Software Team Leader Jobs in England

Software Team Lead
UK > England

The median Software Team Lead salary in England is £65,000 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 607 601 852
Rank change year-on-year -6 +251 +193
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Team Leader 76 248 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.28% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.30% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 66 232 59
10th Percentile - £55,125 £44,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £73,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.86% +5.36% -
75th Percentile £83,438 £135,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £165,000 £115,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% -

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% -

Software Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Team Leader in England

Software Team Leader
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Software Team Leader in England

Software Team Leader
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for Software Team Leader in England

Software 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 Software 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 +92 52 £65,000 -21.21% 43
North West -2 10 £77,500 +3.33% 27
North of England -20 10 £77,500 +10.71% 54
South West +104 7 £67,500 +5.88% 25
London +58 5 £95,000 -29.63% 17
East of England +35 2 £82,500 +37.50% 30
Software Team Leader
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Software 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 Software Team Leader in the job title.

1 45 (59.21%) Software Engineering
2 39 (51.32%) Test Automation
3 38 (50.00%) Agile
4 35 (46.05%) Social Skills
5 32 (42.11%) Scrum
6 31 (40.79%) Java
6 31 (40.79%) C#
7 28 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (32.89%) Azure
9 24 (31.58%) Microsoft
9 24 (31.58%) Customer Requirements
9 24 (31.58%) BPSS Clearance
10 21 (27.63%) Rust
10 21 (27.63%) Containerisation
10 21 (27.63%) Line Management
11 18 (23.68%) Computer Science
11 18 (23.68%) Degree
12 13 (17.11%) Software Testing
12 13 (17.11%) OOD
12 13 (17.11%) C
12 13 (17.11%) XML
12 13 (17.11%) UML
12 13 (17.11%) OO
12 13 (17.11%) SDLC
12 13 (17.11%) Computer Science Degree
13 12 (15.79%) Work Breakdown Structure
13 12 (15.79%) Risk Register
13 12 (15.79%) Ada
13 12 (15.79%) Configuration Management
13 12 (15.79%) SysML

Software 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:

Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Eikon
1 1 (1.32%) RMDS
Cloud Services
1 25 (32.89%) Azure
2 7 (9.21%) AWS
3 5 (6.58%) Serverless
4 3 (3.95%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (2.63%) Amazon SQS
5 2 (2.63%) AWS CloudFormation
5 2 (2.63%) Azure Functions
5 2 (2.63%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.63%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.63%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.32%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.32%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.32%) AWS CodePipeline
6 1 (1.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.32%) Bluetooth
1 1 (1.32%) HTTP
1 1 (1.32%) Internet
1 1 (1.32%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.26%) NoSQL
2 3 (3.95%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.63%) Power BI
4 1 (1.32%) Big Data
4 1 (1.32%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.32%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.32%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 7 (9.21%) Git
2 4 (5.26%) Cypress.io
2 4 (5.26%) Selenium
2 4 (5.26%) SoapUI
3 2 (2.63%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.32%) Bitbucket
4 1 (1.32%) GitLab
4 1 (1.32%) JetBrains Rider
4 1 (1.32%) JIRA
4 1 (1.32%) Visual Studio
General
1 35 (46.05%) Social Skills
2 9 (11.84%) Electronics
3 4 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (3.95%) Finance
5 2 (2.63%) Banking
5 2 (2.63%) Front Office
5 2 (2.63%) Law
6 1 (1.32%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.32%) Automotive
6 1 (1.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.32%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (17.11%) XML
2 9 (11.84%) .NET
3 4 (5.26%) AngularJS
3 4 (5.26%) Jest
3 4 (5.26%) React
4 3 (3.95%) .NET Core
4 3 (3.95%) HTML
4 3 (3.95%) Laravel
4 3 (3.95%) Spring Boot
4 3 (3.95%) Vue
5 2 (2.63%) CSS
6 1 (1.32%) .NET Framework
6 1 (1.32%) Entity Framework
6 1 (1.32%) Next.js
6 1 (1.32%) RESTful
6 1 (1.32%) Spring
6 1 (1.32%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.79%) Embedded Systems
2 4 (5.26%) Algorithms
2 4 (5.26%) Data Structures
3 1 (1.32%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.32%) Derivative
3 1 (1.32%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.89%) Android
2 5 (6.58%) Apple iOS
3 4 (5.26%) Windows
4 2 (2.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (59.21%) Software Engineering
2 39 (51.32%) Test Automation
3 38 (50.00%) Agile
4 32 (42.11%) Scrum
5 28 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (31.58%) Customer Requirements
7 21 (27.63%) Containerisation
7 21 (27.63%) Line Management
8 18 (23.68%) Computer Science
9 13 (17.11%) OO
9 13 (17.11%) OOD
9 13 (17.11%) SDLC
9 13 (17.11%) Software Testing
9 13 (17.11%) UML
10 12 (15.79%) Configuration Management
10 12 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (15.79%) Project Planning
10 12 (15.79%) Quality Management
10 12 (15.79%) SysML
10 12 (15.79%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 31 (40.79%) C#
1 31 (40.79%) Java
2 21 (27.63%) Rust
3 13 (17.11%) C
4 12 (15.79%) Ada
5 7 (9.21%) JavaScript
5 7 (9.21%) TypeScript
6 5 (6.58%) C++
6 5 (6.58%) PHP
6 5 (6.58%) SQL
7 2 (2.63%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.32%) Kotlin
8 1 (1.32%) Python
Qualifications
1 24 (31.58%) BPSS Clearance
2 18 (23.68%) Degree
3 13 (17.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (15.79%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (3.95%) Security Cleared
6 2 (2.63%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.32%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.32%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (1.32%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.58%) IEC 62304
1 5 (6.58%) ISO 13485
2 4 (5.26%) QA
3 1 (1.32%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.26%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.95%) Terraform
3 1 (1.32%) Puppet
Vendors
1 24 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.32%) Bloomberg
2 1 (1.32%) Intel
2 1 (1.32%) Oracle
2 1 (1.32%) Progress
2 1 (1.32%) Reuters