Software Team Leader Job Trends

Software Team Lead
UK

The median Software Team Lead salary in the UK is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 March 2026.

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

 6 months to
27 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 629 571 668
Rank change year-on-year -58 +97 +266
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Team Leader 64 61 177
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.082% 0.15% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.17% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 43 49 168
10th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £57,125
25th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £77,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% +6.90% +10.69%
75th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £87,813
90th Percentile - £95,000 £142,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,900 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -2.06% +10.71% +7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 71,448 36,544 83,806
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.09% 90.03% 94.60%
Number of salaries quoted 45,655 22,888 63,388
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,574 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,433
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.76%

Software Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

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.

Software Team Leader job vacancy trend in the UK

Software Team Leader
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Software Team Leader job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Software Team Leader job vacancies in the UK

Software Team Leader
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Software Team Leader over the 6 months to 27 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Team Leader in the UK

Software Team Leader
Top 14 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 27 March 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
England -44 51 £80,000 - 23
UK excluding London -54 45 £75,900 -2.06% 18
South East -30 20 £75,900 -15.67% 11
London +9 17 £90,000 +9.09% 5
Work from Home +5 14 £80,000 +14.29% 7
East of England -15 8 £87,950 +6.61% 1
Scotland -24 7 £60,249 -13.93%
North of England -57 4 £77,500 - 2
Northern Ireland - 4 £90,000 -
North West -30 3 £65,000 -16.13% 1
South West -47 1 £75,000 -6.25% 1
East Midlands - 1 £80,000 - 3
Midlands - 1 £80,000 - 3
North East - 1 £90,000 - 1

Software Team Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 27 March 2026, 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 featuring Software Team Leader in the job title.

1 46 (71.88%) Software Engineering
2 18 (28.13%) C#
3 16 (25.00%) AWS
4 13 (20.31%) Fintech
4 13 (20.31%) Mentoring
5 12 (18.75%) .NET
5 12 (18.75%) Agile
5 12 (18.75%) CI/CD
5 12 (18.75%) Java
6 11 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (17.19%) Degree
6 11 (17.19%) GCP
7 10 (15.63%) Coaching
7 10 (15.63%) DevOps
8 9 (14.06%) Kubernetes
8 9 (14.06%) Microservices
8 9 (14.06%) Test Automation
9 8 (12.50%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (12.50%) C
9 8 (12.50%) C++
9 8 (12.50%) Clean Code
9 8 (12.50%) Computer Science
9 8 (12.50%) Continuous Deployment
9 8 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
9 8 (12.50%) Disruptive Innovation
9 8 (12.50%) Grafana
9 8 (12.50%) SaaS
9 8 (12.50%) TeamCity
9 8 (12.50%) Terraform

Software Team Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 16 (25.00%) AWS
2 11 (17.19%) GCP
3 8 (12.50%) Amazon EKS
3 8 (12.50%) SaaS
4 6 (9.38%) Azure
5 1 (1.56%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.69%) Broadband
2 1 (1.56%) Internet
2 1 (1.56%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.25%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (4.69%) Relational Database
3 2 (3.13%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (12.50%) TeamCity
2 3 (4.69%) JIRA
3 2 (3.13%) GitLab
4 1 (1.56%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (1.56%) Rational Rhapsody
4 1 (1.56%) Rational Statemate
General
1 18 (28.13%) Finance
2 8 (12.50%) Back Office
2 8 (12.50%) Banking
2 8 (12.50%) Financial Institution
2 8 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (12.50%) Law
2 8 (12.50%) Retail
3 6 (9.38%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.25%) Manufacturing
4 4 (6.25%) Military
5 3 (4.69%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (4.69%) Avionics
5 3 (4.69%) Front Office
6 1 (1.56%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (18.75%) .NET
2 4 (6.25%) XML
3 2 (3.13%) .NET Core
3 2 (3.13%) GraphQL
3 2 (3.13%) REST
4 1 (1.56%) CSS
4 1 (1.56%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (1.56%) HTML
4 1 (1.56%) Kafka
4 1 (1.56%) Keycloak
4 1 (1.56%) Node.js
4 1 (1.56%) OAuth
4 1 (1.56%) OAuth2
4 1 (1.56%) React
4 1 (1.56%) RESTful
4 1 (1.56%) Vue
4 1 (1.56%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.63%) Cloud Native
2 9 (14.06%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 2 (3.13%) Life Science
3 2 (3.13%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (3.13%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.56%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (71.88%) Software Engineering
2 13 (20.31%) Fintech
2 13 (20.31%) Mentoring
3 12 (18.75%) Agile
3 12 (18.75%) CI/CD
4 11 (17.19%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (15.63%) Coaching
5 10 (15.63%) DevOps
6 9 (14.06%) Microservices
6 9 (14.06%) Test Automation
7 8 (12.50%) Clean Code
7 8 (12.50%) Computer Science
7 8 (12.50%) Continuous Deployment
7 8 (12.50%) Deployment Automation
7 8 (12.50%) Disruptive Innovation
8 7 (10.94%) AI
8 7 (10.94%) SDLC
9 5 (7.81%) OO
9 5 (7.81%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (7.81%) UML
Programming Languages
1 18 (28.13%) C#
2 12 (18.75%) Java
3 8 (12.50%) C
3 8 (12.50%) C++
4 7 (10.94%) SQL
5 6 (9.38%) Python
6 4 (6.25%) Ada
7 2 (3.13%) Elixir
7 2 (3.13%) Ruby
7 2 (3.13%) Rust
7 2 (3.13%) Scala
8 1 (1.56%) Go
8 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (17.19%) Degree
2 8 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.13%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (14.06%) Kubernetes
2 8 (12.50%) Grafana
2 8 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (3.13%) Google
1 2 (3.13%) Oracle
2 1 (1.56%) Green Hills
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