Technical Leadership Jobs in the UK excluding London

Technical Leadership
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Technical Leadership skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Technical Leadership over the 6 months to 26 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 174 228 219
Rank change year-on-year +54 -9 -23
Permanent jobs citing Technical Leadership 1,118 912 1,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.52% 1.56% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 1.63% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 700 525 741
10th Percentile £46,930 £43,125 £42,625
25th Percentile £56,015 £55,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £67,500 £66,500
Median % change year-on-year - +1.50% +10.83%
75th Percentile £81,250 £84,056 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £77,501 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.45% +3.33% +7.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Technical Leadership 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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,636 55,896 68,672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.65% 95.56% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 41,817 28,997 41,145
10th Percentile £27,300 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Technical Leadership as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leadership in the UK excluding London

Technical Leadership
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Leadership in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Technical Leadership in the UK excluding London

Technical Leadership
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Leadership in the UK excluding London

Technical Leadership
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leadership within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 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
South East +45 284 £66,250 -5.36% 114
North of England +78 264 £65,066 +0.10% 54
South West +30 211 £65,000 +3.17% 54
North West +41 140 £70,000 +7.69% 28
Midlands -4 135 £75,000 +15.38% 44
Scotland -36 117 £75,000 +8.00% 29
Yorkshire +70 101 £62,500 -3.85% 17
West Midlands -4 95 £75,000 +15.38% 25
East of England -2 88 £65,000 -10.34% 49
East Midlands +3 40 £70,000 +16.67% 17
North East +14 23 £75,000 +42.86% 11
Wales +12 11 £59,500 -5.17% 5
Northern Ireland +11 8 £85,200 +42.00% 13
Technical Leadership
UK

Technical Leadership
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 60 (5.37%) Apache Spark
2 42 (3.76%) CMS
3 41 (3.67%) Sitecore CMS
4 37 (3.31%) Kentico
4 37 (3.31%) Umbraco
5 36 (3.22%) Headless CMS
5 36 (3.22%) IIS
6 32 (2.86%) SharePoint
7 13 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
8 7 (0.63%) OpenStack
9 6 (0.54%) Drupal
9 6 (0.54%) SAS
10 4 (0.36%) Apache
10 4 (0.36%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.27%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.18%) WinCC
13 1 (0.089%) Apache Airflow
13 1 (0.089%) Appian
13 1 (0.089%) Confluence
13 1 (0.089%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.63%) Oracle Smart View
3 6 (0.54%) Simulink
4 4 (0.36%) AutoCAD
4 4 (0.36%) Windchill
5 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (0.089%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (0.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.63%) HFM
2 7 (0.63%) Hyperion Planning
2 7 (0.63%) NetSuite
3 3 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.089%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.089%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 269 (24.06%) Azure
2 177 (15.83%) AWS
3 68 (6.08%) SaaS
4 63 (5.64%) Power Platform
5 57 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
6 55 (4.92%) Azure DevOps
7 47 (4.20%) Entra ID
7 47 (4.20%) GCP
8 46 (4.11%) Serverless
9 44 (3.94%) OneDrive
10 40 (3.58%) IaaS
11 36 (3.22%) Dropbox
11 36 (3.22%) Google Drive
11 36 (3.22%) Kontent
12 35 (3.13%) Amazon S3
13 31 (2.77%) OpenShift
14 30 (2.68%) Amazon EC2
15 26 (2.33%) Power Automate
16 24 (2.15%) PowerApps
17 22 (1.97%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 42 (3.76%) Firewall
2 29 (2.59%) WAN
3 24 (2.15%) DNS
4 21 (1.88%) VLAN
5 18 (1.61%) SAN
6 17 (1.52%) Network Security
6 17 (1.52%) VPN
7 16 (1.43%) SD-WAN
8 15 (1.34%) Wireless
9 13 (1.16%) 5G
9 13 (1.16%) NAS
10 12 (1.07%) BGP
11 11 (0.98%) LAN
11 11 (0.98%) SSL
12 10 (0.89%) TCP/IP
13 9 (0.81%) Intranet
14 8 (0.72%) Unified Communications
15 6 (0.54%) Cisco Firepower
15 6 (0.54%) Internet
15 6 (0.54%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (7.07%) Big Data
2 67 (5.99%) NoSQL
3 42 (3.76%) Power BI
4 33 (2.95%) SQL Server
5 31 (2.77%) Relational Database
6 30 (2.68%) Amazon RDS
7 29 (2.59%) Data Lake
7 29 (2.59%) MySQL
8 24 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
9 23 (2.06%) RDBMS
10 21 (1.88%) Amazon Redshift
11 19 (1.70%) Metadata
12 7 (0.63%) Essbase
12 7 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (0.45%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.45%) DB2
13 5 (0.45%) MongoDB
13 5 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 3 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (0.27%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 55 (4.92%) Git
2 21 (1.88%) Postman
2 21 (1.88%) Subversion
3 18 (1.61%) JIRA
4 17 (1.52%) IBM UrbanCode
5 16 (1.43%) CMake
6 9 (0.81%) Rational DOORS
7 8 (0.72%) Visual Studio
8 7 (0.63%) GitLab
9 6 (0.54%) RStudio
10 5 (0.45%) Jenkins
11 4 (0.36%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.36%) webpack
12 3 (0.27%) Selenium
12 3 (0.27%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
13 2 (0.18%) Burp Suite
13 2 (0.18%) Rational Rhapsody
13 2 (0.18%) SoapUI
13 2 (0.18%) WebDriver
14 1 (0.089%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 336 (30.05%) Social Skills
2 228 (20.39%) Finance
3 127 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
4 120 (10.73%) Influencing Skills
5 91 (8.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 82 (7.33%) Banking
7 77 (6.89%) Marketing
8 70 (6.26%) Law
9 63 (5.64%) Presentation Skills
10 54 (4.83%) Legal
11 47 (4.20%) Automotive
12 32 (2.86%) Public Sector
13 30 (2.68%) Electronics
14 24 (2.15%) Retail
15 22 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (1.79%) Military
17 19 (1.70%) Aviation
17 19 (1.70%) Games
18 18 (1.61%) Aerospace
19 16 (1.43%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 344 (30.77%) Lead
2 287 (25.67%) Senior
3 159 (14.22%) Architect
4 151 (13.51%) Developer
5 146 (13.06%) Software Engineer
6 123 (11.00%) Principal Engineer
7 121 (10.82%) Cloud Engineer
8 109 (9.75%) Principal Cloud Engineer
9 99 (8.86%) Technical Leader
10 72 (6.44%) Lead Software Engineer
11 68 (6.08%) Senior Developer
12 57 (5.10%) Big Data Engineer
12 57 (5.10%) Big Data Software Engineer
12 57 (5.10%) Lead Big Data Engineer
12 57 (5.10%) Scala Engineer
12 57 (5.10%) Scala Software Engineer
13 55 (4.92%) Lead Developer
14 52 (4.65%) Java Engineer
15 51 (4.56%) Analyst
15 51 (4.56%) Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 108 (9.66%) .NET
2 78 (6.98%) React
3 65 (5.81%) RESTful
4 64 (5.72%) .NET Framework
5 48 (4.29%) ASP.NET
6 47 (4.20%) .NET Core
7 39 (3.49%) Next.js
8 38 (3.40%) Node.js
9 37 (3.31%) ASP.NET MVC
10 34 (3.04%) CSS
11 32 (2.86%) HTML
11 32 (2.86%) Spring
12 29 (2.59%) JSON
12 29 (2.59%) Spring Boot
13 28 (2.50%) XML
14 20 (1.79%) Qt
15 19 (1.70%) AngularJS
16 18 (1.61%) Django
17 16 (1.43%) MFC
17 16 (1.43%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 112 (10.02%) Cloud Native
2 94 (8.41%) Management Information System
3 74 (6.62%) IoT
4 68 (6.08%) Product Ownership
5 59 (5.28%) Self-Motivation
6 48 (4.29%) Algorithms
7 36 (3.22%) iPad
8 31 (2.77%) Public Cloud
9 30 (2.68%) Data Centre
10 23 (2.06%) Robotics
11 21 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
12 17 (1.52%) Mobile App
13 14 (1.25%) Hybrid Cloud
14 13 (1.16%) Life Science
14 13 (1.16%) Replication
15 12 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
16 11 (0.98%) FPGA
17 10 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
18 9 (0.81%) Driving Licence
19 8 (0.72%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 125 (11.18%) Windows
2 110 (9.84%) Linux
3 33 (2.95%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.88%) Android
5 20 (1.79%) Apple iOS
6 18 (1.61%) Unix
7 8 (0.72%) Windows 10
8 7 (0.63%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.27%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.18%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.089%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 416 (37.21%) Agile
2 283 (25.31%) Roadmaps
3 266 (23.79%) Mentoring
4 255 (22.81%) Software Engineering
5 247 (22.09%) DevOps
6 196 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
7 181 (16.19%) Coaching
8 159 (14.22%) CI/CD
9 154 (13.77%) Technology Roadmap
10 122 (10.91%) SDLC
11 116 (10.38%) Computer Science
12 115 (10.29%) Continuous Improvement
13 106 (9.48%) Cybersecurity
14 102 (9.12%) Project Management
15 85 (7.60%) Project Delivery
16 83 (7.42%) Continuous Integration
17 80 (7.16%) Artificial Intelligence
18 77 (6.89%) Information Security
18 77 (6.89%) Machine Learning
19 76 (6.80%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 224 (20.04%) SQL
2 169 (15.12%) Java
3 154 (13.77%) Python
4 124 (11.09%) C#
5 116 (10.38%) JavaScript
6 65 (5.81%) Scala
7 63 (5.64%) C++
8 53 (4.74%) PHP
9 52 (4.65%) C
10 51 (4.56%) PowerShell
11 40 (3.58%) SystemVerilog
12 32 (2.86%) TypeScript
13 25 (2.24%) R
14 24 (2.15%) Bash
15 22 (1.97%) T-SQL
16 18 (1.61%) Groovy
16 18 (1.61%) Ruby
17 17 (1.52%) Kotlin
18 15 (1.34%) Swift
19 14 (1.25%) Perl
Qualifications
1 209 (18.69%) Degree
2 131 (11.72%) Security Cleared
3 86 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 74 (6.62%) SC Cleared
5 36 (3.22%) Master's Degree
6 30 (2.68%) BPSS Clearance
7 20 (1.79%) PhD
8 18 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
9 17 (1.52%) Azure Certification
9 17 (1.52%) TOGAF Certification
10 15 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (1.25%) CISSP
12 12 (1.07%) CCNA
12 12 (1.07%) PMI Certification
13 10 (0.89%) AWS Certification
14 8 (0.72%) DV Cleared
15 7 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 7 (0.63%) CCIE
15 7 (0.63%) CISM
15 7 (0.63%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (4.83%) QA
2 30 (2.68%) GDPR
3 26 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 11 (0.98%) PMO
5 10 (0.89%) Accessibility
6 8 (0.72%) Def Stans
7 7 (0.63%) IEC 61508
7 7 (0.63%) ISO 13485
7 7 (0.63%) JTAG
8 5 (0.45%) NIST
9 4 (0.36%) MISRA
9 4 (0.36%) MISRA C
10 3 (0.27%) ECSS
10 3 (0.27%) ISO 26262
10 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 3 (0.27%) SLA
11 2 (0.18%) COBIT
11 2 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 12207
11 2 (0.18%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.18%) SEPA
System Software
1 88 (7.87%) Active Directory
2 45 (4.03%) RACF
3 39 (3.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 37 (3.31%) Firmware
5 35 (3.13%) Docker
6 18 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.89%) Hyper-V
7 10 (0.89%) Virtual Servers
8 9 (0.81%) vSphere
9 6 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
10 4 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.089%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.089%) Lustre
11 1 (0.089%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.089%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 72 (6.44%) Terraform
2 52 (4.65%) Kubernetes
3 39 (3.49%) Ansible
4 23 (2.06%) Progress Chef
5 16 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.54%) Endace
6 6 (0.54%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.54%) Nagios
6 6 (0.54%) Puppet
6 6 (0.54%) SCCM
6 6 (0.54%) ServiceCenter
7 4 (0.36%) Functional Safety
7 4 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
8 3 (0.27%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.27%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.18%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.089%) Grafana
10 1 (0.089%) Icinga
10 1 (0.089%) MAINVIEW
10 1 (0.089%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 235 (21.02%) Microsoft
2 68 (6.08%) Google
3 44 (3.94%) CyberArk
4 42 (3.76%) VMware
5 41 (3.67%) Sitecore
6 36 (3.22%) Optimizely
7 30 (2.68%) Databricks
8 29 (2.59%) Cadence
9 28 (2.50%) Synopsys
10 27 (2.42%) IBM
11 23 (2.06%) Salesforce
12 21 (1.88%) Cisco
12 21 (1.88%) Veeam
13 17 (1.52%) Oracle
14 11 (0.98%) Splunk
15 10 (0.89%) SAP
15 10 (0.89%) ServiceNow
16 9 (0.81%) Juniper
17 8 (0.72%) HP
17 8 (0.72%) Hyperion