Technical Manager
UK

The median Technical Manager salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 382 591 527
Rank change year-on-year +209 -64 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Manager 683 428 1,031
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 0.43% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.47% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 549 330 560
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,835
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £66,250 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.98% -1.85% +12.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,250 £100,500 £112,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% - +9.09%

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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
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 £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Technical Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Manager in the UK

Technical Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Manager in the UK

Technical Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Manager over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Manager in the UK

Technical Manager
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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 +210 644 £55,000 -15.38% 386
UK excluding London +186 496 £50,000 -16.67% 315
London +79 162 £70,000 -6.04% 109
Work from Home +60 154 £57,500 -17.86% 95
South East +85 132 £53,000 -16.86% 86
North of England +99 129 £50,000 -23.08% 57
Midlands +60 97 £55,000 -13.39% 55
North West +34 80 £50,000 -23.08% 27
South West +29 70 £50,000 -4.76% 47
West Midlands +70 69 £57,500 -8.00% 32
East of England +27 48 £50,000 -23.08% 41
Yorkshire +106 42 £51,250 -19.61% 21
East Midlands -8 28 £50,000 -23.08% 23
Scotland -65 9 £45,000 -11.66% 16
North East +5 7 £55,000 -30.16% 10
Wales +11 4 £60,250 +22.96% 19
Isle of Man - 4 - -
Northern Ireland +33 3 £57,500 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Technical Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 164 (24.01%) Social Skills
2 163 (23.87%) Project Management
3 132 (19.33%) Agile
4 111 (16.25%) Degree
5 109 (15.96%) Finance
6 106 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
7 91 (13.32%) Azure
8 86 (12.59%) Microsoft
9 82 (12.01%) Project Delivery
10 75 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 71 (10.40%) Stakeholder Management
12 53 (7.76%) Mentoring
13 49 (7.17%) Microsoft 365
14 46 (6.73%) Cybersecurity
14 46 (6.73%) Legal
15 45 (6.59%) SaaS
16 44 (6.44%) Windows
17 43 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
18 42 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 42 (6.15%) Roadmaps
19 41 (6.00%) Time Management
20 39 (5.71%) Service Delivery
21 38 (5.56%) Retail
22 37 (5.42%) Decision-Making
23 35 (5.12%) Manufacturing
24 33 (4.83%) DevOps
25 32 (4.69%) Marketing
25 32 (4.69%) PRINCE2
25 32 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
25 32 (4.69%) Onboarding

Technical Manager 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 12 (1.76%) Confluence
2 11 (1.61%) WordPress
3 10 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 8 (1.17%) CMS
5 6 (0.88%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 6 (0.88%) Apache Solr
5 6 (0.88%) Sitecore CMS
5 6 (0.88%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.59%) Drupal
7 3 (0.44%) ColdFusion
7 3 (0.44%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.29%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.15%) Apache
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.15%) IIS
9 1 (0.15%) Moodle
9 1 (0.15%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.49%) AutoCAD
3 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.44%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.44%) SketchUp
5 1 (0.15%) Revit
5 1 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.46%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.29%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.29%) Raiser’s Edge
2 2 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.15%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 91 (13.32%) Azure
2 49 (7.17%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (6.59%) SaaS
4 28 (4.10%) Cloud Computing
5 23 (3.37%) AWS
6 22 (3.22%) IaaS
6 22 (3.22%) PaaS
7 12 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (1.61%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.17%) Power Platform
10 6 (0.88%) Azure Cognitive Search
10 6 (0.88%) GitHub
10 6 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
11 5 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (0.59%) Power Automate
13 3 (0.44%) Amazon S3
13 3 (0.44%) GCP
13 3 (0.44%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.44%) Serverless
14 2 (0.29%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.93%) WAN
2 19 (2.78%) Firewall
2 19 (2.78%) LAN
3 17 (2.49%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (1.17%) Network Security
5 7 (1.02%) DNS
6 6 (0.88%) Internet
6 6 (0.88%) SD-WAN
7 5 (0.73%) 4G
7 5 (0.73%) DHCP
7 5 (0.73%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.59%) VoIP
8 4 (0.59%) VPN
8 4 (0.59%) Wireless
9 3 (0.44%) SAN
10 2 (0.29%) 5G
11 1 (0.15%) Cisco Firepower
11 1 (0.15%) Cisco Nexus
11 1 (0.15%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
11 1 (0.15%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (1.02%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.88%) MySQL
3 5 (0.73%) RDBMS
3 5 (0.73%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.44%) EDMS
4 3 (0.44%) Electronic Patient Records
4 3 (0.44%) Tableau
5 2 (0.29%) Big Data
5 2 (0.29%) Metadata
5 2 (0.29%) Power BI
5 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.15%) Amazon Athena
6 1 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.15%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.15%) GIS
6 1 (0.15%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.15%) Impala
6 1 (0.15%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.15%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 17 (2.49%) JIRA
2 6 (0.88%) Git
2 6 (0.88%) PHPUnit
3 3 (0.44%) GCC
4 2 (0.29%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.29%) GitLab
5 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 164 (24.01%) Social Skills
2 109 (15.96%) Finance
3 46 (6.73%) Legal
4 43 (6.30%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (6.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (5.56%) Retail
7 35 (5.12%) Manufacturing
8 32 (4.69%) Marketing
8 32 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (2.93%) Telecoms
10 18 (2.64%) Banking
11 16 (2.34%) Local Government
12 15 (2.20%) Electronics
13 13 (1.90%) Aerospace
14 12 (1.76%) French Language
15 11 (1.61%) German Language
15 11 (1.61%) Spanish Language
16 10 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
16 10 (1.46%) Italian Language
16 10 (1.46%) Portuguese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.64%) .NET
2 11 (1.61%) RESTful
3 9 (1.32%) CSS
3 9 (1.32%) SOAP
4 7 (1.02%) HTML
5 6 (0.88%) Doctrine
5 6 (0.88%) HTML5
5 6 (0.88%) jQuery
5 6 (0.88%) Laravel
5 6 (0.88%) Lucene
5 6 (0.88%) Symfony
5 6 (0.88%) Vue
6 3 (0.44%) FHIR
6 3 (0.44%) Flash
6 3 (0.44%) Ruby on Rails
7 2 (0.29%) Kafka
7 2 (0.29%) web3js
8 1 (0.15%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.15%) JSON
8 1 (0.15%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.69%) Onboarding
2 26 (3.81%) Management Information System
3 21 (3.07%) Virtual Team
4 14 (2.05%) Data Centre
5 13 (1.90%) IoT
6 12 (1.76%) Data Structures
6 12 (1.76%) NHS
7 11 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (1.32%) PKI
8 9 (1.32%) Product Ownership
9 8 (1.17%) Driving Licence
10 6 (0.88%) Private Cloud
10 6 (0.88%) Security Posture
11 5 (0.73%) CCTV
11 5 (0.73%) CMDB
11 5 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
11 5 (0.73%) Digital Media
11 5 (0.73%) Housing Association
12 4 (0.59%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 44 (6.44%) Windows
2 21 (3.07%) Windows Server
3 14 (2.05%) Linux
4 6 (0.88%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.29%) Android
5 2 (0.29%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.15%) VMS
6 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (23.87%) Project Management
2 132 (19.33%) Agile
3 106 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (12.01%) Project Delivery
5 75 (10.98%) Continuous Improvement
6 71 (10.40%) Stakeholder Management
7 53 (7.76%) Mentoring
8 46 (6.73%) Cybersecurity
9 42 (6.15%) Roadmaps
10 41 (6.00%) Time Management
11 39 (5.71%) Service Delivery
12 37 (5.42%) Decision-Making
13 33 (4.83%) DevOps
14 32 (4.69%) PRINCE2
15 29 (4.25%) ITIL
16 28 (4.10%) Coaching
17 25 (3.66%) Customer Service
18 24 (3.51%) Change Management
18 24 (3.51%) Customer Requirements
18 24 (3.51%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 15 (2.20%) SQL
2 11 (1.61%) C#
2 11 (1.61%) JavaScript
3 6 (0.88%) PHP
4 4 (0.59%) Python
5 3 (0.44%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.29%) C++
6 2 (0.29%) Java
7 1 (0.15%) C
7 1 (0.15%) Scala
7 1 (0.15%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.15%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 111 (16.25%) Degree
2 28 (4.10%) HND
3 26 (3.81%) Security Cleared
4 24 (3.51%) HNC
5 14 (2.05%) Azure Certification
5 14 (2.05%) SC Cleared
6 13 (1.90%) DBS Check
7 11 (1.61%) CCNP
7 11 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (1.46%) ITIL Certification
8 10 (1.46%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 9 (1.32%) CCNA
9 9 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.32%) PMI Certification
10 8 (1.17%) PMP
11 6 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (0.59%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.44%) RIBA
14 3 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (3.66%) Cyber Essentials
2 22 (3.22%) SLA
3 21 (3.07%) GDPR
4 19 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 16 (2.34%) QA
6 9 (1.32%) Accessibility
7 8 (1.17%) PMO
8 6 (0.88%) ISO 9001
8 6 (0.88%) NEBOSH
9 4 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.59%) GMP
9 4 (0.59%) SOC 2
10 3 (0.44%) ISO 22301
11 2 (0.29%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
12 1 (0.15%) GRC
12 1 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
12 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.15%) PSD2
System Software
1 18 (2.64%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.15%) HDFS
4 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.15%) Autotask
3 1 (0.15%) FTK
3 1 (0.15%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 86 (12.59%) Microsoft
2 20 (2.93%) Cisco
2 20 (2.93%) Salesforce
3 15 (2.20%) VMware
4 10 (1.46%) NEC
5 9 (1.32%) Google
6 8 (1.17%) Sitecore
7 7 (1.02%) Adobe
7 7 (1.02%) Fortinet
7 7 (1.02%) SAP
8 6 (0.88%) Facebook
8 6 (0.88%) Marketo
9 5 (0.73%) Apple
9 5 (0.73%) Oracle
10 4 (0.59%) Meraki
10 4 (0.59%) Vectorworks
11 3 (0.44%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.44%) Ciena
12 2 (0.29%) Bloomberg
12 2 (0.29%) Cadence