Lead Jobs in the South East

Leader
England > South East

The median Leader salary in the South East is £65,000 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 43 37 34
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 413 1,221 1,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 5.33% 7.01% 7.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.63% 7.34% 8.19%
Number of salaries quoted 290 846 844
10th Percentile £46,500 £46,250 £43,400
25th Percentile £55,625 £55,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £92,500 £88,750
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
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 7,331 16,638 17,544
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 95.55% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 5,038 10,409 12,243
10th Percentile £29,750 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,500 £84,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the South East

Lead
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead in the South East.

Salary trend for Lead in the South East

Lead
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Lead in the South East

Lead
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the South East 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
Thames Valley -18 177 £67,500 +2.27% 94
Hampshire +10 89 £72,500 +3.57% 38
Berkshire -39 77 £80,000 +14.29% 39
Buckinghamshire -3 51 £67,500 +3.85% 22
Oxfordshire +14 49 £63,000 +5.00% 33
Surrey -6 49 £65,000 -7.14% 21
East Sussex -1 47 £65,000 -3.70% 3
Kent +20 30 £56,250 -6.25% 17
West Sussex +10 24 £61,500 +2.50% 10
Middlesex +15 2 - - 1
Lead
England

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 103 (24.94%) Azure
2 102 (24.70%) Social Skills
3 84 (20.34%) Finance
4 76 (18.40%) Agile
5 74 (17.92%) Mentoring
6 71 (17.19%) AWS
6 71 (17.19%) Microsoft
7 66 (15.98%) C#
8 63 (15.25%) .NET
9 55 (13.32%) JavaScript
9 55 (13.32%) Degree
10 52 (12.59%) SQL
11 49 (11.86%) DevOps
12 48 (11.62%) Continuous Improvement
13 47 (11.38%) Python
14 45 (10.90%) Project Delivery
15 44 (10.65%) Security Cleared
16 42 (10.17%) Software Engineering
17 41 (9.93%) Problem-Solving
18 38 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
19 37 (8.96%) Coaching
20 35 (8.47%) Vulnerability Management
20 35 (8.47%) Technical Leadership
21 34 (8.23%) HTML
22 33 (7.99%) Project Management
23 32 (7.75%) Windows
23 32 (7.75%) Management Information System
23 32 (7.75%) Stakeholder Management
23 32 (7.75%) SC Cleared
23 32 (7.75%) Line Management

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 7 (1.69%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.21%) CMS
3 2 (0.48%) NServiceBus
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 2 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (0.48%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.48%) Sitecore CMS
3 2 (0.48%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.24%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.24%) MQSeries
4 1 (0.24%) Mule
4 1 (0.24%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 11 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.97%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (0.97%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.97%) Sketch
3 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.24%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 16 (3.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.97%) SAP MM
3 3 (0.73%) SAP CO
3 3 (0.73%) SAP FI
3 3 (0.73%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (0.73%) SAP PM
4 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.48%) SAP HR
4 2 (0.48%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.24%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.24%) SAP Hybris
5 1 (0.24%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.24%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 103 (24.94%) Azure
2 71 (17.19%) AWS
3 29 (7.02%) SaaS
4 18 (4.36%) GCP
4 18 (4.36%) PaaS
5 16 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (3.87%) Power Platform
6 15 (3.63%) Azure DevOps
7 10 (2.42%) PowerApps
8 8 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (1.69%) Snowflake
10 6 (1.45%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (1.45%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (1.45%) dbt
10 6 (1.45%) IaaS
10 6 (1.45%) SuccessFactors
11 5 (1.21%) Azure Logic Apps
12 4 (0.97%) Figma
12 4 (0.97%) Serverless
12 4 (0.97%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.69%) Firewall
1 7 (1.69%) Network Security
1 7 (1.69%) SAN
1 7 (1.69%) SD-WAN
1 7 (1.69%) VoIP
2 5 (1.21%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (0.97%) DNS
3 4 (0.97%) LAN
3 4 (0.97%) WAN
3 4 (0.97%) Wireless
4 3 (0.73%) DHCP
5 2 (0.48%) Broadband
5 2 (0.48%) VLAN
5 2 (0.48%) VPN
6 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.24%) IPv4
6 1 (0.24%) IPv6
6 1 (0.24%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.24%) SSL
6 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.81%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (3.15%) NoSQL
3 11 (2.66%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.45%) Big Data
5 5 (1.21%) Power BI
6 4 (0.97%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.97%) MySQL
7 3 (0.73%) MariaDB
7 3 (0.73%) SAP BW
8 2 (0.48%) CouchDB
8 2 (0.48%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.48%) Electronic Patient Records
8 2 (0.48%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.48%) Power Query
9 1 (0.24%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.24%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.24%) Semantic Layer
9 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 12 (2.91%) Git
2 6 (1.45%) Jenkins
2 6 (1.45%) JIRA
2 6 (1.45%) Selenium
2 6 (1.45%) TestRail
3 3 (0.73%) Cypress.io
3 3 (0.73%) Gradle
3 3 (0.73%) LabVIEW
3 3 (0.73%) Maven
3 3 (0.73%) NUnit
3 3 (0.73%) Visual Studio
4 2 (0.48%) GitLab
4 2 (0.48%) Postman
4 2 (0.48%) SoapUI
4 2 (0.48%) SpecFlow
4 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 2 (0.48%) Subversion
4 2 (0.48%) TestComplete
4 2 (0.48%) Trac
5 1 (0.24%) Rational DOORS
General
1 102 (24.70%) Social Skills
2 84 (20.34%) Finance
3 38 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (3.87%) Manufacturing
5 12 (2.91%) Public Sector
5 12 (2.91%) Telecoms
6 11 (2.66%) Financial Institution
7 10 (2.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (2.42%) Legal
7 10 (2.42%) Marketing
8 9 (2.18%) Aerospace
9 8 (1.94%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (1.94%) Electronics
9 8 (1.94%) Games
9 8 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (1.69%) Health Technology
11 6 (1.45%) Law
12 5 (1.21%) Retail
13 4 (0.97%) Automotive
13 4 (0.97%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (15.25%) .NET
2 34 (8.23%) HTML
3 29 (7.02%) React
4 15 (3.63%) ASP.NET
5 14 (3.39%) .NET Core
5 14 (3.39%) CSS
6 12 (2.91%) AngularJS
7 11 (2.66%) .NET Framework
7 11 (2.66%) RESTful
8 10 (2.42%) EDI
9 7 (1.69%) REST
9 7 (1.69%) Spring
9 7 (1.69%) XML
10 6 (1.45%) Blazor
10 6 (1.45%) WebAssembly
10 6 (1.45%) WPF
11 5 (1.21%) Laravel
11 5 (1.21%) PySpark
11 5 (1.21%) SAP Fiori
11 5 (1.21%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.75%) Management Information System
2 14 (3.39%) Security Operations Centre
3 13 (3.15%) AS400
4 11 (2.66%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
5 10 (2.42%) Onboarding
6 7 (1.69%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.69%) Public Cloud
7 6 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 5 (1.21%) Cybercrime
8 5 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.97%) Credit Risk
9 4 (0.97%) Embedded Systems
9 4 (0.97%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.73%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.73%) Housing Association
10 3 (0.73%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.48%) Analogue Electronics
11 2 (0.48%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.75%) Windows
2 16 (3.87%) Windows Server
3 13 (3.15%) Linux
4 3 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.48%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (18.40%) Agile
2 74 (17.92%) Mentoring
3 49 (11.86%) DevOps
4 48 (11.62%) Continuous Improvement
5 45 (10.90%) Project Delivery
6 42 (10.17%) Software Engineering
7 41 (9.93%) Problem-Solving
8 37 (8.96%) Coaching
9 35 (8.47%) Technical Leadership
9 35 (8.47%) Vulnerability Management
10 33 (7.99%) Project Management
11 32 (7.75%) Line Management
11 32 (7.75%) Roadmaps
11 32 (7.75%) Stakeholder Management
12 31 (7.51%) Test Automation
13 30 (7.26%) ITIL
14 29 (7.02%) Information Security
14 29 (7.02%) Process Improvement
15 27 (6.54%) CI/CD
16 23 (5.57%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 66 (15.98%) C#
2 55 (13.32%) JavaScript
3 52 (12.59%) SQL
4 47 (11.38%) Python
5 23 (5.57%) Java
6 21 (5.08%) TypeScript
7 20 (4.84%) PowerShell
8 15 (3.63%) C++
9 13 (3.15%) RPG
9 13 (3.15%) RPG IV
10 7 (1.69%) Delphi
11 6 (1.45%) PHP
12 4 (0.97%) C
12 4 (0.97%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.48%) Bash
13 2 (0.48%) Bicep
13 2 (0.48%) XPath
13 2 (0.48%) XQuery
14 1 (0.24%) Go
14 1 (0.24%) Rust
Qualifications
1 55 (13.32%) Degree
2 44 (10.65%) Security Cleared
3 32 (7.75%) SC Cleared
4 12 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.42%) DBS Check
6 8 (1.94%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.69%) CISMP
7 7 (1.69%) CISSP
8 6 (1.45%) ISTQB
8 6 (1.45%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 5 (1.21%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.73%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.73%) CCNA
10 3 (0.73%) CCNP
10 3 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.73%) JNCIA
11 2 (0.48%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.48%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (6.54%) QA
2 16 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (2.42%) PMO
4 9 (2.18%) NIST
5 8 (1.94%) IFRS
6 6 (1.45%) SLA
7 4 (0.97%) GAAP
7 4 (0.97%) HIPAA
7 4 (0.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.73%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.73%) GDPR
9 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 2 (0.48%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.24%) P3O
System Software
1 28 (6.78%) Docker
2 11 (2.66%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (2.42%) vSphere
4 7 (1.69%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.45%) Firmware
6 2 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.24%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 30 (7.26%) Kubernetes
1 30 (7.26%) SCCM
2 8 (1.94%) Terraform
3 6 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.21%) Ansible
5 4 (0.97%) Puppet
6 2 (0.48%) Consul
6 2 (0.48%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.24%) Autotask
7 1 (0.24%) Control-M
7 1 (0.24%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.24%) Grafana
7 1 (0.24%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.24%) Salt
Vendors
1 71 (17.19%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.02%) SAP
3 21 (5.08%) VMware
4 14 (3.39%) Sun
5 9 (2.18%) Cisco
6 7 (1.69%) Databricks
7 6 (1.45%) Adobe
7 6 (1.45%) Oracle
8 5 (1.21%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.97%) Apttus
9 4 (0.97%) Juniper
10 3 (0.73%) Google
10 3 (0.73%) ServiceNow
10 3 (0.73%) Sitecore
11 2 (0.48%) Ariba
11 2 (0.48%) Fortinet
11 2 (0.48%) Sage
12 1 (0.24%) Commvault
12 1 (0.24%) NCR
12 1 (0.24%) NetApp