Lead Jobs in Oxford

Leader
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The median Leader salary in Oxford is £75,000 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 21 26 17
Rank change year-on-year +5 -9 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 13 43 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxford 6.31% 6.41% 7.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.07% 6.71% 9.16%
Number of salaries quoted 12 36 34
10th Percentile £51,250 £45,000 -
25th Percentile £54,063 £48,750 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +8.70% +27.78%
75th Percentile £97,500 £77,750 £81,250
90th Percentile - £83,750 £100,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £75,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +42.86% -8.70% -32.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Oxford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxford. 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 Oxford with a recognized job title 184 641 371
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.32% 95.53% 83.94%
Number of salaries quoted 108 473 258
10th Percentile £43,000 £30,000 £29,150
25th Percentile £51,625 £40,000 £41,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £64,750 £70,450
90th Percentile £95,000 £75,000 £85,000
Oxfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -1.87%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Oxford

Lead
Salary Trend in Oxford

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

Salary trend for Lead in Oxford

Lead
Salary Histogram in Oxford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Oxford over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead in Oxford

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 Oxford region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 5 (38.46%) Python
2 4 (30.77%) Software Engineering
2 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (30.77%) React
2 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Tech for Good
3 3 (23.08%) NIST
3 3 (23.08%) Architectural Design
3 3 (23.08%) Ruby
3 3 (23.08%) CMS
3 3 (23.08%) Agile
3 3 (23.08%) TDD
3 3 (23.08%) Ruby on Rails
3 3 (23.08%) CRM
3 3 (23.08%) ITIL
3 3 (23.08%) SQL
3 3 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
4 2 (15.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (15.38%) ABAP
4 2 (15.38%) SAP
4 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
4 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
4 2 (15.38%) Incident Response

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxford 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 3 (23.08%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) Azure
1 2 (15.38%) Entra ID
2 1 (7.69%) AWS
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Tech for Good
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (30.77%) React
2 3 (23.08%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
1 4 (30.77%) Software Engineering
2 3 (23.08%) Agile
2 3 (23.08%) Architectural Design
2 3 (23.08%) CRM
2 3 (23.08%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (23.08%) ITIL
2 3 (23.08%) TDD
3 2 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (15.38%) Incident Response
3 2 (15.38%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (15.38%) PRINCE2
3 2 (15.38%) Project Delivery
3 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
3 2 (15.38%) Security Operations
3 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (15.38%) Strategic Planning
3 2 (15.38%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (15.38%) Test Strategy
4 1 (7.69%) Change Advisory Board
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) Python
2 3 (23.08%) Ruby
2 3 (23.08%) SQL
3 2 (15.38%) ABAP
4 1 (7.69%) Go
4 1 (7.69%) PHP
4 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) NIST
2 2 (15.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (15.38%) PCI DSS
2 2 (15.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
1 2 (15.38%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) Cisco
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle