Lead Jobs in England

Leader
UK > England

The median Leader salary in England is £77,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 25 27 32
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 3,668 9,226 8,929
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 7.79% 8.42% 7.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.17% 8.82% 8.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,813 6,093 5,978
10th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £44,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +7.14% +3.70%
75th Percentile £96,539 £94,504 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% +3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 44,876 104,554 107,614
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.26% 95.37% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 33,573 67,066 75,101
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,721 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in England

Lead
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Lead in England

Lead
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in England over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Lead in England

Lead
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the England region over the 6 months to 1 December 2023. 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
London +9 1,754 £90,000 +2.86% 864
North of England -1 607 £65,000 -6.88% 308
South East -6 413 £65,000 -3.70% 337
Midlands -9 352 £63,000 +5.00% 259
South West -3 331 £70,000 +16.67% 171
North West 0 309 £65,000 -3.70% 180
Yorkshire -3 270 £67,500 -3.57% 89
West Midlands -7 248 £60,500 +10.00% 192
East of England -1 115 £70,000 +18.64% 174
East Midlands -11 101 £65,000 - 66
North East +7 31 £54,145 -21.24% 42
Lead
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 December 2023, 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 England region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 1,025 (27.94%) Agile
2 1,023 (27.89%) Azure
3 975 (26.58%) Finance
4 946 (25.79%) Social Skills
5 716 (19.52%) Mentoring
6 702 (19.14%) DevOps
7 669 (18.24%) AWS
8 558 (15.21%) SQL
9 524 (14.29%) Microsoft
10 512 (13.96%) CI/CD
11 508 (13.85%) Python
12 484 (13.20%) JavaScript
13 475 (12.95%) C#
14 473 (12.90%) Degree
15 466 (12.70%) Software Engineering
16 433 (11.80%) Java
17 428 (11.67%) .NET
18 398 (10.85%) Roadmaps
19 397 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
20 382 (10.41%) Problem-Solving
21 328 (8.94%) Stakeholder Management
22 322 (8.78%) Kubernetes
23 306 (8.34%) Coaching
24 303 (8.26%) Microservices
25 295 (8.04%) Test Automation
25 295 (8.04%) Analytics
26 284 (7.74%) Technical Leadership
27 282 (7.69%) React
28 281 (7.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
29 280 (7.63%) Line Management

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 89 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 80 (2.18%) Confluence
3 56 (1.53%) Apache Spark
4 21 (0.57%) Apache
5 19 (0.52%) IIS
6 16 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
6 16 (0.44%) MS Exchange
7 15 (0.41%) CMS
8 10 (0.27%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.22%) NServiceBus
10 6 (0.16%) nginx
10 6 (0.16%) WordPress
11 5 (0.14%) IBM HTTP Server
12 4 (0.11%) Camunda
12 4 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 3 (0.082%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 3 (0.082%) Headless CMS
13 3 (0.082%) JBoss
13 3 (0.082%) Mule
13 3 (0.082%) Tomcat
Applications
1 71 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (0.49%) MS Visio
4 16 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.25%) Chatbot
7 8 (0.22%) Sketch
8 7 (0.19%) Adobe Illustrator
8 7 (0.19%) Photoshop
8 7 (0.19%) Simulink
8 7 (0.19%) SPSS
9 6 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
9 6 (0.16%) OrCAD
10 4 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.11%) Adobe XD
11 3 (0.082%) 3ds Max
11 3 (0.082%) InVision
11 3 (0.082%) Maya
12 2 (0.055%) Mathcad
12 2 (0.055%) Trello
Business Applications
1 64 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 26 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.38%) SAP CO
4 13 (0.35%) SAP ERP
4 13 (0.35%) SAP FI
4 13 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
5 9 (0.25%) Dynamics NAV
5 9 (0.25%) SAP MM
5 9 (0.25%) Unit4 Business World
5 9 (0.25%) Workday HCM
6 8 (0.22%) SAP Business One
7 6 (0.16%) Adaptiv
7 6 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
7 6 (0.16%) SAP MDG
7 6 (0.16%) SAP Retail
7 6 (0.16%) SAP SD
8 4 (0.11%) iTrent
8 4 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
8 4 (0.11%) Oracle Receivables
8 4 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 1,023 (27.89%) Azure
2 669 (18.24%) AWS
3 247 (6.73%) GCP
4 242 (6.60%) Azure DevOps
5 196 (5.34%) Power Platform
6 186 (5.07%) Microsoft 365
7 185 (5.04%) SaaS
8 104 (2.84%) Serverless
9 83 (2.26%) PaaS
10 77 (2.10%) GitHub
11 69 (1.88%) PowerApps
12 66 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
13 58 (1.58%) IaaS
14 55 (1.50%) Entra ID
15 52 (1.42%) OpenShift
16 48 (1.31%) Cloud Computing
17 45 (1.23%) Power Automate
18 43 (1.17%) Azure Data Factory
18 43 (1.17%) Azure Service Bus
19 39 (1.06%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 125 (3.41%) Firewall
2 61 (1.66%) Network Security
3 58 (1.58%) DNS
4 46 (1.25%) WAN
5 44 (1.20%) DHCP
5 44 (1.20%) LAN
6 39 (1.06%) VPN
7 29 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
8 27 (0.74%) MPLS
8 27 (0.74%) SD-WAN
9 25 (0.68%) TCP/IP
9 25 (0.68%) VLAN
9 25 (0.68%) Wireless
10 24 (0.65%) IPv4
11 23 (0.63%) HTTP
11 23 (0.63%) Internet
12 22 (0.60%) BGP
13 20 (0.55%) VoIP
14 19 (0.52%) Intrusion Detection
15 18 (0.49%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 252 (6.87%) SQL Server
2 138 (3.76%) Power BI
3 114 (3.11%) NoSQL
4 87 (2.37%) Big Data
5 69 (1.88%) Relational Database
6 68 (1.85%) MongoDB
7 66 (1.80%) Tableau
8 65 (1.77%) Data Lake
8 65 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
9 62 (1.69%) MySQL
10 51 (1.39%) BigQuery
11 47 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
12 46 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
13 43 (1.17%) Hadoop
14 38 (1.04%) Elasticsearch
14 38 (1.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 31 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 23 (0.63%) Metadata
17 22 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
18 21 (0.57%) Looker
Development Applications
1 158 (4.31%) JIRA
2 140 (3.82%) Git
3 139 (3.79%) Jenkins
4 91 (2.48%) Selenium
5 74 (2.02%) Cucumber
6 46 (1.25%) Cypress.io
7 41 (1.12%) GitLab
8 37 (1.01%) Postman
9 31 (0.85%) JUnit
10 28 (0.76%) Gradle
10 28 (0.76%) Maven
11 25 (0.68%) JMeter
12 22 (0.60%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 18 (0.49%) Bitbucket
13 18 (0.49%) Visual Studio
13 18 (0.49%) WebDriver
14 17 (0.46%) Visual Studio Team System
15 14 (0.38%) Artifactory
15 14 (0.38%) SoapUI
16 13 (0.35%) SpecFlow
General
1 975 (26.58%) Finance
2 946 (25.79%) Social Skills
3 281 (7.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 256 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
5 251 (6.84%) Banking
6 194 (5.29%) Retail
7 119 (3.24%) Marketing
8 111 (3.03%) Public Sector
9 97 (2.64%) Law
9 97 (2.64%) Legal
9 97 (2.64%) Manufacturing
10 96 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
11 65 (1.77%) Automotive
11 65 (1.77%) Telecoms
12 61 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
13 58 (1.58%) Games
14 54 (1.47%) Financial Institution
15 47 (1.28%) Aerospace
16 43 (1.17%) Front Office
17 41 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 428 (11.67%) .NET
2 282 (7.69%) React
3 214 (5.83%) HTML
4 182 (4.96%) REST
5 168 (4.58%) CSS
6 134 (3.65%) AngularJS
7 116 (3.16%) Node.js
8 112 (3.05%) Spring
9 98 (2.67%) Kafka
9 98 (2.67%) RESTful
10 92 (2.51%) .NET Core
11 91 (2.48%) ASP.NET
12 85 (2.32%) Spring Boot
13 70 (1.91%) Web Services
14 66 (1.80%) JSON
15 56 (1.53%) .NET Framework
16 48 (1.31%) XML
17 42 (1.15%) Vue
18 39 (1.06%) YAML
19 38 (1.04%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 186 (5.07%) Product Ownership
2 119 (3.24%) Greenfield Project
3 115 (3.14%) Management Information System
4 87 (2.37%) Public Cloud
5 79 (2.15%) Algorithms
6 72 (1.96%) Cloud Native
7 56 (1.53%) Mobile App
8 51 (1.39%) Data Centre
8 51 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
8 51 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
9 46 (1.25%) Data Structures
10 41 (1.12%) Onboarding
11 39 (1.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 38 (1.04%) Fixed Income
13 37 (1.01%) Cyberattack
13 37 (1.01%) Virtual Team
14 36 (0.98%) Hedge funds
15 31 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
16 30 (0.82%) IoT
16 30 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 236 (6.43%) Windows
2 222 (6.05%) Linux
3 96 (2.62%) Windows Server
4 47 (1.28%) Unix
5 40 (1.09%) Android
5 40 (1.09%) Apple iOS
6 27 (0.74%) Windows 10
7 16 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
8 15 (0.41%) Embedded Linux
9 12 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 12 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
10 10 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
11 7 (0.19%) Ubuntu
12 5 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
12 5 (0.14%) Windows Vista
13 4 (0.11%) Mac OS
13 4 (0.11%) Windows 8
13 4 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
14 3 (0.082%) CentOS
14 3 (0.082%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,025 (27.94%) Agile
2 716 (19.52%) Mentoring
3 702 (19.14%) DevOps
4 512 (13.96%) CI/CD
5 466 (12.70%) Software Engineering
6 398 (10.85%) Roadmaps
7 397 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 382 (10.41%) Problem-Solving
9 328 (8.94%) Stakeholder Management
10 306 (8.34%) Coaching
11 303 (8.26%) Microservices
12 295 (8.04%) Analytics
12 295 (8.04%) Test Automation
13 284 (7.74%) Technical Leadership
14 280 (7.63%) Line Management
15 253 (6.90%) Scrum
16 238 (6.49%) ITIL
17 237 (6.46%) Project Delivery
18 222 (6.05%) Project Management
19 210 (5.73%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 558 (15.21%) SQL
2 508 (13.85%) Python
3 484 (13.20%) JavaScript
4 475 (12.95%) C#
5 433 (11.80%) Java
6 189 (5.15%) PowerShell
7 165 (4.50%) TypeScript
8 119 (3.24%) C++
9 97 (2.64%) Bash
10 77 (2.10%) PHP
11 68 (1.85%) Go
12 48 (1.31%) T-SQL
13 40 (1.09%) C
14 32 (0.87%) MATLAB
14 32 (0.87%) Ruby
15 31 (0.85%) Scala
16 30 (0.82%) R
17 28 (0.76%) Rust
18 22 (0.60%) Kotlin
19 14 (0.38%) Perl
Qualifications
1 473 (12.90%) Degree
2 268 (7.31%) Security Cleared
3 134 (3.65%) SC Cleared
4 112 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
5 72 (1.96%) Master's Degree
6 66 (1.80%) DV Cleared
7 64 (1.74%) CISSP
8 35 (0.95%) Azure Certification
8 35 (0.95%) BPSS Clearance
9 34 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
10 31 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
11 28 (0.76%) ITIL Certification
12 25 (0.68%) CISM
12 25 (0.68%) ISTQB
13 24 (0.65%) AWS Certification
14 22 (0.60%) CCNP
14 22 (0.60%) CISMP
15 20 (0.55%) CCNA
16 17 (0.46%) PMI Certification
17 15 (0.41%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 230 (6.27%) QA
2 88 (2.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 72 (1.96%) Data Quality
4 63 (1.72%) SLA
5 56 (1.53%) NIST
6 53 (1.44%) PMO
7 31 (0.85%) GDPR
8 30 (0.82%) Accessibility
9 26 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
10 15 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 14 (0.38%) NCSC
11 14 (0.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 13 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 12 (0.33%) PCI DSS
14 11 (0.30%) IFRS
15 10 (0.27%) GRC
16 9 (0.25%) WCAG
17 8 (0.22%) COBIT
17 8 (0.22%) SOC 2
18 6 (0.16%) ISO 26262
System Software
1 277 (7.55%) Docker
2 154 (4.20%) Active Directory
3 55 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (0.49%) Hyper-V
5 15 (0.41%) Firmware
6 12 (0.33%) vSphere
7 7 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
7 7 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
7 7 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.11%) Apache ZooKeeper
10 3 (0.082%) IAG
10 3 (0.082%) XenApp
11 2 (0.055%) HDFS
11 2 (0.055%) NFS
12 1 (0.027%) Microsoft App-V
12 1 (0.027%) Terminal Server
12 1 (0.027%) Terminal Services
12 1 (0.027%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 322 (8.78%) Kubernetes
2 223 (6.08%) Terraform
3 109 (2.97%) Ansible
4 68 (1.85%) SCCM
5 48 (1.31%) Puppet
6 33 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
7 18 (0.49%) Istio
8 14 (0.38%) FortiGate
9 12 (0.33%) Progress Chef
10 9 (0.25%) Grafana
10 9 (0.25%) Nessus
10 9 (0.25%) Prometheus
11 8 (0.22%) HP Quality Center
12 7 (0.19%) Control-M
12 7 (0.19%) Functional Safety
13 6 (0.16%) AirWatch
13 6 (0.16%) HP ALM
13 6 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
13 6 (0.16%) Red Hat Satellite
13 6 (0.16%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 524 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 166 (4.53%) SAP
3 131 (3.57%) Google
4 99 (2.70%) Oracle
5 83 (2.26%) Databricks
5 83 (2.26%) Salesforce
6 81 (2.21%) Cisco
7 79 (2.15%) VMware
8 51 (1.39%) ServiceNow
9 34 (0.93%) Adobe
10 26 (0.71%) CheckPoint
11 25 (0.68%) IBM
11 25 (0.68%) Meraki
12 22 (0.60%) Sun
13 20 (0.55%) Carbon Black
13 20 (0.55%) Red Hat
13 20 (0.55%) SolarWinds
13 20 (0.55%) Splunk
14 19 (0.52%) McAfee
15 18 (0.49%) HP