Development Team Leader Jobs in Scotland

Development Team Lead
UK > Scotland

The median Development Team Lead salary in Scotland is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 274 207
Rank change year-on-year +112 -67 +48
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Team Leader 3 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.100% 0.029% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.030% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,750 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +4.00% -21.88%
75th Percentile £71,250 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £61,250
% change year-on-year - +18.37% -5.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,593 6,642 3,899
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.26% 97.03% 89.53%
Number of salaries quoted 1,233 2,795 2,130
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,710 £30,500
25th Percentile £45,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £63,000 £65,000 £71,438
90th Percentile £82,751 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Development Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Team Leader in Scotland

Development Team Leader
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Development Team Leader in Scotland.

Salary trend for Development Team Leader in Scotland

Development Team Leader
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Development Team Leader within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
Edinburgh - 3 £67,500 -
Development Team Leader
UK

Development Team Leader Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 3 June 2025, Development 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 Scotland region featuring Development Team Leader in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) ISO 9001
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Law
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Coaching
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (100.00%) Database Migration

Development Team Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Law
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Coaching
1 3 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Database Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Database Tuning
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (100.00%) Migration
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 3 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft