Technical Leader Jobs in the South East

Technical Lead
England > South East

The median Technical Lead salary in the South East is £62,750 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 280 297 378
Rank change year-on-year +17 +81 -50
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Leader 119 95 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.65% 0.71% 0.68%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.79% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 100 74 98
10th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £48,775
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,750 £57,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.13% -17.86% +3.70%
75th Percentile £78,125 £65,000 £100,000
90th Percentile £90,250 £90,250 £102,500
England median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -9.38% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 17,348 12,023 20,382
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.23% 89.71% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 12,223 7,828 12,399
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Technical Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leader in the South East

Technical Leader
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Technical Leader in the South East.

Salary trend for Technical Leader in the South East

Technical Leader
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leader in the South East over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Leader in the South East

Technical Leader
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Leader within the South East 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
Thames Valley -13 49 £65,000 +13.04% 6
Hampshire -9 43 £70,000 +55.56% 9
Berkshire +19 24 £65,000 +52.94% 3
Buckinghamshire -6 15 £80,000 +28.00% 1
Surrey -15 12 £56,250 -11.76%
Oxfordshire -21 10 £42,500 -26.09% 2
East Sussex - 7 £80,000 - 3
Kent -10 5 £50,000 -16.67% 3
West Sussex - 2 £46,581 - 1
Sussex - 1 £45,000 -
Technical Leader
England

Technical Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Technical Leader in the job title.

1 33 (27.73%) Social Skills
1 33 (27.73%) Java
2 31 (26.05%) Windows
2 31 (26.05%) Azure
3 30 (25.21%) Agile
4 26 (21.85%) Microsoft
5 22 (18.49%) Firewall
5 22 (18.49%) Finance
6 21 (17.65%) Mentoring
7 20 (16.81%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (15.97%) AWS
9 17 (14.29%) Security Cleared
9 17 (14.29%) .NET
10 16 (13.45%) Technical Leadership
11 15 (12.61%) Windows Server
12 14 (11.76%) SaaS
12 14 (11.76%) Code Quality
12 14 (11.76%) C#
12 14 (11.76%) Active Directory
12 14 (11.76%) Degree
13 13 (10.92%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (10.08%) React
14 12 (10.08%) Customer Service
15 11 (9.24%) CI/CD
16 10 (8.40%) Salesforce
16 10 (8.40%) Service Delivery
16 10 (8.40%) ITIL
16 10 (8.40%) TDD
16 10 (8.40%) Roadmaps
16 10 (8.40%) TypeScript

Technical Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 7 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.68%) MadCap Flare
1 2 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 31 (26.05%) Azure
2 19 (15.97%) AWS
3 14 (11.76%) SaaS
4 13 (10.92%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (5.04%) Entra ID
6 4 (3.36%) PaaS
7 2 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.84%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.84%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.84%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (0.84%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (18.49%) Firewall
2 6 (5.04%) VoIP
3 5 (4.20%) Wireless
4 4 (3.36%) VLAN
4 4 (3.36%) VPN
5 3 (2.52%) CTI
5 3 (2.52%) Network Security
6 1 (0.84%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.72%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.52%) DB2
3 1 (0.84%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (5.04%) GitLab
2 4 (3.36%) Visual Studio
3 3 (2.52%) Git
3 3 (2.52%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.84%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.84%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 33 (27.73%) Social Skills
2 22 (18.49%) Finance
3 8 (6.72%) Documentation Skills
4 7 (5.88%) Aviation
5 6 (5.04%) Banking
6 5 (4.20%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (4.20%) Fire and Rescue
6 5 (4.20%) Manufacturing
6 5 (4.20%) Marketing
6 5 (4.20%) Military
7 4 (3.36%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.52%) Law
8 3 (2.52%) Police
9 2 (1.68%) Electronics
9 2 (1.68%) Retail
10 1 (0.84%) Automotive
10 1 (0.84%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (14.29%) .NET
2 12 (10.08%) React
3 2 (1.68%) CSS
3 2 (1.68%) HTML
3 2 (1.68%) Kafka
3 2 (1.68%) Lambda Expressions
4 1 (0.84%) JSON
4 1 (0.84%) Lightning Web Components
4 1 (0.84%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.72%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
3 6 (5.04%) Private Cloud
4 5 (4.20%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (2.52%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.68%) Augmented Reality
6 2 (1.68%) BBC
6 2 (1.68%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.68%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.68%) Replication
6 2 (1.68%) Robotics
6 2 (1.68%) Virtual Reality
7 1 (0.84%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 31 (26.05%) Windows
2 15 (12.61%) Windows Server
3 7 (5.88%) Linux
4 4 (3.36%) Android
4 4 (3.36%) Windows 10
4 4 (3.36%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.84%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (25.21%) Agile
2 21 (17.65%) Mentoring
3 20 (16.81%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (13.45%) Technical Leadership
5 14 (11.76%) Code Quality
6 12 (10.08%) Customer Service
7 11 (9.24%) CI/CD
8 10 (8.40%) ITIL
8 10 (8.40%) Roadmaps
8 10 (8.40%) Service Delivery
8 10 (8.40%) TDD
9 9 (7.56%) DevOps
9 9 (7.56%) Project Management
10 8 (6.72%) Design Patterns
10 8 (6.72%) Full Stack Development
10 8 (6.72%) Project Delivery
10 8 (6.72%) Requirements Analysis
10 8 (6.72%) Waterfall
10 8 (6.72%) Workflow
11 7 (5.88%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 33 (27.73%) Java
2 14 (11.76%) C#
3 10 (8.40%) TypeScript
4 9 (7.56%) JavaScript
5 5 (4.20%) SQL
6 4 (3.36%) C++
7 3 (2.52%) Python
8 2 (1.68%) Apex Code
8 2 (1.68%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.84%) PHP
9 1 (0.84%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 14 (11.76%) Degree
3 8 (6.72%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (4.20%) Azure Certification
5 4 (3.36%) CCNA
5 4 (3.36%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (3.36%) PMI Certification
5 4 (3.36%) PMP
6 3 (2.52%) A+ Certification
6 3 (2.52%) CompTIA Security+
6 3 (2.52%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (2.52%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.68%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (1.68%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.68%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.68%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.84%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.84%) CWNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 4 (3.36%) GDPR
1 4 (3.36%) QA
2 3 (2.52%) PMO
2 3 (2.52%) SLA
3 2 (1.68%) GRC
System Software
1 14 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.20%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.68%) Docker
4 1 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (5.04%) SCCM
2 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 26 (21.85%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.40%) Salesforce
3 5 (4.20%) Cisco
3 5 (4.20%) VMware
4 4 (3.36%) Barracuda Networks
4 4 (3.36%) ESET
5 2 (1.68%) MuleSoft
5 2 (1.68%) ServiceNow
5 2 (1.68%) Sony
6 1 (0.84%) Apple
6 1 (0.84%) Aruba
6 1 (0.84%) Google
6 1 (0.84%) HP
6 1 (0.84%) Ruckus Wireless