Salary for Senior-level / Expert Technical Lead during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Technical Lead during 2025 is USD 162,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 8 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Technical Lead salary lies between USD 123,280 and USD 180,000 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 215,000
Top 25%
$ 180,000
Median
$ 162,500
Bottom 25%
$ 123,280
Bottom 10%
$ 94,982

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

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Technical Lead roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Technical Lead job listings are Engineering, Python and Azure. 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:

Engineering | 22 jobs Python | 19 jobs Azure | 19 jobs SQL | 18 jobs Machine Learning | 14 jobs Computer Science | 14 jobs AWS | 12 jobs Testing | 12 jobs Architecture | 12 jobs ETL | 11 jobs Security | 11 jobs Databricks | 11 jobs Pipelines | 10 jobs Agile | 9 jobs Data pipelines | 8 jobs Data Warehousing | 7 jobs APIs | 7 jobs GCP | 6 jobs ML models | 6 jobs Data visualization | 6 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Technical Lead roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Technical Lead job listings are Career development, Equity / stock options and Health care. 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 | 14 jobs Equity / stock options | 10 jobs Health care | 9 jobs Team events | 7 jobs Insurance | 7 jobs Startup environment | 6 jobs Salary bonus | 6 jobs Competitive pay | 5 jobs Flex hours | 4 jobs Flex vacation | 4 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Yoga | 1 jobs Medical leave | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobs

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