Software Development Team Leader Job Trends in Exeter

Software Development Team Lead
Devon > Exeter

The median Software Development Team Lead salary in Exeter is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 July 2026.

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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Team Leader 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Exeter 0.24% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - -
75th Percentile £63,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median annual salary £62,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Exeter

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Exeter. 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 Exeter with a recognized job title 404 135 335
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.12% 92.47% 97.67%
Number of salaries quoted 285 120 272
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £27,256
25th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £31,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +58.73% -21.25% -10.43%
75th Percentile £60,000 £48,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £62,625 £61,125
Devon median annual salary £45,000 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -22.22% -

Software Development Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Software Development Team Leader job vacancy trend in Exeter

Software Development Team Leader
Salary Trend in Exeter

Salary distribution trend for Software Development Team Leader job vacancies in Exeter.

Salary distribution trend for Software Development Team Leader job vacancies in Exeter

Software Development Team Leader Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter

For the 6 months to 27 July 2026, Software Development 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 Exeter region featuring Software Development Team Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

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

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA