Lead Jobs in Oxfordshire

Leader
South East > Oxfordshire

The median Leader salary in Oxfordshire 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 52 29 34
Rank change year-on-year -23 +5 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 22 105 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 3.18% 5.86% 7.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.59% 6.13% 8.84%
Number of salaries quoted 21 91 73
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £52,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £45,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -8.70% -32.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £83,750 £105,000
South East median annual salary £70,000 £62,084 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.75% -8.02% +2.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Oxfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Oxfordshire. 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 Oxfordshire with a recognized job title 613 1,714 1,244
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.58% 95.59% 84.51%
Number of salaries quoted 314 1,330 776
10th Percentile £29,050 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -1.87%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,375 £70,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Oxfordshire

Lead
Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Salary trend for Lead in Oxfordshire

Lead
Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

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

Salary histogram for Lead in Oxfordshire

Lead
Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 30 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
Oxford +5 13 £75,000 +20.00% 89
Abingdon +11 2 £65,000 +31.59% 3
Lead
South East

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

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 Oxfordshire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Python
2 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (22.73%) ITIL
3 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
3 5 (22.73%) Roadmaps
4 4 (18.18%) NIST
4 4 (18.18%) React
4 4 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 4 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
4 4 (18.18%) Security Operations
4 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
4 4 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (18.18%) Agile
4 4 (18.18%) Azure
4 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
4 4 (18.18%) Strategic Planning
5 3 (13.64%) Ruby
5 3 (13.64%) Finance
5 3 (13.64%) Ruby on Rails
5 3 (13.64%) TDD
5 3 (13.64%) CMS
5 3 (13.64%) SAP
5 3 (13.64%) CRM
5 3 (13.64%) SQL
5 3 (13.64%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (13.64%) Strategic Thinking
5 3 (13.64%) Decision-Making
5 3 (13.64%) Architectural Design
5 3 (13.64%) Tech for Good

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 (13.64%) CMS
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Azure
1 4 (18.18%) Entra ID
2 2 (9.09%) AWS
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.55%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.55%) PowerApps
3 1 (4.55%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) MySQL
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Tech for Good
3 1 (4.55%) Legal
3 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) React
2 3 (13.64%) Ruby on Rails
3 1 (4.55%) Django
3 1 (4.55%) Flask
3 1 (4.55%) Laravel
3 1 (4.55%) REST
3 1 (4.55%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
2 5 (22.73%) ITIL
2 5 (22.73%) Roadmaps
3 4 (18.18%) Agile
3 4 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
3 4 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
3 4 (18.18%) Security Operations
3 4 (18.18%) Software Engineering
3 4 (18.18%) Strategic Planning
4 3 (13.64%) Architectural Design
4 3 (13.64%) CRM
4 3 (13.64%) Decision-Making
4 3 (13.64%) Strategic Thinking
4 3 (13.64%) TDD
5 2 (9.09%) Change Advisory Board
5 2 (9.09%) CI/CD
5 2 (9.09%) Incident Response
5 2 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (9.09%) Project Delivery
5 2 (9.09%) Risk Register
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) Python
2 3 (13.64%) Ruby
2 3 (13.64%) SQL
3 2 (9.09%) ABAP
3 2 (9.09%) PHP
4 1 (4.55%) Go
4 1 (4.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) NIST
2 2 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (9.09%) PCI DSS
2 2 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) SAP
3 2 (9.09%) Cisco
3 2 (9.09%) Oracle