Software Engineering Team Leader Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Software Engineering Team Lead
UK > Northern Ireland

The median Software Engineering Team Lead salary in Northern Ireland is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 January 2026.

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

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 57 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineering Team Leader 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.34% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
UK median annual salary £90,000 £80,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% +15.25%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Northern Ireland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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 Northern Ireland with a recognized job title 521 381 336
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.61% 98.96% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 217 125 246
10th Percentile £27,500 £34,112 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £45,000 £37,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +9.45% +3.61%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £69,725
90th Percentile £92,000 £95,000 £81,875
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Software Engineering Team Leader
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering Team Leader within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 23 January 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
County Antrim - 2 £90,000 - 4
Software Engineering Team Leader
UK

Software Engineering Team Leader Skill Set
Top 2 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland

For the 6 months to 23 January 2026, Software Engineering 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 Northern Ireland region featuring Software Engineering Team Leader in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering

Software Engineering Team Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) AI
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering