Lead Job Trends in Hillingdon

Leader
West London > Hillingdon

The median Leader salary in Hillingdon is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -12 +4 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 14 7 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Hillingdon 9.40% 18.42% 5.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.29% 18.42% 6.90%
Number of salaries quoted 13 1 1
10th Percentile £32,000 - -
25th Percentile - £63,750 £95,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £67,500 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -40.74% -32.50% +90.48%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £105,000
90th Percentile £100,800 - -
West London median annual salary £77,500 £78,750 £78,500
% change year-on-year -1.59% +0.32% +30.83%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 136 38 29
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.28% 100.00% 78.38%
Number of salaries quoted 95 24 19
10th Percentile £30,000 £20,898 £25,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,313 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £58,750 £60,875
90th Percentile £75,000 £64,750 £67,500
West London median annual salary £47,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.00% -9.09% -

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon.

Lead job vacancy trend in Hillingdon

Lead
Salary Trend in Hillingdon

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Hillingdon.

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Hillingdon

Lead
Salary Histogram in Hillingdon

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Hillingdon over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

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 1 January 2026. 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 -10 11 £40,000 -40.74% 4
Heathrow - 3 £74,000 -
Lead
West London

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Lead job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Hillingdon region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 6 (42.86%) Analytics
1 6 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) SaaS
2 4 (28.57%) DevOps
3 3 (21.43%) Agile
3 3 (21.43%) Azure
3 3 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (14.29%) Asana
4 2 (14.29%) Big Data
4 2 (14.29%) Business Case
4 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
4 2 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (14.29%) Contract Negotiation
4 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 2 (14.29%) DevSecOps
4 2 (14.29%) ERP
4 2 (14.29%) JIRA
4 2 (14.29%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 2 (14.29%) PhD
4 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Project Governance
4 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Python
4 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
4 2 (14.29%) Terraform
4 2 (14.29%) Trello

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hillingdon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) SaaS
2 3 (21.43%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (14.29%) Asana
4 1 (7.14%) AWS
4 1 (7.14%) Figma
4 1 (7.14%) Pulumi
4 1 (7.14%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (7.14%) Aviation
2 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Driving Licence
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) Analytics
1 6 (42.86%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (28.57%) DevOps
3 3 (21.43%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) Business Case
4 2 (14.29%) Business Strategy
4 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (14.29%) Contract Negotiation
4 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 2 (14.29%) DevSecOps
4 2 (14.29%) ERP
4 2 (14.29%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (14.29%) Mentoring
4 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 2 (14.29%) Project Governance
4 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
4 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (14.29%) Supplier Management
4 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Python
2 1 (7.14%) Bash
2 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) PhD
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) Terraform
2 1 (7.14%) Ansible
2 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Adobe
1 1 (7.14%) Salesforce