CHECK Team Leader Job Trends in the UK excluding London

CHECK Team Leader (CTL)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for CHECK Team Leader qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 558 530
Rank change year-on-year +46 -28 +244
Permanent jobs citing CHECK Team Leader 3 9 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.007% 0.024% 0.036%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.021% 0.064% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £53,625 £45,300
25th Percentile £60,500 £57,188 £49,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £76,250 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +10.91% -15.38%
75th Percentile £61,500 £97,188 £86,875
90th Percentile - £101,875 £90,250
UK median annual salary £68,000 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -15.00% +23.08% -16.13%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

CHECK Team Leader falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 14,212 13,989 9,691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.87% 37.38% 31.64%
Number of salaries quoted 5,146 5,446 6,454
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,436 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.30% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

CHECK Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing CHECK Team Leader relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

CHECK Team Leader job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

CHECK Team Leader
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CHECK Team Leader.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing CHECK Team Leader

CHECK Team Leader
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CHECK Team Leader within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
South East - 3 £61,000 - 12
CHECK Team Leader
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CHECK Team Leader
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (33.33%) IaaS
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Burp Suite
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Tester
1 3 (100.00%) Tester
2 2 (66.67%) Junior
2 2 (66.67%) Junior Penetration Tester
2 2 (66.67%) Junior Tester
3 1 (33.33%) Senior
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Penetration Tester
3 1 (33.33%) Senior Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
2 1 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 3 (100.00%) Penetration Testing
1 3 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Response
2 2 (66.67%) Protective Monitoring
2 2 (66.67%) Security Architecture
3 1 (33.33%) OSINT
3 1 (33.33%) Patch Management
3 1 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Assessment
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Remediation
3 1 (33.33%) Vulnerability Scanning
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) OSCP
2 2 (66.67%) CHECK Team Member
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) GDPR
1 3 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (66.67%) GRC
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Tenable