Software Team Leader Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Software Team Lead
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Software Team Lead salary in Tyne and Wear is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 December 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 - 45
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Team Leader 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.13% - 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% - 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £85,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £65,000
75th Percentile £95,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £90,000 - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +32.65%

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 729 734 343
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 96.20% 97.72%
Number of salaries quoted 515 353 302
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,350 £28,825
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £86,250 £77,375
North East median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £49,557
% change year-on-year -10.00% +0.89% -0.89%

Software Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Software Team Leader job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Software Team Leader
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

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

Software 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 Team Leader within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 15 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 -
Software Team Leader
North East

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

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, Software 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 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 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