Team Leader Jobs in the South East

Team Lead
England > South East

The median Team Lead salary in the South East is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 182 195 256
Rank change year-on-year +13 +61 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Team Leader 113 217 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.21% 1.29% 1.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.40% 1.37% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 92 169 128
10th Percentile £37,000 £30,000 £33,025
25th Percentile - £32,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,375 £95,000 £82,875
England median annual salary £54,793 £56,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.02% -1.74% +6.48%

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 8,071 15,806 13,090
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.49% 93.98% 90.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4,568 11,351 8,251
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,032 £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 £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Team Leader in the South East

Team Leader
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary trend for Team Leader in the South East

Team Leader
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Team Leader in the South East over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Team Leader in the South East

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 Team Leader within the South East region over the 6 months to 11 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
Hampshire +24 29 £60,000 +84.62% 8
Isle of Wight - 28 £65,000 -
Thames Valley -9 27 £70,000 -4.76% 19
Berkshire 0 15 £90,000 - 12
Buckinghamshire +39 11 £37,000 -44.15% 5
Kent +24 11 £47,500 +5.56% 6
Surrey +52 9 £75,000 +80.72% 6
East Sussex +31 3 £65,000 -44.68% 1
West Sussex +27 3 £60,000 -7.69% 4
Middlesex -13 2 - -
Sussex +18 1 £66,500 -
Oxfordshire +6 1 £82,500 +26.92% 3
Team Leader
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, 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 Team Leader in the job title.

1 46 (40.71%) Social Skills
2 45 (39.82%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (30.97%) Software Engineering
4 33 (29.20%) Test Automation
4 33 (29.20%) Azure
4 33 (29.20%) C#
4 33 (29.20%) Microsoft
5 32 (28.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 31 (27.43%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (27.43%) Degree
6 31 (27.43%) Agile
7 24 (21.24%) Computer Science
7 24 (21.24%) Line Management
7 24 (21.24%) Customer Requirements
8 23 (20.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (20.35%) Containerisation
9 22 (19.47%) Scrum
10 21 (18.58%) Java
10 21 (18.58%) Rust
11 15 (13.27%) Artificial Intelligence
12 14 (12.39%) Mentoring
12 14 (12.39%) Customer Service
13 13 (11.50%) Software Testing
14 12 (10.62%) SysML
14 12 (10.62%) Project Planning
14 12 (10.62%) Chartered Engineer
14 12 (10.62%) Embedded Systems
14 12 (10.62%) Configuration Management
14 12 (10.62%) Quality Management
14 12 (10.62%) C

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (0.88%) OpenStack
Applications
1 4 (3.54%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (7.08%) Infor LN
1 8 (7.08%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 33 (29.20%) Azure
2 10 (8.85%) AWS
3 8 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.65%) SaaS
5 2 (1.77%) GCP
6 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.85%) Broadband
2 4 (3.54%) Firewall
2 4 (3.54%) Intrusion Detection
2 4 (3.54%) LAN
2 4 (3.54%) WAN
3 2 (1.77%) BGP
3 2 (1.77%) MPLS
3 2 (1.77%) OSPF
3 2 (1.77%) Remote Desktop
3 2 (1.77%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.77%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.77%) VLAN
3 2 (1.77%) VPN
3 2 (1.77%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.08%) Tableau
2 7 (6.19%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (7.08%) Oracle Forms
2 7 (6.19%) Cypress.io
2 7 (6.19%) Git
2 7 (6.19%) Selenium
2 7 (6.19%) SoapUI
3 1 (0.88%) GitLab
3 1 (0.88%) Jenkins
General
1 46 (40.71%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
2 9 (7.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (7.08%) Finance
3 8 (7.08%) Police
4 2 (1.77%) Aviation
4 2 (1.77%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.88%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.62%) XML
2 11 (9.73%) .NET
3 7 (6.19%) Jest
3 7 (6.19%) React
4 3 (2.65%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.62%) Embedded Systems
2 8 (7.08%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.54%) IoT
4 3 (2.65%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.77%) Private Cloud
5 2 (1.77%) Robotics
6 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.88%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.88%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.77%) Linux
1 2 (1.77%) Windows
2 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (39.82%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (30.97%) Software Engineering
3 33 (29.20%) Test Automation
4 31 (27.43%) Agile
4 31 (27.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (21.24%) Computer Science
5 24 (21.24%) Customer Requirements
5 24 (21.24%) Line Management
6 23 (20.35%) Containerisation
7 22 (19.47%) Scrum
8 15 (13.27%) Artificial Intelligence
9 14 (12.39%) Customer Service
9 14 (12.39%) Mentoring
10 13 (11.50%) Software Testing
11 12 (10.62%) Configuration Management
11 12 (10.62%) OOD
11 12 (10.62%) Project Planning
11 12 (10.62%) Quality Management
11 12 (10.62%) SysML
11 12 (10.62%) UML
Programming Languages
1 33 (29.20%) C#
2 21 (18.58%) Java
2 21 (18.58%) Rust
3 12 (10.62%) Ada
3 12 (10.62%) C
4 10 (8.85%) SQL
5 7 (6.19%) JavaScript
5 7 (6.19%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.88%) Delphi
6 1 (0.88%) PHP
Qualifications
1 32 (28.32%) BPSS Clearance
2 31 (27.43%) Degree
3 23 (20.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 12 (10.62%) Chartered Engineer
5 8 (7.08%) ACCA
5 8 (7.08%) CIMA
6 3 (2.65%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.77%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (1.77%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.77%) HNC
8 1 (0.88%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.08%) GAAP
1 8 (7.08%) IFRS
2 6 (5.31%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (7.96%) Docker
2 3 (2.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.77%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (8.85%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.65%) Ansible
2 3 (2.65%) Puppet
3 2 (1.77%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.77%) Terraform
4 1 (0.88%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 33 (29.20%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.96%) VMware
3 8 (7.08%) Cisco
3 8 (7.08%) Cognos
3 8 (7.08%) Infor
3 8 (7.08%) Oracle
3 8 (7.08%) SAP
4 6 (5.31%) Dell
4 6 (5.31%) NetApp
5 3 (2.65%) Veeam
6 2 (1.77%) Aruba
6 2 (1.77%) IBM
7 1 (0.88%) Progress
7 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow