PA Consulting
Technical Lead
Job Description
Salary: £52,000 - 92,000 per year
Requirements:- Experience in managing and technically leading a software engineering team
- Soft skills to interact with clients, demonstrating credibility in technology and overall delivery
- Proven capability in shaping the end-to-end software delivery lifecycle, driving improvements across development, testing, deployment, and operational phases
- Ability to implement infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and efficient release management strategies
- Experience enhancing system performance using load testing, caching, and optimizing database queries and application logic for better scalability and response times
- Expertise in modern engineering standards such as TDD, contract testing, and secure coding, as well as architectural patterns like event-driven architecture and platform migration
- Strong problem-solving and analytical thinking skills to create long-term solutions
- Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
- Experience providing technical subject matter expertise to shape bids and client proposals
- Ability to present proposed approaches and discuss technical implementation with prospective clients during the sales process
- Work to agile best practices and cross-functionally with multiple teams and stakeholders
- Use technical skills to problem solve with clients and work on internal projects
- Steer technical teams through complex challenges and guide clients towards successful digital transformations
- Provide mentorship to engineers and create an environment of continuous improvement
- Take part in live in-person whiteboarding sessions to problem solve as a team and use asynchronous communication on Teams
- Work hybrid with the team on client site or in our office a minimum of two days per week, with time and location varying by role or assignment
- AI
- ASP.NET
- AWS
- Angular
- Azure
- C#
- CI/CD
- DevOps
- GCP
- GitHub
- Support
- Java
- JavaScript
- Jenkins
- React
- Security
- Spring
- Spring Boot
- TDD
- Terraform
- TypeScript
- Vue
- NodeJS
- Cloud
- MCP
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We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future, and we bring together strategists, innovators, designers, consultants, digital experts, scientists, engineers, and technologists to create opportunity from complexity. We are over 4,000 people with deep expertise across consumer and manufacturing, defence and security, energy and utilities, financial services, government and public services, health and life sciences, and transport, operating globally from offices across the UK, Ireland, US, Nordics, and Netherlands. In our Digital & Data community, we work alongside product, design, and cross-disciplinary experts to deliver innovative software solutions in a trust-based, inclusive environment with flexible career paths, hybrid working, learning and development budget, and the chance to work across a broad variety of projects and tech stacks. Our tech stack includes JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, C#, Vue/Angular/React/Node/Next, Spring/Spring Boot, .NET/ASP.NET, AWS, GCP, Azure, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Terraform, CloudFormation, and Azure Bicep. We also support pragmatic and safe use of AI through the SDLC. The assessment process includes a quick video call, a competency interview, a technical interview, and a final meeting with a PA leader. We offer benefits including private healthcare for you and your family, 25 days annual leave plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve, the opportunity to buy 5 additional days, a generous company pension scheme, community and charity involvement, an annual performance-based bonus, PA share ownership, and tax-efficient benefits.
last updated 35 week of 2026
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£72,000
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£85,000
UK median
This salary is 15% below the UK median for Lead roles (£85,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks