Software Engineering Team Leader Job Trends in Belfast

Software Engineering Team Lead
County Antrim > Belfast

The median Software Engineering Team Lead salary in Belfast is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineering Team Leader 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Belfast 0.54% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
County Antrim median annual salary £90,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Belfast. 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 Belfast with a recognized job title 338 272 268
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.85% 98.91% 94.37%
Number of salaries quoted 184 96 200
10th Percentile £26,550 £43,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £50,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £61,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.73% +11.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £77,703 £85,625 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,250
County Antrim median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £50,250
% change year-on-year -12.50% +19.40% +0.50%

Software Engineering Team Leader Skill Set
Top 2 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 23 January 2026, Software Engineering Team Leader job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Belfast region featuring Software Engineering Team Leader in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering

Software Engineering Team Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering