CHECK Team Leader Job Trends in England

CHECK Team Leader (CTL)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for CHECK Team Leader qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 592 641 643
Rank change year-on-year +49 +2 +339
Permanent jobs citing CHECK Team Leader 8 35 23
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.015% 0.071% 0.051%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.046% 0.19% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2 17 13
10th Percentile £61,700 £50,250 £52,500
25th Percentile £63,500 £58,750 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,000 £80,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +23.08% -13.33%
75th Percentile £73,500 £105,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,900 £112,500 £84,500
UK median annual salary £68,000 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +23.08% -16.13%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

CHECK Team Leader falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,522 18,032 13,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.69% 36.37% 30.48%
Number of salaries quoted 7,051 7,216 9,512
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,854 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,250 £93,750 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,498 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.47% -

CHECK Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CHECK Team Leader relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

CHECK Team Leader job vacancy trend in England

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Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CHECK Team Leader.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing CHECK Team Leader

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Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing CHECK Team Leader in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for CHECK Team Leader in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CHECK Team Leader within the England region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
London +11 4 - - 7
South East - 3 £61,000 - 2
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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
1 1 (12.50%) IaaS
1 1 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Burp Suite
2 4 (50.00%) Metasploit
General
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Banking
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Digital Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Penetration Tester
1 3 (37.50%) Security Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) Tester
2 2 (25.00%) Junior
2 2 (25.00%) Junior Penetration Tester
2 2 (25.00%) Junior Tester
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Lead
3 1 (12.50%) Security Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Digital Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Penetration Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Security Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Tester
3 1 (12.50%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Security Posture
2 4 (50.00%) Mobile App
3 3 (37.50%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
2 5 (62.50%) Purple Team
2 5 (62.50%) Red Team
3 4 (50.00%) Agile
3 4 (50.00%) API Testing
3 4 (50.00%) Application Security
3 4 (50.00%) Business Strategy
3 4 (50.00%) Business Transformation
3 4 (50.00%) Coaching
3 4 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 4 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
3 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
3 4 (50.00%) Internal Audit
3 4 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (50.00%) Offensive Security
3 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) Ethical Hacking
4 3 (37.50%) Incident Response
4 3 (37.50%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (25.00%) Protective Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) Bash
1 4 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (50.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) OSCP
2 6 (75.00%) CHECK Team Member
3 5 (62.50%) CREST Certified
4 4 (50.00%) CCSAM
5 3 (37.50%) Degree
5 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) Cyber Scheme
6 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) GDPR
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (25.00%) GRC
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (37.50%) Nessus
2 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (12.50%) Nmap
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Tenable