Software Team Leader Job Trends in Bristol

Software Team Lead
South West > Bristol

The median Software Team Lead salary in Bristol is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 February 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 100 144
Rank change year-on-year +8 +44 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Team Leader 1 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.044% 0.38% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.40% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £72,500 £102,500 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £115,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% +53.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £127,500 £77,500
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +8.00% -10.71%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 2,121 1,253 2,287
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.02% 95.87% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,555 713 1,878
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £46,000 £42,905
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £72,433
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £85,375
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -

Software Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Team Leader' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Software Team Leader job vacancy trend in Bristol

Software Team Leader
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for Software Team Leader job vacancies in Bristol.

Salary distribution trend for Software Team Leader job vacancies in Bristol

Software Team Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 5 February 2026, Software 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 Bristol region featuring Software Team Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Energy Management
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Keycloak
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership

Software Team Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Keycloak
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Energy Management
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Retrospective
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes