Software Team Leader Job Trends

Software Team Lead
UK

The median Software Team Lead salary in the UK is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 August 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 698 637 542
Rank change year-on-year -61 -95 +207
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Team Leader 89 57 295
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.085% 0.11% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 0.13% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 65 46 244
10th Percentile - £55,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £65,000 £66,563 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £77,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - -13.89% +28.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £86,875 £142,500
90th Percentile - £100,000 £165,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% +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 99,002 44,694 78,791
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 90.02% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 67,676 26,534 53,124
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,450
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -2.00% -6.79%

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 8 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Software Team Leader in the UK

Software Team Leader
Top 10 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 8 August 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 -73 78 £78,750 - 32
UK excluding London -84 57 £75,000 -3.23% 28
Work from Home -7 31 £77,500 +10.71% 17
South East -18 29 £83,250 -16.75% 5
London -29 21 £100,000 +29.03% 7
South West -61 14 £65,000 -13.33% 9
North of England -49 10 £77,500 +5.08% 5
North East - 6 £77,500 - 1
North West -8 4 £65,000 -17.46% 2
East of England -23 4 £100,000 +21.21% 2

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

For the 6 months to 8 August 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 64 (71.91%) Software Engineering
2 30 (33.71%) Mentoring
3 25 (28.09%) Coaching
4 22 (24.72%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (23.60%) Fintech
6 20 (22.47%) Java
6 20 (22.47%) SaaS
7 19 (21.35%) AWS
7 19 (21.35%) DevOps
8 18 (20.22%) CI/CD
8 18 (20.22%) GCP
9 17 (19.10%) Microservices
9 17 (19.10%) TeamCity
10 16 (17.98%) Clean Code
10 16 (17.98%) Continuous Deployment
10 16 (17.98%) Test Automation
11 15 (16.85%) Amazon EKS
11 15 (16.85%) C#
11 15 (16.85%) Deployment Automation
11 15 (16.85%) Disruptive Innovation
11 15 (16.85%) Grafana
11 15 (16.85%) Kubernetes
11 15 (16.85%) Terraform
12 12 (13.48%) .NET
13 10 (11.24%) Agile
14 9 (10.11%) Code Quality
14 9 (10.11%) Project Delivery
14 9 (10.11%) Security Cleared
15 8 (8.99%) C++
15 8 (8.99%) Decision-Making

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 20 (22.47%) SaaS
2 19 (21.35%) AWS
3 18 (20.22%) GCP
4 15 (16.85%) Amazon EKS
5 7 (7.87%) Azure
6 1 (1.12%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.12%) HTTP
1 1 (1.12%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.62%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.25%) MySQL
2 2 (2.25%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.12%) Big Data
3 1 (1.12%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 17 (19.10%) TeamCity
2 3 (3.37%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.25%) JUnit
3 2 (2.25%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (1.12%) Git
4 1 (1.12%) GitLab
4 1 (1.12%) Subversion
General
1 34 (38.20%) Finance
2 19 (21.35%) Social Skills
3 18 (20.22%) Law
4 17 (19.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (16.85%) Back Office
5 15 (16.85%) Banking
5 15 (16.85%) Financial Institution
5 15 (16.85%) Retail
6 8 (8.99%) Electronics
7 5 (5.62%) Aerospace
8 4 (4.49%) Public Sector
9 3 (3.37%) Front Office
10 2 (2.25%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.12%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (1.12%) Military
11 1 (1.12%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.48%) .NET
2 4 (4.49%) REST
3 3 (3.37%) GraphQL
3 3 (3.37%) WPF
4 2 (2.25%) .NET Core
4 2 (2.25%) .NET Framework
4 2 (2.25%) Avalonia
4 2 (2.25%) Entity Framework
4 2 (2.25%) React
5 1 (1.12%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (1.12%) SOAP
5 1 (1.12%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.22%) Cloud Native
2 15 (16.85%) Product Ownership
3 5 (5.62%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.12%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.12%) Online Gambling
5 1 (1.12%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.12%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.62%) Windows
2 2 (2.25%) Android
2 2 (2.25%) Apple iOS
2 2 (2.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (71.91%) Software Engineering
2 30 (33.71%) Mentoring
3 25 (28.09%) Coaching
4 22 (24.72%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (23.60%) Fintech
6 19 (21.35%) DevOps
7 18 (20.22%) CI/CD
8 17 (19.10%) Microservices
9 16 (17.98%) Clean Code
9 16 (17.98%) Continuous Deployment
9 16 (17.98%) Test Automation
10 15 (16.85%) Deployment Automation
10 15 (16.85%) Disruptive Innovation
11 10 (11.24%) Agile
12 9 (10.11%) Code Quality
12 9 (10.11%) Project Delivery
13 8 (8.99%) Decision-Making
13 8 (8.99%) Stakeholder Management
14 7 (7.87%) AI
14 7 (7.87%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 20 (22.47%) Java
2 15 (16.85%) C#
3 8 (8.99%) C++
4 5 (5.62%) Python
4 5 (5.62%) SQL
5 3 (3.37%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.25%) Assembly Language
6 2 (2.25%) C
6 2 (2.25%) Elixir
6 2 (2.25%) Ruby
6 2 (2.25%) Rust
6 2 (2.25%) Scala
6 2 (2.25%) XAML
7 1 (1.12%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (10.11%) Security Cleared
2 8 (8.99%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.37%) Degree
3 3 (3.37%) DV Cleared
4 2 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.37%) QA
System Software
1 6 (6.74%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (6.74%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (16.85%) Grafana
1 15 (16.85%) Kubernetes
1 15 (16.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (3.37%) Microsoft
2 2 (2.25%) Siemens