Software Engineering Team Leader Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Software Engineering Team Lead
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Software Engineering Team Lead salary in Tyne and Wear is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 December 2025.

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

6 months to
8 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineering Team Leader 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.13% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - -
75th Percentile £95,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £90,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 709 823 341
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 96.71% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 496 416 295
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £60,750 £68,272 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £77,500
North East median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

Software Engineering Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Software Engineering Team Leader' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Software Engineering Team Leader job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Software Engineering Team Leader
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineering Team Leader job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Salary distribution trend for Software Engineering Team Leader job vacancies in Tyne and Wear

Software Engineering Team Leader
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Engineering Team Leader within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 8 December 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £90,000 - 1
Software Engineering Team Leader
North East

Software Engineering Team Leader Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 8 December 2025, Software Engineering 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring Software Engineering Team Leader in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Software Engineering Team Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree