Lead Jobs in the South East

Leader
England > South East

The median Leader salary in the South East is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 43 45
Rank change year-on-year +16 +2 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1,174 887 1,190
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 6.98% 6.13% 6.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.43% 6.79% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 861 670 734
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,625
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,500 £65,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% -0.38% +5.20%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £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 15,805 13,071 19,082
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.97% 90.33% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 11,356 8,241 12,449
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 £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +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 11 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 11 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 +20 467 £62,334 -4.10% 93
Hampshire +20 354 £60,000 -17.24% 58
Berkshire +21 222 £75,000 +7.14% 45
Buckinghamshire +38 149 £60,000 +4.35% 27
Surrey -12 142 £60,000 -11.11% 24
Oxfordshire +5 96 £52,500 -8.70% 21
Kent +36 75 £50,000 -16.67% 13
East Sussex +7 42 £80,000 +50.23% 6
West Sussex +7 39 £64,000 +11.30% 6
Middlesex -2 24 £44,658 -44.18%
Sussex -12 13 £40,000 -52.94% 1
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 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.

1 286 (24.36%) Social Skills
2 264 (22.49%) Agile
3 197 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
4 185 (15.76%) Finance
5 178 (15.16%) Microsoft
6 168 (14.31%) Mentoring
7 155 (13.20%) .NET
8 154 (13.12%) Azure
9 151 (12.86%) Degree
10 146 (12.44%) Software Engineering
11 144 (12.27%) C#
11 144 (12.27%) Windows
12 141 (12.01%) Analytics
13 130 (11.07%) AWS
14 120 (10.22%) Process Improvement
15 110 (9.37%) DevOps
16 108 (9.20%) Project Management
17 107 (9.11%) Java
17 107 (9.11%) JavaScript
18 106 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
19 105 (8.94%) Marketing
20 102 (8.69%) Kubernetes
20 102 (8.69%) Docker
21 99 (8.43%) SQL
22 98 (8.35%) Security Cleared
23 93 (7.92%) Data Strategy
24 90 (7.67%) Continuous Improvement
25 89 (7.58%) React
26 88 (7.50%) Matrix Organization
27 87 (7.41%) 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 24 (2.04%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.85%) OpenStack
4 6 (0.51%) Apache
4 6 (0.51%) Confluence
5 5 (0.43%) CMS
6 4 (0.34%) IIS
6 4 (0.34%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.26%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.085%) Drupal
Applications
1 44 (3.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 20 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.43%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.17%) MadCap Flare
6 2 (0.17%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 23 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
3 10 (0.85%) SAP GRC
4 4 (0.34%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.26%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.17%) Q-Pulse
6 2 (0.17%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.085%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.085%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.085%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.085%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.085%) SAP MDM
7 1 (0.085%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.085%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.085%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.085%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 154 (13.12%) Azure
2 130 (11.07%) AWS
3 58 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
4 57 (4.86%) Power Platform
5 40 (3.41%) SaaS
6 23 (1.96%) Amazon ECS
6 23 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
7 21 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
8 18 (1.53%) Serverless
9 17 (1.45%) Entra ID
10 15 (1.28%) GCP
11 14 (1.19%) Amazon EKS
12 13 (1.11%) Amazon S3
13 12 (1.02%) Datadog
14 11 (0.94%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (0.94%) PaaS
15 9 (0.77%) Amazon SQS
15 9 (0.77%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 9 (0.77%) PowerApps
16 8 (0.68%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 77 (6.56%) Broadband
2 48 (4.09%) Firewall
3 26 (2.21%) DNS
4 18 (1.53%) Network Security
5 17 (1.45%) TCP/IP
6 12 (1.02%) SSL
7 11 (0.94%) LAN
7 11 (0.94%) Wireless
8 10 (0.85%) DHCP
8 10 (0.85%) WAN
9 9 (0.77%) CTI
9 9 (0.77%) VoIP
10 8 (0.68%) OSPF
11 7 (0.60%) VPN
12 6 (0.51%) RS-485
13 5 (0.43%) BGP
13 5 (0.43%) SMTP
13 5 (0.43%) VLAN
14 4 (0.34%) HTTP
14 4 (0.34%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (4.60%) NoSQL
2 49 (4.17%) SQL Server
3 46 (3.92%) Power BI
4 15 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (1.02%) MySQL
6 9 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
6 9 (0.77%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.68%) SAP BW
8 7 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.51%) CouchDB
9 6 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.43%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.43%) Data Mining
10 5 (0.43%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.43%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.34%) Metadata
11 4 (0.34%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
12 3 (0.26%) DB2
Development Applications
1 54 (4.60%) Git
2 44 (3.75%) Visual Studio
3 40 (3.41%) Selenium
4 26 (2.21%) Cypress.io
5 24 (2.04%) GitLab
6 23 (1.96%) SoapUI
7 18 (1.53%) Team Foundation Server
8 16 (1.36%) Jenkins
9 10 (0.85%) NUnit
10 9 (0.77%) Visual Studio Code
11 8 (0.68%) Gradle
11 8 (0.68%) TeamCity
12 7 (0.60%) Jasmine
12 7 (0.60%) Postman
13 5 (0.43%) JIRA
14 4 (0.34%) Android Studio
14 4 (0.34%) Xcode
15 2 (0.17%) CircleCI
15 2 (0.17%) Hudson
15 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 286 (24.36%) Social Skills
2 185 (15.76%) Finance
3 106 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (8.94%) Marketing
5 77 (6.56%) Advertising
6 37 (3.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (3.15%) Public Sector
7 35 (2.98%) Legal
8 34 (2.90%) Aerospace
9 33 (2.81%) Aviation
9 33 (2.81%) Telecoms
10 32 (2.73%) Manufacturing
10 32 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
11 25 (2.13%) Military
12 21 (1.79%) Retail
13 20 (1.70%) Documentation Skills
14 18 (1.53%) Banking
15 17 (1.45%) Automotive
15 17 (1.45%) Electronics
16 16 (1.36%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 155 (13.20%) .NET
2 89 (7.58%) React
3 31 (2.64%) CSS
4 30 (2.56%) HTML
5 25 (2.13%) ASP.NET
6 24 (2.04%) .NET Framework
7 22 (1.87%) .NET Core
8 21 (1.79%) Jest
9 20 (1.70%) EDI
10 19 (1.62%) JSON
11 17 (1.45%) AngularJS
12 16 (1.36%) Kafka
13 15 (1.28%) RESTful
14 14 (1.19%) Spring
15 11 (0.94%) RabbitMQ
15 11 (0.94%) Spring Boot
16 10 (0.85%) XML
17 9 (0.77%) HTML5
17 9 (0.77%) REST
17 9 (0.77%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 77 (6.56%) Marketing Technology
2 52 (4.43%) Management Information System
3 22 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
4 19 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
4 19 (1.62%) Onboarding
5 17 (1.45%) Data Centre
5 17 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
6 16 (1.36%) Private Cloud
7 15 (1.28%) Algorithms
8 14 (1.19%) Digital Media
8 14 (1.19%) Mobile App
9 13 (1.11%) Product Ownership
9 13 (1.11%) Public Cloud
9 13 (1.11%) Security Operations Centre
10 11 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (0.77%) Augmented Reality
11 9 (0.77%) Fibre Optics
12 8 (0.68%) Credit Risk
12 8 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
12 8 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 144 (12.27%) Windows
2 66 (5.62%) Linux
3 39 (3.32%) Windows Server
4 25 (2.13%) Windows 10
5 8 (0.68%) Android
6 5 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.17%) CentOS
8 2 (0.17%) Embedded Linux
8 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.17%) Mac OS X
8 2 (0.17%) Rocky
8 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.085%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (22.49%) Agile
2 197 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
3 168 (14.31%) Mentoring
4 146 (12.44%) Software Engineering
5 141 (12.01%) Analytics
6 120 (10.22%) Process Improvement
7 110 (9.37%) DevOps
8 108 (9.20%) Project Management
9 93 (7.92%) Data Strategy
10 90 (7.67%) Continuous Improvement
11 88 (7.50%) Matrix Organization
12 87 (7.41%) Digital Marketing
12 87 (7.41%) ITIL
13 86 (7.33%) Business Case
13 86 (7.33%) Use Case
14 77 (6.56%) Data Collection
14 77 (6.56%) Regulatory Change
15 73 (6.22%) Artificial Intelligence
16 68 (5.79%) Decision-Making
17 67 (5.71%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 144 (12.27%) C#
2 107 (9.11%) Java
2 107 (9.11%) JavaScript
3 99 (8.43%) SQL
4 71 (6.05%) TypeScript
5 58 (4.94%) Python
6 40 (3.41%) C++
7 27 (2.30%) C
8 8 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 7 (0.60%) Bicep
10 6 (0.51%) PHP
10 6 (0.51%) PowerShell
10 6 (0.51%) T-SQL
10 6 (0.51%) VB.NET
11 5 (0.43%) Go
11 5 (0.43%) Haskell
11 5 (0.43%) MATLAB
11 5 (0.43%) Scala
12 4 (0.34%) JSX
12 4 (0.34%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 151 (12.86%) Degree
2 98 (8.35%) Security Cleared
3 56 (4.77%) Computer Science Degree
3 56 (4.77%) SC Cleared
4 26 (2.21%) Master's Degree
5 23 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
6 22 (1.87%) AWS Certification
7 20 (1.70%) CIPD
8 19 (1.62%) DBS Check
9 18 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.28%) Azure Certification
11 13 (1.11%) CCNP
11 13 (1.11%) MCSE
12 12 (1.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 12 (1.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 10 (0.85%) ISTQB
14 9 (0.77%) ISEB
14 9 (0.77%) PMI Certification
15 8 (0.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 8 (0.68%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (4.51%) QA
2 32 (2.73%) SLA
3 24 (2.04%) GDPR
4 17 (1.45%) Data Quality
5 11 (0.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (0.77%) Accessibility
7 8 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
7 8 (0.68%) GRC
7 8 (0.68%) IFRS
7 8 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 7 (0.60%) NIST
8 7 (0.60%) PMO
9 5 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.34%) GMP
11 3 (0.26%) Good Clinical Practice
11 3 (0.26%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.26%) ITGC
11 3 (0.26%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.17%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 102 (8.69%) Docker
2 70 (5.96%) Active Directory
3 29 (2.47%) Hyper-V
4 15 (1.28%) Firmware
5 8 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 7 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
6 7 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.17%) HDFS
8 1 (0.085%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 102 (8.69%) Kubernetes
2 39 (3.32%) Terraform
3 26 (2.21%) Puppet
4 20 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (1.28%) Ansible
6 14 (1.19%) SCCM
7 12 (1.02%) Consul
7 12 (1.02%) ZABBIX
8 7 (0.60%) MIIS
8 7 (0.60%) NetBackup
8 7 (0.60%) SCOM
9 5 (0.43%) WSUS
10 3 (0.26%) 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 (0.085%) Netcool
12 1 (0.085%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.085%) Salt
Vendors
1 178 (15.16%) Microsoft
2 58 (4.94%) SAP
3 35 (2.98%) Cisco
4 28 (2.39%) Oracle
5 27 (2.30%) Salesforce
6 19 (1.62%) VMware
7 17 (1.45%) Google
8 12 (1.02%) Palo Alto
8 12 (1.02%) ServiceNow
9 11 (0.94%) Apple
9 11 (0.94%) OpenText
10 10 (0.85%) Databricks
11 8 (0.68%) Apttus
11 8 (0.68%) McAfee
12 7 (0.60%) Citrix
13 6 (0.51%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.51%) Ubiquiti
14 5 (0.43%) Acronis
14 5 (0.43%) Sophos
14 5 (0.43%) Splunk