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 leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 410 419
Rank change year-on-year +103 +9 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 824 634 1,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.86% 0.77% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 0.85% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 651 500 616
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £48,232
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,458 £63,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -9.38% +14.29%
75th Percentile £91,625 £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% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £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 12 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 12 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 +63 252 £97,500 +4.00% 61
North of England +68 204 £73,805 +1.80% 31
Midlands +22 122 £73,805 +18.09% 19
South East 0 119 £62,750 +9.13% 20
North West +17 115 £77,500 +6.90% 27
West Midlands +18 80 £73,805 +18.09% 8
South West -22 68 £55,000 +4.76% 19
Yorkshire +69 67 £73,805 +5.44% 2
East of England +31 49 £70,000 +17.65% 11
East Midlands +3 42 £65,000 +44.44% 11
North East +8 26 £73,805 -5.38% 2
Technical Leader
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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.

1 336 (40.78%) Agile
2 287 (34.83%) AWS
3 246 (29.85%) Java
4 224 (27.18%) Mentoring
5 191 (23.18%) Software Engineering
6 189 (22.94%) Finance
7 173 (21.00%) Social Skills
8 169 (20.51%) Azure
9 148 (17.96%) Roadmaps
10 144 (17.48%) DevOps
11 141 (17.11%) Degree
12 135 (16.38%) Python
13 132 (16.02%) Technical Leadership
14 125 (15.17%) JavaScript
15 122 (14.81%) TypeScript
16 119 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
17 115 (13.96%) Coaching
18 112 (13.59%) Banking
19 105 (12.74%) Microsoft
20 95 (11.53%) Continuous Integration
21 91 (11.04%) Windows
22 90 (10.92%) .NET
23 85 (10.32%) Open Source
24 84 (10.19%) CI/CD
25 81 (9.83%) Project Management
26 80 (9.71%) Product Roadmap
27 76 (9.22%) dbt
28 75 (9.10%) Snowflake
28 75 (9.10%) Data Lake
28 75 (9.10%) Design Patterns

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 71 (8.62%) Apache Airflow
2 68 (8.25%) Apache
3 37 (4.49%) Tuxedo
4 18 (2.18%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.33%) Apache Spark
6 10 (1.21%) Confluence
7 4 (0.49%) Apache Pig
7 4 (0.49%) CMS
8 2 (0.24%) Cloud Foundry
8 2 (0.24%) Magnolia
8 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.24%) WordPress
9 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.12%) Drupal
9 1 (0.12%) SAS
9 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.49%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.24%) MadCap Flare
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 14 (1.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.49%) Primavera
3 3 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.12%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 287 (34.83%) AWS
2 169 (20.51%) Azure
3 76 (9.22%) dbt
4 75 (9.10%) Snowflake
5 47 (5.70%) Amazon Kinesis
6 43 (5.22%) SaaS
7 42 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (3.76%) Amazon EC2
10 27 (3.28%) Amazon S3
11 25 (3.03%) Serverless
12 23 (2.79%) Power Platform
13 17 (2.06%) AWS Lambda
14 15 (1.82%) PaaS
15 14 (1.70%) GCP
16 13 (1.58%) Azure Synapse Analytics
16 13 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
17 12 (1.46%) PowerApps
18 11 (1.33%) Power Automate
19 10 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.25%) Firewall
2 24 (2.91%) WAN
3 15 (1.82%) Wireless
4 14 (1.70%) 5G
4 14 (1.70%) LAN
5 11 (1.33%) SD-WAN
6 9 (1.09%) VLAN
7 7 (0.85%) NAS
8 6 (0.73%) VoIP
9 5 (0.61%) SAN
9 5 (0.61%) VPN
10 4 (0.49%) Network Security
10 4 (0.49%) TCP/IP
10 4 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
11 3 (0.36%) Broadband
11 3 (0.36%) CTI
12 2 (0.24%) Software-Defined Radio
13 1 (0.12%) 802.11
13 1 (0.12%) LTE
13 1 (0.12%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (9.10%) Data Lake
2 68 (8.25%) Amazon Athena
2 68 (8.25%) Apache Arrow
2 68 (8.25%) Apache Ignite
2 68 (8.25%) Dremio
3 62 (7.52%) SQL Server
4 46 (5.58%) Data Warehouse
5 44 (5.34%) Amazon RDS
5 44 (5.34%) MySQL
6 31 (3.76%) DynamoDB
7 30 (3.64%) Relational Database
8 25 (3.03%) Amazon Redshift
8 25 (3.03%) RDBMS
9 24 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
10 21 (2.55%) Power BI
11 12 (1.46%) Amazon Aurora
11 12 (1.46%) Big Data
11 12 (1.46%) NoSQL
12 9 (1.09%) MongoDB
13 7 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 53 (6.43%) Git
2 47 (5.70%) GitLab
3 26 (3.16%) Postman
4 9 (1.09%) JIRA
5 5 (0.61%) JUnit
5 5 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (0.49%) Checkstyle
6 4 (0.49%) Maven
6 4 (0.49%) SonarQube
6 4 (0.49%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.24%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (0.24%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.12%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.12%) Gatling
8 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.12%) Phabricator
8 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 189 (22.94%) Finance
2 173 (21.00%) Social Skills
3 112 (13.59%) Banking
4 68 (8.25%) Front Office
4 68 (8.25%) Investment Banking
5 63 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
6 38 (4.61%) Manufacturing
7 24 (2.91%) Pharmaceutical
8 22 (2.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.06%) Legal
10 16 (1.94%) Electronics
10 16 (1.94%) Retail
11 15 (1.82%) Law
11 15 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (1.70%) Public Sector
13 13 (1.58%) Financial Institution
14 12 (1.46%) Aerospace
14 12 (1.46%) Games
15 11 (1.33%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (10.92%) .NET
2 71 (8.62%) NumPy
2 71 (8.62%) Pandas
3 68 (8.25%) gRPC
3 68 (8.25%) Protocol Buffers
3 68 (8.25%) SciPy
4 54 (6.55%) React
5 48 (5.83%) Spring Boot
6 47 (5.70%) Kafka
7 40 (4.85%) JSON
7 40 (4.85%) Spring
8 39 (4.73%) RESTful
9 31 (3.76%) Node.js
10 29 (3.52%) HTML
11 27 (3.28%) CSS
12 21 (2.55%) REST
13 18 (2.18%) GraphQL
13 18 (2.18%) Laravel
14 16 (1.94%) XML
15 15 (1.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 69 (8.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 68 (8.25%) Derivative
2 68 (8.25%) Equities
2 68 (8.25%) Fixed Income
2 68 (8.25%) Hedge funds
3 44 (5.34%) Management Information System
4 33 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (3.40%) Private Cloud
6 27 (3.28%) Cloud Native
7 26 (3.16%) Distributed Systems
8 19 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (2.31%) Robotics
9 17 (2.06%) Algorithms
9 17 (2.06%) Product Ownership
10 16 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
11 12 (1.46%) Cyberattack
11 12 (1.46%) Data Fabric
12 11 (1.33%) Blog
12 11 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (1.33%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 91 (11.04%) Windows
2 50 (6.07%) Linux
3 41 (4.98%) Windows Server
4 21 (2.55%) Windows Server 2019
5 15 (1.82%) Windows Server 2012
5 15 (1.82%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (1.46%) zOS
7 10 (1.21%) Android
7 10 (1.21%) Windows 10
8 8 (0.97%) CentOS
8 8 (0.97%) Solaris
8 8 (0.97%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.97%) Unix
9 5 (0.61%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.61%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.49%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 336 (40.78%) Agile
2 224 (27.18%) Mentoring
3 191 (23.18%) Software Engineering
4 148 (17.96%) Roadmaps
5 144 (17.48%) DevOps
6 132 (16.02%) Technical Leadership
7 119 (14.44%) Problem-Solving
8 115 (13.96%) Coaching
9 95 (11.53%) Continuous Integration
10 85 (10.32%) Open Source
11 84 (10.19%) CI/CD
12 81 (9.83%) Project Management
13 80 (9.71%) Product Roadmap
14 75 (9.10%) Design Patterns
15 70 (8.50%) Asset Management
15 70 (8.50%) SDLC
16 69 (8.37%) Strategic Thinking
17 68 (8.25%) Greeks
17 68 (8.25%) Investment Management
18 67 (8.13%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 246 (29.85%) Java
2 135 (16.38%) Python
3 125 (15.17%) JavaScript
4 122 (14.81%) TypeScript
5 71 (8.62%) C#
6 66 (8.01%) COBOL
6 66 (8.01%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 56 (6.80%) SQL
8 53 (6.43%) PHP
9 46 (5.58%) C++
10 42 (5.10%) C
11 21 (2.55%) Scala
12 13 (1.58%) Rust
12 13 (1.58%) VB.NET
13 11 (1.33%) Go
13 11 (1.33%) Kotlin
13 11 (1.33%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.49%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.36%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 141 (17.11%) Degree
2 67 (8.13%) Security Cleared
3 48 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
4 28 (3.40%) SC Cleared
5 16 (1.94%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.82%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.46%) DV Cleared
9 8 (0.97%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (0.73%) Chartered Engineer
10 6 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.49%) CCNA
11 4 (0.49%) CIMA
11 4 (0.49%) CISM
11 4 (0.49%) CISSP
11 4 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (0.49%) DBS Check
11 4 (0.49%) HND
11 4 (0.49%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (8.74%) Data Quality
2 21 (2.55%) QA
3 20 (2.43%) SLA
4 19 (2.31%) GMP
5 16 (1.94%) PMO
6 6 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.73%) NCSC
7 5 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.49%) GDPR
9 3 (0.36%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.36%) JTAG
9 3 (0.36%) NIST
9 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.24%) COBIT
10 2 (0.24%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.24%) GRC
10 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 30 (3.64%) Docker
2 22 (2.67%) Active Directory
3 20 (2.43%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.09%) vSphere
5 5 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.49%) HDFS
7 3 (0.36%) BitLocker
7 3 (0.36%) Ceph
7 3 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.24%) Firmware
8 2 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 36 (4.37%) Kubernetes
1 36 (4.37%) Terraform
2 20 (2.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (1.70%) SCCM
4 6 (0.73%) FortiGate
4 6 (0.73%) Nagios
5 5 (0.61%) Ansible
6 3 (0.36%) Knative
7 2 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.24%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.12%) Grafana
8 1 (0.12%) Istio
8 1 (0.12%) Podman
Vendors
1 105 (12.74%) Microsoft
2 66 (8.01%) Micro Focus
3 47 (5.70%) Oracle
4 36 (4.37%) VMware
5 20 (2.43%) Databricks
6 17 (2.06%) Salesforce
7 15 (1.82%) Citrix
7 15 (1.82%) IBM
8 11 (1.33%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.21%) Cisco
9 10 (1.21%) Google
9 10 (1.21%) SAP
10 7 (0.85%) CheckPoint
11 6 (0.73%) Progress
11 6 (0.73%) Veeam
12 5 (0.61%) Informatica
12 5 (0.61%) Ruckus Wireless
13 4 (0.49%) Barracuda Networks
13 4 (0.49%) F5
13 4 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud