Lead Jobs in the Thames Valley

Leader
South East > Thames Valley

The median Leader salary in the Thames Valley is £61,305 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 47 51
Rank change year-on-year +17 +4 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 441 357 383
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.55% 5.82% 5.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.92% 6.48% 5.72%
Number of salaries quoted 319 255 247
10th Percentile £41,500 £41,250 £42,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,305 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,875 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £99,000 £93,200
South East median annual salary £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,375 5,511 6,700
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 89.87% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4,546 3,216 4,203
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,977 £28,800
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,463 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the Thames Valley

Lead
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Lead in the Thames Valley

Lead
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in the Thames Valley

Lead
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Berkshire +18 209 £77,500 +10.71% 41
Buckinghamshire +34 137 £60,000 +4.35% 24
Oxfordshire +3 95 £52,500 -8.70% 16
Lead
South East

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 29 April 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 Thames Valley region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 132 (29.93%) Social Skills
2 118 (26.76%) Agile
3 78 (17.69%) Mentoring
4 73 (16.55%) C#
5 70 (15.87%) .NET
6 69 (15.65%) Azure
7 66 (14.97%) Software Engineering
8 64 (14.51%) React
9 63 (14.29%) Finance
10 60 (13.61%) JavaScript
11 59 (13.38%) Microsoft
12 56 (12.70%) Degree
13 54 (12.24%) Java
14 53 (12.02%) Analytical Skills
14 53 (12.02%) Propensity Modelling
15 52 (11.79%) TypeScript
16 51 (11.56%) Kubernetes
16 51 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
17 49 (11.11%) Docker
17 49 (11.11%) SQL
18 48 (10.88%) Project Management
19 44 (9.98%) Artificial Intelligence
20 43 (9.75%) NoSQL
21 42 (9.52%) Security Cleared
22 41 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
23 38 (8.62%) AWS
23 38 (8.62%) Power Platform
24 36 (8.16%) Analytics
25 33 (7.48%) ITIL
25 33 (7.48%) Microsoft Excel

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (0.91%) WebLogic
2 3 (0.68%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.68%) IIS
2 3 (0.68%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.23%) Apache
Applications
1 33 (7.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.91%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.45%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.23%) SAP MDM
4 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 69 (15.65%) Azure
2 38 (8.62%) AWS
2 38 (8.62%) Power Platform
3 23 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (1.36%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 5 (1.13%) Amazon SQS
7 4 (0.91%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (0.91%) GitHub
8 3 (0.68%) Amazon S3
8 3 (0.68%) Azure Storage
8 3 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.68%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (0.68%) Entra ID
8 3 (0.68%) GCP
8 3 (0.68%) PowerApps
8 3 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.45%) Amazon EMR
9 2 (0.45%) Serverless
9 2 (0.45%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (3.63%) DNS
1 16 (3.63%) Firewall
2 9 (2.04%) Broadband
3 7 (1.59%) LAN
3 7 (1.59%) OSPF
3 7 (1.59%) SSL
3 7 (1.59%) TCP/IP
3 7 (1.59%) WAN
4 4 (0.91%) BGP
4 4 (0.91%) Network Security
5 2 (0.45%) Internet
5 2 (0.45%) VPN
5 2 (0.45%) Wireless
6 1 (0.23%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (9.75%) NoSQL
2 33 (7.48%) Power BI
3 16 (3.63%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.81%) MySQL
5 6 (1.36%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.36%) CouchDB
5 6 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.13%) Data Mining
6 5 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.13%) RDBMS
6 5 (1.13%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.91%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.45%) Apache Hive
8 2 (0.45%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.45%) Impala
9 1 (0.23%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.23%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.23%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 22 (4.99%) Git
2 21 (4.76%) Cypress.io
3 20 (4.54%) Selenium
3 20 (4.54%) SoapUI
4 8 (1.81%) GitLab
4 8 (1.81%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.36%) Gradle
6 4 (0.91%) NUnit
7 2 (0.45%) Maven
7 2 (0.45%) TestRail
8 1 (0.23%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.23%) ERwin
8 1 (0.23%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 132 (29.93%) Social Skills
2 63 (14.29%) Finance
3 53 (12.02%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (5.67%) Marketing
5 22 (4.99%) Legal
6 20 (4.54%) Public Sector
7 16 (3.63%) Telecoms
8 15 (3.40%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (3.17%) Banking
10 12 (2.72%) Retail
11 10 (2.27%) Aerospace
12 9 (2.04%) Advertising
12 9 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 9 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (1.81%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.59%) Brand Awareness
15 6 (1.36%) Automotive
15 6 (1.36%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.91%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (15.87%) .NET
2 64 (14.51%) React
3 20 (4.54%) EDI
3 20 (4.54%) Jest
4 14 (3.17%) ASP.NET
5 13 (2.95%) Kafka
6 11 (2.49%) Spring Boot
7 9 (2.04%) .NET Core
7 9 (2.04%) .NET Framework
7 9 (2.04%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.81%) Spring
9 7 (1.59%) WPF
10 6 (1.36%) Hibernate
10 6 (1.36%) IDoc
11 5 (1.13%) CSS
12 4 (0.91%) HTML
12 4 (0.91%) LINQ
12 4 (0.91%) Vue
12 4 (0.91%) WCF
12 4 (0.91%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.17%) Management Information System
2 12 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (2.04%) Fibre Optics
3 9 (2.04%) Marketing Technology
3 9 (2.04%) Onboarding
4 8 (1.81%) Virtual Team
5 7 (1.59%) Legacy Applications
5 7 (1.59%) Private Cloud
6 6 (1.36%) Client/Server
6 6 (1.36%) Data Centre
6 6 (1.36%) PropTech
7 5 (1.13%) iPad
7 5 (1.13%) Public Cloud
8 4 (0.91%) Driving Licence
8 4 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.45%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.45%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.45%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.80%) Windows
2 19 (4.31%) Linux
3 12 (2.72%) Windows 10
4 10 (2.27%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.45%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.45%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.23%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.23%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (26.76%) Agile
2 78 (17.69%) Mentoring
3 66 (14.97%) Software Engineering
4 53 (12.02%) Propensity Modelling
5 51 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 48 (10.88%) Project Management
7 44 (9.98%) Artificial Intelligence
8 41 (9.30%) Problem-Solving
9 36 (8.16%) Analytics
10 33 (7.48%) ITIL
11 31 (7.03%) Business Strategy
11 31 (7.03%) Project Delivery
12 28 (6.35%) Computer Science
12 28 (6.35%) TDD
13 27 (6.12%) PRINCE2
14 26 (5.90%) Machine Learning
15 25 (5.67%) Actionable Insight
15 25 (5.67%) Collaborative Working
15 25 (5.67%) Decision-Making
15 25 (5.67%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 73 (16.55%) C#
2 60 (13.61%) JavaScript
3 54 (12.24%) Java
4 52 (11.79%) TypeScript
5 49 (11.11%) SQL
6 20 (4.54%) Python
7 8 (1.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (1.36%) VB.NET
9 5 (1.13%) Scala
10 4 (0.91%) C
10 4 (0.91%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.68%) XAML
12 2 (0.45%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.23%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.23%) Bash
13 1 (0.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 56 (12.70%) Degree
2 42 (9.52%) Security Cleared
3 28 (6.35%) SC Cleared
4 23 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (4.54%) CIPD
6 9 (2.04%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.36%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.13%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.13%) PMP
9 4 (0.91%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.91%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.68%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.45%) GCFA
11 2 (0.45%) GCFE
11 2 (0.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 2 (0.45%) OSCP
11 2 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (4.08%) SLA
2 15 (3.40%) QA
3 11 (2.49%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.27%) GDPR
5 9 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.81%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 5 (1.13%) NIST
8 3 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.68%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.68%) PMO
9 2 (0.45%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.23%) GRC
System Software
1 49 (11.11%) Docker
2 20 (4.54%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.27%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.59%) Firmware
5 3 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.45%) HDFS
7 1 (0.23%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 51 (11.56%) Kubernetes
2 13 (2.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (2.95%) SCCM
3 7 (1.59%) NetBackup
3 7 (1.59%) SCOM
4 4 (0.91%) Ansible
4 4 (0.91%) Terraform
5 2 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.23%) Netcool
6 1 (0.23%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.23%) Salt
Vendors
1 59 (13.38%) Microsoft
2 26 (5.90%) SAP
3 25 (5.67%) Oracle
4 20 (4.54%) Salesforce
5 11 (2.49%) OpenText
6 8 (1.81%) McAfee
7 7 (1.59%) Citrix
7 7 (1.59%) VMware
8 5 (1.13%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.13%) Splunk
9 4 (0.91%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.91%) Sparx
10 3 (0.68%) Cadence
10 3 (0.68%) Cloudera
10 3 (0.68%) Databricks
11 2 (0.45%) Apple
11 2 (0.45%) Informatica
12 1 (0.23%) Cisco
12 1 (0.23%) Commvault
12 1 (0.23%) Google