Software Engineering Team Lead
UK
The median Software Engineering Team Lead salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 698 | 885 | 965 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +187 | +80 | +251 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Software Engineering Team Leader | 7 | 12 | 12 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.013% | 0.012% | 0.012% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.014% | 0.013% | 0.013% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | £72,500 | £80,000 | £62,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £75,000 | £80,625 | £65,313 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | £85,000 | £71,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +19.30% | -24.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £93,750 | £93,125 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £103,125 | £75,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £80,000 | £80,000 | £67,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +18.52% | -10.00% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 49,982 | 93,747 | 91,844 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.62% | 94.66% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,989 | 67,111 | 57,934 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £74,014 | £71,250 | £80,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,645 | £50,000 | £53,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.29% | -5.66% | +6.00% |
Software Engineering Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Software Engineering Team Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Software Engineering Team Leader
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Software Engineering Team Leader.
Software Engineering Team Leader
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Engineering Team Leader over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.
Software Engineering Team Leader
Top 5 Job Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 15 May 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +180 | 7 | £80,000 | - | 11 |
| England | +146 | 7 | £80,000 | -5.88% | 10 |
| North of England | +59 | 5 | £75,000 | - | 3 |
| North West | +2 | 5 | £75,000 | - | |
| East of England | - | 2 | £82,500 | - | 2 |
Software Engineering Team Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Software Engineering Team Leader job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Software Engineering Team Leader in the job title.
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Software Engineering Team Leader Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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