Technical Leader Jobs in England

Technical Lead
UK > England

The median Technical Lead salary in England is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 317 402 417
Rank change year-on-year +85 +15 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 793 652 1,251
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.87% 0.77% 0.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 0.85% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 626 505 617
10th Percentile £46,125 £45,000 £47,815
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,250 £63,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -9.38% +14.29%
75th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £100,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £117,500 £130,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -12.50% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in England

Technical Leader
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Technical Leader in England

Technical Leader
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leader in England over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Leader in England

Technical Leader
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +78 237 £95,000 - 60
North of England +70 196 £73,805 +1.80% 34
Midlands +45 124 £73,805 +18.09% 23
South East +12 114 £65,000 +13.04% 23
North West +26 110 £79,932 +10.25% 23
West Midlands +13 79 £73,805 +18.09% 14
South West -12 66 £59,374 +13.09% 17
Yorkshire +54 62 £73,805 +5.44% 6
East Midlands +15 45 £65,000 +44.44% 9
East of England +36 44 £70,000 +50.54% 15
North East +14 26 £73,805 -17.07% 5
Technical Leader
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 across the England region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 327 (41.24%) Agile
2 280 (35.31%) AWS
3 238 (30.01%) Java
4 222 (27.99%) Mentoring
5 178 (22.45%) Software Engineering
6 176 (22.19%) Finance
7 167 (21.06%) Azure
8 164 (20.68%) Social Skills
9 148 (18.66%) Roadmaps
10 146 (18.41%) Degree
11 137 (17.28%) DevOps
12 132 (16.65%) Technical Leadership
13 125 (15.76%) Python
14 115 (14.50%) JavaScript
14 115 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
15 113 (14.25%) Coaching
15 113 (14.25%) TypeScript
16 104 (13.11%) Microsoft
17 102 (12.86%) Banking
18 93 (11.73%) Continuous Integration
19 89 (11.22%) Windows
20 88 (11.10%) CI/CD
21 85 (10.72%) Open Source
22 84 (10.59%) .NET
23 80 (10.09%) Product Roadmap
24 78 (9.84%) Project Management
25 77 (9.71%) Design Patterns
26 74 (9.33%) SDLC
27 70 (8.83%) Computer Science
28 69 (8.70%) Security Cleared

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 61 (7.69%) Apache Airflow
2 58 (7.31%) Apache
3 37 (4.67%) Tuxedo
4 18 (2.27%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.39%) Apache Spark
6 10 (1.26%) Confluence
7 6 (0.76%) Apache Pig
8 4 (0.50%) CMS
8 4 (0.50%) WordPress
9 2 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.25%) Magnolia
9 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.13%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.13%) Drupal
10 1 (0.13%) SAS
10 1 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.25%) MadCap Flare
2 2 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (1.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.50%) Primavera
3 3 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.13%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 280 (35.31%) AWS
2 167 (21.06%) Azure
3 66 (8.32%) dbt
4 65 (8.20%) Snowflake
5 45 (5.67%) Amazon Kinesis
6 42 (5.30%) SaaS
7 40 (5.04%) Microsoft 365
8 33 (4.16%) Amazon EC2
9 32 (4.04%) Azure DevOps
10 29 (3.66%) Serverless
11 27 (3.40%) Amazon S3
12 21 (2.65%) Power Platform
13 19 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
14 16 (2.02%) GCP
15 14 (1.77%) PaaS
16 13 (1.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 12 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
18 11 (1.39%) Amazon SQS
18 11 (1.39%) PowerApps
19 10 (1.26%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.16%) Firewall
2 21 (2.65%) WAN
3 12 (1.51%) 5G
3 12 (1.51%) Wireless
4 11 (1.39%) LAN
4 11 (1.39%) SD-WAN
5 9 (1.13%) VLAN
6 7 (0.88%) NAS
7 6 (0.76%) VoIP
8 5 (0.63%) SAN
8 5 (0.63%) VPN
9 4 (0.50%) Network Security
10 3 (0.38%) Broadband
10 3 (0.38%) CTI
10 3 (0.38%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.25%) DHCP
11 2 (0.25%) DNS
11 2 (0.25%) Software-Defined Radio
11 2 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
12 1 (0.13%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (8.20%) Data Lake
2 63 (7.94%) SQL Server
3 58 (7.31%) Amazon Athena
3 58 (7.31%) Apache Arrow
3 58 (7.31%) Apache Ignite
3 58 (7.31%) Dremio
4 46 (5.80%) Data Warehouse
4 46 (5.80%) MySQL
5 42 (5.30%) Amazon RDS
6 30 (3.78%) Relational Database
7 29 (3.66%) DynamoDB
8 25 (3.15%) Amazon Redshift
8 25 (3.15%) RDBMS
9 22 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
10 20 (2.52%) Power BI
11 14 (1.77%) Big Data
12 12 (1.51%) Amazon Aurora
13 10 (1.26%) NoSQL
14 9 (1.13%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 53 (6.68%) Git
2 47 (5.93%) GitLab
3 26 (3.28%) Postman
4 9 (1.13%) JIRA
5 7 (0.88%) JUnit
6 6 (0.76%) Checkstyle
6 6 (0.76%) SonarQube
7 5 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
8 4 (0.50%) Maven
8 4 (0.50%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.13%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.13%) Gatling
10 1 (0.13%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.13%) Phabricator
10 1 (0.13%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 176 (22.19%) Finance
2 164 (20.68%) Social Skills
3 102 (12.86%) Banking
4 64 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (7.31%) Front Office
5 58 (7.31%) Investment Banking
6 39 (4.92%) Manufacturing
7 25 (3.15%) Pharmaceutical
8 22 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.14%) Legal
10 16 (2.02%) Electronics
10 16 (2.02%) Retail
11 15 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.77%) Presentation Skills
13 13 (1.64%) Financial Institution
13 13 (1.64%) Law
13 13 (1.64%) Public Sector
14 12 (1.51%) Aerospace
14 12 (1.51%) Games
15 11 (1.39%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (10.59%) .NET
2 61 (7.69%) NumPy
2 61 (7.69%) Pandas
3 58 (7.31%) gRPC
3 58 (7.31%) Protocol Buffers
3 58 (7.31%) SciPy
4 56 (7.06%) React
5 51 (6.43%) Spring Boot
6 46 (5.80%) Kafka
7 43 (5.42%) Spring
8 39 (4.92%) JSON
8 39 (4.92%) RESTful
9 31 (3.91%) Node.js
10 28 (3.53%) HTML
11 26 (3.28%) CSS
12 20 (2.52%) Laravel
12 20 (2.52%) REST
13 17 (2.14%) AngularJS
14 16 (2.02%) GraphQL
14 16 (2.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 59 (7.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 58 (7.31%) Derivative
2 58 (7.31%) Equities
2 58 (7.31%) Fixed Income
2 58 (7.31%) Hedge funds
3 44 (5.55%) Management Information System
4 33 (4.16%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (3.53%) Private Cloud
6 26 (3.28%) Cloud Native
7 24 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
8 19 (2.40%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (2.40%) Product Ownership
8 19 (2.40%) Robotics
9 17 (2.14%) Algorithms
10 16 (2.02%) Cyber Threat
11 12 (1.51%) Cyberattack
11 12 (1.51%) Data Fabric
12 11 (1.39%) Client/Server
12 11 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.26%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 89 (11.22%) Windows
2 49 (6.18%) Linux
3 39 (4.92%) Windows Server
4 19 (2.40%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (1.64%) Windows Server 2012
5 13 (1.64%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (1.51%) zOS
7 10 (1.26%) Android
7 10 (1.26%) Windows 10
8 8 (1.01%) CentOS
8 8 (1.01%) Solaris
8 8 (1.01%) Ubuntu
8 8 (1.01%) Unix
9 5 (0.63%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.63%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.50%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 327 (41.24%) Agile
2 222 (27.99%) Mentoring
3 178 (22.45%) Software Engineering
4 148 (18.66%) Roadmaps
5 137 (17.28%) DevOps
6 132 (16.65%) Technical Leadership
7 115 (14.50%) Problem-Solving
8 113 (14.25%) Coaching
9 93 (11.73%) Continuous Integration
10 88 (11.10%) CI/CD
11 85 (10.72%) Open Source
12 80 (10.09%) Product Roadmap
13 78 (9.84%) Project Management
14 77 (9.71%) Design Patterns
15 74 (9.33%) SDLC
16 70 (8.83%) Computer Science
17 69 (8.70%) Strategic Thinking
18 60 (7.57%) Asset Management
19 59 (7.44%) Customer Service
19 59 (7.44%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 238 (30.01%) Java
2 125 (15.76%) Python
3 115 (14.50%) JavaScript
4 113 (14.25%) TypeScript
5 68 (8.58%) C#
6 66 (8.32%) COBOL
6 66 (8.32%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 59 (7.44%) SQL
8 55 (6.94%) PHP
9 46 (5.80%) C++
10 42 (5.30%) C
11 19 (2.40%) Scala
12 13 (1.64%) Rust
12 13 (1.64%) VB.NET
13 11 (1.39%) Go
13 11 (1.39%) Kotlin
13 11 (1.39%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.50%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.38%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 146 (18.41%) Degree
2 69 (8.70%) Security Cleared
3 49 (6.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 30 (3.78%) SC Cleared
5 16 (2.02%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.89%) Master's Degree
6 15 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.51%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (1.01%) Chartered Engineer
9 7 (0.88%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.50%) CCNA
11 4 (0.50%) CIMA
11 4 (0.50%) HND
11 4 (0.50%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.50%) PMP
12 3 (0.38%) A+ Certification
12 3 (0.38%) CompTIA Security+
12 3 (0.38%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.82%) Data Quality
2 23 (2.90%) QA
3 20 (2.52%) GMP
4 18 (2.27%) SLA
5 14 (1.77%) PMO
6 6 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.76%) NCSC
7 5 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.50%) GDPR
9 3 (0.38%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.38%) JTAG
9 3 (0.38%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.25%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.25%) GRC
10 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.13%) NIST
System Software
1 31 (3.91%) Docker
2 22 (2.77%) Active Directory
3 18 (2.27%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.13%) vSphere
5 6 (0.76%) HDFS
6 5 (0.63%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.38%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.38%) Ceph
7 3 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.25%) Firmware
8 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 36 (4.54%) Terraform
2 34 (4.29%) Kubernetes
3 18 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.77%) SCCM
5 7 (0.88%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.76%) Nagios
7 5 (0.63%) Ansible
8 3 (0.38%) Knative
9 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.25%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.13%) Grafana
10 1 (0.13%) Istio
10 1 (0.13%) Podman
Vendors
1 104 (13.11%) Microsoft
2 66 (8.32%) Micro Focus
3 47 (5.93%) Oracle
4 34 (4.29%) VMware
5 20 (2.52%) Databricks
6 17 (2.14%) Salesforce
7 15 (1.89%) IBM
8 13 (1.64%) Citrix
9 11 (1.39%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.26%) Cisco
10 10 (1.26%) Google
10 10 (1.26%) SAP
11 7 (0.88%) CheckPoint
12 6 (0.76%) Veeam
13 5 (0.63%) Informatica
14 4 (0.50%) Barracuda Networks
14 4 (0.50%) ESET
14 4 (0.50%) F5
14 4 (0.50%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 3 (0.38%) QinetiQ