3,459 active jobs. 904 companies. Median salary $144K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.
The Technical Lead market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.
Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 78% of positions include salary data.
Middle 50% of salaries range from $120K to $218K.
Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.
Salary increase: +$90K · Sample: Lead → Manager
Score: 30/100 · AI/LLM demand: 83% of postings
| Level | Jobs | P25 | Median | P90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead | 413 | $116K | $140K | $209K |
| Manager | 24 | $177K | $230K | $276K |
| Director | 7 | $154K | $171K | $181K |
Lead → Manager: +$90K (64%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.
| Country | Jobs | Median | Currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 279 | $150K | USD |
| Remote | 32 | $172K | USD |
| Canada | 19 | $120K | USD |
| United Kingdom | 7 | $100K | GBP |
| Mode | Share |
|---|---|
| On-Site | 1.7% |
| Remote | 10.1% |
| Hybrid | 1.9% |
~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.
| Company | Openings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Speechify | 484 | 14.0% |
| Capitalone | 147 | 4.2% |
| Soprasteria | 67 | 1.9% |
| Citi | 51 | 1.5% |
| Ra | 49 | 1.4% |
| Mastercard | 39 | 1.1% |
| Everai | 38 | 1.1% |
| Cadence | 37 | 1.1% |
| Country | Jobs |
|---|---|
| United States | 1,164 |
| India | 448 |
| United Kingdom | 136 |
| Remote | 130 |
| Canada | 92 |
| France | 89 |
| Singapore | 39 |
| Brazil | 37 |
| Level | Share | Positions |
|---|---|---|
| Associate Degree | 40.8% | 1,105 |
| PhD / Doctorate | 23.9% | 648 |
| Bachelor's Degree | 10.7% | 290 |
| Master's Degree | 10.6% | 288 |
| MBA | 0.1% | 2 |
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