Technical Lead Salary in 2025

💰 The median Technical Lead Salary in 2025 is USD 126,750

✏️ This salary info is based on 16 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Technical Lead salary lies between USD 96,600 and USD 169,832 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Technical Lead
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
16
Top 10%
$ 202,000
Top 25%
$ 169,832
Median
$ 126,750
Bottom 25%
$ 96,600
Bottom 10%
$ 88,129

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Top 20 Job Tags for Technical Lead roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Technical Lead job listings are Cloud, Compliance and Computer Science. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Cloud | 53 jobs Compliance | 44 jobs Computer Science | 38 jobs Azure | 33 jobs AWS | 32 jobs Python | 32 jobs Automation | 31 jobs CISSP | 26 jobs Monitoring | 25 jobs Strategy | 23 jobs Scripting | 23 jobs C | 22 jobs Vulnerabilities | 21 jobs NIST | 21 jobs Java | 21 jobs Linux | 21 jobs GCP | 21 jobs Windows | 17 jobs Clearance | 17 jobs Governance | 17 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Technical Lead roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Technical Lead job listings are Career development, Health care and Competitive pay. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 38 jobs Health care | 27 jobs Competitive pay | 26 jobs Team events | 20 jobs Equity / stock options | 19 jobs Flex hours | 18 jobs Insurance | 15 jobs Parental leave | 12 jobs Wellness | 12 jobs Medical leave | 12 jobs Flex vacation | 11 jobs 401(k) matching | 9 jobs Startup environment | 6 jobs Salary bonus | 6 jobs Flexible spending account | 3 jobs Gear | 2 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs

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