Team Lead
UK

The median Team Lead salary in the UK is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

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

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 225 392 397
Rank change year-on-year +167 +5 -51
Permanent jobs requiring a Team Leader 1,348 820 1,562
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.32% 0.84% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.39% 0.92% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,130 662 843
10th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,162 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,938 £77,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,273 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.83% +6.00% -4.76%

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 96,812 89,556 159,527
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.77% 91.45% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 69,148 56,816 85,173
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,676
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

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 27 May 2024.

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 27 May 2024. 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 +187 1,240 £57,500 - 349
UK excluding London +147 1,064 £51,500 -2.83% 305
Work from Home +102 460 £65,000 +10.64% 85
North of England +158 338 £55,000 +7.84% 66
South East +82 242 £60,000 +4.35% 76
London +82 223 £77,500 -3.13% 73
Yorkshire +160 173 £60,000 +20.00% 20
Midlands +55 161 £50,000 -0.99% 69
South West +62 152 £55,000 +15.79% 38
East of England +55 122 £47,500 -5.00% 44
North West +45 108 £52,084 -5.30% 41
East Midlands +47 93 £42,500 -22.73% 34
West Midlands +6 68 £50,000 - 34
North East +40 57 £40,000 -13.51% 5
Scotland -71 35 £50,000 -28.57% 14
Wales +6 12 £62,500 +13.64% 4
Northern Ireland +9 2 £50,000 -9.09% 3

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

For the 6 months to 27 May 2024, 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.

1 304 (22.55%) Social Skills
2 234 (17.36%) Microsoft
3 228 (16.91%) Windows
4 215 (15.95%) Agile
5 210 (15.58%) Mentoring
6 206 (15.28%) Finance
7 202 (14.99%) ITIL
8 184 (13.65%) Azure
9 182 (13.50%) Degree
10 176 (13.06%) Software Engineering
11 174 (12.91%) Microsoft 365
12 172 (12.76%) Problem-Solving
13 156 (11.57%) AWS
13 156 (11.57%) Customer Service
14 153 (11.35%) Line Management
15 128 (9.50%) Python
15 128 (9.50%) Active Directory
16 120 (8.90%) SQL
17 113 (8.38%) Java
18 110 (8.16%) JavaScript
19 109 (8.09%) Cybersecurity
20 102 (7.57%) Project Management
21 100 (7.42%) Asset Management
21 100 (7.42%) Continuous Improvement
22 91 (6.75%) Service Management
23 90 (6.68%) TypeScript
24 88 (6.53%) Windows Server
24 88 (6.53%) Firewall
25 86 (6.38%) Coaching
26 85 (6.31%) Banking

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 65 (4.82%) Apache Airflow
2 57 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
3 56 (4.15%) Apache
4 48 (3.56%) SharePoint
5 10 (0.74%) OpenStack
6 3 (0.22%) IIS
6 3 (0.22%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
8 1 (0.074%) Drupal
Applications
1 64 (4.75%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.59%) Simulink
4 5 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.15%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.074%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.074%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.074%) InDesign
7 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.074%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (0.45%) Oracle Applications
2 5 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.30%) NEC Housing
4 3 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.074%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 184 (13.65%) Azure
2 174 (12.91%) Microsoft 365
3 156 (11.57%) AWS
4 65 (4.82%) dbt
5 60 (4.45%) GCP
6 52 (3.86%) Snowflake
7 32 (2.37%) Entra ID
8 30 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (1.85%) Power Platform
10 20 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
11 19 (1.41%) SaaS
12 13 (0.96%) Amazon S3
12 13 (0.96%) OneDrive
13 11 (0.82%) Serverless
14 10 (0.74%) Power Automate
15 9 (0.67%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
15 9 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
15 9 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
16 7 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 88 (6.53%) Firewall
2 35 (2.60%) DNS
3 31 (2.30%) WAN
4 30 (2.23%) LAN
5 29 (2.15%) Network Security
6 27 (2.00%) TCP/IP
7 25 (1.85%) Wireless
8 22 (1.63%) VPN
9 21 (1.56%) DHCP
10 19 (1.41%) Intrusion Detection
11 15 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
12 12 (0.89%) SAN
13 11 (0.82%) Wireshark
14 10 (0.74%) VLAN
14 10 (0.74%) VoIP
15 9 (0.67%) Internet
16 7 (0.52%) IPsec
16 7 (0.52%) iSCSI
16 7 (0.52%) OSPF
17 6 (0.45%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (4.38%) Amazon Athena
1 59 (4.38%) Apache Arrow
1 59 (4.38%) Dremio
2 56 (4.15%) Apache Ignite
3 52 (3.86%) Data Lake
4 45 (3.34%) SQL Server
5 32 (2.37%) NoSQL
6 24 (1.78%) Power BI
7 18 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
8 17 (1.26%) Amazon RDS
8 17 (1.26%) Tableau
9 11 (0.82%) GIS
10 10 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (0.67%) Geospatial Data
11 9 (0.67%) MS Access
11 9 (0.67%) MySQL
11 9 (0.67%) Relational Database
12 8 (0.59%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 56 (4.15%) Git
2 27 (2.00%) JIRA
3 20 (1.48%) Cypress.io
3 20 (1.48%) Selenium
3 20 (1.48%) SoapUI
4 14 (1.04%) Visual Studio
5 10 (0.74%) JUnit
6 9 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
7 8 (0.59%) Subversion
8 6 (0.45%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.45%) Team Foundation Server
9 5 (0.37%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.30%) LabVIEW
11 3 (0.22%) Gradle
11 3 (0.22%) Maven
12 2 (0.15%) Android Studio
12 2 (0.15%) Hudson
13 1 (0.074%) Dreamweaver
13 1 (0.074%) IntelliJ
13 1 (0.074%) TeamCity
General
1 304 (22.55%) Social Skills
2 206 (15.28%) Finance
3 85 (6.31%) Banking
4 68 (5.04%) Telecoms
5 66 (4.90%) Analytical Skills
6 61 (4.53%) Front Office
6 61 (4.53%) Investment Banking
7 49 (3.64%) Retail
8 38 (2.82%) Manufacturing
9 34 (2.52%) Law
10 32 (2.37%) Public Sector
11 28 (2.08%) Aerospace
11 28 (2.08%) Electronics
12 25 (1.85%) Legal
13 24 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (1.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 21 (1.56%) Games
16 17 (1.26%) Local Government
17 13 (0.96%) Marketing
17 13 (0.96%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (5.71%) .NET
2 59 (4.38%) gRPC
2 59 (4.38%) Protocol Buffers
3 58 (4.30%) NumPy
3 58 (4.30%) Pandas
4 56 (4.15%) React
4 56 (4.15%) SciPy
5 20 (1.48%) Jest
6 19 (1.41%) HTML
7 15 (1.11%) Spring
8 14 (1.04%) CSS
9 8 (0.59%) Hibernate
10 6 (0.45%) JSON
10 6 (0.45%) RESTful
11 5 (0.37%) ASP.NET
11 5 (0.37%) LAMP
11 5 (0.37%) OAuth
11 5 (0.37%) REST
12 4 (0.30%) Django
12 4 (0.30%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 61 (4.53%) Derivative
2 60 (4.45%) Fixed Income
2 60 (4.45%) Hedge funds
3 59 (4.38%) Equities
4 57 (4.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 47 (3.49%) Data Centre
6 40 (2.97%) Management Information System
7 34 (2.52%) Algorithms
8 32 (2.37%) Onboarding
9 22 (1.63%) Client/Server
10 16 (1.19%) Fibre Optics
11 13 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
12 11 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
13 10 (0.74%) Cloud Native
13 10 (0.74%) Public Cloud
14 9 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (0.67%) Life Science
15 8 (0.59%) Private Cloud
16 7 (0.52%) IoT
16 7 (0.52%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 228 (16.91%) Windows
2 88 (6.53%) Windows Server
3 73 (5.42%) Linux
4 48 (3.56%) Windows 10
5 28 (2.08%) Windows Server 2016
6 25 (1.85%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (1.56%) Android
8 20 (1.48%) Windows Server 2012
9 16 (1.19%) Apple iOS
10 8 (0.59%) Windows 7
11 6 (0.45%) Mac OS
12 5 (0.37%) Embedded Linux
13 2 (0.15%) Windows Vista
14 1 (0.074%) Debian
14 1 (0.074%) Unix
14 1 (0.074%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (15.95%) Agile
2 210 (15.58%) Mentoring
3 202 (14.99%) ITIL
4 176 (13.06%) Software Engineering
5 172 (12.76%) Problem-Solving
6 156 (11.57%) Customer Service
7 153 (11.35%) Line Management
8 109 (8.09%) Cybersecurity
9 102 (7.57%) Project Management
10 100 (7.42%) Asset Management
10 100 (7.42%) Continuous Improvement
11 91 (6.75%) Service Management
12 86 (6.38%) Coaching
13 78 (5.79%) Service Delivery
14 71 (5.27%) DevOps
15 60 (4.45%) Incident Management
16 54 (4.01%) Collaborative Culture
16 54 (4.01%) Stakeholder Management
17 53 (3.93%) Computer Science
18 51 (3.78%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 128 (9.50%) Python
2 120 (8.90%) SQL
3 113 (8.38%) Java
4 110 (8.16%) JavaScript
5 90 (6.68%) TypeScript
6 75 (5.56%) C#
7 45 (3.34%) PHP
8 27 (2.00%) PowerShell
9 24 (1.78%) C++
10 22 (1.63%) C
11 12 (0.89%) MATLAB
12 6 (0.45%) R
12 6 (0.45%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.45%) VB
12 6 (0.45%) VB6
13 5 (0.37%) Bash
13 5 (0.37%) Ruby
14 4 (0.30%) Scala
15 3 (0.22%) Embedded C
15 3 (0.22%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 182 (13.50%) Degree
2 61 (4.53%) Security Cleared
3 39 (2.89%) SC Cleared
4 38 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
5 29 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 21 (1.56%) CHECK Team Leader
7 19 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 18 (1.34%) CREST Certified
9 14 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
10 13 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
10 13 (0.96%) DV Cleared
11 12 (0.89%) Azure Certification
11 12 (0.89%) CEH
11 12 (0.89%) SSCP
12 11 (0.82%) CISSP
13 10 (0.74%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 9 (0.67%) CCSP
14 9 (0.67%) PhD
14 9 (0.67%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (6.23%) SLA
2 55 (4.08%) QA
3 23 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.11%) GDPR
5 13 (0.96%) PCI DSS
6 12 (0.89%) NIST
7 9 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.45%) Accessibility
8 6 (0.45%) Data Quality
8 6 (0.45%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.30%) PMO
10 3 (0.22%) ECSS
10 3 (0.22%) NCSC
11 2 (0.15%) Automotive SPICE
11 2 (0.15%) NEBOSH
12 1 (0.074%) EMIR
12 1 (0.074%) HIPAA
12 1 (0.074%) MiFID
System Software
1 128 (9.50%) Active Directory
2 47 (3.49%) Hyper-V
3 39 (2.89%) Docker
4 32 (2.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 29 (2.15%) Firmware
6 16 (1.19%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.82%) Embedded Firmware
8 7 (0.52%) vSphere
9 5 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
10 3 (0.22%) BitLocker
10 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 2 (0.15%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.074%) KVM
12 1 (0.074%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 54 (4.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 39 (2.89%) Kubernetes
3 36 (2.67%) SCCM
4 16 (1.19%) Ansible
5 13 (0.96%) Terraform
6 12 (0.89%) Puppet
6 12 (0.89%) vCenter Server
6 12 (0.89%) ZABBIX
7 9 (0.67%) Nmap
7 9 (0.67%) WSUS
8 7 (0.52%) NetBackup
8 7 (0.52%) SCOM
9 6 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 4 (0.30%) Icinga
11 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Clustering
12 3 (0.22%) Grafana
13 2 (0.15%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 2 (0.15%) CSIRT
13 2 (0.15%) Packer
Vendors
1 234 (17.36%) Microsoft
2 78 (5.79%) VMware
3 35 (2.60%) Citrix
3 35 (2.60%) Oracle
4 30 (2.23%) Cisco
5 17 (1.26%) ServiceNow
6 14 (1.04%) Civica
7 11 (0.82%) Splunk
8 10 (0.74%) Juniper
8 10 (0.74%) Qualys
8 10 (0.74%) SAP
9 9 (0.67%) Rapid7
9 9 (0.67%) Thycotic
10 8 (0.59%) McAfee
10 8 (0.59%) Meraki
10 8 (0.59%) Sophos
11 7 (0.52%) SolarWinds
11 7 (0.52%) Veeam
12 6 (0.45%) Apple
12 6 (0.45%) Commvault