Technical Lead
UK

The median Technical Lead salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 352 405 408
Rank change year-on-year +53 +3 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 801 813 1,414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.81% 0.80% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 0.88% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 634 613 702
10th Percentile £46,000 £45,000 £48,775
25th Percentile £61,360 £56,219 £62,639
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -6.45% +14.81%
75th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +7.69% -3.70% +8.87%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in the UK

Technical Leader
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Leader in the UK

Technical Leader
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leader over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Leader in the UK

Technical Leader
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
England +73 737 £75,000 +3.45% 130
UK excluding London +38 548 £70,000 +7.69% 90
Work from Home +64 400 £75,000 +14.77% 57
London +60 215 £91,750 -3.42% 54
North of England +56 174 £73,805 +1.80% 22
Midlands +19 115 £71,902 +15.04% 16
South East +13 112 £65,000 +13.04% 21
North West +14 98 £79,932 +10.25% 11
West Midlands +13 73 £73,805 +18.09% 10
South West -11 62 £63,749 +44.89% 8
Yorkshire +64 54 £73,805 +5.44% 8
East of England +53 45 £70,000 +50.54% 13
East Midlands +5 42 £65,000 -7.14% 6
Wales +17 22 £70,000 +27.27% 2
North East +14 22 £73,805 -17.07% 3
Scotland -68 18 £75,000 +25.00% 12
Northern Ireland +21 2 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 10 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 featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 320 (39.95%) Agile
2 265 (33.08%) AWS
3 236 (29.46%) Java
4 230 (28.71%) Mentoring
5 179 (22.35%) Azure
6 172 (21.47%) Finance
7 170 (21.22%) Social Skills
8 159 (19.85%) Degree
9 153 (19.10%) Software Engineering
10 139 (17.35%) Roadmaps
11 134 (16.73%) Technical Leadership
12 125 (15.61%) DevOps
13 121 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
14 110 (13.73%) Microsoft
15 108 (13.48%) Python
16 106 (13.23%) Coaching
17 100 (12.48%) TypeScript
17 100 (12.48%) JavaScript
18 89 (11.11%) Banking
19 88 (10.99%) Windows
19 88 (10.99%) CI/CD
20 87 (10.86%) Continuous Integration
21 82 (10.24%) Design Patterns
22 81 (10.11%) Security Cleared
22 81 (10.11%) Project Management
23 80 (9.99%) Open Source
24 79 (9.86%) Product Roadmap
25 78 (9.74%) .NET
26 77 (9.61%) SDLC
27 73 (9.11%) Computer Science

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 43 (5.37%) Apache Airflow
2 40 (4.99%) Apache
3 37 (4.62%) Tuxedo
4 18 (2.25%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.37%) Confluence
6 10 (1.25%) Apache Spark
7 8 (1.00%) Apache Pig
8 6 (0.75%) WordPress
9 4 (0.50%) CMS
10 2 (0.25%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.12%) Drupal
11 1 (0.12%) SAS
11 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.25%) MadCap Flare
2 2 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (1.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.50%) Primavera
3 3 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.12%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 265 (33.08%) AWS
2 179 (22.35%) Azure
3 47 (5.87%) SaaS
3 47 (5.87%) Snowflake
4 40 (4.99%) dbt
5 38 (4.74%) Amazon Kinesis
6 37 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
7 33 (4.12%) Amazon EC2
7 33 (4.12%) Serverless
8 32 (4.00%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (3.62%) Power Platform
10 27 (3.37%) Amazon S3
11 23 (2.87%) AWS Lambda
12 20 (2.50%) GCP
13 14 (1.75%) PaaS
14 13 (1.62%) Amazon SQS
14 13 (1.62%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 12 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
16 11 (1.37%) PowerApps
17 10 (1.25%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.62%) Firewall
2 19 (2.37%) WAN
3 12 (1.50%) 5G
4 11 (1.37%) SD-WAN
4 11 (1.37%) Wireless
5 9 (1.12%) LAN
5 9 (1.12%) VLAN
6 7 (0.87%) NAS
7 6 (0.75%) VoIP
8 5 (0.62%) SAN
8 5 (0.62%) VPN
9 4 (0.50%) Broadband
9 4 (0.50%) Network Security
10 3 (0.37%) CTI
10 3 (0.37%) DNS
10 3 (0.37%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.25%) DHCP
11 2 (0.25%) Software-Defined Radio
11 2 (0.25%) TETRA
11 2 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (7.62%) SQL Server
2 47 (5.87%) Data Lake
2 47 (5.87%) MySQL
3 46 (5.74%) Data Warehouse
4 40 (4.99%) Amazon Athena
4 40 (4.99%) Apache Arrow
4 40 (4.99%) Apache Ignite
4 40 (4.99%) Dremio
5 36 (4.49%) Amazon RDS
6 31 (3.87%) Relational Database
7 25 (3.12%) Amazon Redshift
7 25 (3.12%) RDBMS
8 24 (3.00%) DynamoDB
9 23 (2.87%) Power BI
10 16 (2.00%) Big Data
11 15 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
12 10 (1.25%) MongoDB
13 8 (1.00%) Apache Hive
13 8 (1.00%) Hadoop
14 7 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 58 (7.24%) Git
2 53 (6.62%) GitLab
3 26 (3.25%) Postman
4 13 (1.62%) JIRA
5 9 (1.12%) JUnit
6 8 (1.00%) Checkstyle
6 8 (1.00%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.62%) Maven
8 4 (0.50%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
11 1 (0.12%) Cypress.io
11 1 (0.12%) Eclipse
11 1 (0.12%) Gatling
11 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.12%) Phabricator
11 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 172 (21.47%) Finance
2 170 (21.22%) Social Skills
3 89 (11.11%) Banking
4 71 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (4.99%) Front Office
5 40 (4.99%) Investment Banking
6 38 (4.74%) Manufacturing
7 28 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 25 (3.12%) Pharmaceutical
9 20 (2.50%) Public Sector
10 17 (2.12%) Electronics
10 17 (2.12%) Legal
11 16 (2.00%) Retail
12 15 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (1.62%) Financial Institution
14 13 (1.62%) Law
14 13 (1.62%) Retail Banking
15 12 (1.50%) Aerospace
15 12 (1.50%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (9.74%) .NET
2 65 (8.11%) React
3 56 (6.99%) Spring Boot
4 46 (5.74%) Spring
5 45 (5.62%) Kafka
6 43 (5.37%) NumPy
6 43 (5.37%) Pandas
7 40 (4.99%) gRPC
7 40 (4.99%) Protocol Buffers
7 40 (4.99%) SciPy
8 38 (4.74%) RESTful
9 37 (4.62%) JSON
10 30 (3.75%) Node.js
11 28 (3.50%) HTML
12 27 (3.37%) CSS
13 19 (2.37%) AngularJS
13 19 (2.37%) Laravel
14 15 (1.87%) XML
15 13 (1.62%) Middleware
16 11 (1.37%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 45 (5.62%) Management Information System
2 41 (5.12%) Fixed Income
2 41 (5.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 41 (5.12%) Hedge funds
3 40 (4.99%) Derivative
3 40 (4.99%) Equities
4 33 (4.12%) Private Cloud
5 30 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
6 26 (3.25%) Cloud Native
7 23 (2.87%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (2.37%) Robotics
9 17 (2.12%) Algorithms
10 16 (2.00%) Cyber Threat
10 16 (2.00%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.75%) Product Ownership
12 12 (1.50%) Client/Server
12 12 (1.50%) Cyberattack
12 12 (1.50%) Data Fabric
12 12 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.25%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 88 (10.99%) Windows
2 47 (5.87%) Linux
3 37 (4.62%) Windows Server
4 17 (2.12%) Windows Server 2019
5 12 (1.50%) zOS
6 11 (1.37%) Android
6 11 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
6 11 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
7 10 (1.25%) Unix
7 10 (1.25%) Windows 10
8 8 (1.00%) CentOS
8 8 (1.00%) Solaris
8 8 (1.00%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.75%) Apple iOS
10 5 (0.62%) Mac OS
11 4 (0.50%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 320 (39.95%) Agile
2 230 (28.71%) Mentoring
3 153 (19.10%) Software Engineering
4 139 (17.35%) Roadmaps
5 134 (16.73%) Technical Leadership
6 125 (15.61%) DevOps
7 121 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
8 106 (13.23%) Coaching
9 88 (10.99%) CI/CD
10 87 (10.86%) Continuous Integration
11 82 (10.24%) Design Patterns
12 81 (10.11%) Project Management
13 80 (9.99%) Open Source
14 79 (9.86%) Product Roadmap
15 77 (9.61%) SDLC
16 73 (9.11%) Computer Science
17 72 (8.99%) Strategic Thinking
18 62 (7.74%) Customer Service
19 59 (7.37%) Code Quality
20 57 (7.12%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 236 (29.46%) Java
2 108 (13.48%) Python
3 100 (12.48%) JavaScript
3 100 (12.48%) TypeScript
4 72 (8.99%) C#
5 66 (8.24%) COBOL
5 66 (8.24%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 63 (7.87%) SQL
7 57 (7.12%) PHP
8 47 (5.87%) C++
9 42 (5.24%) C
10 13 (1.62%) Kotlin
10 13 (1.62%) VB.NET
11 12 (1.50%) Rust
11 12 (1.50%) Scala
12 11 (1.37%) Go
12 11 (1.37%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.62%) Delphi
14 4 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.37%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 159 (19.85%) Degree
2 81 (10.11%) Security Cleared
3 49 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 33 (4.12%) SC Cleared
5 17 (2.12%) Master's Degree
6 16 (2.00%) Azure Certification
7 14 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (1.62%) DV Cleared
9 11 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
10 10 (1.25%) BPSS Clearance
11 9 (1.12%) DBS Check
12 8 (1.00%) Chartered Engineer
13 7 (0.87%) CCNP
14 5 (0.62%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.50%) CCNA
15 4 (0.50%) CIMA
15 4 (0.50%) HND
15 4 (0.50%) PMP
16 3 (0.37%) A+ Certification
16 3 (0.37%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (5.62%) Data Quality
2 24 (3.00%) QA
3 20 (2.50%) GMP
4 16 (2.00%) SLA
5 12 (1.50%) PMO
6 6 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.75%) NCSC
7 5 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.50%) Accessibility
8 4 (0.50%) GDPR
9 3 (0.37%) JTAG
10 2 (0.25%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.25%) GRC
10 2 (0.25%) HL7
10 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.12%) ISO 20022
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.12%) NIST
11 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 32 (4.00%) Docker
2 22 (2.75%) Active Directory
3 16 (2.00%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (1.12%) vSphere
6 8 (1.00%) HDFS
7 4 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
8 3 (0.37%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.25%) Ceph
9 2 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.25%) Firmware
9 2 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
9 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 35 (4.37%) Terraform
2 33 (4.12%) Kubernetes
3 15 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
4 13 (1.62%) SCCM
5 7 (0.87%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.75%) Nagios
7 4 (0.50%) Ansible
8 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.25%) Knative
8 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.25%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.12%) Grafana
9 1 (0.12%) Istio
9 1 (0.12%) Podman
Vendors
1 110 (13.73%) Microsoft
2 66 (8.24%) Micro Focus
3 49 (6.12%) Oracle
4 34 (4.24%) VMware
5 21 (2.62%) Salesforce
6 20 (2.50%) Databricks
7 15 (1.87%) IBM
8 14 (1.75%) Cisco
9 11 (1.37%) Citrix
9 11 (1.37%) Google
10 10 (1.25%) SAP
11 9 (1.12%) ServiceNow
12 8 (1.00%) Meraki
13 7 (0.87%) CheckPoint
13 7 (0.87%) Sony
14 6 (0.75%) Palo Alto
14 6 (0.75%) Veeam
15 5 (0.62%) Informatica
16 4 (0.50%) Barracuda Networks
16 4 (0.50%) F5