Team Leader Job Trends in the North of England

Team Lead
England > North of England

The median Team Lead salary in the North of England is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2026.

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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 192 214 131
Rank change year-on-year +22 -83 +154
Permanent jobs requiring a Team Leader 138 81 312
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.74% 1.05% 1.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 1.17% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 110 69 285
10th Percentile - £29,950 £31,100
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,000 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% -16.81% +10.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £87,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,600 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.32% -12.33% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 17,391 6,938 16,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 90.29% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 11,775 3,722 12,798
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £27,250
25th Percentile £39,736 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% +4.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £53,847
% change year-on-year -5.17% +7.71% -11.44%

Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Team Leader job vacancy trend in the North of England

Team Leader
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Team Leader job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Team Leader job vacancies in the North of England

Team Leader
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Team Leader in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Team Leader in the North of England

Team Leader
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Team Leader within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
North West +24 84 £45,000 -17.87% 15
Yorkshire -33 45 £30,000 -10.45% 7
North East - 9 £30,000 - 1
Team Leader
England

Team Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 15 May 2026, 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 North of England region featuring Team Leader in the job title.

1 17 (12.32%) Information Security
1 17 (12.32%) Security Operations
2 13 (9.42%) Windows
3 11 (7.97%) Customer Experience
3 11 (7.97%) Microsoft
3 11 (7.97%) Service Delivery
4 9 (6.52%) Azure
4 9 (6.52%) Degree
5 8 (5.80%) Coaching
5 8 (5.80%) Logistics
5 8 (5.80%) Mentoring
6 7 (5.07%) .NET
6 7 (5.07%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (5.07%) QA
6 7 (5.07%) Time Management
7 6 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (4.35%) CRM
7 6 (4.35%) Customer Requirements
7 6 (4.35%) Customer Retention
7 6 (4.35%) Customer Service
7 6 (4.35%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (4.35%) Performance Improvement
7 6 (4.35%) Performance Management
7 6 (4.35%) SaaS
7 6 (4.35%) SQL
7 6 (4.35%) Telesales
7 6 (4.35%) Windows Server
8 5 (3.62%) Active Directory
8 5 (3.62%) Entra ID
8 5 (3.62%) People Management

Team Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.45%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.72%) IIS
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.52%) Azure
2 6 (4.35%) SaaS
3 5 (3.62%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.17%) Google Docs
4 3 (2.17%) Google Sheets
4 3 (2.17%) Google Workspace
4 3 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.45%) AWS
5 2 (1.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 2 (1.45%) Azure Functions
5 2 (1.45%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (1.45%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (1.45%) Serverless
6 1 (0.72%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.72%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 1 (0.72%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.90%) Firewall
2 1 (0.72%) DHCP
2 1 (0.72%) DNS
2 1 (0.72%) VLAN
2 1 (0.72%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.17%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (2.90%) JIRA
General
1 20 (14.49%) Finance
2 19 (13.77%) Social Skills
3 7 (5.07%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.45%) Banking
4 2 (1.45%) Military
5 1 (0.72%) Legal
5 1 (0.72%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.07%) .NET
2 3 (2.17%) React
3 2 (1.45%) REST
4 1 (0.72%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.07%) Onboarding
2 6 (4.35%) Mobile App
3 4 (2.90%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.72%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.72%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (0.72%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.42%) Windows
2 6 (4.35%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.17%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.45%) Linux
4 2 (1.45%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.72%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.72%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (12.32%) Information Security
1 17 (12.32%) Security Operations
2 11 (7.97%) Customer Experience
2 11 (7.97%) Service Delivery
3 8 (5.80%) Coaching
3 8 (5.80%) Logistics
3 8 (5.80%) Mentoring
4 7 (5.07%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (5.07%) Time Management
5 6 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (4.35%) CRM
5 6 (4.35%) Customer Requirements
5 6 (4.35%) Customer Retention
5 6 (4.35%) Customer Service
5 6 (4.35%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (4.35%) Performance Improvement
5 6 (4.35%) Performance Management
5 6 (4.35%) Telesales
6 5 (3.62%) People Management
6 5 (3.62%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.35%) SQL
2 3 (2.17%) C#
3 2 (1.45%) Python
3 2 (1.45%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.72%) Java
4 1 (0.72%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.72%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (6.52%) Degree
2 4 (2.90%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (2.17%) A+ Certification
3 3 (2.17%) CREST Certified
3 3 (2.17%) DBS Check
3 3 (2.17%) HNC
3 3 (2.17%) HND
3 3 (2.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 2 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.72%) MCITP
5 1 (0.72%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.07%) QA
2 4 (2.90%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.62%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.72%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (0.72%) SCCM
1 1 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (0.72%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 11 (7.97%) Microsoft
2 3 (2.17%) Citrix
2 3 (2.17%) Google
3 2 (1.45%) VMware
4 1 (0.72%) Databricks
4 1 (0.72%) Dell
4 1 (0.72%) ServiceNow