Technical Leadership Jobs in Scotland

Technical Leadership
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Technical Leadership skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Technical Leadership over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 164 131 183
Rank change year-on-year -33 +52 -42
Permanent jobs citing Technical Leadership 119 93 68
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.76% 2.04% 1.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.92% 2.16% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 39 38 36
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,218 £49,750
25th Percentile £61,875 £54,063 £58,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £69,447 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +13.38% -5.77%
75th Percentile £81,250 £97,457 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,250 £97,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £72,500 £78,142 £75,000
% change year-on-year -7.22% +4.19% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Technical Leadership is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,194 4,298 5,452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 91.80% 94.48% 91.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,404 2,120 2,834
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £41,233
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,275
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Technical Leadership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leadership in Scotland

Technical Leadership
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Leadership in Scotland.

Salary trend for Technical Leadership in Scotland

Technical Leadership
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership in Scotland over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Leadership in Scotland

Technical Leadership
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leadership within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 23 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
Glasgow -48 78 £75,000 +18.58% 3
Edinburgh +16 33 £75,400 -14.78% 8
Dundee -12 2 £52,500 +9.11% 1
Aberdeen - 1 £62,500 - 1
Stirling - 1 £32,500 - 2
Technical Leadership
UK

Technical Leadership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 57 (47.90%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.84%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 25 (21.01%) AWS
2 21 (17.65%) Azure
3 16 (13.45%) SaaS
4 9 (7.56%) PaaS
5 8 (6.72%) IaaS
6 6 (5.04%) Cloud Computing
6 6 (5.04%) GCP
6 6 (5.04%) OpenShift
7 5 (4.20%) Entra ID
8 4 (3.36%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (2.52%) Power Platform
9 3 (2.52%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.68%) Azure API Management
10 2 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.68%) dbt
10 2 (1.68%) GitHub
10 2 (1.68%) Vertex AI
11 1 (0.84%) AWS CloudFormation
11 1 (0.84%) AWS CodePipeline
11 1 (0.84%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.20%) Firewall
2 4 (3.36%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.84%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (53.78%) Big Data
2 58 (48.74%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.52%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.52%) Power BI
3 3 (2.52%) Tableau
4 2 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.84%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.36%) Git
2 3 (2.52%) IBM UrbanCode
3 2 (1.68%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.84%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.84%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.84%) GitLab
4 1 (0.84%) Gradle
4 1 (0.84%) JUnit
4 1 (0.84%) Maven
4 1 (0.84%) Mockito
4 1 (0.84%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.84%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 75 (63.03%) Finance
2 67 (56.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 60 (50.42%) Marketing
4 59 (49.58%) Influencing Skills
5 58 (48.74%) Law
6 17 (14.29%) Social Skills
7 14 (11.76%) Banking
8 8 (6.72%) Legal
9 6 (5.04%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (3.36%) Analytical Skills
11 3 (2.52%) Retail
12 1 (0.84%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 68 (57.14%) Software Engineer
2 67 (56.30%) Lead
3 57 (47.90%) Big Data Engineer
3 57 (47.90%) Big Data Software Engineer
3 57 (47.90%) Lead Big Data Engineer
3 57 (47.90%) Lead Software Engineer
3 57 (47.90%) Scala Engineer
3 57 (47.90%) Scala Software Engineer
4 52 (43.70%) Java Engineer
5 51 (42.86%) Java Scala Software Engineer
5 51 (42.86%) Java Software Engineer
5 51 (42.86%) Lead Java Engineer
6 24 (20.17%) Senior
7 13 (10.92%) Architect
8 11 (9.24%) Senior Software Engineer
9 6 (5.04%) AWS Engineer
9 6 (5.04%) AWS Software Engineer
9 6 (5.04%) Cloud Engineer
9 6 (5.04%) Developer
9 6 (5.04%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (5.04%) React
2 5 (4.20%) RESTful
3 4 (3.36%) J2EE
3 4 (3.36%) LDAP
3 4 (3.36%) OAuth
3 4 (3.36%) OAuth2
3 4 (3.36%) OpenID
3 4 (3.36%) REST
3 4 (3.36%) SAML
3 4 (3.36%) Spring
3 4 (3.36%) Spring Boot
4 3 (2.52%) Kafka
4 3 (2.52%) Swagger
5 2 (1.68%) Django
5 2 (1.68%) Node.js
6 1 (0.84%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 69 (57.98%) Cloud Native
2 9 (7.56%) Public Cloud
3 7 (5.88%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.36%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.36%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.36%) Virtual Team
5 3 (2.52%) Blockchain
5 3 (2.52%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.52%) Robotics
5 3 (2.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 2 (1.68%) Cyber Defence
6 2 (1.68%) IoT
6 2 (1.68%) Life Science
6 2 (1.68%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.84%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.84%) Credit Risk
7 1 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.84%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 23 (19.33%) Linux
2 13 (10.92%) Windows
3 4 (3.36%) Android
3 4 (3.36%) Apple iOS
3 4 (3.36%) Mac OS
4 3 (2.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (75.63%) Agile
2 75 (63.03%) Software Engineering
3 66 (55.46%) SDLC
4 64 (53.78%) CI/CD
5 59 (49.58%) Performance Tuning
6 57 (47.90%) Community of Practice
6 57 (47.90%) Operational Stability
7 21 (17.65%) DevOps
8 20 (16.81%) Mentoring
9 17 (14.29%) Roadmaps
10 16 (13.45%) Cybersecurity
11 13 (10.92%) Coaching
12 10 (8.40%) Analytics
12 10 (8.40%) Architectural Patterns
13 9 (7.56%) Artificial Intelligence
13 9 (7.56%) Identity Access Management
13 9 (7.56%) Problem-Solving
13 9 (7.56%) Technology Roadmap
14 8 (6.72%) Open Source
14 8 (6.72%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 71 (59.66%) SQL
2 70 (58.82%) Java
3 57 (47.90%) Scala
4 18 (15.13%) Python
5 7 (5.88%) PowerShell
6 6 (5.04%) C
6 6 (5.04%) Embedded C
7 5 (4.20%) Kotlin
8 4 (3.36%) Groovy
8 4 (3.36%) Swift
8 4 (3.36%) TypeScript
9 3 (2.52%) Ruby
10 2 (1.68%) C#
10 2 (1.68%) PHP
11 1 (0.84%) Bash
11 1 (0.84%) JavaScript
11 1 (0.84%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 10 (8.40%) Degree
2 4 (3.36%) Azure Certification
2 4 (3.36%) CCNA
2 4 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (3.36%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (3.36%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.52%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.68%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.68%) CISSP
4 2 (1.68%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.68%) PMP
5 1 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.84%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.84%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.20%) QA
2 3 (2.52%) SEPA
3 1 (0.84%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.84%) Basel III
3 1 (0.84%) IEC 61508
System Software
1 6 (5.04%) Docker
2 5 (4.20%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.20%) RACF
Systems Management
1 14 (11.76%) Kubernetes
2 13 (10.92%) Terraform
3 6 (5.04%) Ansible
4 5 (4.20%) Progress Chef
5 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (3.36%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (1.68%) Puppet
6 2 (1.68%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.84%) Grafana
7 1 (0.84%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (7.56%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.04%) Google
2 6 (5.04%) ServiceNow
3 5 (4.20%) CyberArk
4 4 (3.36%) Cisco
4 4 (3.36%) Dell
4 4 (3.36%) Okta
4 4 (3.36%) Salesforce
4 4 (3.36%) Splunk
5 3 (2.52%) IBM
6 1 (0.84%) Coverity
6 1 (0.84%) Klocwork
6 1 (0.84%) Thales