Desktop Team Leader Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Desktop Team Lead
UK > UK excluding London

The median Desktop Team Lead salary in the UK excluding London is £41,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 502 571 558
Rank change year-on-year +69 -13 +200
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Team Leader 4 1 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.009% 0.003% 0.026%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.003% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 8
10th Percentile - - £39,864
25th Percentile £40,500 £34,500 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £35,000 £43,103
Median % change year-on-year +17.14% -18.80% -4.93%
75th Percentile £41,625 £35,500 £44,713
90th Percentile £41,850 - £45,000
UK median annual salary £41,000 £47,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -14.14% +6.11% -0.74%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 38,179 33,328 33,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,318 16,178 25,075
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Desktop Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Desktop Team Leader' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Desktop Team Leader job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Desktop Team Leader
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Desktop Team Leader job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Desktop Team Leader job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Desktop 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 Desktop Team Leader within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
East of England - 4 £41,000 -
Desktop Team Leader
UK

Desktop Team Leader Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Desktop 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 UK excluding London region featuring Desktop Team Leader in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (100.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server

Desktop Team Leader Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) DHCP
1 4 (100.00%) DNS
1 4 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 4 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
1 4 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft