Project Leader Jobs in London

Project Lead
England > London

The median Project Lead salary in London is £85,000 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 386 494 591
Rank change year-on-year +108 +97 +261
Permanent jobs requiring a Project Leader 7 13 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.055% 0.054% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% 0.057% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 14
10th Percentile £68,125 - £55,475
25th Percentile £71,250 £60,000 £63,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £63,035 £70,175
Median % change year-on-year +34.85% -10.17% -3.87%
75th Percentile £90,000 £81,480 £90,000
90th Percentile - £97,500 -
England median annual salary £67,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -4.55% -2.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 11,455 22,637 31,177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.43% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,909 16,798 22,986
10th Percentile £40,971 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Project Leader
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Project Leader in London

Project Leader
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Project Leader in London

Project Leader
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Project Leader in London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Project Leader in London

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Project Leader 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 Project Leader in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Agile
1 5 (71.43%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
4 2 (28.57%) Finance
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) Azure
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Logistics
4 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 1 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (14.29%) Business Process Analysis
5 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
5 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (14.29%) Business Case
5 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (14.29%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
5 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
5 1 (14.29%) Web Development
5 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
5 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Management

Project Leader 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
2 1 (14.29%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) FMCG
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
1 5 (71.43%) Project Management
2 4 (57.14%) Project Delivery
3 3 (42.86%) Waterfall
4 2 (28.57%) Logistics
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
5 1 (14.29%) Change Management
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Performance Management
5 1 (14.29%) Programme Management
5 1 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (14.29%) Resource Management
5 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
5 1 (14.29%) System Integration Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Test Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow