Technical Team Leader Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Technical Team Lead
UK > UK excluding London

The median Technical Team Lead salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 500 560 529
Rank change year-on-year +60 -31 +226
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Team Leader 17 20 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.041% 0.054% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.058% 0.075%
Number of salaries quoted 11 14 18
10th Percentile - - £44,525
25th Percentile £41,000 - £47,725
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £30,000 £50,950
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -41.12% -9.42%
75th Percentile £46,875 £46,000 £54,794
90th Percentile £56,250 £76,250 £59,775
UK median annual salary £45,000 £30,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +50.00% -46.90% -19.29%

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 37,897 34,703 29,304
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.34% 93.14% 95.30%
Number of salaries quoted 22,949 17,250 22,189
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Technical Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Technical Team Leader job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Technical Team Leader
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Team Leader within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 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
South East +23 7 £41,000 +36.67% 4
East of England - 5 £45,000 -
North of England +21 3 £47,500 -27.48%
Yorkshire -3 3 £47,500 +3.26%
South West - 2 - -
Technical Team Leader
UK

Technical Team Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Technical 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 Technical Team Leader in the job title.

1 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (41.18%) SQL
2 5 (29.41%) Client Onboarding
2 5 (29.41%) Mentoring
2 5 (29.41%) Relational Database
2 5 (29.41%) SaaS
3 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
4 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.76%) .NET
5 2 (11.76%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (11.76%) Coaching
5 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (11.76%) Logistics
5 2 (11.76%) Objectives and Key Results
5 2 (11.76%) People Management
5 2 (11.76%) Power BI
5 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
5 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
5 2 (11.76%) QA
5 2 (11.76%) SLA
5 2 (11.76%) Software Deployment
5 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (11.76%) Tableau
6 1 (5.88%) Analytics
6 1 (5.88%) Business Analytics
6 1 (5.88%) Computer Science
6 1 (5.88%) Customer Service
6 1 (5.88%) Degree
6 1 (5.88%) ITIL

Technical 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) SaaS
2 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (29.41%) Relational Database
2 2 (11.76%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (11.76%) Power BI
2 2 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (11.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Retail
3 2 (11.76%) Automotive
3 2 (11.76%) Banking
3 2 (11.76%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (11.76%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Onboarding
2 2 (11.76%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.88%) Linux
1 1 (5.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (29.41%) Client Onboarding
2 5 (29.41%) Mentoring
3 4 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.76%) Coaching
5 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (11.76%) Logistics
5 2 (11.76%) Objectives and Key Results
5 2 (11.76%) People Management
5 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
5 2 (11.76%) Software Deployment
6 1 (5.88%) Analytics
6 1 (5.88%) Business Analytics
6 1 (5.88%) Computer Science
6 1 (5.88%) Customer Service
6 1 (5.88%) ITIL
6 1 (5.88%) Performance Metrics
6 1 (5.88%) Problem Management
6 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) Degree
1 1 (5.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) QA
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow