Hybrid/Remote Lead Job Trends

Leader
UK > Work from Home

The median Leader salary for remote/hybrid work is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 43 18
Rank change year-on-year +28 -25 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1,803 977 3,534
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.06% 6.37% 10.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.64% 6.92% 10.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,284 767 2,840
10th Percentile £52,500 £48,957 £47,000
25th Percentile £65,000 £61,297 £56,282
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £95,313 £97,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £125,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 18,713 14,121 33,212
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 92.11% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 13,634 8,624 25,955
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £33,005
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Lead job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Lead
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for remote Lead job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Lead job vacancies

Lead
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Lead over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Lead salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 16 June 2026, Lead job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Lead in the job title.

1 467 (25.90%) Agile
2 440 (24.40%) Mentoring
3 361 (20.02%) AI
4 344 (19.08%) Roadmaps
5 318 (17.64%) CI/CD
6 313 (17.36%) AWS
7 304 (16.86%) Azure
8 295 (16.36%) Software Engineering
9 278 (15.42%) Python
10 248 (13.75%) Continuous Improvement
11 240 (13.31%) DevOps
12 236 (13.09%) Analytics
13 228 (12.65%) Technical Leadership
14 222 (12.31%) Broadband
15 185 (10.26%) Java
16 177 (9.82%) Problem-Solving
17 174 (9.65%) Full-Stack Development
18 171 (9.48%) Accessibility
19 170 (9.43%) SQL
20 164 (9.10%) SaaS
21 162 (8.99%) Customer Experience
21 162 (8.99%) Microsoft
22 156 (8.65%) JavaScript
23 155 (8.60%) Coaching
24 152 (8.43%) Product Roadmap
25 147 (8.15%) Adobe
25 147 (8.15%) Stakeholder Management
26 146 (8.10%) Decision-Making
27 144 (7.99%) TypeScript
28 143 (7.93%) User Research

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 32 (1.77%) Confluence
2 19 (1.05%) SharePoint
3 17 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
3 17 (0.94%) CMS
4 14 (0.78%) Apache
5 9 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.44%) Anypoint
6 8 (0.44%) Mule
7 5 (0.28%) OpenStack
8 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.17%) Jupyter
8 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.11%) Drupal
10 1 (0.055%) Appian
10 1 (0.055%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.055%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.055%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.055%) Site Server
10 1 (0.055%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.055%) WordPress
Applications
1 41 (2.27%) UserZoom
2 17 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.11%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.055%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.055%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.055%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.28%) Workfront
3 4 (0.22%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.17%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.11%) Shopify
6 1 (0.055%) HFM
6 1 (0.055%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.055%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.055%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.055%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.055%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.055%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.055%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.055%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.055%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.055%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.055%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.055%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 313 (17.36%) AWS
2 304 (16.86%) Azure
3 164 (9.10%) SaaS
4 126 (6.99%) Adobe Analytics
5 81 (4.49%) Power Platform
6 67 (3.72%) Figma
7 60 (3.33%) GCP
8 51 (2.83%) Contentsquare
8 51 (2.83%) Microsoft 365
9 43 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
9 43 (2.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 42 (2.33%) Serverless
11 32 (1.77%) Azure Data Factory
12 31 (1.72%) Entra ID
13 29 (1.61%) GitHub
14 24 (1.33%) Amazon S3
15 23 (1.28%) PaaS
16 22 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
17 21 (1.16%) Pulumi
18 18 (1.00%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 222 (12.31%) Broadband
2 19 (1.05%) HTTP
3 16 (0.89%) Firewall
4 12 (0.67%) Network Security
5 9 (0.50%) LAN
5 9 (0.50%) WAN
6 8 (0.44%) DNS
7 7 (0.39%) DHCP
8 6 (0.33%) Unified Communications
8 6 (0.33%) WLAN
9 4 (0.22%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.22%) VoIP
9 4 (0.22%) VPN
10 3 (0.17%) DSL
10 3 (0.17%) SSL
11 2 (0.11%) Internet
11 2 (0.11%) NAS
11 2 (0.11%) SAN
11 2 (0.11%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.11%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (3.27%) Power BI
2 51 (2.83%) NoSQL
3 47 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
4 36 (2.00%) Metadata
5 33 (1.83%) Big Data
6 32 (1.77%) Relational Database
7 30 (1.66%) SQL Server
8 28 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
9 27 (1.50%) MongoDB
10 22 (1.22%) RDBMS
11 18 (1.00%) MySQL
12 17 (0.94%) Amazon Athena
12 17 (0.94%) Data Lake
13 12 (0.67%) Tableau
14 11 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
15 10 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
15 10 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
15 10 (0.55%) DynamoDB
15 10 (0.55%) Redis
16 8 (0.44%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 50 (2.77%) JIRA
2 38 (2.11%) Git
3 18 (1.00%) Jaeger
4 16 (0.89%) TeamCity
5 15 (0.83%) GitLab
6 12 (0.67%) Selenium
7 11 (0.61%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.55%) Claude Code
9 9 (0.50%) Jenkins
9 9 (0.50%) Maven
10 7 (0.39%) JUnit
10 7 (0.39%) Mockito
11 5 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 5 (0.28%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.28%) JMeter
11 5 (0.28%) Locust
12 4 (0.22%) Postman
12 4 (0.22%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.17%) NUnit
13 3 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 362 (20.08%) Social Skills
2 325 (18.03%) Finance
3 153 (8.49%) Games
4 126 (6.99%) Public Sector
5 106 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
6 85 (4.71%) Banking
7 80 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 73 (4.05%) Retail
9 60 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
10 49 (2.72%) Law
11 47 (2.61%) Telecoms
12 46 (2.55%) Marketing
13 35 (1.94%) Manufacturing
13 35 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
14 32 (1.77%) Legal
15 31 (1.72%) Front Office
16 25 (1.39%) Financial Institution
17 22 (1.22%) Back Office
18 18 (1.00%) Aerospace
19 16 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 107 (5.93%) React
2 100 (5.55%) Node.js
3 87 (4.83%) .NET
4 64 (3.55%) RESTful
5 49 (2.72%) Kafka
6 47 (2.61%) GraphQL
7 45 (2.50%) PyTorch
7 45 (2.50%) TensorFlow
8 44 (2.44%) React Native
8 44 (2.44%) REST
9 31 (1.72%) Spring
10 28 (1.55%) Redux
11 25 (1.39%) Hugging Face
12 24 (1.33%) OpenTelemetry
13 21 (1.16%) Spring Boot
14 20 (1.11%) AngularJS
15 18 (1.00%) Elastic Stack
16 17 (0.94%) Vue
17 15 (0.83%) .NET Core
17 15 (0.83%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 131 (7.27%) Social Media
2 103 (5.71%) Cloud Native
3 99 (5.49%) Product Ownership
4 44 (2.44%) Mobile App
5 34 (1.89%) Fixed Income
6 33 (1.83%) Distributed Systems
7 32 (1.77%) Onboarding
8 24 (1.33%) Management Information System
9 22 (1.22%) Public Cloud
9 22 (1.22%) Video\Live Streaming
10 21 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
11 20 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
12 17 (0.94%) e-Learning
12 17 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
12 17 (0.94%) Security Posture
13 15 (0.83%) Derivative
13 15 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
13 15 (0.83%) Self-Motivation
14 14 (0.78%) Analytical Mindset
14 14 (0.78%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 49 (2.72%) Linux
2 48 (2.66%) Android
3 47 (2.61%) Apple iOS
4 22 (1.22%) Unix
5 18 (1.00%) Windows
6 5 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.22%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.17%) CentOS
8 3 (0.17%) Debian
8 3 (0.17%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.17%) VMS
9 2 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 467 (25.90%) Agile
2 440 (24.40%) Mentoring
3 361 (20.02%) AI
4 344 (19.08%) Roadmaps
5 318 (17.64%) CI/CD
6 295 (16.36%) Software Engineering
7 248 (13.75%) Continuous Improvement
8 240 (13.31%) DevOps
9 236 (13.09%) Analytics
10 228 (12.65%) Technical Leadership
11 177 (9.82%) Problem-Solving
12 174 (9.65%) Full-Stack Development
13 162 (8.99%) Customer Experience
14 155 (8.60%) Coaching
15 152 (8.43%) Product Roadmap
16 147 (8.15%) Stakeholder Management
17 146 (8.10%) Decision-Making
18 143 (7.93%) User Research
19 140 (7.76%) Microservices
20 138 (7.65%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 278 (15.42%) Python
2 185 (10.26%) Java
3 170 (9.43%) SQL
4 156 (8.65%) JavaScript
5 144 (7.99%) TypeScript
6 85 (4.71%) C#
7 61 (3.38%) Go
8 41 (2.27%) Bash
9 16 (0.89%) Bicep
9 16 (0.89%) PowerShell
10 12 (0.67%) C++
11 8 (0.44%) Clojure
11 8 (0.44%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.28%) C
12 5 (0.28%) Groovy
12 5 (0.28%) Kotlin
12 5 (0.28%) Rust
13 4 (0.22%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.17%) PHP
14 3 (0.17%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 118 (6.54%) Security Cleared
2 87 (4.83%) SC Cleared
3 79 (4.38%) Degree
4 46 (2.55%) DBS Check
5 27 (1.50%) DV Cleared
6 23 (1.28%) CISSP
7 19 (1.05%) AWS Certification
8 17 (0.94%) CISM
8 17 (0.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 17 (0.94%) Master's Degree
9 16 (0.89%) ISTQB
10 15 (0.83%) Azure Certification
11 10 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (0.55%) TOGAF Certification
12 8 (0.44%) Chartered Engineer
12 8 (0.44%) CRISC
13 7 (0.39%) APMG
13 7 (0.39%) CISA
14 5 (0.28%) CITP
14 5 (0.28%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (9.48%) Accessibility
2 83 (4.60%) QA
3 67 (3.72%) Data Quality
4 46 (2.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 35 (1.94%) SLA
6 31 (1.72%) GRC
7 24 (1.33%) WCAG
8 20 (1.11%) GDPR
9 19 (1.05%) PCI DSS
10 17 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
11 12 (0.67%) NIST
12 8 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.33%) EMIR
14 6 (0.33%) MiFID
15 5 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
15 5 (0.28%) NCSC
16 4 (0.22%) NIST 800
17 3 (0.17%) COBIT
17 3 (0.17%) PMO
System Software
1 92 (5.10%) Docker
2 20 (1.11%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.17%) Firmware
4 3 (0.17%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 2 (0.11%) BitLocker
5 2 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.11%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.055%) IAG
6 1 (0.055%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.055%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 104 (5.77%) Kubernetes
2 103 (5.71%) Terraform
3 40 (2.22%) Ansible
4 28 (1.55%) Grafana
5 22 (1.22%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.00%) Argo
6 18 (1.00%) Kustomize
7 9 (0.50%) Kubeflow
8 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
8 5 (0.28%) Packer
8 5 (0.28%) Puppet
8 5 (0.28%) RSA Archer
9 4 (0.22%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 3 (0.17%) CloudHub
10 3 (0.17%) ZABBIX
11 2 (0.11%) SCCM
11 2 (0.11%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.055%) Autotask
12 1 (0.055%) MOM
12 1 (0.055%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 162 (8.99%) Microsoft
2 147 (8.15%) Adobe
3 70 (3.88%) Databricks
4 41 (2.27%) Oracle
5 34 (1.89%) Google
6 32 (1.77%) SAP
7 24 (1.33%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.11%) ServiceNow
9 13 (0.72%) HubSpot
10 11 (0.61%) IFS
10 11 (0.61%) MuleSoft
10 11 (0.61%) OpenAI
10 11 (0.61%) Workday
11 10 (0.55%) VMware
12 8 (0.44%) Cisco
13 7 (0.39%) iManage
13 7 (0.39%) Informatica
14 6 (0.33%) Checkmarx
14 6 (0.33%) Freshdesk
15 5 (0.28%) ConnectWise