Software Team Leader Job Trends

Software Team Lead
UK

The median Software Team Lead salary in the UK is £76,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 September 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 687 632 528
Rank change year-on-year -55 -104 +167
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Team Leader 106 41 278
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.093% 0.083% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.092% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 76 33 217
10th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £56,176
25th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £80,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.69% -11.11% +25.00%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £142,500
90th Percentile - - £165,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +14.29% +3.70%

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 106,084 44,466 74,570
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.44% 89.67% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 73,032 26,165 45,576
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.36% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 13 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Team Leader in the UK

Software Team Leader
Top 13 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 13 September 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 -52 86 £77,500 -3.13% 43
UK excluding London -72 68 £75,000 -6.25% 31
Work from Home -5 38 £77,500 +11.51% 21
South East -19 32 £75,000 -25.00% 10
London -35 19 £100,000 +25.00% 8
South West -54 18 £65,000 -21.21% 4
North of England -54 12 £77,500 +40.91% 2
North East - 8 £77,500 -
North West -15 4 £65,000 -23.53% 2
East Midlands -31 4 £95,000 +46.15% 6
Midlands -54 4 £95,000 +46.15% 9
East of England -32 1 - - 5
Wales -75 1 £72,500 +1.75%

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

For the 6 months to 13 September 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 69 (65.09%) Software Engineering
2 36 (33.96%) Mentoring
3 31 (29.25%) Coaching
4 25 (23.58%) Fintech
5 24 (22.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 24 (22.64%) Java
6 23 (21.70%) DevOps
6 23 (21.70%) SaaS
7 22 (20.75%) CI/CD
8 21 (19.81%) GCP
9 20 (18.87%) AWS
9 20 (18.87%) Clean Code
9 20 (18.87%) Continuous Deployment
9 20 (18.87%) TeamCity
9 20 (18.87%) Test Automation
10 19 (17.92%) Grafana
10 19 (17.92%) Microservices
11 18 (16.98%) Amazon EKS
11 18 (16.98%) Deployment Automation
11 18 (16.98%) Disruptive Innovation
11 18 (16.98%) Kubernetes
11 18 (16.98%) Terraform
12 15 (14.15%) C#
12 15 (14.15%) Technical Leadership
13 13 (12.26%) AI
14 12 (11.32%) Agile
14 12 (11.32%) Code Quality
15 11 (10.38%) Project Delivery
16 10 (9.43%) .NET
16 10 (9.43%) C++

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 23 (21.70%) SaaS
2 21 (19.81%) GCP
3 20 (18.87%) AWS
4 18 (16.98%) Amazon EKS
5 5 (4.72%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.94%) HTTP
1 1 (0.94%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.83%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.94%) Big Data
2 1 (0.94%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 20 (18.87%) TeamCity
2 6 (5.66%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (4.72%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.89%) Git
4 2 (1.89%) GitLab
4 2 (1.89%) JUnit
4 2 (1.89%) Subversion
General
1 41 (38.68%) Finance
2 22 (20.75%) Social Skills
3 21 (19.81%) Law
4 20 (18.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (16.98%) Back Office
5 18 (16.98%) Banking
5 18 (16.98%) Financial Institution
5 18 (16.98%) Retail
6 10 (9.43%) Electronics
7 9 (8.49%) Aerospace
8 4 (3.77%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.89%) Music Industry
9 2 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.94%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.94%) Military
10 1 (0.94%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (16.98%) Terraform
2 10 (9.43%) .NET
3 3 (2.83%) React
4 2 (1.89%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.89%) Avalonia
4 2 (1.89%) Entity Framework
4 2 (1.89%) REST
4 2 (1.89%) WPF
5 1 (0.94%) GraphQL
5 1 (0.94%) SOAP
5 1 (0.94%) Spring
5 1 (0.94%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 19 (17.92%) Cloud Native
2 18 (16.98%) Product Ownership
3 5 (4.72%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.89%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.94%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (0.94%) Online Gambling
5 1 (0.94%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.94%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.72%) Windows
2 2 (1.89%) Android
2 2 (1.89%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.89%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (65.09%) Software Engineering
2 36 (33.96%) Mentoring
3 31 (29.25%) Coaching
4 25 (23.58%) Fintech
5 24 (22.64%) Continuous Improvement
6 23 (21.70%) DevOps
7 22 (20.75%) CI/CD
8 20 (18.87%) Clean Code
8 20 (18.87%) Continuous Deployment
8 20 (18.87%) Test Automation
9 19 (17.92%) Microservices
10 18 (16.98%) Deployment Automation
10 18 (16.98%) Disruptive Innovation
11 15 (14.15%) Technical Leadership
12 13 (12.26%) AI
13 12 (11.32%) Agile
13 12 (11.32%) Code Quality
14 11 (10.38%) Project Delivery
15 10 (9.43%) Decision-Making
15 10 (9.43%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 24 (22.64%) Java
2 15 (14.15%) C#
3 10 (9.43%) C++
4 8 (7.55%) Python
5 6 (5.66%) Assembly Language
5 6 (5.66%) C
6 5 (4.72%) SQL
7 4 (3.77%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.89%) XAML
9 1 (0.94%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.94%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (8.49%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.55%) Degree
2 8 (7.55%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.66%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.83%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.77%) QA
System Software
1 10 (9.43%) Embedded Firmware
1 10 (9.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (17.92%) Grafana
2 18 (16.98%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.94%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 6 (5.66%) Siemens
2 3 (2.83%) Microsoft