Development Team Leader Jobs in the South East

Development Team Lead
England > South East

The median Development Team Lead salary in the South East is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2025.

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

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 291 366 397
Rank change year-on-year +75 +31 +64
Permanent jobs requiring a Development Team Leader 10 34 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.10% 0.20% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.21% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 9 32 6
10th Percentile £73,000 - £59,375
25th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £90,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +28.57% -
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 - £82,500
England median annual salary £77,500 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.90% +3.57% -1.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 8,283 16,379 12,707
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.89% 94.08% 90.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4,409 11,667 8,026
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Development Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Development Team Leader in the South East

Development Team Leader
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Development Team Leader in the South East.

Salary trend for Development Team Leader in the South East

Development Team Leader
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Development Team Leader in the South East over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Development Team Leader in the South East

Development Team Leader
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 29 May 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
Thames Valley +35 6 £95,000 +5.56% 3
Berkshire +14 6 £95,000 +5.56% 3
Surrey - 2 £85,000 -
Hampshire +73 1 £80,000 -
East Sussex - 1 £65,000 -
Development Team Leader
England

Development Team Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 29 May 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 South East region featuring Development Team Leader in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
1 6 (60.00%) C#
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
1 6 (60.00%) .NET
1 6 (60.00%) Propensity Modelling
2 4 (40.00%) TypeScript
2 4 (40.00%) Docker
2 4 (40.00%) Jest
2 4 (40.00%) Kubernetes
2 4 (40.00%) React
2 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (40.00%) Agile
2 4 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (40.00%) Machine Learning
2 4 (40.00%) SoapUI
2 4 (40.00%) NoSQL
2 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 4 (40.00%) Selenium
2 4 (40.00%) Git
2 4 (40.00%) Cypress.io
3 2 (20.00%) AWS
3 2 (20.00%) SaaS
3 2 (20.00%) Migration
3 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (10.00%) Mobile Development
4 1 (10.00%) Design Patterns
4 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (10.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving

Development Team Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) AWS
1 2 (20.00%) SaaS
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Cypress.io
1 4 (40.00%) Git
1 4 (40.00%) Selenium
1 4 (40.00%) SoapUI
General
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) .NET
2 4 (40.00%) Jest
2 4 (40.00%) React
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Propensity Modelling
1 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) Agile
2 4 (40.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (40.00%) Machine Learning
3 2 (20.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Design Patterns
4 1 (10.00%) DevOps
4 1 (10.00%) ERP
4 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) Microservices
4 1 (10.00%) Mobile Development
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Project Management
4 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) Service Management
4 1 (10.00%) Supplier Relationship Management
4 1 (10.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) C#
1 6 (60.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (40.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (10.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (40.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Progress