Technical Manager Jobs

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 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 365 569 545
Rank change year-on-year +204 -24 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Manager 777 415 1,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.72% 0.45% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 0.49% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 613 323 552
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £96,250 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £59,425
% change year-on-year -16.67% +0.97% +11.07%

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 102,753 84,908 164,946
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.75% 91.21% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 72,538 55,143 85,388
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,524 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,296
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.37% +5.89%

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 9 June 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 9 June 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 +199 721 £55,000 -15.38% 429
UK excluding London +177 577 £50,000 -16.67% 332
London +60 171 £69,733 -4.80% 108
South East +82 156 £52,500 -16.00% 87
Work from Home +36 156 £57,500 -17.86% 103
North of England +112 147 £50,000 -16.67% 72
Midlands +52 118 £50,000 -20.00% 72
North West +36 89 £50,000 -15.97% 44
West Midlands +59 87 £55,000 -12.00% 42
South West +20 74 £50,000 -4.76% 41
Yorkshire +102 50 £45,000 -40.00% 22
East of England +7 48 £50,000 -28.57% 55
East Midlands -19 31 £50,000 -23.08% 30
Wales +22 14 £61,250 +5.60% 7
Scotland -60 11 £45,000 -11.66% 11
North East -8 8 £55,000 -30.16% 6
Northern Ireland +22 5 £57,500 - 2
Isle of Man - 4 - -

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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.

1 170 (21.88%) Social Skills
2 159 (20.46%) Project Management
3 133 (17.12%) Agile
4 123 (15.83%) Finance
5 116 (14.93%) Degree
6 105 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
7 98 (12.61%) Azure
8 92 (11.84%) Microsoft
9 83 (10.68%) Project Delivery
10 75 (9.65%) Continuous Improvement
11 67 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
12 51 (6.56%) Mentoring
13 50 (6.44%) Microsoft 365
14 49 (6.31%) Windows
14 49 (6.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 48 (6.18%) Legal
16 47 (6.05%) Analytical Skills
17 46 (5.92%) Security Cleared
18 44 (5.66%) Cybersecurity
19 43 (5.53%) Roadmaps
20 42 (5.41%) SaaS
21 40 (5.15%) Time Management
22 39 (5.02%) Manufacturing
23 38 (4.89%) Service Delivery
23 38 (4.89%) ITIL
24 37 (4.76%) Retail
25 36 (4.63%) Decision-Making
26 35 (4.50%) Onboarding
27 33 (4.25%) DevOps
27 33 (4.25%) Presentation Skills

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 11 (1.42%) Confluence
1 11 (1.42%) WordPress
2 10 (1.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.03%) CMS
4 6 (0.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 6 (0.77%) Apache Solr
4 6 (0.77%) Sitecore CMS
4 6 (0.77%) Umbraco
5 4 (0.51%) Drupal
6 3 (0.39%) ColdFusion
7 2 (0.26%) Ethereum
7 2 (0.26%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.13%) Apache
8 1 (0.13%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.13%) IIS
8 1 (0.13%) Moodle
8 1 (0.13%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (2.57%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.19%) AutoCAD
3 6 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.39%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.39%) SketchUp
6 1 (0.13%) Revit
6 1 (0.13%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.29%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.26%) Raiser’s Edge
2 2 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 98 (12.61%) Azure
2 50 (6.44%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (5.41%) SaaS
4 29 (3.73%) Cloud Computing
5 24 (3.09%) PaaS
6 23 (2.96%) AWS
7 22 (2.83%) IaaS
8 12 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (1.42%) Entra ID
10 8 (1.03%) Power Platform
11 7 (0.90%) dbt
12 6 (0.77%) Azure Cognitive Search
12 6 (0.77%) GitHub
12 6 (0.77%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (0.64%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (0.64%) Power Automate
14 3 (0.39%) GCP
14 3 (0.39%) iPaaS
14 3 (0.39%) PowerApps
14 3 (0.39%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.45%) Firewall
1 19 (2.45%) LAN
1 19 (2.45%) WAN
2 17 (2.19%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (1.03%) Network Security
4 7 (0.90%) DNS
5 6 (0.77%) SD-WAN
6 5 (0.64%) DHCP
6 5 (0.64%) Internet
7 4 (0.51%) 4G
7 4 (0.51%) Wireless
8 3 (0.39%) 5G
8 3 (0.39%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.39%) VoIP
8 3 (0.39%) VPN
9 2 (0.26%) SAN
10 1 (0.13%) Broadband
10 1 (0.13%) Cisco Nexus
10 1 (0.13%) SSL
10 1 (0.13%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (0.90%) SQL Server
2 6 (0.77%) MySQL
3 5 (0.64%) RDBMS
3 5 (0.64%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.39%) EDMS
4 3 (0.39%) Electronic Patient Records
4 3 (0.39%) Tableau
5 2 (0.26%) Big Data
5 2 (0.26%) GIS
5 2 (0.26%) Metadata
5 2 (0.26%) Power BI
5 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.13%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.13%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.13%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.13%) Impala
6 1 (0.13%) SAP BW
6 1 (0.13%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.13%) Sqoop
Development Applications
1 19 (2.45%) JIRA
2 6 (0.77%) Git
2 6 (0.77%) PHPUnit
3 3 (0.39%) GCC
4 2 (0.26%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.26%) GitLab
5 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 170 (21.88%) Social Skills
2 123 (15.83%) Finance
3 49 (6.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 48 (6.18%) Legal
5 47 (6.05%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (5.02%) Manufacturing
7 37 (4.76%) Retail
8 33 (4.25%) Presentation Skills
9 29 (3.73%) Marketing
10 19 (2.45%) Telecoms
11 17 (2.19%) Banking
12 16 (2.06%) Local Government
13 15 (1.93%) Electronics
14 13 (1.67%) Aerospace
15 12 (1.54%) French Language
16 11 (1.42%) German Language
16 11 (1.42%) Spanish Language
17 10 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (1.29%) Italian Language
17 10 (1.29%) Portuguese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.32%) .NET
2 11 (1.42%) RESTful
3 9 (1.16%) CSS
3 9 (1.16%) SOAP
4 7 (0.90%) Flash
4 7 (0.90%) HTML
4 7 (0.90%) Ruby on Rails
5 6 (0.77%) Doctrine
5 6 (0.77%) HTML5
5 6 (0.77%) jQuery
5 6 (0.77%) Laravel
5 6 (0.77%) Lucene
5 6 (0.77%) Symfony
5 6 (0.77%) Vue
6 3 (0.39%) FHIR
7 2 (0.26%) Kafka
7 2 (0.26%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.26%) web3js
8 1 (0.13%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.13%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 35 (4.50%) Onboarding
2 26 (3.35%) Management Information System
3 21 (2.70%) Virtual Team
4 17 (2.19%) Data Centre
5 13 (1.67%) IoT
6 12 (1.54%) Data Structures
6 12 (1.54%) NHS
6 12 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
7 9 (1.16%) PKI
7 9 (1.16%) Product Ownership
8 8 (1.03%) Driving Licence
9 6 (0.77%) Private Cloud
9 6 (0.77%) Security Posture
10 5 (0.64%) CCTV
10 5 (0.64%) CMDB
10 5 (0.64%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (0.64%) Digital Media
10 5 (0.64%) Housing Association
11 4 (0.51%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 49 (6.31%) Windows
2 26 (3.35%) Windows Server
3 11 (1.42%) Linux
4 6 (0.77%) Ubuntu
5 2 (0.26%) Android
5 2 (0.26%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (20.46%) Project Management
2 133 (17.12%) Agile
3 105 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (10.68%) Project Delivery
5 75 (9.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 67 (8.62%) Stakeholder Management
7 51 (6.56%) Mentoring
8 44 (5.66%) Cybersecurity
9 43 (5.53%) Roadmaps
10 40 (5.15%) Time Management
11 38 (4.89%) ITIL
11 38 (4.89%) Service Delivery
12 36 (4.63%) Decision-Making
13 33 (4.25%) DevOps
14 28 (3.60%) PRINCE2
14 28 (3.60%) Tech Ops
15 27 (3.47%) Change Management
15 27 (3.47%) Coaching
16 24 (3.09%) Architectural Design
16 24 (3.09%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (1.54%) SQL
2 11 (1.42%) JavaScript
3 9 (1.16%) C#
4 6 (0.77%) PHP
5 4 (0.51%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.26%) C++
6 2 (0.26%) Java
6 2 (0.26%) Python
7 1 (0.13%) C
7 1 (0.13%) Scala
7 1 (0.13%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 116 (14.93%) Degree
2 46 (5.92%) Security Cleared
3 28 (3.60%) HND
4 24 (3.09%) HNC
5 20 (2.57%) SC Cleared
6 16 (2.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (1.93%) Azure Certification
8 13 (1.67%) DBS Check
9 12 (1.54%) CCNP
9 12 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
9 12 (1.54%) PMI Certification
10 10 (1.29%) CCNA
10 10 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
10 10 (1.29%) PMP
11 9 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 6 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (0.51%) Master's Degree
13 4 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 3 (0.39%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.35%) Cyber Essentials
1 26 (3.35%) SLA
2 20 (2.57%) GDPR
3 18 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 18 (2.32%) QA
4 9 (1.16%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.16%) PMO
5 6 (0.77%) ISO 9001
5 6 (0.77%) NEBOSH
6 4 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.51%) GMP
6 4 (0.51%) SOC 2
7 2 (0.26%) ISO 14001
7 2 (0.26%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.13%) GRC
8 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.13%) NCSC
8 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (2.45%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.13%) HDFS
4 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (0.26%) Terraform
3 1 (0.13%) Autotask
3 1 (0.13%) FTK
3 1 (0.13%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 92 (11.84%) Microsoft
2 21 (2.70%) Cisco
2 21 (2.70%) Salesforce
3 16 (2.06%) VMware
4 13 (1.67%) Sitecore
5 10 (1.29%) NEC
6 9 (1.16%) Google
7 8 (1.03%) Fortinet
7 8 (1.03%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.90%) Adobe
8 7 (0.90%) SAP
9 6 (0.77%) Facebook
9 6 (0.77%) Marketo
10 5 (0.64%) Apple
10 5 (0.64%) Oracle
11 4 (0.51%) Atlassian
11 4 (0.51%) Meraki
11 4 (0.51%) Vectorworks
12 3 (0.39%) Ciena
13 2 (0.26%) CyberArk