Lead Jobs in Hillingdon

Leader
West London > Hillingdon

The median Leader salary in Hillingdon is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 9 13 27
Rank change year-on-year +4 +14 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 15 25 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hillingdon 20.27% 13.74% 5.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 21.74% 14.79% 6.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 9
10th Percentile £59,750 - -
25th Percentile £63,125 - £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - £47,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -35.17%
75th Percentile £80,625 - £55,250
90th Percentile £83,250 - £82,250
West London median annual salary £70,000 £82,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -15.15% +54.21% -28.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hillingdon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hillingdon. 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 Hillingdon with a recognized job title 69 169 180
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.24% 92.86% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 17 76 125
10th Percentile £47,100 £26,000 £30,700
25th Percentile £56,250 £28,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £40,000 £48,687
Median % change year-on-year +56.25% -17.84% -17.13%
75th Percentile £76,250 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £82,000 £82,500 £80,000
West London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% -16.67%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Hillingdon

Lead
Salary Trend in Hillingdon

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

Salary trend for Lead in Hillingdon

Lead
Salary Histogram in Hillingdon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Hillingdon over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead in Hillingdon

Lead
Job Locations in Hillingdon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 28 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
Uxbridge +3 7 £72,500 - 3
West Drayton +5 3 - - 4
Ruislip -3 2 - -
Lead
West London

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Hillingdon region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 11 (73.33%) Broadband
1 11 (73.33%) Product Management
1 11 (73.33%) High Availability
1 11 (73.33%) Mentoring
1 11 (73.33%) Problem-Solving
1 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
1 11 (73.33%) Roadmaps
2 10 (66.67%) Degree
3 9 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 9 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (53.33%) Broadcast Engineering
5 3 (20.00%) Agile
5 3 (20.00%) Java
5 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (20.00%) Unix
5 3 (20.00%) Linux
5 3 (20.00%) Python
5 3 (20.00%) RDBMS
5 3 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (20.00%) Budget Control
5 3 (20.00%) AWS
5 3 (20.00%) Bash
5 3 (20.00%) Resource Management
5 3 (20.00%) Google
5 3 (20.00%) Prometheus
5 3 (20.00%) Task Automation
5 3 (20.00%) NoSQL
5 3 (20.00%) Cost Optimisation
5 3 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (20.00%) OpenTelemetry

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hillingdon 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 1 (6.67%) SAP GRC
1 1 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) AWS
1 3 (20.00%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 11 (73.33%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) NoSQL
1 3 (20.00%) RDBMS
1 3 (20.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (6.67%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Jaeger
General
1 11 (73.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (13.33%) Manufacturing
3 2 (13.33%) Multimedia
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Law
4 1 (6.67%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (20.00%) Elastic Stack
1 3 (20.00%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (6.67%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Security Posture
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Linux
1 3 (20.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (73.33%) High Availability
1 11 (73.33%) Mentoring
1 11 (73.33%) Problem-Solving
1 11 (73.33%) Product Management
1 11 (73.33%) Roadmaps
2 9 (60.00%) Computer Science
3 8 (53.33%) Broadcast Engineering
4 3 (20.00%) Agile
4 3 (20.00%) Budget Control
4 3 (20.00%) Containerisation
4 3 (20.00%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (20.00%) Cost Optimisation
4 3 (20.00%) DevOps
4 3 (20.00%) GitOps
4 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 3 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 3 (20.00%) Resource Management
4 3 (20.00%) Task Automation
5 2 (13.33%) Incident Response
5 2 (13.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Bash
1 3 (20.00%) Go
1 3 (20.00%) Java
1 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (66.67%) Degree
2 9 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (20.00%) AWS Certification
4 1 (6.67%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (6.67%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) Good Clinical Practice
1 1 (6.67%) GRC
1 1 (6.67%) ITGC
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Ansible
1 3 (20.00%) Argo
1 3 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 3 (20.00%) Kustomize
1 3 (20.00%) Prometheus
1 3 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (6.67%) SAP