Lead Jobs in London

Leader
England > London

The median Leader salary in London is £87,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 29 36
Rank change year-on-year +13 +7 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 2,181 2,876 6,653
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 9.22% 8.56% 9.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.78% 8.99% 9.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,678 2,141 3,112
10th Percentile £52,370 £57,500 £56,250
25th Percentile £69,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £87,500 £90,000 £87,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +9.38%
75th Percentile £107,500 £107,500 £105,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,294 31,975 66,602
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 95.13% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 16,646 23,616 34,555
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,444 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in London

Lead
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Lead in London

Lead
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in London

Lead
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the London region over the 6 months to 18 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
Central London +18 448 £86,250 -6.76% 73
West London +6 89 £82,500 +54.21% 30
South London +18 39 £72,500 - 13
East London +6 8 £63,000 -23.64% 136
North London +3 6 £62,475 +78.50% 13
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 London region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 581 (26.64%) Finance
2 539 (24.71%) Agile
3 508 (23.29%) AWS
4 471 (21.60%) Azure
4 471 (21.60%) Social Skills
5 376 (17.24%) Java
6 347 (15.91%) Python
7 344 (15.77%) Mentoring
8 320 (14.67%) SQL
8 320 (14.67%) Software Engineering
9 308 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
10 285 (13.07%) DevOps
11 275 (12.61%) Analytics
12 267 (12.24%) Degree
13 255 (11.69%) Microsoft
14 254 (11.65%) JavaScript
15 245 (11.23%) Banking
16 212 (9.72%) CI/CD
17 203 (9.31%) C#
18 197 (9.03%) Roadmaps
19 195 (8.94%) .NET
20 187 (8.57%) Line Management
21 177 (8.12%) Analytical Skills
22 172 (7.89%) TypeScript
23 170 (7.79%) Computer Science
24 165 (7.57%) Kubernetes
25 163 (7.47%) Marketing
26 158 (7.24%) Scrum
27 156 (7.15%) Continuous Improvement
28 153 (7.02%) Microservices

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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
1 110 (5.04%) Apache
2 108 (4.95%) Apache Airflow
3 42 (1.93%) SharePoint
4 38 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
5 33 (1.51%) Apache Spark
5 33 (1.51%) Confluence
6 28 (1.28%) CMS
7 23 (1.05%) Drupal
8 9 (0.41%) SAS
9 8 (0.37%) Apache Pig
10 6 (0.28%) WordPress
11 5 (0.23%) Mendix
11 5 (0.23%) WebLogic
12 4 (0.18%) Ethereum
13 3 (0.14%) Apache Pulsar
13 3 (0.14%) Appian
13 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
14 2 (0.092%) Cloud Foundry
14 2 (0.092%) Hyperledger
14 2 (0.092%) WebSphere
Applications
1 37 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.28%) EViews
6 4 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.092%) InVision
8 2 (0.092%) Notion
8 2 (0.092%) Sketch
9 1 (0.046%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.046%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.046%) Camtasia
9 1 (0.046%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 21 (0.96%) Aladdin
2 19 (0.87%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (0.83%) thinkFolio
4 14 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
5 12 (0.55%) Workday HCM
6 7 (0.32%) Primavera
7 5 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
7 5 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
7 5 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 4 (0.18%) SAP CX
8 4 (0.18%) Shopify
8 4 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 4 (0.18%) Visualfiles
9 3 (0.14%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.14%) SAP SD
10 2 (0.092%) SAP CO
10 2 (0.092%) SAP CRM
10 2 (0.092%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.092%) SAP MDG
10 2 (0.092%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 508 (23.29%) AWS
2 471 (21.60%) Azure
3 143 (6.56%) GCP
4 127 (5.82%) Microsoft 365
5 121 (5.55%) SaaS
6 118 (5.41%) Power Platform
7 112 (5.14%) Snowflake
8 110 (5.04%) dbt
9 100 (4.59%) Azure DevOps
10 67 (3.07%) Serverless
11 55 (2.52%) GitHub
12 37 (1.70%) PaaS
13 36 (1.65%) Azure Service Bus
14 35 (1.60%) PowerApps
15 34 (1.56%) AWS Lambda
16 33 (1.51%) Power Automate
17 30 (1.38%) Azure Synapse Analytics
17 30 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
17 30 (1.38%) IaaS
18 27 (1.24%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 108 (4.95%) Broadband
2 65 (2.98%) Firewall
3 24 (1.10%) DNS
4 22 (1.01%) TCP/IP
5 21 (0.96%) Internet
6 20 (0.92%) Intrusion Detection
7 17 (0.78%) WAN
8 15 (0.69%) Network Security
9 13 (0.60%) VPN
10 12 (0.55%) HTTP
11 10 (0.46%) LAN
11 10 (0.46%) Structured Cabling
12 8 (0.37%) DHCP
12 8 (0.37%) SD-WAN
12 8 (0.37%) SSL
13 7 (0.32%) BGP
13 7 (0.32%) Wireless
14 5 (0.23%) Intranet
14 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
14 5 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 130 (5.96%) SQL Server
2 118 (5.41%) Data Lake
3 100 (4.59%) Apache Arrow
4 99 (4.54%) Amazon Athena
5 97 (4.45%) Dremio
6 94 (4.31%) Apache Ignite
7 92 (4.22%) Power BI
8 48 (2.20%) NoSQL
9 41 (1.88%) Tableau
10 39 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
11 33 (1.51%) MySQL
11 33 (1.51%) Relational Database
12 32 (1.47%) Big Data
13 28 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
13 28 (1.28%) MongoDB
14 22 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
15 19 (0.87%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 18 (0.83%) Redis
17 15 (0.69%) BigQuery
18 14 (0.64%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 112 (5.14%) Git
2 77 (3.53%) JIRA
3 73 (3.35%) Jenkins
4 40 (1.83%) Cucumber
5 36 (1.65%) Postman
5 36 (1.65%) Selenium
6 28 (1.28%) Cypress.io
6 28 (1.28%) JUnit
7 23 (1.05%) GitLab
8 12 (0.55%) SonarQube
9 11 (0.50%) Maven
9 11 (0.50%) WebDriver
10 9 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 8 (0.37%) Checkstyle
11 8 (0.37%) JMeter
12 5 (0.23%) Appium
12 5 (0.23%) NUnit
12 5 (0.23%) SpecFlow
12 5 (0.23%) TeamCity
12 5 (0.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 581 (26.64%) Finance
2 471 (21.60%) Social Skills
3 245 (11.23%) Banking
4 177 (8.12%) Analytical Skills
5 163 (7.47%) Marketing
6 133 (6.10%) Advertising
6 133 (6.10%) Front Office
7 121 (5.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 116 (5.32%) Investment Banking
9 103 (4.72%) Law
10 86 (3.94%) Retail
11 76 (3.48%) Legal
12 58 (2.66%) Public Sector
13 46 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
13 46 (2.11%) Presentation Skills
14 34 (1.56%) Retail Banking
15 30 (1.38%) Games
15 30 (1.38%) Local Government
16 29 (1.33%) Telecoms
17 25 (1.15%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (8.94%) .NET
2 129 (5.91%) React
3 105 (4.81%) NumPy
3 105 (4.81%) Pandas
4 97 (4.45%) gRPC
4 97 (4.45%) Protocol Buffers
5 96 (4.40%) SciPy
6 90 (4.13%) REST
7 76 (3.48%) Kafka
8 64 (2.93%) Spring Boot
9 63 (2.89%) AngularJS
10 62 (2.84%) .NET Core
10 62 (2.84%) Spring
11 61 (2.80%) CSS
12 60 (2.75%) HTML
13 35 (1.60%) JSON
14 32 (1.47%) ASP.NET
15 29 (1.33%) RESTful
16 26 (1.19%) Vue
17 25 (1.15%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 127 (5.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 126 (5.78%) Hedge funds
3 125 (5.73%) Fixed Income
4 115 (5.27%) Derivative
5 107 (4.91%) Equities
6 104 (4.77%) Marketing Technology
7 75 (3.44%) Management Information System
8 61 (2.80%) Product Ownership
9 45 (2.06%) Cloud Native
10 43 (1.97%) Virtual Team
11 41 (1.88%) Algorithms
12 40 (1.83%) Data Structures
13 38 (1.74%) Public Cloud
14 37 (1.70%) Client/Server
14 37 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
15 34 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
16 31 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
17 23 (1.05%) Data Centre
18 21 (0.96%) Onboarding
19 20 (0.92%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 107 (4.91%) Windows
2 95 (4.36%) Linux
3 37 (1.70%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.05%) Windows 10
5 20 (0.92%) Android
5 20 (0.92%) Unix
6 19 (0.87%) Apple iOS
7 8 (0.37%) zOS
8 7 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.28%) CentOS
9 6 (0.28%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.28%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.18%) Solaris
11 1 (0.046%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 539 (24.71%) Agile
2 344 (15.77%) Mentoring
3 320 (14.67%) Software Engineering
4 308 (14.12%) Problem-Solving
5 285 (13.07%) DevOps
6 275 (12.61%) Analytics
7 212 (9.72%) CI/CD
8 197 (9.03%) Roadmaps
9 187 (8.57%) Line Management
10 170 (7.79%) Computer Science
11 158 (7.24%) Scrum
12 156 (7.15%) Continuous Improvement
13 153 (7.02%) Microservices
14 148 (6.79%) Process Improvement
15 147 (6.74%) Project Management
16 144 (6.60%) Asset Management
17 142 (6.51%) Coaching
18 137 (6.28%) Data Strategy
19 135 (6.19%) Use Case
20 134 (6.14%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 376 (17.24%) Java
2 347 (15.91%) Python
3 320 (14.67%) SQL
4 254 (11.65%) JavaScript
5 203 (9.31%) C#
6 172 (7.89%) TypeScript
7 64 (2.93%) PowerShell
8 52 (2.38%) Kotlin
9 47 (2.15%) PHP
10 39 (1.79%) Go
11 37 (1.70%) C++
12 34 (1.56%) Scala
13 26 (1.19%) Rust
14 25 (1.15%) Bicep
15 19 (0.87%) C
15 19 (0.87%) Ruby
15 19 (0.87%) T-SQL
16 14 (0.64%) R
17 11 (0.50%) Bash
18 6 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 267 (12.24%) Degree
2 87 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 66 (3.03%) Security Cleared
4 57 (2.61%) Master's Degree
5 50 (2.29%) CISSP
6 43 (1.97%) DBS Check
7 40 (1.83%) SC Cleared
8 35 (1.60%) Azure Certification
9 28 (1.28%) AWS Certification
10 22 (1.01%) DV Cleared
11 17 (0.78%) CREST Certified
12 16 (0.73%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (0.73%) CISM
12 16 (0.73%) GIAC
13 15 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
13 15 (0.69%) SSCP
14 13 (0.60%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 12 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 12 (0.55%) GSEC
16 11 (0.50%) CHECK Team Leader
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (5.55%) QA
2 93 (4.26%) Data Quality
3 47 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 39 (1.79%) GDPR
5 24 (1.10%) SLA
6 23 (1.05%) PMO
7 19 (0.87%) Accessibility
8 17 (0.78%) NIST
9 13 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
9 13 (0.60%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.32%) GRC
11 5 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.23%) GAAP
11 5 (0.23%) IFRS
12 4 (0.18%) SOC 1
13 3 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.14%) NCSC
14 2 (0.092%) ISO 20022
14 2 (0.092%) ISO 31000
14 2 (0.092%) WCAG
System Software
1 126 (5.78%) Docker
2 67 (3.07%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
4 24 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
6 10 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 9 (0.41%) Hyper-V
8 8 (0.37%) HDFS
9 4 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.092%) Ceph
10 2 (0.092%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.046%) Firmware
11 1 (0.046%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.046%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 165 (7.57%) Kubernetes
2 98 (4.49%) Terraform
3 36 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (0.92%) Single Sign-On
5 19 (0.87%) Ansible
6 18 (0.83%) SCCM
7 17 (0.78%) Functional Safety
7 17 (0.78%) vCenter Server
8 13 (0.60%) Microsoft Clustering
9 12 (0.55%) Istio
10 8 (0.37%) Prometheus
10 8 (0.37%) Puppet
11 7 (0.32%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.23%) Grafana
12 5 (0.23%) Progress Chef
13 4 (0.18%) Consul
14 3 (0.14%) Argo
14 3 (0.14%) Nmap
14 3 (0.14%) QRadar
15 2 (0.092%) Knative
Vendors
1 255 (11.69%) Microsoft
2 73 (3.35%) Databricks
3 61 (2.80%) SAP
4 56 (2.57%) Oracle
5 49 (2.25%) ServiceNow
6 48 (2.20%) VMware
7 36 (1.65%) Google
8 32 (1.47%) Salesforce
9 24 (1.10%) Cisco
10 19 (0.87%) iManage
11 18 (0.83%) Charles River
11 18 (0.83%) Workday
12 17 (0.78%) Aderant
12 17 (0.78%) Bloomberg
12 17 (0.78%) IBM
13 16 (0.73%) Sun
14 15 (0.69%) Commvault
15 13 (0.60%) Adobe
16 10 (0.46%) ForgeRock
16 10 (0.46%) Sitecore