Software Team Leader Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Software Team Lead
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Software Team Lead salary in Newcastle upon Tyne is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 - 36
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Team Leader 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.18% - 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% - 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £65,000
75th Percentile £95,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £90,000 - £65,000

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 533 579 272
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.73% 97.31% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 386 260 239
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,563 £38,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,824 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.23% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,250 £73,125 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £77,500
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%

Software Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Software Team Leader job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Software Team Leader
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for Software Team Leader job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Salary distribution trend for Software Team Leader job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

Software Team Leader Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Software Team Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Software Team Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree