Lead Jobs in Central London

Leader
London > Central London

The median Leader salary in Central London is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 14 31
Rank change year-on-year -11 +17 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 221 476 404
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 8.70% 12.58% 7.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.57% 13.23% 7.93%
Number of salaries quoted 162 380 360
10th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £56,475
25th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £71,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £87,500 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -5.41% +5.11%
75th Percentile £120,000 £110,000 £107,500
90th Percentile £165,000 £115,000 £122,500
London median annual salary £90,000 £87,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year +2.86% -2.78% +2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 2,309 3,597 5,096
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 95.08% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1,638 2,832 4,257
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £111,250
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Central London

Lead
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead in Central London.

Salary trend for Lead in Central London

Lead
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Central London over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead in Central London

Lead
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Central London region over the 6 months to 30 April 2025. 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
City of London -11 178 £92,500 +2.78% 61
City of Westminster -13 20 £60,250 +20.50% 1
Camden -9 12 - - 1
West End of London -5 9 £64,217 -35.78% 8
Lambeth +4 4 - -
Southwark -8 1 £65,000 -
Lead
London

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, 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 Central London region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 71 (32.13%) Social Skills
2 67 (30.32%) Azure
3 65 (29.41%) Agile
4 63 (28.51%) Python
4 63 (28.51%) Mentoring
5 58 (26.24%) AWS
6 53 (23.98%) Finance
7 50 (22.62%) DevOps
8 48 (21.72%) Problem-Solving
8 48 (21.72%) Java
9 46 (20.81%) Microsoft
10 41 (18.55%) Degree
11 40 (18.10%) Software Engineering
11 40 (18.10%) Law
12 34 (15.38%) Kubernetes
13 31 (14.03%) Coaching
13 31 (14.03%) Artificial Intelligence
14 30 (13.57%) Analytics
14 30 (13.57%) Decision-Making
15 29 (13.12%) CI/CD
16 28 (12.67%) Microservices
17 27 (12.22%) SQL
18 26 (11.76%) Computer Science
18 26 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
18 26 (11.76%) Power Platform
19 25 (11.31%) JavaScript
20 24 (10.86%) Business Strategy
21 23 (10.41%) Roadmaps
22 22 (9.95%) Stakeholder Management
22 22 (9.95%) Technical Leadership

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 9 (4.07%) OpenEdge
2 4 (1.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.81%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.90%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.90%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (0.90%) Confluence
3 2 (0.90%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.45%) Apache
4 1 (0.45%) CMS
4 1 (0.45%) Drupal
4 1 (0.45%) Mule
Applications
1 7 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.36%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.90%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.90%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.45%) Eikon
4 1 (0.45%) RMDS
4 1 (0.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 67 (30.32%) Azure
2 58 (26.24%) AWS
3 26 (11.76%) Power Platform
4 21 (9.50%) GCP
5 17 (7.69%) SaaS
6 15 (6.79%) GitHub
7 13 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
8 11 (4.98%) GitHub Actions
8 11 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (4.07%) Serverless
10 8 (3.62%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (3.17%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (3.17%) PaaS
12 5 (2.26%) Collibra
12 5 (2.26%) IaaS
12 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (1.81%) Amazon ECS
13 4 (1.81%) Amazon EKS
14 3 (1.36%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.26%) DNS
2 3 (1.36%) DHCP
2 3 (1.36%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.90%) Network Security
4 1 (0.45%) Firewall
4 1 (0.45%) SAN
4 1 (0.45%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.45%) VPN
4 1 (0.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (7.69%) Power BI
2 16 (7.24%) SQL Server
3 15 (6.79%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (6.79%) Tableau
4 12 (5.43%) MongoDB
5 9 (4.07%) Metadata
5 9 (4.07%) NoSQL
6 7 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.26%) Big Data
7 5 (2.26%) IBM InfoSphere
8 4 (1.81%) Data Lake
8 4 (1.81%) MySQL
8 4 (1.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (1.36%) Power Query
10 2 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.45%) GIS
11 1 (0.45%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 13 (5.88%) Git
2 10 (4.52%) Jenkins
3 8 (3.62%) JIRA
4 7 (3.17%) Gradle
4 7 (3.17%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.90%) Appium
5 2 (0.90%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.90%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.90%) MSTest
5 2 (0.90%) NUnit
5 2 (0.90%) Selenium
5 2 (0.90%) XCUITest
6 1 (0.45%) JetBrains Rider
6 1 (0.45%) JMeter
6 1 (0.45%) JUnit
6 1 (0.45%) Maven
6 1 (0.45%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.45%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.45%) WebDriver
General
1 71 (32.13%) Social Skills
2 53 (23.98%) Finance
3 40 (18.10%) Law
4 21 (9.50%) Legal
5 12 (5.43%) Publishing
6 11 (4.98%) Banking
7 10 (4.52%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.52%) Games
8 9 (4.07%) Marketing
9 8 (3.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (3.17%) Local Government
11 6 (2.71%) Front Office
11 6 (2.71%) Investment Banking
12 5 (2.26%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.26%) Public Sector
12 5 (2.26%) Retail Banking
13 3 (1.36%) Advertising
13 3 (1.36%) Police
13 3 (1.36%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (7.24%) React
2 13 (5.88%) .NET
2 13 (5.88%) RESTful
3 10 (4.52%) AngularJS
4 8 (3.62%) ARM Templates
4 8 (3.62%) GraphQL
4 8 (3.62%) Kafka
5 7 (3.17%) Node.js
5 7 (3.17%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 6 (2.71%) Flutter
6 6 (2.71%) React Native
6 6 (2.71%) REST
7 5 (2.26%) CSS
7 5 (2.26%) HTML
7 5 (2.26%) Middleware
7 5 (2.26%) PySpark
7 5 (2.26%) RabbitMQ
7 5 (2.26%) Spring
8 4 (1.81%) EDI
8 4 (1.81%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.33%) Robotics
2 11 (4.98%) Mobile App
3 10 (4.52%) Legacy Systems
4 9 (4.07%) Mobile Games
5 8 (3.62%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.26%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.81%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.81%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (1.81%) e-Learning
8 3 (1.36%) Algorithms
8 3 (1.36%) Freedom of Information
8 3 (1.36%) Hedge funds
8 3 (1.36%) Hybrid Cloud
8 3 (1.36%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.36%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.90%) CMDB
9 2 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.90%) IoT
9 2 (0.90%) Reinsurance
9 2 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.43%) Windows
2 10 (4.52%) Apple iOS
3 9 (4.07%) Linux
4 8 (3.62%) Android
5 4 (1.81%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.90%) Robot Operating System
6 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (29.41%) Agile
2 63 (28.51%) Mentoring
3 50 (22.62%) DevOps
4 48 (21.72%) Problem-Solving
5 40 (18.10%) Software Engineering
6 31 (14.03%) Artificial Intelligence
6 31 (14.03%) Coaching
7 30 (13.57%) Analytics
7 30 (13.57%) Decision-Making
8 29 (13.12%) CI/CD
9 28 (12.67%) Microservices
10 26 (11.76%) Computer Science
11 24 (10.86%) Business Strategy
12 23 (10.41%) Roadmaps
13 22 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
13 22 (9.95%) Data Science
13 22 (9.95%) Machine Learning
13 22 (9.95%) Stakeholder Management
13 22 (9.95%) Technical Leadership
14 19 (8.60%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 63 (28.51%) Python
2 48 (21.72%) Java
3 27 (12.22%) SQL
4 25 (11.31%) JavaScript
5 18 (8.14%) C++
6 14 (6.33%) C#
7 12 (5.43%) MATLAB
8 11 (4.98%) PowerShell
9 10 (4.52%) Scala
10 9 (4.07%) Swift
11 8 (3.62%) Kotlin
12 7 (3.17%) Bash
12 7 (3.17%) Objective-C
12 7 (3.17%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.90%) Bicep
13 2 (0.90%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.45%) DataWeave
14 1 (0.45%) Go
14 1 (0.45%) Ruby
14 1 (0.45%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 41 (18.55%) Degree
2 26 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 15 (6.79%) Security Cleared
4 13 (5.88%) DBS Check
5 12 (5.43%) PhD
6 8 (3.62%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.81%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.81%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.90%) CISA
8 2 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.90%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.90%) SSCP
9 1 (0.45%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.45%) CISSP
9 1 (0.45%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.45%) ISEB
9 1 (0.45%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.98%) GDPR
2 10 (4.52%) Data Quality
3 8 (3.62%) QA
4 7 (3.17%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.81%) NIST
6 3 (1.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.90%) SLA
8 1 (0.45%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.45%) GAAP
8 1 (0.45%) IFRS
8 1 (0.45%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.45%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (9.05%) Docker
2 7 (3.17%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.90%) Firmware
3 2 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 34 (15.38%) Kubernetes
2 22 (9.95%) Terraform
3 11 (4.98%) Ansible
4 5 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.90%) NetBackup
5 2 (0.90%) SCCM
6 1 (0.45%) CloudHub
6 1 (0.45%) Grafana
6 1 (0.45%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 46 (20.81%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.88%) Google
3 12 (5.43%) Databricks
4 8 (3.62%) Informatica
5 7 (3.17%) New Relic
6 5 (2.26%) IBM
6 5 (2.26%) Oracle
6 5 (2.26%) ServiceNow
6 5 (2.26%) VMware
7 4 (1.81%) MuleSoft
7 4 (1.81%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.36%) Reuters
9 2 (0.90%) EMC
9 2 (0.90%) Intapp
9 2 (0.90%) NetApp
9 2 (0.90%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.90%) Rapid7
10 1 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
10 1 (0.45%) OneTrust
10 1 (0.45%) StreamSets