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 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 307 399 423
Rank change year-on-year +92 +24 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 816 643 1,271
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.87% 0.78% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 0.85% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 642 503 625
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £48,149
25th Percentile £61,250 £56,291 £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% +14.29%

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 89,103 75,397 137,915
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 91.21% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 65,080 49,497 75,489
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,402 £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 £70,250 £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 9 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 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
London +32 245 £95,859 +0.90% 50
North of England +74 202 £73,805 +1.80% 33
Midlands +28 124 £73,805 +18.09% 17
South East +17 119 £62,750 +9.13% 24
North West +29 114 £78,716 +8.57% 28
West Midlands +18 80 £73,805 +18.09% 6
South West -12 68 £55,000 +4.76% 21
Yorkshire +63 65 £73,805 +5.44% 3
East of England +28 47 £70,000 +17.65% 13
East Midlands +1 44 £65,000 +44.44% 11
North East +10 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 9 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.

1 333 (40.81%) Agile
2 285 (34.93%) AWS
3 242 (29.66%) Java
4 224 (27.45%) Mentoring
5 187 (22.92%) Software Engineering
6 183 (22.43%) Finance
7 171 (20.96%) Social Skills
8 169 (20.71%) Azure
9 148 (18.14%) Roadmaps
10 143 (17.52%) Degree
11 142 (17.40%) DevOps
12 132 (16.18%) Technical Leadership
13 131 (16.05%) Python
14 121 (14.83%) JavaScript
15 118 (14.46%) TypeScript
15 118 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
16 115 (14.09%) Coaching
17 108 (13.24%) Banking
18 105 (12.87%) Microsoft
19 95 (11.64%) Continuous Integration
20 90 (11.03%) Windows
21 89 (10.91%) .NET
22 86 (10.54%) Open Source
23 85 (10.42%) CI/CD
24 80 (9.80%) Product Roadmap
24 80 (9.80%) Project Management
25 76 (9.31%) Design Patterns
26 72 (8.82%) dbt
27 71 (8.70%) Snowflake
27 71 (8.70%) Data Lake

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 67 (8.21%) Apache Airflow
2 64 (7.84%) Apache
3 37 (4.53%) Tuxedo
4 18 (2.21%) SharePoint
5 11 (1.35%) Apache Spark
6 10 (1.23%) Confluence
7 5 (0.61%) Apache Pig
8 4 (0.49%) CMS
9 3 (0.37%) WordPress
10 2 (0.25%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.25%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
11 1 (0.12%) Drupal
11 1 (0.12%) SAS
11 1 (0.12%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.25%) MadCap Flare
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.12%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 14 (1.72%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.49%) Primavera
3 3 (0.37%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.12%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 285 (34.93%) AWS
2 169 (20.71%) Azure
3 72 (8.82%) dbt
4 71 (8.70%) Snowflake
5 47 (5.76%) Amazon Kinesis
6 43 (5.27%) SaaS
7 41 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
8 32 (3.92%) Amazon EC2
8 32 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (3.31%) Amazon S3
9 27 (3.31%) Serverless
10 23 (2.82%) Power Platform
11 18 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
12 15 (1.84%) GCP
12 15 (1.84%) PaaS
13 13 (1.59%) Azure Synapse Analytics
13 13 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
14 12 (1.47%) PowerApps
15 11 (1.35%) Power Automate
16 10 (1.23%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 34 (4.17%) Firewall
2 23 (2.82%) WAN
3 14 (1.72%) Wireless
4 13 (1.59%) 5G
4 13 (1.59%) LAN
5 11 (1.35%) SD-WAN
6 9 (1.10%) VLAN
7 7 (0.86%) NAS
8 6 (0.74%) VoIP
9 5 (0.61%) SAN
9 5 (0.61%) VPN
10 4 (0.49%) Network Security
10 4 (0.49%) TCP/IP
11 3 (0.37%) Broadband
11 3 (0.37%) CTI
11 3 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
12 2 (0.25%) Software-Defined Radio
13 1 (0.12%) 802.11
13 1 (0.12%) LTE
13 1 (0.12%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (8.70%) Data Lake
2 64 (7.84%) Amazon Athena
2 64 (7.84%) Apache Arrow
2 64 (7.84%) Apache Ignite
2 64 (7.84%) Dremio
3 62 (7.60%) SQL Server
4 46 (5.64%) Data Warehouse
5 45 (5.51%) MySQL
6 43 (5.27%) Amazon RDS
7 31 (3.80%) DynamoDB
8 30 (3.68%) Relational Database
9 25 (3.06%) Amazon Redshift
9 25 (3.06%) RDBMS
10 24 (2.94%) PostgreSQL
11 21 (2.57%) Power BI
12 13 (1.59%) Amazon Aurora
12 13 (1.59%) Big Data
13 12 (1.47%) NoSQL
14 9 (1.10%) MongoDB
15 7 (0.86%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 53 (6.50%) Git
2 47 (5.76%) GitLab
3 26 (3.19%) Postman
4 9 (1.10%) JIRA
5 6 (0.74%) JUnit
6 5 (0.61%) Checkstyle
6 5 (0.61%) SonarQube
6 5 (0.61%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (0.49%) Maven
7 4 (0.49%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.25%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 2 (0.25%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.12%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.12%) Gatling
9 1 (0.12%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.12%) Phabricator
9 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 183 (22.43%) Finance
2 171 (20.96%) Social Skills
3 108 (13.24%) Banking
4 65 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
5 64 (7.84%) Front Office
5 64 (7.84%) Investment Banking
6 39 (4.78%) Manufacturing
7 25 (3.06%) Pharmaceutical
8 22 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (2.08%) Legal
10 16 (1.96%) Electronics
10 16 (1.96%) Retail
11 15 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
12 14 (1.72%) Law
12 14 (1.72%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (1.72%) Public Sector
13 13 (1.59%) Financial Institution
14 12 (1.47%) Aerospace
14 12 (1.47%) Games
15 11 (1.35%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (10.91%) .NET
2 67 (8.21%) NumPy
2 67 (8.21%) Pandas
3 64 (7.84%) gRPC
3 64 (7.84%) Protocol Buffers
3 64 (7.84%) SciPy
4 54 (6.62%) React
5 49 (6.00%) Spring Boot
6 46 (5.64%) Kafka
7 41 (5.02%) Spring
8 40 (4.90%) JSON
9 39 (4.78%) RESTful
10 31 (3.80%) Node.js
11 29 (3.55%) HTML
12 27 (3.31%) CSS
13 21 (2.57%) REST
14 19 (2.33%) Laravel
15 18 (2.21%) GraphQL
16 16 (1.96%) XML
17 15 (1.84%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 65 (7.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 64 (7.84%) Derivative
2 64 (7.84%) Equities
2 64 (7.84%) Fixed Income
2 64 (7.84%) Hedge funds
3 44 (5.39%) Management Information System
4 34 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (3.43%) Private Cloud
6 27 (3.31%) Cloud Native
7 26 (3.19%) Distributed Systems
8 19 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
8 19 (2.33%) Robotics
9 18 (2.21%) Product Ownership
10 17 (2.08%) Algorithms
11 16 (1.96%) Cyber Threat
12 12 (1.47%) Cyberattack
12 12 (1.47%) Data Fabric
13 11 (1.35%) Blog
13 11 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.35%) Media Streaming
Operating Systems
1 90 (11.03%) Windows
2 50 (6.13%) Linux
3 40 (4.90%) Windows Server
4 20 (2.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 14 (1.72%) Windows Server 2012
5 14 (1.72%) Windows Server 2016
6 12 (1.47%) zOS
7 10 (1.23%) Android
7 10 (1.23%) Windows 10
8 8 (0.98%) CentOS
8 8 (0.98%) Solaris
8 8 (0.98%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.98%) Unix
9 5 (0.61%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.61%) Mac OS
10 4 (0.49%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (40.81%) Agile
2 224 (27.45%) Mentoring
3 187 (22.92%) Software Engineering
4 148 (18.14%) Roadmaps
5 142 (17.40%) DevOps
6 132 (16.18%) Technical Leadership
7 118 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
8 115 (14.09%) Coaching
9 95 (11.64%) Continuous Integration
10 86 (10.54%) Open Source
11 85 (10.42%) CI/CD
12 80 (9.80%) Product Roadmap
12 80 (9.80%) Project Management
13 76 (9.31%) Design Patterns
14 71 (8.70%) SDLC
15 69 (8.46%) Strategic Thinking
16 68 (8.33%) Computer Science
17 66 (8.09%) Asset Management
18 64 (7.84%) Greeks
18 64 (7.84%) Investment Management
Programming Languages
1 242 (29.66%) Java
2 131 (16.05%) Python
3 121 (14.83%) JavaScript
4 118 (14.46%) TypeScript
5 70 (8.58%) C#
6 66 (8.09%) COBOL
6 66 (8.09%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 57 (6.99%) SQL
8 54 (6.62%) PHP
9 46 (5.64%) C++
10 42 (5.15%) C
11 21 (2.57%) Scala
12 13 (1.59%) Rust
12 13 (1.59%) VB.NET
13 11 (1.35%) Go
13 11 (1.35%) Kotlin
13 11 (1.35%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.49%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.37%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 143 (17.52%) Degree
2 68 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 48 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 29 (3.55%) SC Cleared
5 16 (1.96%) Azure Certification
6 15 (1.84%) Master's Degree
7 14 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (1.47%) DV Cleared
9 8 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (0.86%) Chartered Engineer
11 6 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.61%) DBS Check
13 4 (0.49%) CCNA
13 4 (0.49%) CIMA
13 4 (0.49%) HND
13 4 (0.49%) PMI Certification
13 4 (0.49%) PMP
14 3 (0.37%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.37%) CompTIA Security+
14 3 (0.37%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (8.33%) Data Quality
2 22 (2.70%) QA
3 20 (2.45%) GMP
4 19 (2.33%) SLA
5 15 (1.84%) PMO
6 6 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.74%) NCSC
7 5 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (0.49%) GDPR
9 3 (0.37%) Accessibility
9 3 (0.37%) JTAG
9 3 (0.37%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.25%) Def Stans
10 2 (0.25%) GRC
10 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.12%) NIST
System Software
1 30 (3.68%) Docker
2 22 (2.70%) Active Directory
3 19 (2.33%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (1.10%) vSphere
5 5 (0.61%) HDFS
5 5 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.37%) BitLocker
6 3 (0.37%) Ceph
6 3 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.25%) Firmware
7 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 36 (4.41%) Terraform
2 35 (4.29%) Kubernetes
3 19 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
4 14 (1.72%) SCCM
5 6 (0.74%) FortiGate
5 6 (0.74%) Nagios
6 5 (0.61%) Ansible
7 3 (0.37%) Knative
8 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.25%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.12%) Grafana
9 1 (0.12%) Istio
9 1 (0.12%) Podman
Vendors
1 105 (12.87%) Microsoft
2 66 (8.09%) Micro Focus
3 47 (5.76%) Oracle
4 35 (4.29%) VMware
5 20 (2.45%) Databricks
6 17 (2.08%) Salesforce
7 15 (1.84%) IBM
8 14 (1.72%) Citrix
9 11 (1.35%) ServiceNow
10 10 (1.23%) Google
10 10 (1.23%) SAP
11 9 (1.10%) Cisco
12 7 (0.86%) CheckPoint
13 6 (0.74%) Veeam
14 5 (0.61%) Informatica
14 5 (0.61%) Progress
15 4 (0.49%) Barracuda Networks
15 4 (0.49%) F5
15 4 (0.49%) Ruckus Wireless
15 4 (0.49%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud