Lead Jobs in the South East

Leader
England > South East

The median Leader salary in the South East is £61,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 24 45 42
Rank change year-on-year +21 -3 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1,247 852 1,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.16% 6.05% 6.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.61% 6.70% 6.38%
Number of salaries quoted 904 645 762
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,625
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £67,500 £66,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.63% +1.12% +6.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £88,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 16,379 12,711 19,790
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 90.19% 96.36%
Number of salaries quoted 11,667 8,030 12,417
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the South East

Lead
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead in the South East.

Salary trend for Lead in the South East

Lead
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in the South East over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in the South East

Lead
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the South East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Thames Valley +27 499 £62,084 -4.49% 98
Hampshire +16 372 £60,000 -20.00% 55
Berkshire +24 247 £75,000 +7.14% 48
Surrey -9 153 £60,000 -12.73% 23
Buckinghamshire +35 149 £60,000 +9.09% 21
Oxfordshire +6 103 £52,500 -8.70% 29
Kent +36 82 £50,000 -16.67% 20
West Sussex +15 45 £65,000 +13.04% 11
East Sussex +11 38 £80,000 +50.94% 11
Middlesex -6 24 £44,658 -44.18% 4
Sussex -9 16 £40,000 -52.94% 3
Lead
England

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, Lead 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 across the South East region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 296 (23.74%) Social Skills
2 257 (20.61%) Agile
3 207 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
4 199 (15.96%) Finance
5 194 (15.56%) Microsoft
6 170 (13.63%) Mentoring
7 166 (13.31%) Software Engineering
8 161 (12.91%) Azure
9 159 (12.75%) Degree
10 156 (12.51%) .NET
11 153 (12.27%) Analytics
12 148 (11.87%) Windows
13 140 (11.23%) C#
14 136 (10.91%) AWS
15 121 (9.70%) Process Improvement
16 117 (9.38%) Project Management
17 108 (8.66%) Java
18 107 (8.58%) JavaScript
19 104 (8.34%) SQL
19 104 (8.34%) Marketing
20 103 (8.26%) DevOps
21 102 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
22 100 (8.02%) Security Cleared
23 99 (7.94%) Kubernetes
24 98 (7.86%) Docker
25 95 (7.62%) Data Strategy
26 92 (7.38%) Continuous Improvement
27 88 (7.06%) Matrix Organization
28 87 (6.98%) Use Case
28 87 (6.98%) ITIL

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 26 (2.09%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.80%) OpenStack
4 6 (0.48%) Apache
4 6 (0.48%) Confluence
5 4 (0.32%) CMS
5 4 (0.32%) IIS
5 4 (0.32%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.080%) Drupal
Applications
1 57 (4.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.48%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.16%) MadCap Flare
6 2 (0.16%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 23 (1.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.80%) SAP GRC
3 8 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.32%) Q-Pulse
4 4 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.24%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.16%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.080%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.080%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.080%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.080%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.080%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 161 (12.91%) Azure
2 136 (10.91%) AWS
3 59 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
4 57 (4.57%) Power Platform
5 41 (3.29%) SaaS
6 23 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (1.76%) Amazon ECS
8 21 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (1.60%) Serverless
10 17 (1.36%) Entra ID
11 16 (1.28%) GCP
12 14 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
12 14 (1.12%) Amazon S3
13 11 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (0.80%) Amazon SQS
14 10 (0.80%) Datadog
14 10 (0.80%) PaaS
15 9 (0.72%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 9 (0.72%) PowerApps
16 8 (0.64%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 77 (6.17%) Broadband
2 49 (3.93%) Firewall
3 27 (2.17%) DNS
4 18 (1.44%) Network Security
4 18 (1.44%) TCP/IP
5 12 (0.96%) LAN
5 12 (0.96%) SSL
6 11 (0.88%) WAN
6 11 (0.88%) Wireless
7 10 (0.80%) DHCP
8 9 (0.72%) CTI
8 9 (0.72%) VoIP
9 8 (0.64%) OSPF
9 8 (0.64%) VPN
10 6 (0.48%) RS-485
11 5 (0.40%) BGP
11 5 (0.40%) SMTP
11 5 (0.40%) VLAN
12 4 (0.32%) HTTP
12 4 (0.32%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (4.33%) NoSQL
2 51 (4.09%) SQL Server
3 46 (3.69%) Power BI
4 15 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (0.88%) MySQL
6 10 (0.80%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (0.64%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.64%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.64%) SAP BW
8 7 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.48%) CouchDB
9 6 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.40%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.40%) Data Mining
10 5 (0.40%) DB2
10 5 (0.40%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.40%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.32%) Metadata
11 4 (0.32%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 51 (4.09%) Git
2 45 (3.61%) Visual Studio
3 41 (3.29%) Selenium
4 26 (2.09%) Cypress.io
5 24 (1.92%) SoapUI
6 22 (1.76%) GitLab
7 18 (1.44%) Team Foundation Server
8 14 (1.12%) Jenkins
9 10 (0.80%) NUnit
10 9 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
11 8 (0.64%) Postman
11 8 (0.64%) TeamCity
12 7 (0.56%) Jasmine
13 6 (0.48%) Gradle
13 6 (0.48%) JIRA
14 4 (0.32%) Android Studio
14 4 (0.32%) Xcode
15 2 (0.16%) CircleCI
15 2 (0.16%) Hudson
15 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 296 (23.74%) Social Skills
2 199 (15.96%) Finance
3 104 (8.34%) Marketing
4 102 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (6.17%) Advertising
6 39 (3.13%) Manufacturing
7 38 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 36 (2.89%) Public Sector
9 35 (2.81%) Legal
10 34 (2.73%) Aviation
10 34 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
11 32 (2.57%) Telecoms
12 31 (2.49%) Aerospace
13 25 (2.00%) Military
13 25 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
14 24 (1.92%) Retail
15 21 (1.68%) Automotive
16 19 (1.52%) Banking
16 19 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
17 16 (1.28%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (12.51%) .NET
2 86 (6.90%) React
3 32 (2.57%) CSS
4 27 (2.17%) HTML
5 25 (2.00%) ASP.NET
6 24 (1.92%) .NET Framework
7 22 (1.76%) .NET Core
8 21 (1.68%) Jest
9 20 (1.60%) EDI
10 18 (1.44%) JSON
11 16 (1.28%) Kafka
12 15 (1.20%) AngularJS
13 13 (1.04%) RESTful
14 12 (0.96%) Spring
15 11 (0.88%) RabbitMQ
15 11 (0.88%) Spring Boot
15 11 (0.88%) XML
16 9 (0.72%) REST
17 8 (0.64%) Entity Framework
17 8 (0.64%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 77 (6.17%) Marketing Technology
2 53 (4.25%) Management Information System
3 25 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
5 19 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 19 (1.52%) Data Centre
6 18 (1.44%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.28%) Algorithms
7 16 (1.28%) Private Cloud
8 15 (1.20%) Mobile App
9 14 (1.12%) Digital Media
9 14 (1.12%) Life Science
10 13 (1.04%) Product Ownership
11 12 (0.96%) Security Operations Centre
12 11 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (0.88%) Public Cloud
13 9 (0.72%) Augmented Reality
13 9 (0.72%) Fibre Optics
13 9 (0.72%) Renewable Energy
14 8 (0.64%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 148 (11.87%) Windows
2 64 (5.13%) Linux
3 42 (3.37%) Windows Server
4 26 (2.09%) Windows 10
5 8 (0.64%) Android
6 6 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.16%) CentOS
9 2 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.16%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.16%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.16%) Rocky
9 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.080%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (20.61%) Agile
2 207 (16.60%) Problem-Solving
3 170 (13.63%) Mentoring
4 166 (13.31%) Software Engineering
5 153 (12.27%) Analytics
6 121 (9.70%) Process Improvement
7 117 (9.38%) Project Management
8 103 (8.26%) DevOps
9 95 (7.62%) Data Strategy
10 92 (7.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 88 (7.06%) Matrix Organization
12 87 (6.98%) ITIL
12 87 (6.98%) Use Case
13 86 (6.90%) Business Case
13 86 (6.90%) Digital Marketing
14 77 (6.17%) Data Collection
14 77 (6.17%) Regulatory Change
15 74 (5.93%) Artificial Intelligence
16 70 (5.61%) Decision-Making
17 69 (5.53%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 140 (11.23%) C#
2 108 (8.66%) Java
3 107 (8.58%) JavaScript
4 104 (8.34%) SQL
5 70 (5.61%) TypeScript
6 62 (4.97%) Python
7 37 (2.97%) C++
8 27 (2.17%) C
9 8 (0.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (0.56%) Bicep
10 7 (0.56%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.48%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.48%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.40%) Go
12 5 (0.40%) Haskell
12 5 (0.40%) MATLAB
12 5 (0.40%) PHP
12 5 (0.40%) Scala
13 4 (0.32%) JSX
13 4 (0.32%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 159 (12.75%) Degree
2 100 (8.02%) Security Cleared
3 60 (4.81%) SC Cleared
4 54 (4.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.09%) Master's Degree
6 23 (1.84%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (1.60%) AWS Certification
7 20 (1.60%) CIPD
8 19 (1.52%) DBS Check
9 18 (1.44%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.20%) Azure Certification
11 13 (1.04%) CCNP
11 13 (1.04%) MCSE
12 12 (0.96%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 10 (0.80%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 10 (0.80%) ISTQB
14 9 (0.72%) ISEB
14 9 (0.72%) PMI Certification
15 8 (0.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 8 (0.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (4.25%) QA
2 37 (2.97%) SLA
3 24 (1.92%) GDPR
4 17 (1.36%) Data Quality
5 14 (1.12%) Good Clinical Practice
6 11 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.80%) PMO
8 9 (0.72%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.64%) GRC
9 8 (0.64%) IFRS
9 8 (0.64%) NIST
9 8 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.32%) GMP
12 3 (0.24%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.24%) ITGC
12 3 (0.24%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.16%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 98 (7.86%) Docker
2 73 (5.85%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.41%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.04%) Firmware
5 8 (0.64%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.16%) HDFS
8 1 (0.080%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 99 (7.94%) Kubernetes
2 36 (2.89%) Terraform
3 24 (1.92%) Puppet
4 20 (1.60%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.12%) Ansible
5 14 (1.12%) SCCM
6 12 (0.96%) ZABBIX
7 10 (0.80%) Consul
8 7 (0.56%) MIIS
8 7 (0.56%) NetBackup
8 7 (0.56%) SCOM
9 5 (0.40%) WSUS
10 3 (0.24%) Nessus
11 2 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.16%) Argo
11 2 (0.16%) Autotask
11 2 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.080%) Netcool
12 1 (0.080%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.080%) Salt
Vendors
1 194 (15.56%) Microsoft
2 55 (4.41%) SAP
3 37 (2.97%) Cisco
4 28 (2.25%) Oracle
5 27 (2.17%) Salesforce
6 20 (1.60%) VMware
7 17 (1.36%) Google
8 13 (1.04%) Palo Alto
9 12 (0.96%) ServiceNow
10 11 (0.88%) Apple
11 10 (0.80%) Databricks
11 10 (0.80%) OpenText
12 8 (0.64%) Apttus
12 8 (0.64%) McAfee
13 7 (0.56%) Citrix
14 6 (0.48%) MuleSoft
14 6 (0.48%) Ubiquiti
15 5 (0.40%) Acronis
15 5 (0.40%) Sophos
15 5 (0.40%) Splunk