Software Team Leader Jobs in the South East

Software Team Lead
England > South East

The median Software Team Lead salary in the South East is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 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
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 257 344 389
Rank change year-on-year +87 +45 +80
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Team Leader 52 50 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.55% 0.29% 0.056%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.64% 0.31% 0.063%
Number of salaries quoted 51 46 7
10th Percentile - £67,500 £61,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £80,000 £66,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £82,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.21% +17.86% -
75th Percentile - £95,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 - £75,100
England median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +3.57% -

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 8,168 16,230 12,790
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.93% 94.08% 90.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,353 11,600 8,093
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,613 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,748 £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%

Software Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Software Team Leader in the South East

Software Team Leader
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Software Team Leader in the South East

Software Team Leader
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Team Leader in the South East over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Software Team Leader in the South East

Software 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 Software Team Leader within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 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
Isle of Wight - 24 £65,000 -
Hampshire +75 19 £60,000 -14.29% 6
Thames Valley +38 6 £95,000 +5.56% 17
Berkshire +13 6 £95,000 +5.56% 9
West Sussex - 3 £60,000 - 2
Software Team Leader
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 May 2025, Software 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 Software Team Leader in the job title.

1 33 (63.46%) Test Automation
2 30 (57.69%) Software Engineering
3 25 (48.08%) Agile
3 25 (48.08%) C#
4 24 (46.15%) BPSS Clearance
4 24 (46.15%) Customer Requirements
5 21 (40.38%) Line Management
5 21 (40.38%) Rust
5 21 (40.38%) Containerisation
5 21 (40.38%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (40.38%) Social Skills
5 21 (40.38%) Java
5 21 (40.38%) Microsoft
5 21 (40.38%) Scrum
5 21 (40.38%) Azure
6 16 (30.77%) Degree
7 12 (23.08%) Computer Science
7 12 (23.08%) Chartered Engineer
7 12 (23.08%) Software Testing
7 12 (23.08%) SysML
7 12 (23.08%) Project Planning
7 12 (23.08%) Quality Management
7 12 (23.08%) Configuration Management
7 12 (23.08%) XML
7 12 (23.08%) UML
7 12 (23.08%) OO
7 12 (23.08%) Ada
7 12 (23.08%) OOD
7 12 (23.08%) Risk Register
7 12 (23.08%) C

Software 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:

Cloud Services
1 21 (40.38%) Azure
2 1 (1.92%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.69%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Cypress.io
1 4 (7.69%) Git
1 4 (7.69%) Selenium
1 4 (7.69%) SoapUI
General
1 21 (40.38%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (23.08%) XML
2 4 (7.69%) .NET
2 4 (7.69%) Jest
2 4 (7.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 12 (23.08%) Embedded Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (63.46%) Test Automation
2 30 (57.69%) Software Engineering
3 25 (48.08%) Agile
4 24 (46.15%) Customer Requirements
5 21 (40.38%) Containerisation
5 21 (40.38%) Line Management
5 21 (40.38%) Problem-Solving
5 21 (40.38%) Scrum
6 12 (23.08%) Computer Science
6 12 (23.08%) Configuration Management
6 12 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 12 (23.08%) OO
6 12 (23.08%) OOD
6 12 (23.08%) Project Planning
6 12 (23.08%) Quality Management
6 12 (23.08%) Risk Register
6 12 (23.08%) SDLC
6 12 (23.08%) Software Testing
6 12 (23.08%) SysML
6 12 (23.08%) UML
Programming Languages
1 25 (48.08%) C#
2 21 (40.38%) Java
2 21 (40.38%) Rust
3 12 (23.08%) Ada
3 12 (23.08%) C
4 4 (7.69%) JavaScript
4 4 (7.69%) SQL
4 4 (7.69%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.92%) PHP
Qualifications
1 24 (46.15%) BPSS Clearance
2 16 (30.77%) Degree
3 12 (23.08%) Chartered Engineer
3 12 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 4 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (7.69%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 21 (40.38%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.92%) Progress