Lead Jobs in the South East

Leader
England > South East

The median Leader salary in the South East is £62,000 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 25 43 45
Rank change year-on-year +18 +2 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1,185 876 1,196
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.02% 6.13% 6.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.46% 6.79% 6.22%
Number of salaries quoted 863 659 739
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,625
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £67,500 £65,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.15% +3.05% +4.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £88,750
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +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 15,877 12,901 19,221
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 90.30% 96.44%
Number of salaries quoted 11,357 8,146 12,405
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,032 £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 £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +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 18 May 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 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
Thames Valley +23 472 £61,000 -6.15% 99
Hampshire +17 355 £60,000 -20.00% 63
Berkshire +23 226 £75,000 +7.14% 50
Buckinghamshire +40 148 £60,000 +4.35% 27
Surrey -13 145 £60,000 -11.11% 29
Oxfordshire +3 98 £52,500 -8.70% 22
Kent +43 77 £50,000 -16.67% 15
East Sussex +14 41 £80,000 +50.59% 9
West Sussex +14 40 £64,000 +11.30% 12
Middlesex -3 24 £44,658 -44.18% 4
Sussex -12 13 £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 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 South East region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 291 (24.56%) Social Skills
2 259 (21.86%) Agile
3 201 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
4 189 (15.95%) Finance
5 185 (15.61%) Microsoft
6 169 (14.26%) Mentoring
7 158 (13.33%) Azure
8 154 (13.00%) Degree
8 154 (13.00%) .NET
9 149 (12.57%) Software Engineering
10 147 (12.41%) Analytics
11 145 (12.24%) Windows
12 139 (11.73%) C#
13 131 (11.05%) AWS
14 120 (10.13%) Process Improvement
15 112 (9.45%) Project Management
16 106 (8.95%) DevOps
17 105 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
17 105 (8.86%) Java
17 105 (8.86%) Marketing
18 104 (8.78%) JavaScript
19 101 (8.52%) SQL
19 101 (8.52%) Kubernetes
20 100 (8.44%) Docker
21 98 (8.27%) Security Cleared
22 94 (7.93%) Data Strategy
23 91 (7.68%) Continuous Improvement
24 88 (7.43%) Matrix Organization
25 87 (7.34%) Digital Marketing
26 86 (7.26%) Use Case

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 25 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.84%) OpenStack
4 6 (0.51%) Apache
4 6 (0.51%) Confluence
5 5 (0.42%) CMS
6 4 (0.34%) IIS
6 4 (0.34%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.25%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.084%) Drupal
Applications
1 50 (4.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.42%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.17%) MadCap Flare
5 2 (0.17%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 23 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.84%) SAP GRC
2 10 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.25%) Q-Pulse
4 3 (0.25%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.17%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.084%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.084%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.084%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.084%) SAP MDM
6 1 (0.084%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.084%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 158 (13.33%) Azure
2 131 (11.05%) AWS
3 58 (4.89%) Microsoft 365
4 57 (4.81%) Power Platform
5 39 (3.29%) SaaS
6 24 (2.03%) Amazon ECS
7 23 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
8 21 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
9 18 (1.52%) Serverless
10 17 (1.43%) Entra ID
11 16 (1.35%) GCP
12 14 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
12 14 (1.18%) Amazon S3
13 12 (1.01%) Datadog
14 11 (0.93%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (0.84%) Amazon SQS
15 10 (0.84%) PaaS
16 9 (0.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 9 (0.76%) PowerApps
17 8 (0.68%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 77 (6.50%) Broadband
2 48 (4.05%) Firewall
3 27 (2.28%) DNS
4 18 (1.52%) Network Security
4 18 (1.52%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.01%) LAN
5 12 (1.01%) SSL
6 11 (0.93%) WAN
6 11 (0.93%) Wireless
7 10 (0.84%) DHCP
8 9 (0.76%) CTI
8 9 (0.76%) VoIP
9 8 (0.68%) OSPF
9 8 (0.68%) VPN
10 6 (0.51%) RS-485
11 5 (0.42%) BGP
11 5 (0.42%) SMTP
11 5 (0.42%) VLAN
12 4 (0.34%) HTTP
12 4 (0.34%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (4.47%) NoSQL
2 50 (4.22%) SQL Server
3 46 (3.88%) Power BI
4 15 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (1.01%) MySQL
6 10 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.68%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.68%) SAP BW
8 7 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.51%) CouchDB
9 6 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.42%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.42%) Data Mining
10 5 (0.42%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.42%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.34%) DB2
11 4 (0.34%) Metadata
11 4 (0.34%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 51 (4.30%) Git
2 44 (3.71%) Visual Studio
3 39 (3.29%) Selenium
4 24 (2.03%) Cypress.io
4 24 (2.03%) GitLab
5 22 (1.86%) SoapUI
6 18 (1.52%) Team Foundation Server
7 16 (1.35%) Jenkins
8 10 (0.84%) NUnit
9 9 (0.76%) Visual Studio Code
10 8 (0.68%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.59%) Gradle
11 7 (0.59%) Jasmine
11 7 (0.59%) Postman
12 5 (0.42%) JIRA
13 4 (0.34%) Android Studio
13 4 (0.34%) Xcode
14 2 (0.17%) Maven
14 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
14 2 (0.17%) Subversion
General
1 291 (24.56%) Social Skills
2 189 (15.95%) Finance
3 105 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
3 105 (8.86%) Marketing
4 77 (6.50%) Advertising
5 37 (3.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 37 (3.12%) Public Sector
6 35 (2.95%) Legal
7 34 (2.87%) Aviation
8 33 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
9 32 (2.70%) Aerospace
9 32 (2.70%) Telecoms
10 31 (2.62%) Manufacturing
11 25 (2.11%) Military
12 22 (1.86%) Retail
13 20 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
13 20 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
14 18 (1.52%) Banking
15 17 (1.43%) Automotive
15 17 (1.43%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (13.00%) .NET
2 86 (7.26%) React
3 31 (2.62%) CSS
4 29 (2.45%) HTML
5 25 (2.11%) ASP.NET
6 24 (2.03%) .NET Framework
7 22 (1.86%) .NET Core
8 20 (1.69%) EDI
8 20 (1.69%) Jest
9 18 (1.52%) JSON
10 16 (1.35%) Kafka
11 15 (1.27%) AngularJS
12 13 (1.10%) RESTful
12 13 (1.10%) Spring
13 11 (0.93%) RabbitMQ
13 11 (0.93%) Spring Boot
14 10 (0.84%) XML
15 9 (0.76%) REST
15 9 (0.76%) Vue
16 8 (0.68%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 77 (6.50%) Marketing Technology
2 53 (4.47%) Management Information System
3 23 (1.94%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (1.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
5 18 (1.52%) Data Centre
5 18 (1.52%) Onboarding
6 16 (1.35%) Algorithms
6 16 (1.35%) Private Cloud
7 14 (1.18%) Digital Media
7 14 (1.18%) Mobile App
8 13 (1.10%) Product Ownership
9 12 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
10 11 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (0.93%) Public Cloud
11 9 (0.76%) Augmented Reality
11 9 (0.76%) Fibre Optics
12 8 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
12 8 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 145 (12.24%) Windows
2 64 (5.40%) Linux
3 41 (3.46%) Windows Server
4 25 (2.11%) Windows 10
5 8 (0.68%) Android
6 6 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.17%) CentOS
9 2 (0.17%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.17%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.17%) Rocky
9 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.084%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.084%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (21.86%) Agile
2 201 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
3 169 (14.26%) Mentoring
4 149 (12.57%) Software Engineering
5 147 (12.41%) Analytics
6 120 (10.13%) Process Improvement
7 112 (9.45%) Project Management
8 106 (8.95%) DevOps
9 94 (7.93%) Data Strategy
10 91 (7.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 88 (7.43%) Matrix Organization
12 87 (7.34%) Digital Marketing
13 86 (7.26%) Business Case
13 86 (7.26%) ITIL
13 86 (7.26%) Use Case
14 77 (6.50%) Data Collection
14 77 (6.50%) Regulatory Change
15 73 (6.16%) Artificial Intelligence
16 70 (5.91%) Decision-Making
17 66 (5.57%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 139 (11.73%) C#
2 105 (8.86%) Java
3 104 (8.78%) JavaScript
4 101 (8.52%) SQL
5 69 (5.82%) TypeScript
6 60 (5.06%) Python
7 38 (3.21%) C++
8 27 (2.28%) C
9 8 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (0.59%) Bicep
11 6 (0.51%) PHP
11 6 (0.51%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.51%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.51%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.42%) Go
12 5 (0.42%) Haskell
12 5 (0.42%) MATLAB
12 5 (0.42%) Scala
13 4 (0.34%) JSX
13 4 (0.34%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 154 (13.00%) Degree
2 98 (8.27%) Security Cleared
3 58 (4.89%) SC Cleared
4 55 (4.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.19%) Master's Degree
6 23 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (1.86%) AWS Certification
8 20 (1.69%) CIPD
9 19 (1.60%) DBS Check
10 18 (1.52%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.27%) Azure Certification
12 13 (1.10%) CCNP
12 13 (1.10%) MCSE
13 12 (1.01%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 12 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 9 (0.76%) ISEB
14 9 (0.76%) ISTQB
14 9 (0.76%) PMI Certification
15 8 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 8 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (4.39%) QA
2 33 (2.78%) SLA
3 24 (2.03%) GDPR
4 17 (1.43%) Data Quality
5 11 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.76%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (0.68%) Good Clinical Practice
7 8 (0.68%) GRC
7 8 (0.68%) IFRS
7 8 (0.68%) PMO
7 8 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.59%) NIST
9 5 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.34%) GMP
11 3 (0.25%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.25%) ITGC
11 3 (0.25%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.17%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 100 (8.44%) Docker
2 71 (5.99%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.45%) Hyper-V
4 14 (1.18%) Firmware
5 8 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.59%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.17%) HDFS
8 1 (0.084%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 101 (8.52%) Kubernetes
2 39 (3.29%) Terraform
3 26 (2.19%) Puppet
4 20 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (1.27%) Ansible
6 14 (1.18%) SCCM
7 12 (1.01%) Consul
7 12 (1.01%) ZABBIX
8 7 (0.59%) MIIS
8 7 (0.59%) NetBackup
8 7 (0.59%) SCOM
9 5 (0.42%) WSUS
10 3 (0.25%) Nessus
11 2 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 2 (0.17%) Argo
11 2 (0.17%) Autotask
11 2 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 1 (0.084%) Netcool
12 1 (0.084%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.084%) Salt
Vendors
1 185 (15.61%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.73%) SAP
3 35 (2.95%) Cisco
4 28 (2.36%) Oracle
4 28 (2.36%) Salesforce
5 19 (1.60%) VMware
6 18 (1.52%) Google
7 12 (1.01%) Palo Alto
7 12 (1.01%) ServiceNow
8 11 (0.93%) Apple
8 11 (0.93%) OpenText
9 10 (0.84%) Databricks
10 8 (0.68%) Apttus
10 8 (0.68%) McAfee
11 7 (0.59%) Citrix
12 6 (0.51%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.51%) Ubiquiti
13 5 (0.42%) Acronis
13 5 (0.42%) Sophos
13 5 (0.42%) Splunk