Software Development Team Leader Job Trends in the South West

Software Development Team Lead
England > South West

The median Software Development Team Lead salary in the South West is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 August 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 232 - 249
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Team Leader 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.011% - 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% - 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61,250 - £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 - £50,000
75th Percentile £63,750 - £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £90,000 £97,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +21.88% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 8,268 3,170 7,764
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.11% 91.22% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,627 2,138 5,588
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,425 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -7.79%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Software Development Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Development Team Leader' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Software Development Team Leader job vacancy trend in the South West

Software Development Team Leader
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for Software Development Team Leader job vacancies in the South West.

Salary distribution trend for Software Development Team Leader job vacancies in the South West

Software Development Team Leader
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Development Team Leader within the South West region over the 6 months to 5 August 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
Devon - 1 £62,500 - 1
Software Development Team Leader
England

Software Development Team Leader Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 5 August 2026, Software Development 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 South West region featuring Software Development Team Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Software Development Team Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) GitLab
1 1 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 1 (100.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA