Lead Jobs in the Thames Valley

Leader
South East > Thames Valley

The median Leader salary in the Thames Valley is £62,084 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 50 50
Rank change year-on-year +27 0 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 499 333 393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.16% 5.68% 5.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.57% 6.33% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 338 245 255
10th Percentile £41,500 £41,250 £42,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,084 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.49% -7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
South East median annual salary £61,000 £67,500 £66,750
% change year-on-year -9.63% +1.12% +6.80%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,590 5,264 6,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 89.80% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 4,524 3,107 4,126
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £29,781
25th Percentile £36,500 £38,750 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,212 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the Thames Valley

Lead
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Lead in the Thames Valley

Lead
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in the Thames Valley

Lead
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
Berkshire +24 247 £75,000 +7.14% 48
Buckinghamshire +35 149 £60,000 +9.09% 21
Oxfordshire +6 103 £52,500 -8.70% 29
Lead
South East

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 28 May 2024, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 154 (30.86%) Social Skills
2 121 (24.25%) Agile
3 92 (18.44%) Mentoring
4 81 (16.23%) Degree
5 80 (16.03%) Azure
6 76 (15.23%) Software Engineering
6 76 (15.23%) Finance
7 75 (15.03%) .NET
8 73 (14.63%) C#
9 72 (14.43%) Microsoft
10 69 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
11 65 (13.03%) Java
12 64 (12.83%) React
13 63 (12.63%) Project Management
14 62 (12.42%) JavaScript
15 56 (11.22%) Propensity Modelling
16 54 (10.82%) SQL
17 53 (10.62%) TypeScript
18 51 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
18 51 (10.22%) Kubernetes
19 50 (10.02%) AWS
19 50 (10.02%) Analytics
20 49 (9.82%) Continuous Improvement
21 48 (9.62%) Docker
22 47 (9.42%) Microsoft Excel
23 45 (9.02%) NoSQL
24 44 (8.82%) Artificial Intelligence
24 44 (8.82%) Project Delivery
25 43 (8.62%) Security Cleared
26 38 (7.62%) Power Platform

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 4 (0.80%) WebLogic
2 3 (0.60%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.60%) IIS
2 3 (0.60%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.20%) Apache
Applications
1 47 (9.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.40%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 3 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.40%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 80 (16.03%) Azure
2 50 (10.02%) AWS
3 38 (7.62%) Power Platform
4 24 (4.81%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (1.20%) Amazon SQS
6 6 (1.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 4 (0.80%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (0.80%) Amazon S3
7 4 (0.80%) Entra ID
7 4 (0.80%) GCP
7 4 (0.80%) GitHub
7 4 (0.80%) Serverless
8 3 (0.60%) Azure Storage
8 3 (0.60%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.60%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (0.60%) PowerApps
8 3 (0.60%) SaaS
9 2 (0.40%) Amazon ECS
9 2 (0.40%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (3.41%) Firewall
2 16 (3.21%) DNS
3 9 (1.80%) Broadband
4 7 (1.40%) LAN
4 7 (1.40%) OSPF
4 7 (1.40%) SSL
4 7 (1.40%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.40%) WAN
5 4 (0.80%) BGP
5 4 (0.80%) Network Security
6 2 (0.40%) Internet
6 2 (0.40%) VPN
6 2 (0.40%) Wireless
7 1 (0.20%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (9.02%) NoSQL
2 33 (6.61%) Power BI
3 15 (3.01%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.60%) MySQL
5 6 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
5 6 (1.20%) CouchDB
5 6 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
6 5 (1.00%) Data Mining
6 5 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (1.00%) RDBMS
6 5 (1.00%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.80%) Oracle Database
8 2 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.40%) Apache Hive
8 2 (0.40%) Hadoop
8 2 (0.40%) Impala
9 1 (0.20%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.20%) PowerCenter
Development Applications
1 22 (4.41%) Git
2 21 (4.21%) Cypress.io
2 21 (4.21%) Selenium
2 21 (4.21%) SoapUI
3 8 (1.60%) GitLab
4 7 (1.40%) Visual Studio
5 6 (1.20%) Gradle
6 3 (0.60%) NUnit
7 2 (0.40%) Maven
7 2 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.20%) Eclipse
8 1 (0.20%) ERwin
8 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.20%) TeamCity
General
1 154 (30.86%) Social Skills
2 76 (15.23%) Finance
3 51 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
4 24 (4.81%) Marketing
5 22 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (4.41%) Legal
5 22 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
6 19 (3.81%) Public Sector
7 16 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (3.01%) Documentation Skills
8 15 (3.01%) Telecoms
9 14 (2.81%) Banking
10 12 (2.40%) Retail
11 10 (2.00%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.80%) Advertising
12 9 (1.80%) Manufacturing
13 8 (1.60%) Automotive
13 8 (1.60%) Pharmaceutical
14 7 (1.40%) Brand Awareness
15 4 (0.80%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 75 (15.03%) .NET
2 64 (12.83%) React
3 21 (4.21%) Jest
4 20 (4.01%) EDI
5 13 (2.61%) ASP.NET
5 13 (2.61%) Kafka
6 11 (2.20%) Spring Boot
7 9 (1.80%) .NET Core
7 9 (1.80%) CSS
8 8 (1.60%) .NET Framework
8 8 (1.60%) AngularJS
8 8 (1.60%) Spring
9 6 (1.20%) Hibernate
9 6 (1.20%) HTML
9 6 (1.20%) IDoc
9 6 (1.20%) REST
9 6 (1.20%) WPF
10 4 (0.80%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (0.80%) Vue
11 3 (0.60%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 14 (2.81%) Life Science
2 13 (2.61%) Management Information System
2 13 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (1.80%) Fibre Optics
3 9 (1.80%) Marketing Technology
4 8 (1.60%) Onboarding
4 8 (1.60%) Virtual Team
5 7 (1.40%) Data Centre
5 7 (1.40%) Legacy Applications
5 7 (1.40%) Private Cloud
6 6 (1.20%) Client/Server
6 6 (1.20%) PropTech
7 5 (1.00%) iPad
7 5 (1.00%) Public Cloud
8 4 (0.80%) Driving Licence
8 4 (0.80%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.60%) Replication
10 2 (0.40%) FPGA
10 2 (0.40%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 33 (6.61%) Windows
2 21 (4.21%) Linux
3 13 (2.61%) Windows 10
4 10 (2.00%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.40%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.40%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.20%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (24.25%) Agile
2 92 (18.44%) Mentoring
3 76 (15.23%) Software Engineering
4 69 (13.83%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (12.63%) Project Management
6 56 (11.22%) Propensity Modelling
7 50 (10.02%) Analytics
8 49 (9.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 44 (8.82%) Artificial Intelligence
9 44 (8.82%) Project Delivery
10 37 (7.41%) ITIL
11 33 (6.61%) Coaching
12 32 (6.41%) Workflow
13 31 (6.21%) Business Strategy
14 28 (5.61%) Line Management
14 28 (5.61%) TDD
15 27 (5.41%) Machine Learning
16 26 (5.21%) Computer Science
16 26 (5.21%) DevOps
16 26 (5.21%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 73 (14.63%) C#
2 65 (13.03%) Java
3 62 (12.42%) JavaScript
4 54 (10.82%) SQL
5 53 (10.62%) TypeScript
6 24 (4.81%) Python
7 8 (1.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 6 (1.20%) VB.NET
9 5 (1.00%) Scala
10 4 (0.80%) C
10 4 (0.80%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.60%) Apex Code
11 3 (0.60%) XAML
12 2 (0.40%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.20%) Bash
13 1 (0.20%) PHP
Qualifications
1 81 (16.23%) Degree
2 43 (8.62%) Security Cleared
3 29 (5.81%) SC Cleared
4 21 (4.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 20 (4.01%) CIPD
6 9 (1.80%) DBS Check
7 6 (1.20%) PMI Certification
8 5 (1.00%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.00%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.00%) PMP
9 4 (0.80%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.80%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.40%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.40%) GCFA
10 2 (0.40%) GCFE
10 2 (0.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.40%) OSCP
10 2 (0.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.81%) SLA
2 15 (3.01%) QA
3 14 (2.81%) Good Clinical Practice
4 11 (2.20%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.00%) GDPR
6 9 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (1.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.60%) GRC
8 3 (0.60%) ISO 9001
8 3 (0.60%) NIST
8 3 (0.60%) PMO
9 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 48 (9.62%) Docker
2 21 (4.21%) Active Directory
3 10 (2.00%) Hyper-V
4 7 (1.40%) Firmware
5 4 (0.80%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.40%) HDFS
7 1 (0.20%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 51 (10.22%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 14 (2.81%) SCCM
3 7 (1.40%) NetBackup
3 7 (1.40%) SCOM
4 4 (0.80%) Ansible
4 4 (0.80%) Terraform
5 2 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.20%) Netcool
6 1 (0.20%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.20%) Salt
Vendors
1 72 (14.43%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.01%) Oracle
3 24 (4.81%) Salesforce
4 23 (4.61%) SAP
5 10 (2.00%) OpenText
6 8 (1.60%) McAfee
7 7 (1.40%) Citrix
7 7 (1.40%) ServiceNow
7 7 (1.40%) VMware
8 6 (1.20%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.00%) Splunk
10 4 (0.80%) Sparx
11 3 (0.60%) Cadence
11 3 (0.60%) Cloudera
11 3 (0.60%) Databricks
12 2 (0.40%) Apple
12 2 (0.40%) Cisco
12 2 (0.40%) Informatica
13 1 (0.20%) Commvault
13 1 (0.20%) Google