Service Desk Team Leader Jobs in England

Service Desk Team Lead
UK > England

The median Service Desk Team Lead salary in England is £32,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 663 711 833
Rank change year-on-year +48 +122 +219
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Team Leader 20 131 88
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.15% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.16% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 20 108 77
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £31,188 £31,188 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,750 £37,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.67% -11.76% +19.72%
75th Percentile £41,000 £47,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £43,250 £55,000 £53,518
UK median annual salary £32,750 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -12.67% -11.76% +19.72%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 43,919 83,679 79,671
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.64% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 23,116 62,210 50,998
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,084 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Service Desk Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Service Desk Team Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Team Leader in England

Service Desk Team Leader
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Team Leader in England.

Salary trend for Service Desk Team Leader in England

Service Desk Team Leader
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Desk Team Leader in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Desk Team Leader in England

Service Desk Team Leader
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Team Leader within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 2025. 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
South East +69 6 £36,500 -7.01% 1
Midlands +44 6 £32,500 -13.33% 4
Yorkshire +54 5 £32,500 +3.17% 3
North of England +18 5 £32,500 +3.17% 3
West Midlands +66 3 £32,500 -4.41% 2
East Midlands +21 3 £32,000 -14.67% 2
London +98 2 £51,250 -6.82% 1
South West +100 1 £38,500 +18.46% 1
Service Desk Team Leader
UK

Service Desk Team Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Service Desk Team Leader job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Service Desk Team Leader in the job title.

1 13 (65.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (55.00%) ITIL
3 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
4 9 (45.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
5 8 (40.00%) ITSM
6 7 (35.00%) Service Management
6 7 (35.00%) SLA
6 7 (35.00%) Process Improvement
6 7 (35.00%) Azure
6 7 (35.00%) Customer-Centricity
7 6 (30.00%) Customer Service
7 6 (30.00%) Active Directory
7 6 (30.00%) Service Delivery
8 5 (25.00%) VMware
8 5 (25.00%) Windows
9 4 (20.00%) ServiceNow
9 4 (20.00%) Line Management
9 4 (20.00%) Mentoring
9 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
10 3 (15.00%) Coaching
10 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (15.00%) Problem Management
10 3 (15.00%) Trend Analysis
10 3 (15.00%) Remote Desktop
10 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (15.00%) JIRA
11 2 (10.00%) Incident Management

Service Desk Team Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (35.00%) Azure
3 2 (10.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (5.00%) Broadband
2 1 (5.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 3 (15.00%) JIRA
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (65.00%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (55.00%) ITIL
3 9 (45.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (40.00%) ITSM
5 7 (35.00%) Customer-Centricity
5 7 (35.00%) Process Improvement
5 7 (35.00%) Service Management
6 6 (30.00%) Customer Service
6 6 (30.00%) Service Delivery
7 4 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (20.00%) Line Management
7 4 (20.00%) Mentoring
8 3 (15.00%) Coaching
8 3 (15.00%) Problem Management
8 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (15.00%) Trend Analysis
9 2 (10.00%) Change Management
9 2 (10.00%) Incident Management
9 2 (10.00%) Performance Metrics
9 2 (10.00%) Process Management
Qualifications
1 1 (5.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (5.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (25.00%) VMware
3 4 (20.00%) ServiceNow
4 2 (10.00%) Veeam
4 2 (10.00%) Zoho
5 1 (5.00%) Cisco
5 1 (5.00%) Freshdesk
5 1 (5.00%) SAP
5 1 (5.00%) Sun