Team Leader Jobs in the Thames Valley

Team Lead
South East > Thames Valley

The median Team Lead salary in the Thames Valley is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 163 139 186
Rank change year-on-year -24 +47 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Team Leader 22 122 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.65% 1.65% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 1.75% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 18 81 54
10th Percentile £34,900 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £80,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +48.84% -10.42%
75th Percentile £90,625 £95,000 £61,938
90th Percentile £98,250 - £77,500
South East median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +3.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,964 6,986 4,994
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.23% 94.71% 89.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1,256 4,713 3,039
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £36,250 £38,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £69,840 £64,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,278 £87,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Team Leader in the Thames Valley

Team Leader
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Team Leader in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Team Leader in the Thames Valley

Team Leader
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Team Leader in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 12 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Team Leader in the Thames Valley

Team Leader
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Team Leader within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 12 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
Berkshire -17 13 £67,500 -15.63% 29
Buckinghamshire +30 9 £37,000 -44.15% 14
Team Leader
South East

Team Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 Thames Valley region featuring Team Leader in the job title.

1 9 (40.91%) Artificial Intelligence
2 8 (36.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (36.36%) Customer Service
3 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (31.82%) Cisco
4 6 (27.27%) ITIL
4 6 (27.27%) Dell
4 6 (27.27%) NetApp
4 6 (27.27%) Project Management
4 6 (27.27%) Azure
5 5 (22.73%) Software Engineering
5 5 (22.73%) VMware
5 5 (22.73%) Degree
5 5 (22.73%) SLA
5 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
5 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
5 5 (22.73%) Propensity Modelling
6 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (18.18%) Service Delivery
7 3 (13.64%) Service Management
7 3 (13.64%) C#
7 3 (13.64%) JavaScript
7 3 (13.64%) SQL
7 3 (13.64%) .NET
7 3 (13.64%) Selenium
7 3 (13.64%) Problem Management
7 3 (13.64%) Agile
7 3 (13.64%) Git
7 3 (13.64%) Cypress.io
7 3 (13.64%) Jest

Team Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 6 (27.27%) Azure
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.09%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Broadband
1 2 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Cypress.io
1 3 (13.64%) Git
1 3 (13.64%) Selenium
1 3 (13.64%) SoapUI
General
1 8 (36.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (22.73%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (13.64%) .NET
1 3 (13.64%) Jest
1 3 (13.64%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Private Cloud
2 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Artificial Intelligence
2 8 (36.36%) Customer Service
3 7 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (27.27%) ITIL
4 6 (27.27%) Project Management
5 5 (22.73%) Propensity Modelling
5 5 (22.73%) Software Engineering
6 4 (18.18%) Service Delivery
7 3 (13.64%) Agile
7 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (13.64%) Machine Learning
7 3 (13.64%) Problem Management
7 3 (13.64%) Roadmaps
7 3 (13.64%) Service Management
8 2 (9.09%) High Availability
8 2 (9.09%) Line Management
8 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
8 2 (9.09%) Product Management
8 2 (9.09%) Service Design
8 2 (9.09%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) C#
1 3 (13.64%) JavaScript
1 3 (13.64%) SQL
1 3 (13.64%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
2 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Cisco
2 6 (27.27%) Dell
2 6 (27.27%) NetApp
3 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
3 5 (22.73%) VMware
4 2 (9.09%) IBM
4 2 (9.09%) Veeam
5 1 (4.55%) Okta
5 1 (4.55%) Zscaler