kotlin
9 7 (3.10%) PowerShell
10 5 (2.21%) Go
11 4 (1.77%) C++
11 4 (1.77%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (1.77%) Rust
12 2 (0.88%) Bash
12 2 (0.88%) Bicep
12 2 (0.88%) C
13 1 (0.44%) BeanShell
13 1 (0.44%) Delphi
13 1 (0.44%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 38 (16.81%) Degree
2 14 (6.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (4.42%) Azure Certification
3 10 (4.42%) Master's Degree
4 5 (2.21%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.77%) Chartered Engineer
5 4 (1.77%) CIMA
6 3 (1.33%) Security Cleared
7 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.88%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.44%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (22.12%) Data Quality
2 16 (7.08%) QA
3 2 (0.88%) HL7
3 2 (0.88%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.44%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (0.44%) ISO 20022
4 1 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 21 (9.29%) Docker
2 8 (3.54%) HDFS
3 4 (1.77%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.88%) Ceph
4 2 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.88%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 24 (10.62%) Kubernetes
2 14 (6.19%) Terraform
3 3 (1.33%) Ansible
4 2 (0.88%) Knative
5 1 (0.44%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.44%) Istio
5 1 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (12.83%) Microsoft
2 20 (8.85%) Databricks
3 7 (3.10%) Oracle
3 7 (3.10%) SAP
4 6 (2.65%) Google
5 4 (1.77%) F5
5 4 (1.77%) IBM
6 2 (0.88%) NVIDIA
6 2 (0.88%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.44%) Apple
7 1 (0.44%) Aruba
7 1 (0.44%) Cisco
7 1 (0.44%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.44%) Meraki
7 1 (0.44%) Okta
7 1 (0.44%) SolarWinds