Lead Java Engineer Job Trends in the City of London

Lead Java Engineer
Central London > City of London

The median Lead Java Engineer salary in the City of London is £130,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 - 170
Rank change year-on-year - - +88
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Java Engineer 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.14% - 0.035%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% - 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £96,000 - -
25th Percentile £108,750 - £110,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £130,000 - £120,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.08%
75th Percentile £150,000 - £130,000
90th Percentile £162,000 - -
Central London median annual salary £130,000 - £106,250
% change year-on-year - - +8.97%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,957 2,513 2,748
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 92.32% 95.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,483 1,670 2,464
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,938 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £113,500 £115,125 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% -2.67%

Lead Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead Java Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Lead Java Engineer job vacancy trend in the City of London

Lead Java Engineer
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Lead Java Engineer job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Java Engineer job vacancies in the City of London

Lead Java Engineer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Java Engineer in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead Java Engineer in the City of London

Lead Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 28 December 2025, Lead Java Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region featuring Lead Java Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Benchmarking
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
2 1 (33.33%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (33.33%) Java Concurrency
2 1 (33.33%) Kafka
2 1 (33.33%) Low Latency
2 1 (33.33%) Market Making
2 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 1 (33.33%) Memory Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Microservices
2 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 1 (33.33%) Python
2 1 (33.33%) Smart Order Routing
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning

Lead Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Front Office
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (33.33%) Java Concurrency
1 1 (33.33%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Derivative
2 1 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 1 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 1 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Benchmarking
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
1 1 (33.33%) Electronic Trading
1 1 (33.33%) Low Latency
1 1 (33.33%) Market Making
1 1 (33.33%) Mathematics
1 1 (33.33%) Memory Management
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Microservices
1 1 (33.33%) Multithreading
1 1 (33.33%) Smart Order Routing
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree