Lead Jobs in the City of London

Leader
Central London > City of London

The median Leader salary in the City of London is £92,500 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 37
Rank change year-on-year -11 +23 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 178 427 357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 8.53% 12.66% 7.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.25% 13.22% 7.80%
Number of salaries quoted 140 351 321
10th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £57,500
25th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £92,500 £90,000 £95,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £123,750 £110,000 £110,000
90th Percentile £175,000 £115,000 £122,500
Central London median annual salary £95,000 £87,500 £92,500
% change year-on-year +8.57% -5.41% +5.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 1,925 3,231 4,577
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 95.82% 96.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,461 2,583 3,850
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £96,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the City of London

Lead
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead in the City of London.

Salary trend for Lead in the City of London

Lead
Salary Histogram in the City of London

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

Salary histogram for Lead in the City of London

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 City of London region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 59 (33.15%) Azure
2 56 (31.46%) Python
3 51 (28.65%) Mentoring
4 49 (27.53%) Agile
5 46 (25.84%) Social Skills
6 44 (24.72%) Finance
6 44 (24.72%) Microsoft
7 39 (21.91%) AWS
8 38 (21.35%) Law
9 33 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
9 33 (18.54%) DevOps
10 31 (17.42%) Java
11 29 (16.29%) Kubernetes
12 28 (15.73%) Artificial Intelligence
13 27 (15.17%) Analytics
14 25 (14.04%) Power Platform
15 23 (12.92%) SQL
16 22 (12.36%) Software Engineering
16 22 (12.36%) Decision-Making
17 21 (11.80%) Data Science
17 21 (11.80%) Business Strategy
17 21 (11.80%) Microservices
17 21 (11.80%) Terraform
17 21 (11.80%) Legal
17 21 (11.80%) Stakeholder Management
18 20 (11.24%) Degree
19 19 (10.67%) Machine Learning
19 19 (10.67%) Coaching
20 18 (10.11%) GCP
20 18 (10.11%) CI/CD

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (5.06%) OpenEdge
2 4 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.12%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.12%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (1.12%) Confluence
3 2 (1.12%) Kinematics
4 1 (0.56%) Apache
4 1 (0.56%) CMS
4 1 (0.56%) Drupal
4 1 (0.56%) Mule
Applications
1 7 (3.93%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 13 (7.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.12%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.56%) Eikon
3 1 (0.56%) RMDS
3 1 (0.56%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 59 (33.15%) Azure
2 39 (21.91%) AWS
3 25 (14.04%) Power Platform
4 18 (10.11%) GCP
5 13 (7.30%) Dynamics 365
5 13 (7.30%) SaaS
6 9 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (4.49%) Azure Data Factory
7 8 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (4.49%) GitHub
8 7 (3.93%) Cloud Computing
8 7 (3.93%) PaaS
9 5 (2.81%) Collibra
9 5 (2.81%) IaaS
9 5 (2.81%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (2.25%) Amazon ECS
10 4 (2.25%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (2.25%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.25%) Serverless
11 2 (1.12%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.81%) DNS
2 3 (1.69%) DHCP
2 3 (1.69%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.12%) Network Security
4 1 (0.56%) Firewall
4 1 (0.56%) SAN
4 1 (0.56%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.56%) VPN
4 1 (0.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.99%) Power BI
1 16 (8.99%) SQL Server
2 13 (7.30%) Tableau
3 11 (6.18%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (5.06%) Metadata
5 8 (4.49%) MongoDB
6 7 (3.93%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.81%) Big Data
7 5 (2.81%) IBM InfoSphere
8 4 (2.25%) Data Lake
8 4 (2.25%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.69%) Power Query
10 2 (1.12%) MySQL
10 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
11 1 (0.56%) Data Mart
11 1 (0.56%) GIS
11 1 (0.56%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 8 (4.49%) JIRA
2 5 (2.81%) Git
3 3 (1.69%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.12%) Appium
4 2 (1.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (1.12%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.12%) MSTest
4 2 (1.12%) NUnit
4 2 (1.12%) Selenium
4 2 (1.12%) XCUITest
5 1 (0.56%) JetBrains Rider
5 1 (0.56%) JMeter
5 1 (0.56%) JUnit
5 1 (0.56%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.56%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.56%) WebDriver
General
1 46 (25.84%) Social Skills
2 44 (24.72%) Finance
3 38 (21.35%) Law
4 21 (11.80%) Legal
5 12 (6.74%) Publishing
6 11 (6.18%) Banking
7 9 (5.06%) Marketing
8 8 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (3.93%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (3.37%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (3.37%) Investment Banking
11 5 (2.81%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.81%) Front Office
11 5 (2.81%) Retail Banking
12 3 (1.69%) Advertising
12 3 (1.69%) Retail
13 2 (1.12%) Agriculture
13 2 (1.12%) German Language
14 1 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.56%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.43%) React
2 13 (7.30%) .NET
3 10 (5.62%) AngularJS
4 8 (4.49%) ARM Templates
5 7 (3.93%) RESTful
6 6 (3.37%) Kafka
7 5 (2.81%) GraphQL
7 5 (2.81%) Middleware
7 5 (2.81%) PySpark
7 5 (2.81%) REST
7 5 (2.81%) Spring
8 4 (2.25%) AWS CDK
8 4 (2.25%) CSS
8 4 (2.25%) EDI
8 4 (2.25%) HTML
9 3 (1.69%) Flutter
9 3 (1.69%) Node.js
9 3 (1.69%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (1.69%) React Native
10 2 (1.12%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.87%) Robotics
2 7 (3.93%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.81%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.25%) Cyber Defence
4 4 (2.25%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.69%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.69%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.69%) Freedom of Information
5 3 (1.69%) Hedge funds
5 3 (1.69%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.69%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.12%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
6 2 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (1.12%) IoT
6 2 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.12%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
7 1 (0.56%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.18%) Windows
2 7 (3.93%) Linux
3 4 (2.25%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.12%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.12%) Robot Operating System
4 2 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
4 2 (1.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (28.65%) Mentoring
2 49 (27.53%) Agile
3 33 (18.54%) DevOps
3 33 (18.54%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (15.73%) Artificial Intelligence
5 27 (15.17%) Analytics
6 22 (12.36%) Decision-Making
6 22 (12.36%) Software Engineering
7 21 (11.80%) Business Strategy
7 21 (11.80%) Data Science
7 21 (11.80%) Microservices
7 21 (11.80%) Stakeholder Management
8 19 (10.67%) Coaching
8 19 (10.67%) Machine Learning
9 18 (10.11%) CI/CD
9 18 (10.11%) Infrastructure as Code
10 17 (9.55%) Business Intelligence
11 16 (8.99%) Data Modelling
11 16 (8.99%) Roadmaps
12 14 (7.87%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 56 (31.46%) Python
2 31 (17.42%) Java
3 23 (12.92%) SQL
4 17 (9.55%) C++
5 13 (7.30%) C#
6 12 (6.74%) JavaScript
6 12 (6.74%) MATLAB
7 10 (5.62%) PowerShell
7 10 (5.62%) Scala
8 6 (3.37%) Bash
9 4 (2.25%) TypeScript
10 2 (1.12%) Bicep
10 2 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 2 (1.12%) Swift
11 1 (0.56%) DataWeave
11 1 (0.56%) Ruby
11 1 (0.56%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (11.24%) Degree
2 15 (8.43%) Security Cleared
3 12 (6.74%) PhD
4 10 (5.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (4.49%) Master's Degree
6 5 (2.81%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.25%) AWS Certification
7 4 (2.25%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.12%) CISA
8 2 (1.12%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.12%) SSCP
9 1 (0.56%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.56%) CISSP
9 1 (0.56%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.56%) ISEB
9 1 (0.56%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.62%) GDPR
2 8 (4.49%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.93%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.69%) NIST
5 1 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.56%) GAAP
5 1 (0.56%) IFRS
5 1 (0.56%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.56%) PMO
5 1 (0.56%) QA
System Software
1 16 (8.99%) Docker
2 4 (2.25%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.12%) Firmware
3 2 (1.12%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 29 (16.29%) Kubernetes
2 21 (11.80%) Terraform
3 10 (5.62%) Ansible
4 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.12%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.56%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.56%) Grafana
5 1 (0.56%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 44 (24.72%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.30%) Google
3 11 (6.18%) Databricks
4 8 (4.49%) Informatica
5 5 (2.81%) IBM
6 4 (2.25%) MuleSoft
6 4 (2.25%) VMware
7 3 (1.69%) Reuters
7 3 (1.69%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.12%) EMC
8 2 (1.12%) Intapp
8 2 (1.12%) NetApp
8 2 (1.12%) Rapid7
8 2 (1.12%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.56%) Citrix
9 1 (0.56%) CrowdStrike
9 1 (0.56%) Murex
9 1 (0.56%) OneTrust
9 1 (0.56%) Oracle
9 1 (0.56%) StreamSets