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 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 388 587 536
Rank change year-on-year +199 -51 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Manager 684 429 1,027
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.68% 0.43% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% 0.47% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 550 331 561
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £46,563 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -3.70% +12.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £100,000 £111,250
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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £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 18 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 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
England +215 645 £55,000 -15.38% 333
UK excluding London +173 495 £50,000 -16.67% 258
London +81 164 £70,000 -4.44% 97
Work from Home +51 155 £57,500 -17.86% 86
South East +74 131 £53,000 -16.86% 77
North of England +114 129 £50,000 -23.08% 52
Midlands +57 97 £55,000 -13.39% 49
North West +40 80 £50,000 -23.08% 23
South West +26 70 £50,000 -4.76% 36
West Midlands +69 69 £57,500 -8.00% 27
East of England +25 48 £50,000 -23.08% 30
Yorkshire +107 42 £51,250 -19.61% 21
East Midlands +2 28 £50,000 -23.08% 22
Scotland -63 9 £45,000 -11.66% 8
North East 0 7 £55,000 -30.16% 9
Wales +9 4 £60,250 +22.96% 12
Isle of Man - 4 - -
Northern Ireland +23 3 £57,500 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 165 (24.12%) Social Skills
2 163 (23.83%) Project Management
3 132 (19.30%) Agile
4 111 (16.23%) Degree
5 109 (15.94%) Finance
6 107 (15.64%) Problem-Solving
7 93 (13.60%) Azure
8 87 (12.72%) Microsoft
9 82 (11.99%) Project Delivery
10 75 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
11 71 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
12 53 (7.75%) Mentoring
13 51 (7.46%) Microsoft 365
14 47 (6.87%) Cybersecurity
15 46 (6.73%) Legal
16 45 (6.58%) SaaS
17 44 (6.43%) Windows
18 43 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
18 43 (6.29%) Roadmaps
19 42 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
20 41 (5.99%) Time Management
21 40 (5.85%) Service Delivery
22 38 (5.56%) Retail
23 37 (5.41%) Decision-Making
24 35 (5.12%) Manufacturing
25 33 (4.82%) DevOps
26 32 (4.68%) Marketing
26 32 (4.68%) PRINCE2
26 32 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
26 32 (4.68%) 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 (1.75%) 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 (0.58%) 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 93 (13.60%) Azure
2 51 (7.46%) Microsoft 365
3 45 (6.58%) SaaS
4 28 (4.09%) Cloud Computing
5 24 (3.51%) AWS
6 23 (3.36%) IaaS
7 22 (3.22%) PaaS
8 13 (1.90%) Entra ID
9 12 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (1.17%) Power Platform
11 6 (0.88%) Azure Cognitive Search
11 6 (0.88%) GitHub
11 6 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
12 5 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (0.58%) Power Automate
14 3 (0.44%) Amazon S3
14 3 (0.44%) GCP
14 3 (0.44%) PowerApps
14 3 (0.44%) Serverless
15 2 (0.29%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 20 (2.92%) 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 (0.58%) VoIP
8 4 (0.58%) VPN
8 4 (0.58%) 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
1 165 (24.12%) Social Skills
2 109 (15.94%) Finance
3 46 (6.73%) Legal
4 43 (6.29%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (5.56%) Retail
7 35 (5.12%) Manufacturing
8 32 (4.68%) Marketing
8 32 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (2.92%) Telecoms
10 18 (2.63%) Banking
11 16 (2.34%) Local Government
12 15 (2.19%) Electronics
13 13 (1.90%) Aerospace
14 12 (1.75%) 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 (2.63%) .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%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.68%) Onboarding
2 26 (3.80%) Management Information System
3 21 (3.07%) Virtual Team
4 15 (2.19%) Data Centre
5 13 (1.90%) IoT
6 12 (1.75%) Data Structures
6 12 (1.75%) 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 (0.58%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 44 (6.43%) 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 (23.83%) Project Management
2 132 (19.30%) Agile
3 107 (15.64%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (11.99%) Project Delivery
5 75 (10.96%) Continuous Improvement
6 71 (10.38%) Stakeholder Management
7 53 (7.75%) Mentoring
8 47 (6.87%) Cybersecurity
9 43 (6.29%) Roadmaps
10 41 (5.99%) Time Management
11 40 (5.85%) Service Delivery
12 37 (5.41%) Decision-Making
13 33 (4.82%) DevOps
14 32 (4.68%) PRINCE2
15 29 (4.24%) ITIL
16 28 (4.09%) Coaching
17 25 (3.65%) Customer Service
18 24 (3.51%) Change Management
18 24 (3.51%) Customer Requirements
18 24 (3.51%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 15 (2.19%) SQL
2 11 (1.61%) C#
2 11 (1.61%) JavaScript
3 6 (0.88%) PHP
4 4 (0.58%) 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 (16.23%) Degree
2 28 (4.09%) HND
3 26 (3.80%) 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 (0.58%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.44%) RIBA
14 3 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.80%) Cyber Essentials
2 22 (3.22%) SLA
3 21 (3.07%) GDPR
4 20 (2.92%) 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 5 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.58%) GMP
10 4 (0.58%) SOC 2
11 3 (0.44%) ISO 22301
12 2 (0.29%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.15%) Data Quality
13 1 (0.15%) GRC
13 1 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 1 (0.15%) NCSC
13 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
13 1 (0.15%) PSD2
System Software
1 19 (2.78%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.29%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.15%) HDFS
4 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (2.34%) 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%) SCCM
3 1 (0.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 87 (12.72%) Microsoft
2 20 (2.92%) Cisco
2 20 (2.92%) Salesforce
3 16 (2.34%) 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%) Meraki
9 5 (0.73%) Oracle
10 4 (0.58%) Vectorworks
11 3 (0.44%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.44%) Ciena
12 2 (0.29%) Cadence
12 2 (0.29%) Cellebrite