Lead Jobs in London

Leader
England > London

The median Leader salary in London is £90,000 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 17 26 33
Rank change year-on-year +9 +7 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1,754 4,137 4,403
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 9.38% 8.64% 8.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.87% 9.07% 8.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,443 2,904 2,979
10th Percentile £60,040 £56,250 £56,750
25th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £87,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +2.94% +6.25%
75th Percentile £110,000 £105,000 £103,500
90th Percentile £125,000 £122,500 £118,750
England median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% +7.14% +3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 17,763 45,587 49,491
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.94% 95.20% 95.66%
Number of salaries quoted 14,283 31,698 33,935
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £112,500 £107,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in London

Lead
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Lead in London

Lead
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Lead in London

Lead
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the London 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
Central London +15 409 £95,000 +8.57% 113
South London +19 26 £50,950 -15.08% 10
West London +22 22 £76,000 +44.76% 31
East London +6 13 £110,000 +64.79% 97
North London +10 6 £55,750 -25.67% 4
Lead
England

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

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 London region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 568 (32.38%) Finance
2 539 (30.73%) Azure
3 468 (26.68%) Agile
4 395 (22.52%) Social Skills
5 363 (20.70%) DevOps
6 357 (20.35%) AWS
7 345 (19.67%) Mentoring
8 308 (17.56%) CI/CD
9 253 (14.42%) SQL
10 252 (14.37%) Java
11 251 (14.31%) Python
12 247 (14.08%) C#
13 212 (12.09%) JavaScript
14 206 (11.74%) Microsoft
15 203 (11.57%) Roadmaps
16 189 (10.78%) Degree
17 188 (10.72%) .NET
18 181 (10.32%) Problem-Solving
19 175 (9.98%) Continuous Improvement
19 175 (9.98%) Fintech
20 170 (9.69%) React
20 170 (9.69%) Software Engineering
21 166 (9.46%) Stakeholder Management
22 154 (8.78%) Microservices
23 149 (8.49%) Terraform
24 148 (8.44%) GCP
25 146 (8.32%) Kubernetes
26 142 (8.10%) Analytics
26 142 (8.10%) Azure DevOps
26 142 (8.10%) Inclusion and Diversity

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 52 (2.96%) SharePoint
2 40 (2.28%) Confluence
3 35 (2.00%) Apache Spark
4 16 (0.91%) Apache
5 14 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
6 13 (0.74%) IIS
7 8 (0.46%) MS Exchange
8 6 (0.34%) CMS
9 5 (0.29%) IBM HTTP Server
9 5 (0.29%) nginx
9 5 (0.29%) NServiceBus
10 4 (0.23%) Camunda
11 3 (0.17%) Jupyter
11 3 (0.17%) WordPress
12 2 (0.11%) Apache Pig
12 2 (0.11%) Cloud Foundry
12 2 (0.11%) Luigi
12 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.057%) Ethereum
13 1 (0.057%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 30 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.80%) MS Visio
3 11 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.34%) Chatbot
6 5 (0.29%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
7 4 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
7 4 (0.23%) Sketch
8 3 (0.17%) InVision
9 1 (0.057%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.057%) InCopy
9 1 (0.057%) Marvel
9 1 (0.057%) Open Workbench
9 1 (0.057%) Trello
9 1 (0.057%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 20 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 18 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.51%) Unit4 Business World
4 7 (0.40%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.34%) Adaptiv
5 6 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
5 6 (0.34%) SAP Business One
6 4 (0.23%) Oracle Assets
6 4 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
6 4 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
6 4 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
6 4 (0.23%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.23%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.17%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.17%) Oracle Payroll
8 2 (0.11%) SAP CRM
8 2 (0.11%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.11%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 539 (30.73%) Azure
2 357 (20.35%) AWS
3 148 (8.44%) GCP
4 142 (8.10%) Azure DevOps
5 102 (5.82%) Microsoft 365
6 97 (5.53%) Power Platform
7 87 (4.96%) SaaS
8 73 (4.16%) Serverless
9 63 (3.59%) GitHub
10 38 (2.17%) Entra ID
11 36 (2.05%) Cloud Computing
11 36 (2.05%) PaaS
12 33 (1.88%) Azure Service Bus
12 33 (1.88%) PowerApps
13 31 (1.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 28 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
15 26 (1.48%) Azure Functions
15 26 (1.48%) Power Automate
16 22 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
17 21 (1.20%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.57%) Firewall
2 33 (1.88%) DNS
3 26 (1.48%) WAN
4 24 (1.37%) LAN
5 23 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
6 22 (1.25%) DHCP
6 22 (1.25%) MPLS
7 21 (1.20%) BGP
8 18 (1.03%) VPN
9 15 (0.86%) Network Security
10 13 (0.74%) HTTP
10 13 (0.74%) Internet
11 12 (0.68%) IOS XR
12 10 (0.57%) OSPF
12 10 (0.57%) Unified Communications
13 8 (0.46%) VoIP
14 7 (0.40%) VLAN
15 6 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
15 6 (0.34%) TCP/IP
15 6 (0.34%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (7.13%) SQL Server
2 71 (4.05%) NoSQL
3 69 (3.93%) Power BI
4 46 (2.62%) Big Data
5 42 (2.39%) MongoDB
6 39 (2.22%) Data Lake
7 35 (2.00%) Hadoop
8 33 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
9 30 (1.71%) Relational Database
10 29 (1.65%) MySQL
10 29 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
11 26 (1.48%) BigQuery
12 23 (1.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 22 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
13 22 (1.25%) Tableau
14 16 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 13 (0.74%) Apache Hive
15 13 (0.74%) Elasticsearch
15 13 (0.74%) Metadata
16 12 (0.68%) Looker
Development Applications
1 85 (4.85%) Jenkins
2 79 (4.50%) JIRA
3 78 (4.45%) Git
4 50 (2.85%) Selenium
5 43 (2.45%) Cucumber
6 26 (1.48%) Postman
7 24 (1.37%) Gradle
8 22 (1.25%) JUnit
9 21 (1.20%) GitLab
10 18 (1.03%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 17 (0.97%) WebDriver
12 16 (0.91%) Cypress.io
13 15 (0.86%) Maven
14 13 (0.74%) Visual Studio Team System
15 12 (0.68%) TeamCity
16 11 (0.63%) JMeter
16 11 (0.63%) SpecFlow
17 10 (0.57%) Visual Studio
18 9 (0.51%) Octopus Deploy
19 8 (0.46%) Bitbucket
General
1 568 (32.38%) Finance
2 395 (22.52%) Social Skills
3 142 (8.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 137 (7.81%) Banking
5 118 (6.73%) Analytical Skills
6 88 (5.02%) Retail
7 50 (2.85%) Marketing
8 45 (2.57%) Influencing Skills
9 44 (2.51%) Legal
10 43 (2.45%) Front Office
11 40 (2.28%) Financial Institution
12 34 (1.94%) Games
12 34 (1.94%) Public Sector
13 32 (1.82%) Law
13 32 (1.82%) Telecoms
14 30 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
15 25 (1.43%) Investment Banking
16 20 (1.14%) Back Office
17 19 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
18 15 (0.86%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (10.72%) .NET
2 170 (9.69%) React
3 136 (7.75%) REST
4 89 (5.07%) CSS
5 88 (5.02%) HTML
6 85 (4.85%) Spring
7 74 (4.22%) AngularJS
8 72 (4.10%) Kafka
9 59 (3.36%) Spring Boot
10 52 (2.96%) Node.js
10 52 (2.96%) RESTful
11 46 (2.62%) ASP.NET
12 39 (2.22%) Web Services
13 38 (2.17%) .NET Core
14 33 (1.88%) React Native
15 32 (1.82%) JSON
16 27 (1.54%) YAML
17 26 (1.48%) Micronaut
18 24 (1.37%) PySpark
19 23 (1.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 92 (5.25%) Greenfield Project
2 73 (4.16%) Product Ownership
3 44 (2.51%) Algorithms
4 40 (2.28%) Management Information System
5 39 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
5 39 (2.22%) Mobile App
6 38 (2.17%) Fixed Income
7 36 (2.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 36 (2.05%) Hedge funds
8 35 (2.00%) Cloud Native
9 34 (1.94%) Public Cloud
10 33 (1.88%) Data Centre
11 24 (1.37%) Data Structures
12 23 (1.31%) Derivative
13 22 (1.25%) Renewable Energy
14 17 (0.97%) Equities
15 14 (0.80%) Onboarding
16 13 (0.74%) IoT
16 13 (0.74%) Reinsurance
17 12 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 119 (6.78%) Linux
2 99 (5.64%) Windows
3 47 (2.68%) Windows Server
4 37 (2.11%) Unix
5 20 (1.14%) Windows 10
6 17 (0.97%) Apple iOS
7 16 (0.91%) Android
8 11 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 8 (0.46%) Embedded Linux
9 8 (0.46%) Windows Server 2016
10 6 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
11 5 (0.29%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.11%) Debian
12 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.11%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.057%) CentOS
13 1 (0.057%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.057%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 468 (26.68%) Agile
2 363 (20.70%) DevOps
3 345 (19.67%) Mentoring
4 308 (17.56%) CI/CD
5 203 (11.57%) Roadmaps
6 181 (10.32%) Problem-Solving
7 175 (9.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 175 (9.98%) Fintech
8 170 (9.69%) Software Engineering
9 166 (9.46%) Stakeholder Management
10 154 (8.78%) Microservices
11 142 (8.10%) Analytics
12 131 (7.47%) Computer Science
13 128 (7.30%) Full Stack Development
14 126 (7.18%) Test Automation
15 125 (7.13%) Scrum
16 121 (6.90%) Technical Leadership
17 107 (6.10%) Line Management
18 98 (5.59%) TDD
18 98 (5.59%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 253 (14.42%) SQL
2 252 (14.37%) Java
3 251 (14.31%) Python
4 247 (14.08%) C#
5 212 (12.09%) JavaScript
6 109 (6.21%) PowerShell
7 70 (3.99%) TypeScript
8 61 (3.48%) Bash
9 54 (3.08%) C++
10 43 (2.45%) PHP
11 25 (1.43%) Go
12 19 (1.08%) Kotlin
13 17 (0.97%) Ruby
14 16 (0.91%) Scala
14 16 (0.91%) T-SQL
15 14 (0.80%) C
16 13 (0.74%) Korn
17 12 (0.68%) R
17 12 (0.68%) Rust
18 10 (0.57%) Perl
Qualifications
1 189 (10.78%) Degree
2 56 (3.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 46 (2.62%) Master's Degree
4 44 (2.51%) Security Cleared
5 25 (1.43%) CISSP
6 23 (1.31%) ITIL Certification
6 23 (1.31%) SC Cleared
7 13 (0.74%) PMP
8 11 (0.63%) Azure Certification
8 11 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (0.63%) PMI Certification
9 10 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
10 9 (0.51%) CISM
10 9 (0.51%) PhD
11 8 (0.46%) GIAC
11 8 (0.46%) ISEB
12 7 (0.40%) ISTQB
13 6 (0.34%) CCNP
13 6 (0.34%) CISMP
13 6 (0.34%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (6.27%) QA
2 49 (2.79%) Data Quality
3 37 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (1.60%) PMO
5 25 (1.43%) SLA
6 22 (1.25%) NIST
7 20 (1.14%) Accessibility
8 15 (0.86%) GDPR
9 8 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 7 (0.40%) COBIT
10 7 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.34%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 6 (0.34%) SOC 2
12 5 (0.29%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.29%) WCAG
13 4 (0.23%) EMIR
13 4 (0.23%) GRC
13 4 (0.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.23%) NCSC
14 2 (0.11%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 122 (6.96%) Docker
2 86 (4.90%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.29%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.23%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 3 (0.17%) IAG
6 3 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.17%) XenApp
7 2 (0.11%) HDFS
7 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.057%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.057%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.057%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 149 (8.49%) Terraform
2 146 (8.32%) Kubernetes
3 76 (4.33%) Ansible
4 21 (1.20%) SCCM
5 19 (1.08%) Puppet
6 13 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
7 6 (0.34%) Control-M
7 6 (0.34%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 6 (0.34%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.34%) Red Hat Satellite
7 6 (0.34%) SafeCom
8 5 (0.29%) HP ALM
8 5 (0.29%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.23%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.23%) Grafana
9 4 (0.23%) Single Sign-On
10 3 (0.17%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (0.17%) Istio
10 3 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
10 3 (0.17%) WSUS
Vendors
1 206 (11.74%) Microsoft
2 69 (3.93%) Google
3 58 (3.31%) Oracle
4 55 (3.14%) SAP
5 53 (3.02%) Databricks
6 40 (2.28%) Salesforce
7 37 (2.11%) Cisco
8 25 (1.43%) VMware
9 20 (1.14%) Carbon Black
9 20 (1.14%) ServiceNow
10 18 (1.03%) ArcSight
10 18 (1.03%) CyberArk
10 18 (1.03%) McAfee
11 15 (0.86%) Adobe
12 14 (0.80%) Red Hat
13 13 (0.74%) Meraki
13 13 (0.74%) Splunk
14 12 (0.68%) CheckPoint
14 12 (0.68%) IBM
14 12 (0.68%) Informatica