Technical Leadership
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 200 227
Rank change year-on-year +26 +27 -25
Permanent jobs citing Technical Leadership 1,667 1,908 2,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.68% 1.89% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 1.98% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,081 1,194 1,318
10th Percentile £49,250 £50,984 £46,374
25th Percentile £58,750 £61,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,500
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £69,235 £67,500 £67,350
% change year-on-year +2.57% +0.22% +12.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,921 96,445 150,777
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.59% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 59,902 56,808 82,456
10th Percentile £29,010 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leadership in the UK

Technical Leadership
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Leadership in the UK

Technical Leadership
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Leadership in the UK

Technical Leadership
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 Leadership within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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 +24 1,460 £72,500 -9.38% 355
UK excluding London +49 1,126 £69,235 +2.57% 240
Work from Home +6 673 £74,137 -7.33% 184
London -17 450 £85,000 - 130
South East +44 288 £68,250 -9.00% 45
North of England +66 247 £65,066 +0.10% 52
South West +32 236 £65,000 +10.87% 51
North West +34 134 £70,576 +5.47% 27
Midlands -12 123 £75,000 +15.38% 43
Scotland -34 123 £75,000 +7.14% 18
Yorkshire +76 95 £62,500 -3.85% 17
East of England -4 90 £65,000 -10.34% 30
West Midlands -7 88 £75,000 +13.21% 33
East Midlands -3 35 £70,000 +16.67% 10
North East +9 18 £75,000 +33.39% 9
Wales +9 11 £59,500 -5.17% 5
Northern Ireland +15 8 £85,200 +42.00% 4

Technical Leadership
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 86 (5.16%) Apache Spark
2 44 (2.64%) CMS
2 44 (2.64%) SharePoint
3 41 (2.46%) Sitecore CMS
4 40 (2.40%) IIS
5 37 (2.22%) Kentico
5 37 (2.22%) Umbraco
6 36 (2.16%) Headless CMS
7 27 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (0.60%) Drupal
9 7 (0.42%) Apache
9 7 (0.42%) OpenStack
9 7 (0.42%) SAS
10 6 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
10 6 (0.36%) Mendix
11 5 (0.30%) Confluence
11 5 (0.30%) K2 blackpearl
12 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.18%) CICS
13 3 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.42%) Oracle Smart View
4 6 (0.36%) Simulink
5 4 (0.24%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.24%) Windchill
6 1 (0.060%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.060%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 19 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.42%) HFM
2 7 (0.42%) Hyperion Planning
2 7 (0.42%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.12%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.12%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.060%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.060%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.060%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.060%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.060%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.060%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 537 (32.21%) Azure
2 382 (22.92%) AWS
3 130 (7.80%) Power Platform
4 113 (6.78%) SaaS
5 105 (6.30%) GCP
6 99 (5.94%) Azure DevOps
7 98 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
8 80 (4.80%) Power Automate
9 63 (3.78%) IaaS
9 63 (3.78%) Serverless
10 62 (3.72%) PowerApps
11 60 (3.60%) Dynamics 365
12 50 (3.00%) OneDrive
13 49 (2.94%) Amazon S3
14 47 (2.82%) OpenShift
15 45 (2.70%) PaaS
16 42 (2.52%) AWS CloudFormation
16 42 (2.52%) Dropbox
16 42 (2.52%) Google Drive
17 38 (2.28%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 88 (5.28%) Firewall
2 71 (4.26%) DNS
3 45 (2.70%) TCP/IP
4 43 (2.58%) WAN
5 41 (2.46%) VPN
6 40 (2.40%) DHCP
6 40 (2.40%) Wireless
7 39 (2.34%) MPLS
8 36 (2.16%) HTTP
9 34 (2.04%) BGP
10 32 (1.92%) Network Security
11 25 (1.50%) LAN
12 21 (1.26%) VLAN
13 20 (1.20%) SAN
13 20 (1.20%) SD-WAN
14 18 (1.08%) OSPF
14 18 (1.08%) SSL
15 14 (0.84%) Internet
15 14 (0.84%) NAS
16 13 (0.78%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (6.60%) Big Data
2 89 (5.34%) NoSQL
3 88 (5.28%) SQL Server
4 84 (5.04%) Power BI
5 73 (4.38%) Relational Database
6 61 (3.66%) Data Warehouse
7 53 (3.18%) Data Lake
8 44 (2.64%) Amazon RDS
9 37 (2.22%) MySQL
9 37 (2.22%) RDBMS
10 34 (2.04%) MongoDB
11 29 (1.74%) Amazon Redshift
12 24 (1.44%) Metadata
13 19 (1.14%) DB2
14 18 (1.08%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 12 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
16 10 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 8 (0.48%) CockroachDB
18 7 (0.42%) Essbase
18 7 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 97 (5.82%) Git
2 49 (2.94%) Jenkins
3 40 (2.40%) JIRA
4 32 (1.92%) GitLab
5 27 (1.62%) Subversion
6 26 (1.56%) Postman
7 17 (1.02%) IBM UrbanCode
8 16 (0.96%) CMake
9 10 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
10 9 (0.54%) Rational DOORS
11 8 (0.48%) Jaeger
11 8 (0.48%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.36%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.36%) RStudio
12 6 (0.36%) Selenium
13 5 (0.30%) JUnit
14 4 (0.24%) Maven
14 4 (0.24%) MLflow
14 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.24%) webpack
General
1 550 (32.99%) Social Skills
2 322 (19.32%) Finance
3 208 (12.48%) Analytical Skills
4 185 (11.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 123 (7.38%) Influencing Skills
6 95 (5.70%) Marketing
7 88 (5.28%) Law
8 81 (4.86%) Public Sector
9 75 (4.50%) Banking
10 71 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
11 48 (2.88%) Automotive
12 32 (1.92%) Back Office
12 32 (1.92%) Electronics
13 31 (1.86%) Retail
14 25 (1.50%) Local Government
15 24 (1.44%) Manufacturing
16 22 (1.32%) Legal
17 21 (1.26%) Games
17 21 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
18 20 (1.20%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 470 (28.19%) Lead
2 410 (24.60%) Senior
3 383 (22.98%) Architect
4 228 (13.68%) Developer
5 169 (10.14%) Software Engineer
6 161 (9.66%) Principal Engineer
7 151 (9.06%) Cloud Engineer
8 134 (8.04%) Technical Leader
9 126 (7.56%) Principal Cloud Engineer
10 108 (6.48%) Solutions Architect
11 107 (6.42%) Senior Developer
12 106 (6.36%) Technical Architect
13 79 (4.74%) Lead Software Engineer
14 74 (4.44%) Lead Developer
15 71 (4.26%) Senior Architect
16 57 (3.42%) Big Data Engineer
16 57 (3.42%) Big Data Software Engineer
16 57 (3.42%) Lead Big Data Engineer
16 57 (3.42%) Scala Engineer
16 57 (3.42%) Scala Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (12.42%) .NET
2 122 (7.32%) React
3 76 (4.56%) HTML
4 75 (4.50%) RESTful
5 69 (4.14%) .NET Core
6 68 (4.08%) .NET Framework
7 58 (3.48%) Spring
8 57 (3.42%) ASP.NET
8 57 (3.42%) Node.js
9 52 (3.12%) Spring Boot
10 50 (3.00%) XML
11 47 (2.82%) CSS
11 47 (2.82%) JSON
12 46 (2.76%) Kafka
12 46 (2.76%) Next.js
13 42 (2.52%) ASP.NET MVC
14 41 (2.46%) OpenID
15 40 (2.40%) SAML
16 33 (1.98%) REST
17 32 (1.92%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 183 (10.98%) Cloud Native
2 90 (5.40%) Product Ownership
3 85 (5.10%) Management Information System
4 73 (4.38%) IoT
5 65 (3.90%) Self-Motivation
6 63 (3.78%) Algorithms
7 58 (3.48%) Data Centre
8 54 (3.24%) Public Cloud
9 43 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
10 42 (2.52%) iPad
11 36 (2.16%) Greenfield Project
12 29 (1.74%) Cyberattack
12 29 (1.74%) Hybrid Cloud
13 28 (1.68%) Robotics
14 26 (1.56%) Blockchain
15 20 (1.20%) Mobile App
16 18 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
17 15 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
17 15 (0.90%) Data Structures
18 13 (0.78%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 178 (10.68%) Linux
2 161 (9.66%) Windows
3 47 (2.82%) Windows Server
4 38 (2.28%) Unix
5 24 (1.44%) Android
6 22 (1.32%) Apple iOS
7 18 (1.08%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.66%) CentOS
9 9 (0.54%) Mac OS
10 7 (0.42%) Embedded Linux
11 6 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.18%) zOS
13 2 (0.12%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.060%) Debian
14 1 (0.060%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 631 (37.85%) Agile
2 434 (26.03%) Mentoring
3 391 (23.46%) DevOps
4 369 (22.14%) Roadmaps
5 365 (21.90%) Software Engineering
6 327 (19.62%) Problem-Solving
7 272 (16.32%) CI/CD
8 248 (14.88%) Technology Roadmap
9 215 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 205 (12.30%) Coaching
11 196 (11.76%) Computer Science
12 188 (11.28%) SDLC
13 160 (9.60%) Microservices
14 147 (8.82%) Project Management
15 130 (7.80%) Artificial Intelligence
16 129 (7.74%) Project Delivery
17 125 (7.50%) Scrum
18 117 (7.02%) Infrastructure as Code
19 110 (6.60%) Data Modelling
20 108 (6.48%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 265 (15.90%) SQL
2 264 (15.84%) Java
3 263 (15.78%) C#
3 263 (15.78%) Python
4 174 (10.44%) JavaScript
5 74 (4.44%) Scala
6 73 (4.38%) C++
7 65 (3.90%) PHP
8 64 (3.84%) TypeScript
9 61 (3.66%) C
10 40 (2.40%) SystemVerilog
11 32 (1.92%) Bash
11 32 (1.92%) Kotlin
12 29 (1.74%) PowerShell
12 29 (1.74%) T-SQL
13 28 (1.68%) R
14 22 (1.32%) Ruby
15 21 (1.26%) Go
16 20 (1.20%) Groovy
17 16 (0.96%) Swift
Qualifications
1 326 (19.56%) Degree
2 214 (12.84%) Security Cleared
3 152 (9.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 122 (7.32%) SC Cleared
5 63 (3.78%) Master's Degree
6 58 (3.48%) AWS Certification
7 50 (3.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 43 (2.58%) DV Cleared
9 41 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
10 35 (2.10%) TOGAF Certification
11 31 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
12 28 (1.68%) Cisco Certification
13 27 (1.62%) Azure Certification
14 24 (1.44%) CISSP
14 24 (1.44%) PhD
15 19 (1.14%) CCNA
16 12 (0.72%) AWS Certified Developer
16 12 (0.72%) PMI Certification
17 11 (0.66%) CISM
18 10 (0.60%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (5.64%) QA
2 34 (2.04%) GDPR
3 30 (1.80%) Data Quality
4 24 (1.44%) SLA
5 14 (0.84%) PMO
6 12 (0.72%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.54%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.48%) Def Stans
9 7 (0.42%) IEC 61508
9 7 (0.42%) ISO 13485
9 7 (0.42%) JTAG
9 7 (0.42%) NIST
10 6 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (0.30%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.24%) MISRA
12 4 (0.24%) MISRA C
12 4 (0.24%) NCSC
12 4 (0.24%) SEPA
13 3 (0.18%) ECSS
13 3 (0.18%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 102 (6.12%) Docker
2 90 (5.40%) Active Directory
3 56 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (2.28%) Firmware
5 23 (1.38%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.84%) Hyper-V
7 10 (0.60%) Virtual Servers
7 10 (0.60%) vSphere
8 9 (0.54%) KVM
9 7 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
10 6 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
11 5 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
12 3 (0.18%) RACF
12 3 (0.18%) Time Sharing Option
12 3 (0.18%) VirtualBox
13 1 (0.060%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.060%) Lustre
13 1 (0.060%) LXC
13 1 (0.060%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 151 (9.06%) Terraform
2 134 (8.04%) Kubernetes
3 69 (4.14%) Ansible
4 38 (2.28%) Progress Chef
5 28 (1.68%) Puppet
6 20 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (0.78%) Prometheus
8 10 (0.60%) FortiGate
8 10 (0.60%) Nagios
9 8 (0.48%) Kiali
10 6 (0.36%) Endace
10 6 (0.36%) Kibana
10 6 (0.36%) logstash
10 6 (0.36%) ServiceCenter
10 6 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.30%) SCCM
11 5 (0.30%) ZABBIX
12 4 (0.24%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.24%) Packer
13 3 (0.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 323 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 116 (6.96%) Google
3 65 (3.90%) Cisco
4 60 (3.60%) Databricks
5 59 (3.54%) VMware
6 47 (2.82%) Salesforce
7 41 (2.46%) Sitecore
8 40 (2.40%) IBM
9 36 (2.16%) Optimizely
10 34 (2.04%) Oracle
11 30 (1.80%) Splunk
12 29 (1.74%) Cadence
13 28 (1.68%) Juniper
13 28 (1.68%) Synopsys
14 21 (1.26%) Veeam
15 19 (1.14%) SAP
16 16 (0.96%) Dynatrace
17 15 (0.90%) Red Hat
18 14 (0.84%) HP
19 12 (0.72%) Sybase