Lead Jobs in Central London

Leader
London > Central London

The median Leader salary in Central London is £85,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 31 22
Rank change year-on-year +16 -9 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 446 385 723
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 11.80% 7.55% 8.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.36% 7.87% 9.04%
Number of salaries quoted 349 341 604
10th Percentile £52,000 £57,500 £55,000
25th Percentile £67,750 £71,250 £73,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £92,500 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +2.78% +5.88%
75th Percentile £107,500 £110,000 £105,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £123,750 £115,000
London median annual salary £87,750 £90,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -2.50% +2.86% +9.38%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Central 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 Central London with a recognized job title 3,607 4,891 7,997
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.42% 95.98% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,783 4,066 6,456
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £43,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £54,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,210 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.97% +0.98% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,250 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Central London

Lead
Salary Trend in Central London

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

Salary trend for Lead in Central London

Lead
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Central London over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in Central London

Lead
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Central London region over the 6 months to 27 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
City of London +18 401 £85,000 -10.53% 74
City of Westminster +4 18 £49,838 -52.54%
Camden -6 13 - - 3
West End of London +6 11 £93,750 +4.17% 3
Southwark +21 3 £65,000 -38.10%
Lambeth +4 1 - -
Kensington and Chelsea +4 1 £87,500 -
Lead
London

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 Central London region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 117 (26.23%) Azure
2 115 (25.78%) Finance
3 112 (25.11%) Social Skills
4 110 (24.66%) Agile
5 97 (21.75%) SQL
6 81 (18.16%) Java
7 64 (14.35%) AWS
8 61 (13.68%) Microsoft
8 61 (13.68%) Mentoring
9 55 (12.33%) DevOps
10 54 (12.11%) CI/CD
11 52 (11.66%) Degree
11 52 (11.66%) Microsoft 365
12 51 (11.43%) Line Management
13 49 (10.99%) SDET
14 48 (10.76%) SaaS
15 47 (10.54%) REST
15 47 (10.54%) Python
16 44 (9.87%) JavaScript
16 44 (9.87%) Problem-Solving
17 42 (9.42%) Project Management
18 41 (9.19%) Fintech
19 40 (8.97%) Git
20 39 (8.74%) Scrum
21 37 (8.30%) Jenkins
22 36 (8.07%) Clean Code
23 35 (7.85%) Docker
23 35 (7.85%) ITIL
24 34 (7.62%) .NET
24 34 (7.62%) Analytical Skills

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 15 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (2.69%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.02%) CMS
4 6 (1.35%) Drupal
5 5 (1.12%) Confluence
6 4 (0.90%) Cloud Foundry
6 4 (0.90%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.67%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.67%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.45%) SAS
9 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 17 (3.81%) Aladdin
2 16 (3.59%) thinkFolio
3 4 (0.90%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.67%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.22%) SAP GTS
5 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 117 (26.23%) Azure
2 64 (14.35%) AWS
3 52 (11.66%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (10.76%) SaaS
5 33 (7.40%) Power Platform
6 20 (4.48%) Serverless
7 17 (3.81%) Amazon SQS
8 16 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (3.59%) GitHub
9 15 (3.36%) Entra ID
9 15 (3.36%) Power Automate
9 15 (3.36%) PowerApps
10 14 (3.14%) Amazon EKS
10 14 (3.14%) AWS Fargate
11 12 (2.69%) AWS Lambda
11 12 (2.69%) Azure Functions
12 11 (2.47%) Amazon ECS
12 11 (2.47%) Amazon S3
13 10 (2.24%) Akamai
13 10 (2.24%) CloudFront
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.24%) Structured Cabling
2 7 (1.57%) DNS
2 7 (1.57%) Firewall
2 7 (1.57%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.35%) WAN
4 5 (1.12%) BGP
5 4 (0.90%) SSL
6 3 (0.67%) LAN
6 3 (0.67%) Network Security
6 3 (0.67%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.67%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.45%) Broadband
7 2 (0.45%) SMTP
8 1 (0.22%) DHCP
8 1 (0.22%) HSRP
8 1 (0.22%) Internet
8 1 (0.22%) OSPF
8 1 (0.22%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.22%) VPN
8 1 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (6.05%) Power BI
2 22 (4.93%) SQL Server
3 15 (3.36%) Relational Database
4 13 (2.91%) Tableau
5 9 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
6 8 (1.79%) MySQL
6 8 (1.79%) Redis
7 6 (1.35%) Oracle Reports
8 5 (1.12%) MongoDB
8 5 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (0.90%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.90%) Oracle Database
9 4 (0.90%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.67%) GIS
10 3 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
11 2 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.45%) DynamoDB
12 1 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 40 (8.97%) Git
2 37 (8.30%) Jenkins
3 30 (6.73%) Cucumber
4 28 (6.28%) Postman
5 26 (5.83%) Selenium
6 25 (5.61%) JIRA
7 16 (3.59%) Cypress.io
7 16 (3.59%) JUnit
8 9 (2.02%) JMeter
9 7 (1.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 7 (1.57%) GitLab
10 5 (1.12%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.90%) Eclipse
11 4 (0.90%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.67%) MSTest
12 3 (0.67%) NUnit
12 3 (0.67%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.45%) Moq
13 2 (0.45%) Rational Rhapsody
13 2 (0.45%) TeamCity
General
1 115 (25.78%) Finance
2 112 (25.11%) Social Skills
3 34 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (6.50%) Banking
5 23 (5.16%) Retail
6 16 (3.59%) Law
6 16 (3.59%) Legal
7 15 (3.36%) Telecoms
8 13 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (2.24%) Automotive
9 10 (2.24%) Retail Banking
10 9 (2.02%) Public Sector
11 6 (1.35%) Financial Institution
11 6 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.35%) Marketing
12 5 (1.12%) Advertising
12 5 (1.12%) Front Office
13 4 (0.90%) Games
13 4 (0.90%) Local Government
14 3 (0.67%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (10.54%) REST
2 34 (7.62%) .NET
3 24 (5.38%) React
4 18 (4.04%) AngularJS
5 15 (3.36%) Kafka
6 14 (3.14%) RESTful
7 13 (2.91%) HTML
7 13 (2.91%) JSON
7 13 (2.91%) Web Services
8 12 (2.69%) CSS
9 11 (2.47%) Spring
10 10 (2.24%) ASP.NET
11 9 (2.02%) Spring Boot
12 8 (1.79%) ASP.NET Web API
12 8 (1.79%) jQuery
12 8 (1.79%) WebdriverIO
13 7 (1.57%) Laravel
13 7 (1.57%) XML
14 6 (1.35%) ASP.NET MVC
14 6 (1.35%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.14%) Fixed Income
2 12 (2.69%) Management Information System
3 11 (2.47%) Clustering
3 11 (2.47%) Reinsurance
4 10 (2.24%) Driving Licence
4 10 (2.24%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (2.24%) Mobile App
5 8 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
5 8 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (1.57%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.35%) Hedge funds
8 5 (1.12%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.12%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (0.90%) Algorithms
9 4 (0.90%) Data Structures
9 4 (0.90%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.67%) Derivative
10 3 (0.67%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 33 (7.40%) Windows
2 18 (4.04%) Windows Server
3 9 (2.02%) Linux
4 5 (1.12%) Android
4 5 (1.12%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.45%) Unix
6 2 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (24.66%) Agile
2 61 (13.68%) Mentoring
3 55 (12.33%) DevOps
4 54 (12.11%) CI/CD
5 51 (11.43%) Line Management
6 49 (10.99%) SDET
7 44 (9.87%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (9.42%) Project Management
9 41 (9.19%) Fintech
10 39 (8.74%) Scrum
11 36 (8.07%) Clean Code
12 35 (7.85%) ITIL
13 33 (7.40%) Actionable Insight
13 33 (7.40%) Computer Science
13 33 (7.40%) Continuous Improvement
14 32 (7.17%) API Testing
14 32 (7.17%) Microservices
15 31 (6.95%) Unit Testing
16 30 (6.73%) Test Automation
16 30 (6.73%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 97 (21.75%) SQL
2 81 (18.16%) Java
3 47 (10.54%) Python
4 44 (9.87%) JavaScript
5 33 (7.40%) C#
6 24 (5.38%) PowerShell
7 9 (2.02%) T-SQL
8 8 (1.79%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.35%) C
9 6 (1.35%) PHP
10 5 (1.12%) C++
10 5 (1.12%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.67%) Go
12 2 (0.45%) R
13 1 (0.22%) Bash
Qualifications
1 52 (11.66%) Degree
2 26 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 20 (4.48%) DBS Check
4 12 (2.69%) SC Cleared
4 12 (2.69%) Security Cleared
5 11 (2.47%) Azure Certification
6 10 (2.24%) CISSP
7 8 (1.79%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.57%) CEH
9 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (1.12%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 4 (0.90%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.90%) CCSP
11 4 (0.90%) CISA
11 4 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.90%) CompTIA Security+
11 4 (0.90%) PMI Certification
11 4 (0.90%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (6.28%) QA
2 15 (3.36%) Data Quality
3 8 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.57%) Accessibility
5 6 (1.35%) NIST
6 5 (1.12%) GDPR
7 4 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (0.67%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.67%) SOC 1
9 2 (0.45%) HL7
10 1 (0.22%) COBIT
10 1 (0.22%) EMIR
10 1 (0.22%) GRC
10 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.22%) MiFID
10 1 (0.22%) PMO
System Software
1 35 (7.85%) Docker
2 18 (4.04%) Active Directory
3 13 (2.91%) Virtual Machines
3 13 (2.91%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.90%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.22%) Firmware
6 1 (0.22%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 32 (7.17%) Kubernetes
2 23 (5.16%) Microsoft Intune
3 14 (3.14%) Single Sign-On
4 13 (2.91%) vCenter Server
5 11 (2.47%) Microsoft Clustering
5 11 (2.47%) Terraform
6 4 (0.90%) SCCM
7 3 (0.67%) Nmap
8 1 (0.22%) Ansible
8 1 (0.22%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 61 (13.68%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.73%) ServiceNow
3 21 (4.71%) VMware
4 17 (3.81%) Aderant
4 17 (3.81%) iManage
5 16 (3.59%) Charles River
5 16 (3.59%) Oracle
6 14 (3.14%) Sun
7 13 (2.91%) Bloomberg
7 13 (2.91%) Commvault
8 11 (2.47%) Databricks
9 10 (2.24%) ForgeRock
9 10 (2.24%) Sitecore
10 6 (1.35%) Cisco
10 6 (1.35%) Unisys
11 5 (1.12%) Google
11 5 (1.12%) Salesforce
12 4 (0.90%) Intapp
12 4 (0.90%) Sparx
13 3 (0.67%) Thycotic