Technical Lead Salary in Canada during 2025

💰 The median Technical Lead Salary in Canada during 2025 is USD 142,821

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

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Salary details

The average Technical Lead salary lies between USD 84,285 and USD 183,000 in Canada. 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
Canada
Salary year
2025
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 268,000
Top 25%
$ 183,000
Median
$ 142,821
Bottom 25%
$ 84,285
Bottom 10%
$ 75,714

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). 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 Technical Lead roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Technical Lead job listings are Python, Engineering and Machine Learning. 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:

Python | 207 jobs Engineering | 203 jobs Machine Learning | 178 jobs Architecture | 139 jobs Computer Science | 137 jobs SQL | 131 jobs AWS | 121 jobs Azure | 109 jobs Pipelines | 107 jobs Security | 93 jobs Testing | 80 jobs Agile | 80 jobs ETL | 79 jobs Research | 70 jobs APIs | 69 jobs Data pipelines | 60 jobs CI/CD | 60 jobs Generative AI | 59 jobs DevOps | 57 jobs LLMs | 57 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 Equity / stock options. 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 | 187 jobs Health care | 98 jobs Equity / stock options | 64 jobs Salary bonus | 55 jobs Competitive pay | 54 jobs Insurance | 48 jobs Startup environment | 45 jobs Flex hours | 44 jobs Team events | 39 jobs Flex vacation | 36 jobs 401(k) matching | 32 jobs Medical leave | 29 jobs Wellness | 25 jobs Parental leave | 17 jobs Conferences | 16 jobs Transparency | 13 jobs Fertility benefits | 7 jobs Gear | 5 jobs Flexible spending account | 5 jobs Fitness / gym | 4 jobs

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