Lead Jobs in the South East

Leader
England > South East

The median Leader salary in the South East is £61,000 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 25 42 43
Rank change year-on-year +17 +1 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1,234 857 1,262
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 7.12% 6.05% 6.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.57% 6.71% 6.40%
Number of salaries quoted 893 648 762
10th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,625
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,000 £67,500 £66,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.63% +1.12% +6.80%
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 16,296 12,780 19,707
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.07% 90.25% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 11,638 8,092 12,422
10th Percentile £27,750 £29,750 £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 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +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 27 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 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
Thames Valley +26 494 £62,168 -4.36% 113
Hampshire +15 369 £60,000 -20.00% 54
Berkshire +20 243 £75,000 +7.14% 58
Buckinghamshire +33 150 £60,000 +9.09% 25
Surrey -10 150 £60,000 -11.11% 30
Oxfordshire +2 101 £52,500 -8.70% 30
Kent +35 81 £50,000 -16.67% 20
West Sussex +11 44 £65,000 +13.04% 12
East Sussex +12 38 £80,000 +50.94% 14
Middlesex -5 24 £44,658 -44.18% 4
Sussex -10 16 £40,000 -52.94% 4
Lead
England

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

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 South East region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 296 (23.99%) Social Skills
2 256 (20.75%) Agile
3 206 (16.69%) Problem-Solving
4 199 (16.13%) Finance
5 193 (15.64%) Microsoft
6 171 (13.86%) Mentoring
7 161 (13.05%) Software Engineering
8 159 (12.88%) Azure
9 158 (12.80%) Degree
10 153 (12.40%) .NET
11 152 (12.32%) Analytics
12 147 (11.91%) Windows
13 138 (11.18%) C#
14 135 (10.94%) AWS
15 121 (9.81%) Process Improvement
16 116 (9.40%) Project Management
17 108 (8.75%) Java
18 105 (8.51%) JavaScript
18 105 (8.51%) Marketing
19 103 (8.35%) Analytical Skills
19 103 (8.35%) DevOps
20 102 (8.27%) SQL
21 100 (8.10%) Security Cleared
22 98 (7.94%) Kubernetes
23 97 (7.86%) Docker
24 95 (7.70%) Data Strategy
25 92 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
26 88 (7.13%) Matrix Organization
27 87 (7.05%) Digital Marketing
27 87 (7.05%) ITIL

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 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.81%) OpenStack
4 6 (0.49%) Apache
4 6 (0.49%) Confluence
5 4 (0.32%) CMS
5 4 (0.32%) IIS
5 4 (0.32%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.24%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.081%) Drupal
Applications
1 56 (4.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.49%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.24%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.16%) MadCap Flare
6 2 (0.16%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 23 (1.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.81%) SAP GRC
3 8 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.32%) Q-Pulse
4 4 (0.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.24%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.16%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.081%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.081%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.081%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.081%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 159 (12.88%) Azure
2 135 (10.94%) AWS
3 59 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
4 57 (4.62%) Power Platform
5 40 (3.24%) SaaS
6 23 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
7 22 (1.78%) Amazon ECS
8 21 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
9 19 (1.54%) Serverless
10 17 (1.38%) Entra ID
11 16 (1.30%) GCP
12 14 (1.13%) Amazon EKS
12 14 (1.13%) Amazon S3
13 11 (0.89%) AWS Lambda
14 10 (0.81%) Amazon SQS
14 10 (0.81%) Datadog
14 10 (0.81%) PaaS
15 9 (0.73%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 9 (0.73%) PowerApps
16 8 (0.65%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 77 (6.24%) Broadband
2 49 (3.97%) Firewall
3 27 (2.19%) DNS
4 18 (1.46%) Network Security
4 18 (1.46%) TCP/IP
5 12 (0.97%) LAN
5 12 (0.97%) SSL
6 11 (0.89%) WAN
6 11 (0.89%) Wireless
7 10 (0.81%) DHCP
8 9 (0.73%) CTI
8 9 (0.73%) VoIP
9 8 (0.65%) OSPF
9 8 (0.65%) VPN
10 6 (0.49%) RS-485
11 5 (0.41%) BGP
11 5 (0.41%) SMTP
11 5 (0.41%) VLAN
12 4 (0.32%) HTTP
12 4 (0.32%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (4.29%) NoSQL
2 50 (4.05%) SQL Server
3 46 (3.73%) Power BI
4 15 (1.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 11 (0.89%) MySQL
6 10 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
7 8 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.65%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.65%) SAP BW
8 7 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
9 6 (0.49%) CouchDB
9 6 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.41%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.41%) Data Mining
10 5 (0.41%) DB2
10 5 (0.41%) MongoDB
10 5 (0.41%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.32%) Metadata
11 4 (0.32%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 50 (4.05%) Git
2 44 (3.57%) Visual Studio
3 39 (3.16%) Selenium
4 24 (1.94%) Cypress.io
5 22 (1.78%) GitLab
5 22 (1.78%) SoapUI
6 18 (1.46%) Team Foundation Server
7 14 (1.13%) Jenkins
8 10 (0.81%) NUnit
9 9 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
10 8 (0.65%) TeamCity
11 7 (0.57%) Jasmine
11 7 (0.57%) Postman
12 6 (0.49%) Gradle
12 6 (0.49%) JIRA
13 4 (0.32%) Android Studio
13 4 (0.32%) Xcode
14 2 (0.16%) CircleCI
14 2 (0.16%) Hudson
14 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 296 (23.99%) Social Skills
2 199 (16.13%) Finance
3 105 (8.51%) Marketing
4 103 (8.35%) Analytical Skills
5 77 (6.24%) Advertising
6 38 (3.08%) Manufacturing
7 37 (3.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 37 (3.00%) Public Sector
8 35 (2.84%) Legal
9 34 (2.76%) Aviation
9 34 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
10 33 (2.67%) Telecoms
11 31 (2.51%) Aerospace
12 25 (2.03%) Military
12 25 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
13 24 (1.94%) Retail
14 21 (1.70%) Automotive
15 20 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
16 18 (1.46%) Banking
17 17 (1.38%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (12.40%) .NET
2 86 (6.97%) React
3 32 (2.59%) CSS
4 27 (2.19%) HTML
5 25 (2.03%) ASP.NET
6 24 (1.94%) .NET Framework
7 22 (1.78%) .NET Core
8 20 (1.62%) EDI
8 20 (1.62%) Jest
9 18 (1.46%) JSON
10 16 (1.30%) Kafka
11 15 (1.22%) AngularJS
12 13 (1.05%) RESTful
13 12 (0.97%) Spring
14 11 (0.89%) RabbitMQ
14 11 (0.89%) Spring Boot
14 11 (0.89%) XML
15 9 (0.73%) REST
16 8 (0.65%) Entity Framework
16 8 (0.65%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 77 (6.24%) Marketing Technology
2 53 (4.29%) Management Information System
3 25 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (1.70%) Greenfield Project
5 19 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
5 19 (1.54%) Data Centre
6 18 (1.46%) Onboarding
7 16 (1.30%) Algorithms
7 16 (1.30%) Private Cloud
8 14 (1.13%) Digital Media
8 14 (1.13%) Mobile App
9 13 (1.05%) Life Science
9 13 (1.05%) Product Ownership
10 12 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
11 11 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (0.89%) Public Cloud
12 9 (0.73%) Augmented Reality
12 9 (0.73%) Fibre Optics
12 9 (0.73%) Renewable Energy
13 8 (0.65%) Credit Risk
Operating Systems
1 147 (11.91%) Windows
2 64 (5.19%) Linux
3 42 (3.40%) Windows Server
4 26 (2.11%) Windows 10
5 8 (0.65%) Android
6 6 (0.49%) Windows Server 2016
7 5 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.32%) 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 (0.081%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (20.75%) Agile
2 206 (16.69%) Problem-Solving
3 171 (13.86%) Mentoring
4 161 (13.05%) Software Engineering
5 152 (12.32%) Analytics
6 121 (9.81%) Process Improvement
7 116 (9.40%) Project Management
8 103 (8.35%) DevOps
9 95 (7.70%) Data Strategy
10 92 (7.46%) Continuous Improvement
11 88 (7.13%) Matrix Organization
12 87 (7.05%) Digital Marketing
12 87 (7.05%) ITIL
13 86 (6.97%) Business Case
13 86 (6.97%) Use Case
14 77 (6.24%) Data Collection
14 77 (6.24%) Regulatory Change
15 73 (5.92%) Artificial Intelligence
16 70 (5.67%) Decision-Making
17 68 (5.51%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 138 (11.18%) C#
2 108 (8.75%) Java
3 105 (8.51%) JavaScript
4 102 (8.27%) SQL
5 69 (5.59%) TypeScript
6 61 (4.94%) Python
7 37 (3.00%) C++
8 27 (2.19%) C
9 8 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 7 (0.57%) Bicep
11 6 (0.49%) PowerShell
11 6 (0.49%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.49%) VB.NET
12 5 (0.41%) Go
12 5 (0.41%) Haskell
12 5 (0.41%) MATLAB
12 5 (0.41%) PHP
12 5 (0.41%) Scala
13 4 (0.32%) JSX
13 4 (0.32%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 158 (12.80%) Degree
2 100 (8.10%) Security Cleared
3 60 (4.86%) SC Cleared
4 54 (4.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 26 (2.11%) Master's Degree
6 23 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 20 (1.62%) AWS Certification
7 20 (1.62%) CIPD
8 19 (1.54%) DBS Check
9 18 (1.46%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (1.22%) Azure Certification
11 13 (1.05%) CCNP
11 13 (1.05%) MCSE
12 12 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 10 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
14 9 (0.73%) ISEB
14 9 (0.73%) ISTQB
14 9 (0.73%) PMI Certification
15 8 (0.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 8 (0.65%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (4.21%) QA
2 37 (3.00%) SLA
3 24 (1.94%) GDPR
4 17 (1.38%) Data Quality
5 13 (1.05%) Good Clinical Practice
6 11 (0.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 10 (0.81%) PMO
8 9 (0.73%) Accessibility
9 8 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.65%) GRC
9 8 (0.65%) IFRS
9 8 (0.65%) NIST
9 8 (0.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.32%) GMP
12 3 (0.24%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.24%) ITGC
12 3 (0.24%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.16%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 97 (7.86%) Docker
2 73 (5.92%) Active Directory
3 30 (2.43%) Hyper-V
4 13 (1.05%) Firmware
5 8 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.16%) HDFS
8 1 (0.081%) Lustre
Systems Management
1 98 (7.94%) Kubernetes
2 36 (2.92%) Terraform
3 24 (1.94%) Puppet
4 20 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.13%) Ansible
5 14 (1.13%) SCCM
6 12 (0.97%) ZABBIX
7 10 (0.81%) Consul
8 7 (0.57%) MIIS
8 7 (0.57%) NetBackup
8 7 (0.57%) SCOM
9 5 (0.41%) 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 (0.081%) Netcool
12 1 (0.081%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.081%) Salt
Vendors
1 193 (15.64%) Microsoft
2 55 (4.46%) SAP
3 37 (3.00%) Cisco
4 28 (2.27%) Oracle
4 28 (2.27%) Salesforce
5 20 (1.62%) VMware
6 17 (1.38%) Google
7 13 (1.05%) Palo Alto
8 12 (0.97%) ServiceNow
9 11 (0.89%) Apple
10 10 (0.81%) Databricks
10 10 (0.81%) OpenText
11 8 (0.65%) Apttus
11 8 (0.65%) McAfee
12 7 (0.57%) Citrix
13 6 (0.49%) MuleSoft
13 6 (0.49%) Ubiquiti
14 5 (0.41%) Acronis
14 5 (0.41%) Sophos
14 5 (0.41%) Splunk