Lead Jobs in the South East

Leader
England > South East

The median Leader salary in the South East is £62,168 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 43 43
Rank change year-on-year +20 0 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1,275 833 1,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.16% 6.06% 6.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.60% 6.73% 6.54%
Number of salaries quoted 925 630 774
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,625
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,168 £67,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.90% - +8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £89,625
England median annual salary £70,000 £74,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.41% -1.33% +7.14%

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 16,769 12,374 19,894
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 89.99% 96.32%
Number of salaries quoted 11,915 7,936 12,370
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

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 June 2024.

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 June 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
Thames Valley +28 509 £62,084 -4.49% 106
Hampshire +14 380 £60,000 -20.00% 54
Berkshire +28 254 £75,000 +7.14% 59
Surrey -9 154 £60,000 -11.11% 28
Buckinghamshire +41 148 £60,000 +4.35% 24
Oxfordshire +2 107 £52,500 -8.70% 23
Kent +39 88 £50,000 -16.67% 31
West Sussex +17 49 £65,000 +13.04% 9
East Sussex +8 37 £80,000 +50.94% 12
Middlesex -7 24 £44,658 -44.18% 3
Sussex -11 16 £40,000 -52.94% 3
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 South East region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 295 (23.14%) Social Skills
2 256 (20.08%) Agile
3 209 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
4 201 (15.76%) Finance
5 196 (15.37%) Microsoft
6 171 (13.41%) Software Engineering
6 171 (13.41%) Mentoring
7 163 (12.78%) Azure
8 160 (12.55%) Degree
9 156 (12.24%) .NET
10 153 (12.00%) Analytics
11 148 (11.61%) Windows
12 141 (11.06%) AWS
13 139 (10.90%) C#
14 123 (9.65%) Process Improvement
15 118 (9.25%) Project Management
16 109 (8.55%) DevOps
17 108 (8.47%) Java
18 107 (8.39%) JavaScript
19 104 (8.16%) SQL
19 104 (8.16%) Marketing
20 103 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
21 101 (7.92%) Security Cleared
22 98 (7.69%) Kubernetes
23 97 (7.61%) Docker
24 96 (7.53%) Data Strategy
25 93 (7.29%) Continuous Improvement
26 88 (6.90%) Matrix Organization
27 87 (6.82%) Use Case
28 86 (6.75%) Digital Marketing

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 26 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.78%) OpenStack
4 6 (0.47%) Apache
4 6 (0.47%) Confluence
5 4 (0.31%) IIS
5 4 (0.31%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.24%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.24%) CMS
7 1 (0.078%) Drupal
Applications
1 59 (4.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.47%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.16%) MadCap Flare
6 2 (0.16%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 23 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.78%) SAP GRC
3 8 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.31%) Q-Pulse
4 4 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.24%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.16%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.078%) OpenText VIM for SAP
7 1 (0.078%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.078%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.078%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.078%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 163 (12.78%) Azure
2 141 (11.06%) AWS
3 59 (4.63%) Microsoft 365
4 58 (4.55%) Power Platform
5 42 (3.29%) SaaS
6 24 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (1.73%) Amazon ECS
8 20 (1.57%) Serverless
9 19 (1.49%) Entra ID
10 16 (1.25%) GCP
11 14 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
11 14 (1.10%) Amazon S3
12 11 (0.86%) AWS Lambda
13 10 (0.78%) Amazon SQS
13 10 (0.78%) Datadog
13 10 (0.78%) PaaS
14 9 (0.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 9 (0.71%) PowerApps
15 8 (0.63%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 77 (6.04%) Broadband
2 49 (3.84%) Firewall
3 27 (2.12%) DNS
4 18 (1.41%) Network Security
4 18 (1.41%) TCP/IP
5 12 (0.94%) LAN
5 12 (0.94%) SSL
6 11 (0.86%) WAN
6 11 (0.86%) Wireless
7 10 (0.78%) DHCP
8 9 (0.71%) CTI
8 9 (0.71%) VoIP
9 8 (0.63%) OSPF
9 8 (0.63%) VPN
10 6 (0.47%) RS-485
11 5 (0.39%) BGP
11 5 (0.39%) SMTP
11 5 (0.39%) VLAN
12 4 (0.31%) HTTP
12 4 (0.31%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (4.16%) NoSQL
2 50 (3.92%) SQL Server
3 46 (3.61%) Power BI
4 14 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 10 (0.78%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (0.78%) MySQL
6 9 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
7 8 (0.63%) SAP BW
8 7 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (0.55%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.47%) CouchDB
9 6 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.39%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.39%) Data Mining
10 5 (0.39%) DB2
10 5 (0.39%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.39%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.31%) Metadata
11 4 (0.31%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 53 (4.16%) Git
2 44 (3.45%) Visual Studio
3 41 (3.22%) Selenium
4 26 (2.04%) Cypress.io
5 24 (1.88%) SoapUI
6 22 (1.73%) GitLab
7 18 (1.41%) Team Foundation Server
8 14 (1.10%) Jenkins
9 10 (0.78%) NUnit
9 10 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
10 8 (0.63%) Postman
10 8 (0.63%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.55%) Jasmine
12 6 (0.47%) Gradle
12 6 (0.47%) JIRA
13 4 (0.31%) Android Studio
13 4 (0.31%) Xcode
14 2 (0.16%) CircleCI
14 2 (0.16%) Hudson
14 2 (0.16%) Subversion
General
1 295 (23.14%) Social Skills
2 201 (15.76%) Finance
3 104 (8.16%) Marketing
4 103 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (6.04%) Advertising
6 39 (3.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (3.06%) Manufacturing
7 36 (2.82%) Public Sector
8 35 (2.75%) Legal
9 34 (2.67%) Aviation
9 34 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
10 32 (2.51%) Telecoms
11 31 (2.43%) Aerospace
12 26 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (1.96%) Military
14 24 (1.88%) Retail
15 21 (1.65%) Automotive
16 19 (1.49%) Banking
17 16 (1.25%) Electronics
17 16 (1.25%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (12.24%) .NET
2 83 (6.51%) React
3 33 (2.59%) CSS
4 27 (2.12%) HTML
5 25 (1.96%) ASP.NET
6 24 (1.88%) .NET Framework
7 22 (1.73%) .NET Core
8 21 (1.65%) Jest
9 19 (1.49%) EDI
10 18 (1.41%) JSON
11 16 (1.25%) Kafka
12 15 (1.18%) AngularJS
13 13 (1.02%) RESTful
14 12 (0.94%) Spring
15 11 (0.86%) RabbitMQ
15 11 (0.86%) Spring Boot
15 11 (0.86%) XML
16 10 (0.78%) REST
17 8 (0.63%) Entity Framework
18 7 (0.55%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 77 (6.04%) Marketing Technology
2 53 (4.16%) Management Information System
3 26 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (1.80%) Data Centre
4 23 (1.80%) Greenfield Project
5 19 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
6 18 (1.41%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.25%) Algorithms
7 16 (1.25%) Private Cloud
8 15 (1.18%) Life Science
8 15 (1.18%) Mobile App
9 14 (1.10%) Digital Media
10 13 (1.02%) Product Ownership
11 12 (0.94%) Security Operations Centre
12 11 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (0.86%) Public Cloud
13 10 (0.78%) Augmented Reality
14 9 (0.71%) Fibre Optics
14 9 (0.71%) Renewable Energy
15 8 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 148 (11.61%) Windows
2 66 (5.18%) Linux
3 42 (3.29%) Windows Server
4 26 (2.04%) Windows 10
5 8 (0.63%) Android
6 6 (0.47%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.16%) CentOS
9 2 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.16%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.16%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.16%) Rocky
9 2 (0.16%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.078%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (20.08%) Agile
2 209 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
3 171 (13.41%) Mentoring
3 171 (13.41%) Software Engineering
4 153 (12.00%) Analytics
5 123 (9.65%) Process Improvement
6 118 (9.25%) Project Management
7 109 (8.55%) DevOps
8 96 (7.53%) Data Strategy
9 93 (7.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 88 (6.90%) Matrix Organization
11 87 (6.82%) Use Case
12 86 (6.75%) Business Case
12 86 (6.75%) Digital Marketing
12 86 (6.75%) ITIL
13 77 (6.04%) Data Collection
13 77 (6.04%) Regulatory Change
14 75 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
15 70 (5.49%) Decision-Making
15 70 (5.49%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 139 (10.90%) C#
2 108 (8.47%) Java
3 107 (8.39%) JavaScript
4 104 (8.16%) SQL
5 70 (5.49%) TypeScript
6 64 (5.02%) Python
7 37 (2.90%) C++
8 27 (2.12%) C
9 8 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (0.55%) Bicep
11 6 (0.47%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.47%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.39%) Apex Code
12 5 (0.39%) Go
12 5 (0.39%) Haskell
12 5 (0.39%) MATLAB
12 5 (0.39%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.39%) Scala
13 4 (0.31%) JSX
13 4 (0.31%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 160 (12.55%) Degree
2 101 (7.92%) Security Cleared
3 61 (4.78%) SC Cleared
4 53 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.04%) Master's Degree
6 23 (1.80%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (1.57%) AWS Certification
7 20 (1.57%) CIPD
8 19 (1.49%) DBS Check
9 18 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.18%) Azure Certification
11 13 (1.02%) CCNP
11 13 (1.02%) MCSE
12 12 (0.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 10 (0.78%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 10 (0.78%) ISTQB
14 9 (0.71%) ISEB
14 9 (0.71%) PMI Certification
15 8 (0.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 8 (0.63%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (4.24%) QA
2 37 (2.90%) SLA
3 24 (1.88%) GDPR
4 17 (1.33%) Data Quality
5 15 (1.18%) Good Clinical Practice
6 12 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.78%) PMO
8 9 (0.71%) Accessibility
8 9 (0.71%) NIST
9 8 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.63%) GRC
9 8 (0.63%) IFRS
9 8 (0.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.39%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.31%) GMP
11 4 (0.31%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.24%) ITGC
12 3 (0.24%) NEBOSH
12 3 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 97 (7.61%) Docker
2 75 (5.88%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.35%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.02%) Firmware
5 9 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
6 8 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.16%) HDFS
8 1 (0.078%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 98 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 36 (2.82%) Terraform
3 24 (1.88%) Puppet
4 20 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.10%) Ansible
5 14 (1.10%) SCCM
6 12 (0.94%) ZABBIX
7 10 (0.78%) Consul
8 7 (0.55%) MIIS
8 7 (0.55%) NetBackup
8 7 (0.55%) SCOM
9 5 (0.39%) WSUS
10 3 (0.24%) Nessus
11 2 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.16%) Argo
11 2 (0.16%) Autotask
11 2 (0.16%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.078%) Netcool
12 1 (0.078%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.078%) Salt
Vendors
1 196 (15.37%) Microsoft
2 54 (4.24%) SAP
3 38 (2.98%) Cisco
4 28 (2.20%) Oracle
5 26 (2.04%) Salesforce
6 20 (1.57%) VMware
7 17 (1.33%) Google
8 13 (1.02%) Palo Alto
9 12 (0.94%) ServiceNow
10 11 (0.86%) Apple
11 10 (0.78%) Databricks
11 10 (0.78%) OpenText
12 8 (0.63%) Apttus
12 8 (0.63%) McAfee
13 7 (0.55%) Citrix
13 7 (0.55%) MuleSoft
14 6 (0.47%) Ubiquiti
15 5 (0.39%) Acronis
15 5 (0.39%) Sophos
15 5 (0.39%) Splunk