Technical Leadership
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 180 200 227
Rank change year-on-year +20 +27 -20
Permanent jobs citing Technical Leadership 1,645 1,881 2,982
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.65% 1.90% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.93% 1.98% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,074 1,180 1,326
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,984 £46,374
25th Percentile £58,250 £61,250 £56,183
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,875
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £67,500 £67,350
% change year-on-year - +0.22% +12.25%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
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% +9.38%

Technical Leadership
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Leadership in the UK

Technical Leadership
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Technical Leadership in the UK

Technical Leadership
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Technical Leadership over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Technical Leadership in the UK

Technical Leadership
Top 17 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 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 +24 1,441 £72,500 -9.38% 364
UK excluding London +48 1,100 £67,500 - 255
Work from Home +3 679 £74,137 -7.33% 216
London -7 456 £85,000 - 143
South East +49 285 £67,500 -10.00% 68
North of England +76 251 £65,066 +0.10% 46
South West +26 208 £65,000 +4.21% 53
North West +40 135 £70,000 +4.61% 23
Midlands -7 127 £75,000 +15.38% 34
Scotland -38 120 £75,000 +8.00% 20
Yorkshire +77 97 £62,500 -3.85% 18
West Midlands -4 91 £75,000 +13.21% 26
East of England -12 90 £65,000 -10.34% 30
East Midlands +8 36 £70,000 +27.27% 8
North East +8 19 £75,000 +33.39% 8
Wales +8 11 £59,500 -5.17% 6
Northern Ireland +9 8 £85,200 +42.00% 4

Technical Leadership
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 87 (5.29%) Apache Spark
2 44 (2.67%) CMS
2 44 (2.67%) SharePoint
3 41 (2.49%) Sitecore CMS
4 40 (2.43%) IIS
5 37 (2.25%) Kentico
5 37 (2.25%) Umbraco
6 36 (2.19%) Headless CMS
7 28 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
8 11 (0.67%) Drupal
9 7 (0.43%) Apache
9 7 (0.43%) OpenStack
9 7 (0.43%) SAS
10 6 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
10 6 (0.36%) Confluence
10 6 (0.36%) Mendix
11 5 (0.30%) K2 blackpearl
12 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
13 3 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 21 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.43%) Oracle Smart View
4 6 (0.36%) Simulink
5 4 (0.24%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.24%) Windchill
6 1 (0.061%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 18 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.43%) HFM
2 7 (0.43%) Hyperion Planning
2 7 (0.43%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.12%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.12%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.12%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.061%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.061%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.061%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.061%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.061%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 541 (32.89%) Azure
2 359 (21.82%) AWS
3 129 (7.84%) Power Platform
4 112 (6.81%) SaaS
5 106 (6.44%) GCP
6 100 (6.08%) Microsoft 365
7 99 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
8 81 (4.92%) Power Automate
9 63 (3.83%) IaaS
9 63 (3.83%) PowerApps
9 63 (3.83%) Serverless
10 60 (3.65%) Dynamics 365
11 50 (3.04%) OneDrive
12 49 (2.98%) Amazon S3
13 47 (2.86%) OpenShift
14 45 (2.74%) PaaS
15 42 (2.55%) Dropbox
15 42 (2.55%) Google Drive
16 39 (2.37%) Amazon EC2
17 36 (2.19%) Kontent
Communications & Networking
1 88 (5.35%) Firewall
2 43 (2.61%) WAN
3 42 (2.55%) DNS
4 41 (2.49%) VPN
5 40 (2.43%) Wireless
6 39 (2.37%) MPLS
7 34 (2.07%) BGP
8 32 (1.95%) Network Security
9 25 (1.52%) LAN
10 21 (1.28%) VLAN
11 20 (1.22%) SAN
11 20 (1.22%) SD-WAN
12 18 (1.09%) OSPF
12 18 (1.09%) SSL
13 16 (0.97%) TCP/IP
14 14 (0.85%) 5G
14 14 (0.85%) Internet
14 14 (0.85%) NAS
15 12 (0.73%) IPsec
16 11 (0.67%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 108 (6.57%) Big Data
2 92 (5.59%) NoSQL
3 87 (5.29%) SQL Server
4 82 (4.98%) Power BI
5 75 (4.56%) Relational Database
6 62 (3.77%) Data Warehouse
7 53 (3.22%) Data Lake
8 45 (2.74%) Amazon RDS
9 38 (2.31%) MySQL
10 37 (2.25%) RDBMS
11 34 (2.07%) MongoDB
12 29 (1.76%) Amazon Redshift
13 23 (1.40%) Metadata
14 18 (1.09%) DB2
15 16 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 12 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
17 10 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 8 (0.49%) CockroachDB
19 7 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
19 7 (0.43%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 98 (5.96%) Git
2 49 (2.98%) Jenkins
3 39 (2.37%) JIRA
4 32 (1.95%) GitLab
5 26 (1.58%) Postman
5 26 (1.58%) Subversion
6 17 (1.03%) IBM UrbanCode
7 16 (0.97%) CMake
8 10 (0.61%) Sonatype Nexus
9 9 (0.55%) Rational DOORS
10 8 (0.49%) Jaeger
10 8 (0.49%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.36%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.36%) RStudio
11 6 (0.36%) Selenium
12 5 (0.30%) JUnit
12 5 (0.30%) MLflow
13 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.24%) Terragrunt
13 4 (0.24%) webpack
General
1 521 (31.67%) Social Skills
2 303 (18.42%) Finance
3 206 (12.52%) Analytical Skills
4 159 (9.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 122 (7.42%) Influencing Skills
6 95 (5.78%) Marketing
7 88 (5.35%) Law
8 83 (5.05%) Banking
9 82 (4.98%) Public Sector
10 70 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
11 48 (2.92%) Automotive
12 34 (2.07%) Back Office
13 32 (1.95%) Electronics
14 31 (1.88%) Legal
15 30 (1.82%) Retail
16 25 (1.52%) Local Government
17 24 (1.46%) Manufacturing
18 22 (1.34%) Organisational Skills
19 21 (1.28%) Games
20 20 (1.22%) Military
Job Titles
1 470 (28.57%) Lead
2 401 (24.38%) Senior
3 362 (22.01%) Architect
4 225 (13.68%) Developer
5 167 (10.15%) Software Engineer
6 160 (9.73%) Principal Engineer
7 148 (9.00%) Cloud Engineer
8 135 (8.21%) Technical Leader
9 126 (7.66%) Principal Cloud Engineer
10 106 (6.44%) Senior Developer
11 104 (6.32%) Technical Architect
12 96 (5.84%) Solutions Architect
13 78 (4.74%) Lead Software Engineer
14 72 (4.38%) Lead Developer
15 63 (3.83%) Senior Architect
16 57 (3.47%) Big Data Engineer
16 57 (3.47%) Big Data Software Engineer
16 57 (3.47%) Lead Big Data Engineer
16 57 (3.47%) Scala Engineer
16 57 (3.47%) Scala Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (12.46%) .NET
2 121 (7.36%) React
3 74 (4.50%) RESTful
4 69 (4.19%) .NET Core
5 68 (4.13%) .NET Framework
6 57 (3.47%) ASP.NET
6 57 (3.47%) Node.js
6 57 (3.47%) Spring
7 50 (3.04%) Spring Boot
8 49 (2.98%) XML
9 48 (2.92%) JSON
10 47 (2.86%) CSS
10 47 (2.86%) HTML
11 46 (2.80%) Next.js
12 45 (2.74%) Kafka
13 42 (2.55%) ASP.NET MVC
14 34 (2.07%) REST
15 33 (2.01%) AngularJS
16 28 (1.70%) Middleware
17 26 (1.58%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 154 (9.36%) Cloud Native
2 95 (5.78%) Management Information System
3 91 (5.53%) Product Ownership
4 73 (4.44%) IoT
5 65 (3.95%) Self-Motivation
6 63 (3.83%) Algorithms
7 58 (3.53%) Data Centre
8 55 (3.34%) Public Cloud
9 43 (2.61%) Enterprise Software
10 42 (2.55%) iPad
11 35 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
12 30 (1.82%) Hybrid Cloud
13 26 (1.58%) Robotics
14 23 (1.40%) Blockchain
15 20 (1.22%) Mobile App
16 18 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
17 15 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
17 15 (0.91%) Data Structures
18 14 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
19 13 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 176 (10.70%) Linux
2 159 (9.67%) Windows
3 47 (2.86%) Windows Server
4 38 (2.31%) Unix
5 24 (1.46%) Android
6 22 (1.34%) Apple iOS
7 18 (1.09%) Windows 10
8 11 (0.67%) CentOS
9 8 (0.49%) Mac OS
10 7 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
11 6 (0.36%) Windows Server 2016
12 3 (0.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 2 (0.12%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.12%) zOS
14 1 (0.061%) Debian
14 1 (0.061%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 607 (36.90%) Agile
2 431 (26.20%) Mentoring
3 392 (23.83%) DevOps
4 357 (21.70%) Software Engineering
5 353 (21.46%) Roadmaps
6 324 (19.70%) Problem-Solving
7 273 (16.60%) CI/CD
8 222 (13.50%) Technology Roadmap
9 216 (13.13%) Coaching
9 216 (13.13%) Continuous Improvement
10 194 (11.79%) Computer Science
11 160 (9.73%) Microservices
12 159 (9.67%) SDLC
13 144 (8.75%) Project Management
14 132 (8.02%) Artificial Intelligence
15 126 (7.66%) Project Delivery
16 125 (7.60%) Scrum
17 110 (6.69%) Machine Learning
18 108 (6.57%) Data Modelling
19 107 (6.50%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 272 (16.53%) SQL
2 264 (16.05%) Python
3 261 (15.87%) Java
4 260 (15.81%) C#
5 174 (10.58%) JavaScript
6 74 (4.50%) Scala
7 71 (4.32%) C++
8 66 (4.01%) PHP
9 63 (3.83%) TypeScript
10 62 (3.77%) C
11 40 (2.43%) SystemVerilog
12 39 (2.37%) PowerShell
13 32 (1.95%) Bash
13 32 (1.95%) Kotlin
14 28 (1.70%) R
15 26 (1.58%) T-SQL
16 22 (1.34%) Ruby
17 21 (1.28%) Go
18 20 (1.22%) Groovy
19 17 (1.03%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 324 (19.70%) Degree
2 186 (11.31%) Security Cleared
3 150 (9.12%) Computer Science Degree
4 123 (7.48%) SC Cleared
5 59 (3.59%) Master's Degree
6 42 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
7 35 (2.13%) TOGAF Certification
8 31 (1.88%) AWS Certification
8 31 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 28 (1.70%) Cisco Certification
10 27 (1.64%) Azure Certification
11 24 (1.46%) CISSP
11 24 (1.46%) PhD
12 22 (1.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 19 (1.16%) CCNA
14 14 (0.85%) DV Cleared
15 12 (0.73%) AWS Certified Developer
15 12 (0.73%) PMI Certification
16 11 (0.67%) CISM
17 10 (0.61%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (5.53%) QA
2 34 (2.07%) GDPR
3 30 (1.82%) Data Quality
4 25 (1.52%) SLA
5 14 (0.85%) PMO
6 12 (0.73%) Accessibility
7 9 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.49%) Def Stans
9 7 (0.43%) IEC 61508
9 7 (0.43%) ISO 13485
9 7 (0.43%) JTAG
9 7 (0.43%) NIST
10 6 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (0.30%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.24%) MISRA
12 4 (0.24%) MISRA C
12 4 (0.24%) NCSC
12 4 (0.24%) SEPA
13 3 (0.18%) ECSS
13 3 (0.18%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 101 (6.14%) Active Directory
2 100 (6.08%) Docker
3 56 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 38 (2.31%) Firmware
5 23 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
6 14 (0.85%) Hyper-V
7 12 (0.73%) RACF
8 10 (0.61%) Virtual Servers
8 10 (0.61%) vSphere
9 9 (0.55%) KVM
10 7 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
11 6 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
12 5 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
13 3 (0.18%) VirtualBox
14 2 (0.12%) Time Sharing Option
15 1 (0.061%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 1 (0.061%) Lustre
15 1 (0.061%) LXC
15 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 133 (8.09%) Kubernetes
2 123 (7.48%) Terraform
3 69 (4.19%) Ansible
4 38 (2.31%) Progress Chef
5 28 (1.70%) Puppet
6 21 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
7 13 (0.79%) Prometheus
8 10 (0.61%) FortiGate
8 10 (0.61%) Nagios
9 8 (0.49%) Kiali
10 6 (0.36%) Endace
10 6 (0.36%) Kibana
10 6 (0.36%) logstash
10 6 (0.36%) SCCM
10 6 (0.36%) ServiceCenter
10 6 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.30%) ZABBIX
12 4 (0.24%) Functional Safety
12 4 (0.24%) Packer
13 3 (0.18%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 337 (20.49%) Microsoft
2 115 (6.99%) Google
3 65 (3.95%) Cisco
4 61 (3.71%) Databricks
5 59 (3.59%) VMware
6 47 (2.86%) Salesforce
7 41 (2.49%) Sitecore
8 39 (2.37%) IBM
9 36 (2.19%) Optimizely
10 34 (2.07%) Oracle
11 30 (1.82%) Splunk
12 29 (1.76%) Cadence
13 28 (1.70%) Juniper
13 28 (1.70%) Synopsys
14 21 (1.28%) Veeam
15 19 (1.16%) SAP
16 16 (0.97%) Dynatrace
17 15 (0.91%) Red Hat
18 14 (0.85%) HP
19 12 (0.73%) Sybase