Technical Debt
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Technical Debt skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Technical Debt over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 686 601 532
Rank change year-on-year -85 -69 +82
Permanent jobs citing Technical Debt 202 415 1,016
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.42% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.44% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 163 183 468
10th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £41,425
25th Percentile £56,899 £65,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £75,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +2.31% +1.00%
75th Percentile £84,375 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £97,400 £139,282 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £77,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -16.13% +19.23% +18.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Technical Debt 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 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +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 Debt
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Debt in the UK

Technical Debt
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Debt in the UK

Technical Debt
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Technical Debt in the UK

Technical Debt
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Debt 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 -46 199 £70,000 -6.67% 73
UK excluding London -38 132 £65,000 -16.13% 48
Work from Home +31 103 £70,000 -9.68% 41
London -24 67 £90,000 +5.88% 36
North of England +57 57 £66,750 +11.25% 3
North West +13 38 £66,750 +11.25% 1
West Midlands +17 29 £62,500 -21.88% 4
Midlands -5 29 £62,500 -21.88% 8
South East +1 26 £65,000 -13.33% 24
Yorkshire +87 17 £61,206 +2.01%
South West -28 11 £72,500 +11.54% 3
East of England +4 8 £55,000 -18.52% 6
North East - 2 £73,805 - 2
Isle of Man - 1 - -

Technical Debt
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 6 (2.97%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.48%) Confluence
2 5 (2.48%) Umbraco
3 4 (1.98%) CMS
3 4 (1.98%) EPiServer
4 1 (0.50%) Drupal
4 1 (0.50%) IIS
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.50%) Tornado
Applications
1 1 (0.50%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.50%) Notion
Business Applications
1 19 (9.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (2.97%) Oracle General Ledger
2 6 (2.97%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 5 (2.48%) SAP IBP
3 5 (2.48%) SAP PP
3 5 (2.48%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.50%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.50%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.50%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 95 (47.03%) Azure
2 63 (31.19%) AWS
3 24 (11.88%) Power Platform
4 16 (7.92%) Dynamics 365
4 16 (7.92%) SaaS
5 11 (5.45%) Amazon S3
6 10 (4.95%) Amazon SQS
6 10 (4.95%) AWS Lambda
6 10 (4.95%) AWS Step Functions
6 10 (4.95%) Serverless
7 9 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (3.96%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (3.47%) GCP
10 6 (2.97%) GitHub
10 6 (2.97%) OCI
10 6 (2.97%) PowerApps
11 5 (2.48%) PaaS
11 5 (2.48%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.49%) IaaS
13 2 (0.99%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.98%) Network Security
2 2 (0.99%) Firewall
3 1 (0.50%) Internet
3 1 (0.50%) LAN
3 1 (0.50%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.50%) VPN
3 1 (0.50%) WAN
3 1 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (12.38%) SQL Server
2 17 (8.42%) NoSQL
3 15 (7.43%) MySQL
4 10 (4.95%) Power BI
5 7 (3.47%) Metadata
6 6 (2.97%) Relational Database
6 6 (2.97%) SAP BW
7 5 (2.48%) Power Query
8 3 (1.49%) MariaDB
8 3 (1.49%) QualityStage
9 2 (0.99%) Redis
10 1 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.50%) InfluxDB
10 1 (0.50%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.50%) OLAP
10 1 (0.50%) OLTP
10 1 (0.50%) Oracle OLAP
10 1 (0.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 40 (19.80%) Git
2 15 (7.43%) JIRA
3 12 (5.94%) GitLab
4 11 (5.45%) Jenkins
5 10 (4.95%) NUnit
6 4 (1.98%) MSTest
6 4 (1.98%) Subversion
6 4 (1.98%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.99%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.99%) Selenium
7 2 (0.99%) TeamCity
8 1 (0.50%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.50%) Gradle
8 1 (0.50%) Moq
8 1 (0.50%) Phabricator
8 1 (0.50%) Sourcetree
8 1 (0.50%) Vagrant
General
1 51 (25.25%) Social Skills
2 50 (24.75%) Finance
3 22 (10.89%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.94%) Public Sector
5 11 (5.45%) Front Office
5 11 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (4.46%) Legal
7 8 (3.96%) Law
7 8 (3.96%) Retail
8 6 (2.97%) Back Office
8 6 (2.97%) General Ledger
8 6 (2.97%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.48%) Digital Healthcare
9 5 (2.48%) Games
9 5 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
11 3 (1.49%) Marketing
11 3 (1.49%) Wearables
12 2 (0.99%) Banking
13 1 (0.50%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 60 (29.70%) Lead
2 50 (24.75%) Architect
3 48 (23.76%) Developer
4 43 (21.29%) Senior
5 31 (15.35%) Solutions Architect
6 22 (10.89%) .NET Developer
6 22 (10.89%) Software Manager
7 19 (9.41%) Engineering Manager
8 17 (8.42%) Software Engineer
9 16 (7.92%) Lead Developer
10 14 (6.93%) Product Manager
11 12 (5.94%) Lead Product Manager
12 11 (5.45%) Development Manager
12 11 (5.45%) Lead .NET Developer
12 11 (5.45%) Software Development Manager
12 11 (5.45%) Software Engineering Manager
13 9 (4.46%) .NET Software Engineer
13 9 (4.46%) Lead Architect
13 9 (4.46%) Lead Software Engineer
14 8 (3.96%) Senior Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (31.68%) .NET
2 42 (20.79%) .NET Framework
3 35 (17.33%) HTML
4 32 (15.84%) CSS
5 28 (13.86%) React
6 25 (12.38%) .NET Core
7 20 (9.90%) AngularJS
8 17 (8.42%) jQuery
9 15 (7.43%) XML
10 14 (6.93%) JSON
10 14 (6.93%) Web Services
11 12 (5.94%) Laravel
12 11 (5.45%) ASP.NET
12 11 (5.45%) Vue
13 10 (4.95%) Unity DI Container
14 9 (4.46%) REST
15 8 (3.96%) Akka.NET
16 7 (3.47%) ASP.NET MVC
16 7 (3.47%) RESTful
16 7 (3.47%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 17 (8.42%) Blog
1 17 (8.42%) Management Information System
2 13 (6.44%) Mobile App
3 12 (5.94%) Private Cloud
3 12 (5.94%) Product Ownership
4 10 (4.95%) Hedge funds
4 10 (4.95%) Onboarding
5 9 (4.46%) Legacy Applications
6 7 (3.47%) Client/Server
6 7 (3.47%) N-Tier
6 7 (3.47%) PropTech
6 7 (3.47%) Video\Live Streaming
7 6 (2.97%) Derivative
7 6 (2.97%) Reinsurance
8 5 (2.48%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (2.48%) FMCG
9 4 (1.98%) PMI
10 3 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.49%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.49%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.44%) Linux
2 8 (3.96%) VME
3 7 (3.47%) Windows
4 5 (2.48%) Android
4 5 (2.48%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.50%) Debian
5 1 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (56.44%) Agile
2 80 (39.60%) Roadmaps
3 66 (32.67%) Mentoring
4 49 (24.26%) Scrum
4 49 (24.26%) Software Engineering
5 47 (23.27%) Coaching
6 38 (18.81%) DevOps
7 36 (17.82%) Test Automation
8 34 (16.83%) Product Roadmap
9 33 (16.34%) CI/CD
9 33 (16.34%) Microservices
10 31 (15.35%) Decision-Making
11 29 (14.36%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (14.36%) TDD
12 27 (13.37%) Design Patterns
12 27 (13.37%) Project Delivery
13 25 (12.38%) Problem-Solving
14 23 (11.39%) Enterprise Architecture
14 23 (11.39%) OOP
15 22 (10.89%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 64 (31.68%) C#
2 55 (27.23%) JavaScript
3 45 (22.28%) SQL
4 25 (12.38%) Java
5 23 (11.39%) Python
6 22 (10.89%) TypeScript
7 18 (8.91%) T-SQL
8 14 (6.93%) PHP
9 8 (3.96%) COBOL
9 8 (3.96%) Micro Focus COBOL
10 5 (2.48%) Ada
10 5 (2.48%) Formula Language
11 4 (1.98%) XPath
12 3 (1.49%) C++
12 3 (1.49%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.99%) R
13 2 (0.99%) Scala
13 2 (0.99%) Tcl
14 1 (0.50%) Ruby
14 1 (0.50%) Rust
Qualifications
1 29 (14.36%) Degree
2 14 (6.93%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (5.94%) AWS Certification
4 7 (3.47%) Azure Certification
5 6 (2.97%) Oracle Certification
6 4 (1.98%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.98%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (0.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.99%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.99%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.50%) MCSA
8 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.50%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (15.84%) QA
2 7 (3.47%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.47%) GDPR
3 6 (2.97%) GAAP
3 6 (2.97%) IFRS
4 2 (0.99%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.50%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (4.46%) Docker
2 4 (1.98%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.99%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.50%) Ceph
Systems Management
1 10 (4.95%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.98%) Jamf Pro
2 4 (1.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.98%) ZABBIX
3 3 (1.49%) Ansible
3 3 (1.49%) Terraform
4 2 (0.99%) Grafana
5 1 (0.50%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.50%) HP Fortify
5 1 (0.50%) Kibana
5 1 (0.50%) Podman
5 1 (0.50%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.50%) Puppet
5 1 (0.50%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 37 (18.32%) Microsoft
2 13 (6.44%) SAP
3 8 (3.96%) Micro Focus
4 7 (3.47%) Oracle
5 6 (2.97%) Bloomberg
5 6 (2.97%) PeopleSoft
6 4 (1.98%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.98%) Tanium
7 2 (0.99%) Finsemble
8 1 (0.50%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.50%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.50%) IBM
8 1 (0.50%) iManage
8 1 (0.50%) Intapp
8 1 (0.50%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.50%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.50%) TSYS
8 1 (0.50%) Veracode