Lead Jobs in Hampshire

Leader
South East > Hampshire

The median Leader salary in Hampshire is £60,000 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 40 18 32
Rank change year-on-year -22 +14 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 94 373 187
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 4.75% 8.82% 6.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.99% 9.32% 7.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67 315 147
10th Percentile £48,500 £31,250 £51,400
25th Percentile £56,375 £49,941 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +7.26%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £81,875
90th Percentile £78,500 £92,500 £85,000
South East median annual salary £70,000 £62,084 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.75% -8.02% +2.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,884 4,002 2,641
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.20% 94.68% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,130 3,115 1,968
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.54% +1.90%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,725
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Hampshire

Lead
Salary Trend in Hampshire

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

Salary trend for Lead in Hampshire

Lead
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

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

Salary histogram for Lead in Hampshire

Lead
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Hampshire 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
Portsmouth -23 23 £56,250 +2.27% 90
Southampton -4 14 £60,000 +9.09% 92
Basingstoke -6 13 £62,875 -16.17% 91
Farnborough -7 11 £67,500 -6.90% 1
Fareham -4 10 £50,000 -25.93% 1
Andover - 8 £67,500 -
Waterlooville - 4 £60,000 -
Petersfield -3 3 £60,000 +4.35%
Gosport -13 3 £60,000 +3.45%
Southsea - 3 £60,000 -
Yateley +3 1 £70,000 - 1
Lead
South East

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

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 Hampshire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 34 (36.17%) Agile
1 34 (36.17%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (27.66%) C#
2 26 (27.66%) Social Skills
3 24 (25.53%) Azure
4 23 (24.47%) Java
5 22 (23.40%) Test Automation
5 22 (23.40%) Security Cleared
5 22 (23.40%) Containerisation
6 20 (21.28%) Microsoft
6 20 (21.28%) Scrum
7 18 (19.15%) SC Cleared
7 18 (19.15%) Line Management
7 18 (19.15%) Rust
8 17 (18.09%) DevOps
8 17 (18.09%) Software Engineering
9 15 (15.96%) Roadmaps
9 15 (15.96%) Systems Engineering
10 14 (14.89%) Artificial Intelligence
10 14 (14.89%) Degree
10 14 (14.89%) Cybersecurity
11 13 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (11.70%) VMware
12 11 (11.70%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (10.64%) Process Improvement
13 10 (10.64%) JavaScript
14 9 (9.57%) Microservices
15 8 (8.51%) Aviation
15 8 (8.51%) Ansible
15 8 (8.51%) API Integration

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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 4 (4.26%) Apache
2 2 (2.13%) IIS
2 2 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.06%) Apache Solr
3 1 (1.06%) CMS
3 1 (1.06%) nginx
3 1 (1.06%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (1.06%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (2.13%) Infor LN
1 2 (2.13%) SAP BPC
2 1 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 24 (25.53%) Azure
2 6 (6.38%) SaaS
3 5 (5.32%) AWS
4 3 (3.19%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (2.13%) GCP
5 2 (2.13%) Pulumi
6 1 (1.06%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (1.06%) Datadog
6 1 (1.06%) Google Kubernetes Engine
6 1 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (1.06%) Nutanix
6 1 (1.06%) Serverless
6 1 (1.06%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (7.45%) TCP/IP
2 6 (6.38%) Firewall
2 6 (6.38%) Network Security
3 3 (3.19%) DNS
3 3 (3.19%) NAS
4 2 (2.13%) Broadband
4 2 (2.13%) Intrusion Detection
4 2 (2.13%) SMTP
5 1 (1.06%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.06%) HTTPS
5 1 (1.06%) IPsec
5 1 (1.06%) Modbus
5 1 (1.06%) MQTT
5 1 (1.06%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.51%) MongoDB
2 3 (3.19%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.13%) RDBMS
3 2 (2.13%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.13%) Tableau
4 1 (1.06%) Couchbase
4 1 (1.06%) MySQL
4 1 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.06%) Redis
Development Applications
1 2 (2.13%) Jaeger
1 2 (2.13%) Oracle Forms
2 1 (1.06%) Git
2 1 (1.06%) GitLab
2 1 (1.06%) JIRA
General
1 26 (27.66%) Social Skills
2 8 (8.51%) Aviation
3 7 (7.45%) Aerospace
4 6 (6.38%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.38%) Manufacturing
4 6 (6.38%) Marketing
4 6 (6.38%) Tech for Good
5 4 (4.26%) Finance
6 3 (3.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.19%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.13%) Police
7 2 (2.13%) Retail
8 1 (1.06%) Advertising
8 1 (1.06%) Banking
8 1 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.06%) Games
8 1 (1.06%) Legal
8 1 (1.06%) Military
8 1 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.06%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.51%) .NET
1 8 (8.51%) Kafka
2 7 (7.45%) React
3 6 (6.38%) REST
4 5 (5.32%) .NET Core
4 5 (5.32%) AngularJS
4 5 (5.32%) Blazor
5 3 (3.19%) Node.js
6 2 (2.13%) ASP.NET
6 2 (2.13%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (2.13%) GraphQL
6 2 (2.13%) OpenTelemetry
6 2 (2.13%) YAML
7 1 (1.06%) CSS
7 1 (1.06%) FastAPI
7 1 (1.06%) Next.js
7 1 (1.06%) PyTorch
7 1 (1.06%) TensorFlow
7 1 (1.06%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 1 (1.06%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.51%) Management Information System
1 8 (8.51%) Robotics
2 3 (3.19%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (2.13%) PKI
3 2 (2.13%) Virtual Reality
4 1 (1.06%) Acoustics
4 1 (1.06%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.06%) Biopharmaceutical
4 1 (1.06%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.06%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.06%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (1.06%) EPoS
4 1 (1.06%) Industry 4.0
4 1 (1.06%) IoT
4 1 (1.06%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.06%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.06%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.45%) Linux
2 6 (6.38%) Android
2 6 (6.38%) Apple iOS
2 6 (6.38%) Windows
3 2 (2.13%) CentOS
3 2 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (2.13%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (36.17%) Agile
1 34 (36.17%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (23.40%) Containerisation
2 22 (23.40%) Test Automation
3 20 (21.28%) Scrum
4 18 (19.15%) Line Management
5 17 (18.09%) DevOps
5 17 (18.09%) Software Engineering
6 15 (15.96%) Roadmaps
6 15 (15.96%) Systems Engineering
7 14 (14.89%) Artificial Intelligence
7 14 (14.89%) Cybersecurity
8 13 (13.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (10.64%) Process Improvement
10 9 (9.57%) Microservices
11 8 (8.51%) API Integration
12 7 (7.45%) Change Management
12 7 (7.45%) Computer Science
12 7 (7.45%) Mentoring
12 7 (7.45%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (27.66%) C#
2 23 (24.47%) Java
3 18 (19.15%) Rust
4 10 (10.64%) JavaScript
5 8 (8.51%) Python
6 4 (4.26%) PHP
7 3 (3.19%) Bash
8 2 (2.13%) C++
8 2 (2.13%) Go
8 2 (2.13%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.06%) C
9 1 (1.06%) MATLAB
9 1 (1.06%) Scala
9 1 (1.06%) SQL
9 1 (1.06%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (23.40%) Security Cleared
2 18 (19.15%) SC Cleared
3 14 (14.89%) Degree
4 11 (11.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (6.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (4.26%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.19%) HNC
8 2 (2.13%) ACCA
8 2 (2.13%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.13%) CIMA
8 2 (2.13%) CISSP
8 2 (2.13%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (1.06%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (1.06%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (7.45%) Def Stans
3 6 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (6.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 6 (6.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 5 (5.32%) QA
5 4 (4.26%) GDPR
6 3 (3.19%) PCI DSS
7 2 (2.13%) GAAP
7 2 (2.13%) GRC
7 2 (2.13%) IFRS
7 2 (2.13%) NIST
8 1 (1.06%) Accessibility
8 1 (1.06%) COBIT
8 1 (1.06%) RMADS
System Software
1 4 (4.26%) Docker
2 3 (3.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.13%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.06%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.06%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (8.51%) Ansible
2 6 (6.38%) ArcSight ESM
2 6 (6.38%) Kubernetes
2 6 (6.38%) QRadar
2 6 (6.38%) Terraform
3 3 (3.19%) EMC VPLEX
3 3 (3.19%) Prometheus
4 2 (2.13%) Argo
4 2 (2.13%) Kustomize
4 2 (2.13%) RSA Archer
5 1 (1.06%) Functional Safety
5 1 (1.06%) Grafana
5 1 (1.06%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.06%) Puppet
Vendors
1 20 (21.28%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.70%) VMware
3 6 (6.38%) ArcSight
3 6 (6.38%) LogLogic
3 6 (6.38%) McAfee
3 6 (6.38%) Splunk
4 3 (3.19%) EMC
4 3 (3.19%) Google
4 3 (3.19%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.19%) SAP
5 2 (2.13%) Cognos
5 2 (2.13%) Infor
5 2 (2.13%) Oracle
5 2 (2.13%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.06%) AVEVA
6 1 (1.06%) Databricks
6 1 (1.06%) Progress
6 1 (1.06%) Rockwell
6 1 (1.06%) Siemens