Lead Jobs in the City of Westminster

Leader
Central London > City of Westminster

The median Leader salary in the City of Westminster is £60,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 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 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 18 22
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 22 18 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 12.02% 10.47% 3.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.01% 10.91% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 7 17 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £44,590 £28,250 £102,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,250 £49,838 £105,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.89% -52.54% +50.00%
75th Percentile £65,771 £51,256 £107,500
90th Percentile £66,479 £77,000 -
Central London median annual salary £95,000 £85,000 £95,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -10.53% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of Westminster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of Westminster. 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 Westminster with a recognized job title 157 165 98
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.79% 95.93% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 50 105 68
10th Percentile £19,750 £28,250 £45,075
25th Percentile £26,938 £35,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,335 £49,838 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% -33.55% +25.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £110,000
90th Percentile - £100,000 £111,250
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £74,744
% change year-on-year - -3.00% +3.10%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the City of Westminster

Lead
Salary Trend in the City of Westminster

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

Salary trend for Lead in the City of Westminster

Lead
Salary Histogram in the City of Westminster

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

Salary histogram for Lead in the City of Westminster

Lead
Job Locations in the City of Westminster

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the City of Westminster region over the 6 months to 30 May 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
Westminster - 4 £64,217 - 1
Lead
Central London

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of Westminster

For the 6 months to 30 May 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 Westminster region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 14 (63.64%) Degree
2 13 (59.09%) Law
3 12 (54.55%) Roadmaps
4 11 (50.00%) Azure
4 11 (50.00%) Data Science
5 10 (45.45%) Analytics
5 10 (45.45%) Data Analysis
6 9 (40.91%) Google
6 9 (40.91%) Computer Science
6 9 (40.91%) AWS
6 9 (40.91%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (40.91%) Java
6 9 (40.91%) Python
6 9 (40.91%) Docker
6 9 (40.91%) Kubernetes
6 9 (40.91%) Terraform
6 9 (40.91%) Infrastructure as Code
6 9 (40.91%) Strategic Roadmap
6 9 (40.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (40.91%) Containerisation
7 8 (36.36%) Platform Engineering
7 8 (36.36%) Network Virtualisation
7 8 (36.36%) Master's Degree
7 8 (36.36%) GCP
7 8 (36.36%) Cost Management
7 8 (36.36%) Cost Reduction
7 8 (36.36%) ARM Templates
7 8 (36.36%) Microsoft
7 8 (36.36%) Scala
7 8 (36.36%) Data Protection

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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:

Business Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) Azure
2 9 (40.91%) AWS
3 8 (36.36%) GCP
4 6 (27.27%) Power Platform
5 5 (22.73%) Collibra
5 5 (22.73%) Microsoft Purview
6 3 (13.64%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (13.64%) OCI
7 2 (9.09%) SaaS
8 1 (4.55%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (27.27%) Power BI
1 6 (27.27%) Tableau
2 5 (22.73%) IBM InfoSphere
2 5 (22.73%) Metadata
3 2 (9.09%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (4.55%) NoSQL
4 1 (4.55%) QlikView
4 1 (4.55%) RDBMS
4 1 (4.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Jaeger
General
1 13 (59.09%) Law
2 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Marketing
3 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 3 (13.64%) Finance
5 1 (4.55%) Back Office
5 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.55%) Multimedia
5 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (36.36%) ARM Templates
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (4.55%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (4.55%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Cyber Defence
1 3 (13.64%) Freedom of Information
2 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Linux
1 1 (4.55%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (54.55%) Roadmaps
2 11 (50.00%) Data Science
3 10 (45.45%) Analytics
3 10 (45.45%) Data Analysis
4 9 (40.91%) Computer Science
4 9 (40.91%) Containerisation
4 9 (40.91%) Infrastructure as Code
4 9 (40.91%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (40.91%) Strategic Roadmap
5 8 (36.36%) Artificial Intelligence
5 8 (36.36%) Cost Management
5 8 (36.36%) Cost Reduction
5 8 (36.36%) Data Protection
5 8 (36.36%) Network Virtualisation
5 8 (36.36%) Platform Engineering
6 7 (31.82%) Business Strategy
6 7 (31.82%) Data Governance
6 7 (31.82%) Visualisation
7 5 (22.73%) Data Collection
7 5 (22.73%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 9 (40.91%) Java
1 9 (40.91%) Python
2 8 (36.36%) Scala
3 1 (4.55%) Bash
3 1 (4.55%) Go
3 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (63.64%) Degree
2 9 (40.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (36.36%) Master's Degree
4 3 (13.64%) DV Cleared
4 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
5 2 (9.09%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (4.55%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) Data Quality
2 5 (22.73%) Accessibility
2 5 (22.73%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (40.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (40.91%) Kubernetes
1 9 (40.91%) Terraform
2 1 (4.55%) Ansible
2 1 (4.55%) Argo
2 1 (4.55%) Kustomize
2 1 (4.55%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Google
2 8 (36.36%) Microsoft
3 5 (22.73%) IBM
3 5 (22.73%) Informatica
4 4 (18.18%) Oracle
5 1 (4.55%) Salesforce
5 1 (4.55%) ServiceNow