Team Lead
UK

The median Team Lead salary in the UK is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 329 397 360
Rank change year-on-year +68 -37 -33
Permanent jobs requiring a Team Leader 493 992 1,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 0.81% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 0.85% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 424 803 941
10th Percentile £36,075 £31,250 £30,750
25th Percentile £47,725 £44,314 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £58,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.07% +0.87% +4.55%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -2.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 50,561 117,203 121,950
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 95.41% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 36,942 73,752 84,378
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,798 £32,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Team Leader in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Team Leader in the UK

Team Leader
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Team Leader.

Salary trend for Team Leader in the UK

Team Leader
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Team Leader over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Team Leader in the UK

Team Leader
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Team Leader within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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 +79 455 £65,000 +12.07% 269
UK excluding London +65 313 £52,500 - 217
Work from Home +68 186 £65,000 - 104
London +140 166 £85,000 +13.33% 64
North of England +131 104 £52,084 -5.30% 65
South East +49 80 £63,000 +20.00% 39
North West +122 67 £52,084 -5.30% 30
Midlands +69 49 £43,500 -17.14% 29
West Midlands +104 37 £43,706 -16.75% 16
South West +90 35 £50,000 -13.04% 26
Yorkshire +91 29 £53,750 +2.38% 25
East of England +43 20 £49,575 +19.46% 42
Scotland +20 17 £57,500 +16.16% 11
East Midlands +13 12 £36,000 -46.67% 13
North East +40 8 £49,000 -21.60% 10
Northern Ireland +26 7 £37,500 +19.05% 4
Wales +3 2 £50,500 -19.07% 6

Team Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 December 2023, 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 Team Leader in the job title.

1 160 (32.45%) Social Skills
2 124 (25.15%) Azure
3 113 (22.92%) Finance
4 96 (19.47%) Windows
5 94 (19.07%) Microsoft
6 93 (18.86%) Mentoring
7 83 (16.84%) AWS
8 81 (16.43%) Degree
9 80 (16.23%) Agile
10 74 (15.01%) Problem-Solving
11 68 (13.79%) Active Directory
12 65 (13.18%) SQL
12 65 (13.18%) Line Management
13 64 (12.98%) ITIL
14 58 (11.76%) Customer Service
15 56 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
15 56 (11.36%) Analytics
16 53 (10.75%) Microsoft 365
17 52 (10.55%) Python
18 51 (10.34%) SCCM
19 44 (8.92%) C#
19 44 (8.92%) JavaScript
19 44 (8.92%) Coaching
20 41 (8.32%) Analytical Skills
21 40 (8.11%) Firewall
21 40 (8.11%) DevOps
22 39 (7.91%) Cybersecurity
23 38 (7.71%) Project Delivery
23 38 (7.71%) SLA
24 36 (7.30%) .NET

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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (4.06%) SharePoint
2 15 (3.04%) Confluence
3 9 (1.83%) MS Exchange
4 5 (1.01%) IIS
5 3 (0.61%) Apache
6 2 (0.41%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.20%) CMS
7 1 (0.20%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 24 (4.87%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.43%) Simulink
2 12 (2.43%) Stateflow
3 3 (0.61%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (0.61%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.61%) Sketch
4 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.22%) Adaptiv
3 5 (1.01%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.61%) SAP Business One
4 3 (0.61%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.61%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.61%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.61%) SAP SD
5 2 (0.41%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.41%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.41%) SAP EWM
5 2 (0.41%) SAP FSCM
5 2 (0.41%) SAP MDG
5 2 (0.41%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.41%) SAP SCM
5 2 (0.41%) SAP WM
5 2 (0.41%) Visualfiles
6 1 (0.20%) Elite 3E
6 1 (0.20%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 124 (25.15%) Azure
2 83 (16.84%) AWS
3 53 (10.75%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (3.65%) GCP
4 18 (3.65%) SaaS
5 15 (3.04%) GitHub
6 12 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (1.62%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (1.42%) Entra ID
8 7 (1.42%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.22%) Boomi
10 5 (1.01%) Figma
10 5 (1.01%) OneDrive
10 5 (1.01%) Serverless
11 4 (0.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
11 4 (0.81%) dbt
11 4 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (0.81%) Snowflake
12 3 (0.61%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (8.11%) Firewall
2 23 (4.67%) DNS
3 20 (4.06%) DHCP
4 15 (3.04%) TCP/IP
4 15 (3.04%) WAN
5 10 (2.03%) LAN
5 10 (2.03%) VoIP
5 10 (2.03%) Wireless
6 9 (1.83%) SD-WAN
7 8 (1.62%) Internet
7 8 (1.62%) Intrusion Detection
7 8 (1.62%) Network Security
8 7 (1.42%) HTTP
8 7 (1.42%) SAN
9 5 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (1.01%) IP Telephony
9 5 (1.01%) WLAN
10 4 (0.81%) NAS
10 4 (0.81%) VLAN
10 4 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (6.69%) SQL Server
2 26 (5.27%) Tableau
3 16 (3.25%) NoSQL
4 12 (2.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (2.03%) MongoDB
5 10 (2.03%) MySQL
5 10 (2.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (1.42%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (1.42%) Power BI
8 6 (1.22%) Crystal Reports
9 5 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (1.01%) Data Lake
9 5 (1.01%) Hazelcast
10 4 (0.81%) Big Data
10 4 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.61%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.61%) GIS
11 3 (0.61%) Spark SQL
12 2 (0.41%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 27 (5.48%) Git
2 18 (3.65%) JIRA
3 6 (1.22%) GitLab
3 6 (1.22%) LabVIEW
4 4 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.61%) Maven
6 2 (0.41%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.41%) GCC
6 2 (0.41%) GDB
6 2 (0.41%) LSMW
6 2 (0.41%) Selenium
6 2 (0.41%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.20%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.20%) Subversion
General
1 160 (32.45%) Social Skills
2 113 (22.92%) Finance
3 41 (8.32%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (5.48%) Law
5 20 (4.06%) Banking
5 20 (4.06%) Financial Institution
6 17 (3.45%) Manufacturing
7 15 (3.04%) Games
8 14 (2.84%) Marketing
8 14 (2.84%) Public Sector
9 12 (2.43%) Retail
10 11 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (2.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 8 (1.62%) Telecoms
13 7 (1.42%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.42%) Legal
14 6 (1.22%) Advertising
14 6 (1.22%) Local Government
15 4 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.81%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (7.30%) .NET
2 20 (4.06%) HTML
3 19 (3.85%) React
4 13 (2.64%) AngularJS
4 13 (2.64%) ASP.NET
5 9 (1.83%) Middleware
6 8 (1.62%) Spring
7 7 (1.42%) Spring Boot
7 7 (1.42%) YAML
8 6 (1.22%) PySpark
8 6 (1.22%) REST
9 4 (0.81%) Apache Camel
9 4 (0.81%) JDBC
9 4 (0.81%) Node.js
9 4 (0.81%) RESTful
9 4 (0.81%) Spring MVC
10 3 (0.61%) ARM Templates
10 3 (0.61%) CSS
10 3 (0.61%) Laravel
10 3 (0.61%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.46%) Management Information System
2 18 (3.65%) Hedge funds
3 17 (3.45%) Algorithms
3 17 (3.45%) Fixed Income
4 15 (3.04%) Distributed Systems
4 15 (3.04%) Renewable Energy
5 13 (2.64%) Data Centre
5 13 (2.64%) Product Ownership
6 12 (2.43%) AS400
6 12 (2.43%) Public Cloud
7 9 (1.83%) Cyberattack
7 9 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (1.62%) Security Operations Centre
9 7 (1.42%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (1.42%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (1.22%) Blackberry
10 6 (1.22%) BYOD
10 6 (1.22%) Credit Risk
10 6 (1.22%) Mainframe
10 6 (1.22%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 96 (19.47%) Windows
2 33 (6.69%) Linux
2 33 (6.69%) Windows Server
3 22 (4.46%) Windows 10
4 9 (1.83%) Unix
5 8 (1.62%) Android
6 7 (1.42%) Apple iOS
6 7 (1.42%) Windows Server 2012
6 7 (1.42%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (1.01%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.41%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.41%) Windows 8
8 2 (0.41%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (18.86%) Mentoring
2 80 (16.23%) Agile
3 74 (15.01%) Problem-Solving
4 65 (13.18%) Line Management
5 64 (12.98%) ITIL
6 58 (11.76%) Customer Service
7 56 (11.36%) Analytics
7 56 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
8 44 (8.92%) Coaching
9 40 (8.11%) DevOps
10 39 (7.91%) Cybersecurity
11 38 (7.71%) Project Delivery
12 35 (7.10%) Vulnerability Management
13 32 (6.49%) Stakeholder Management
14 29 (5.88%) CI/CD
14 29 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
15 28 (5.68%) Microservices
16 27 (5.48%) Software Engineering
17 26 (5.27%) Process Improvement
17 26 (5.27%) SIEM
Programming Languages
1 65 (13.18%) SQL
2 52 (10.55%) Python
3 44 (8.92%) C#
3 44 (8.92%) JavaScript
4 32 (6.49%) Java
5 25 (5.07%) PowerShell
6 23 (4.67%) TypeScript
7 21 (4.26%) C++
7 21 (4.26%) MATLAB
8 17 (3.45%) Go
9 12 (2.43%) RPG
9 12 (2.43%) RPG IV
10 10 (2.03%) PHP
11 6 (1.22%) PL/SQL
11 6 (1.22%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.81%) Rust
13 3 (0.61%) Bash
14 2 (0.41%) R
14 2 (0.41%) VB
14 2 (0.41%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 81 (16.43%) Degree
2 21 (4.26%) Security Cleared
3 15 (3.04%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (3.04%) ITIL Certification
4 14 (2.84%) Master's Degree
5 12 (2.43%) CCNA
5 12 (2.43%) CCNP
5 12 (2.43%) SC Cleared
6 9 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.62%) CISSP
8 7 (1.42%) DV Cleared
8 7 (1.42%) MCSE
9 5 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
9 5 (1.01%) MCP
10 4 (0.81%) PhD
10 4 (0.81%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 3 (0.61%) CEH
11 3 (0.61%) CTC Cleared
11 3 (0.61%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (7.71%) SLA
2 26 (5.27%) QA
3 12 (2.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.83%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (1.22%) NIST
6 4 (0.81%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 4 (0.81%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.41%) EMIR
7 2 (0.41%) GDPR
7 2 (0.41%) IFRS
7 2 (0.41%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.41%) MiFID
8 1 (0.20%) GRC
8 1 (0.20%) ISO 26262
8 1 (0.20%) PMO
8 1 (0.20%) SOC 2
System Software
1 68 (13.79%) Active Directory
2 28 (5.68%) Docker
3 27 (5.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.42%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.22%) Firmware
6 5 (1.01%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (1.01%) vSphere
7 2 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.20%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.20%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.20%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 51 (10.34%) SCCM
2 27 (5.48%) Kubernetes
3 13 (2.64%) Ansible
4 10 (2.03%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (1.83%) Terraform
6 7 (1.42%) FortiGate
7 6 (1.22%) Control-M
7 6 (1.22%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 6 (1.22%) SafeCom
8 2 (0.41%) Nmap
9 1 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
9 1 (0.20%) Functional Safety
9 1 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
9 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Clustering
9 1 (0.20%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 94 (19.07%) Microsoft
2 32 (6.49%) VMware
3 17 (3.45%) Cisco
3 17 (3.45%) Google
4 16 (3.25%) SAP
5 13 (2.64%) Oracle
6 10 (2.03%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.42%) ArcSight
7 7 (1.42%) Carbon Black
7 7 (1.42%) CheckPoint
7 7 (1.42%) CyberArk
7 7 (1.42%) Databricks
7 7 (1.42%) McAfee
7 7 (1.42%) Meraki
7 7 (1.42%) SolarWinds
8 6 (1.22%) Citrix
8 6 (1.22%) IFS
8 6 (1.22%) Juniper
8 6 (1.22%) Veritas
9 5 (1.01%) Autodesk