Lead Jobs in North London

Leader
London > North London

The median Leader salary in North London is £69,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 24 25
Rank change year-on-year +10 +1 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 13 6 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in North London 7.34% 4.11% 2.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.56% 4.35% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 1
10th Percentile £60,625 - -
25th Percentile £62,188 £52,475 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,250 £62,475 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.84% +78.50% -41.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,813 -
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,375 -
London median annual salary £90,000 £87,500 £90,000
% change year-on-year +2.86% -2.78% +2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in North 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 North London with a recognized job title 136 138 116
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 76.84% 94.52% 85.93%
Number of salaries quoted 32 126 57
10th Percentile £41,250 £30,000 £28,650
25th Percentile £47,500 £38,680 £32,377
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.45% +4.76% +11.11%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,063 £66,000
90th Percentile £79,500 £73,750 £82,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in North London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in North London

Lead
Salary Trend in North London

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

Salary trend for Lead in North London

Lead
Salary Histogram in North London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in North London over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead in North London

Lead
Job Locations in North London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the North London region over the 6 months to 11 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
Barnet - 5 - -
Enfield -4 3 £68,500 -
Lead
London

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 North London region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Computer Science
1 8 (61.54%) Degree
1 8 (61.54%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (61.54%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
1 8 (61.54%) Roadmaps
2 7 (53.85%) Broadcast Engineering
2 7 (53.85%) Product Management
2 7 (53.85%) High Availability
2 7 (53.85%) Mentoring
2 7 (53.85%) Broadband
3 4 (30.77%) Finance
4 3 (23.08%) Multimedia
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
4 3 (23.08%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) Logistics
6 1 (7.69%) JIRA
6 1 (7.69%) QA
6 1 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (7.69%) Integration Testing
6 1 (7.69%) Test Management
6 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
6 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
6 1 (7.69%) Power BI
6 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
6 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (7.69%) Test Strategy
6 1 (7.69%) DevOps
6 1 (7.69%) Test Planning

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in North 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 (7.69%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (53.85%) Broadband
2 1 (7.69%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 8 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Finance
3 3 (23.08%) Multimedia
4 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.69%) FPGA
1 1 (7.69%) Verilog
1 1 (7.69%) VHDL
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (61.54%) Computer Science
1 8 (61.54%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (61.54%) Roadmaps
2 7 (53.85%) Broadcast Engineering
2 7 (53.85%) High Availability
2 7 (53.85%) Mentoring
2 7 (53.85%) Product Management
3 2 (15.38%) Logistics
4 1 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (7.69%) Configuration Management
4 1 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (7.69%) DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) Integration Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Project Planning
4 1 (7.69%) Resilience Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Software Testing
4 1 (7.69%) Test Management
4 1 (7.69%) Test Planning
4 1 (7.69%) Test Strategy
4 1 (7.69%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) C
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
1 1 (7.69%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (61.54%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Intel
2 1 (7.69%) Microsemi
2 1 (7.69%) VMware
2 1 (7.69%) Xilinx