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Lead and principal IT jobs in London

Live lead and principal IT jobs in London, observed on public careers and vacancy pages and updated hourly.

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193 Live vacancies
147 Source domains
£55,000 Median advertised
42% Remote (known)
5 hours ago Last updated

We are currently tracking 193 live vacancies matching lead and principal IT jobs in London, across 147 source domains. 33 of them were first seen in the last seven days. The source labels with the most observed roles in this slice are Monzo, Horizontaldigital, Theplacetobeagency and Johnathonpasley. Every role links back to the public careers or vacancy page where it was observed.

Of the 193 roles, 11 publish an annual salary. The median advertised range midpoint is £55,000. The middle half of the market sits between £42,500 and £77,500, so anything above the upper figure is a genuinely strong offer for lead and principal IT jobs in London. Contract day and hourly rates are excluded from this annual-salary comparison.

On working pattern, 42% of roles with a known arrangement are fully remote, 53% of roles with a known arrangement are hybrid and 29% of roles with a known basis are contract. By seniority, 100% at lead or principal level. Filter by any of these on the left.

The technologies that come up most often in lead and principal IT jobs in London are Machine Learning, Salesforce, AWS, ServiceNow, Python and Azure. That co-occurrence is counted from the live listings on this page, not from a fixed list, so it moves with the market.

193 live vacancies

Principal Data Scientist (m/f/d)DüsseldorfData Engineering

A11 · London
First seen 5 hours ago

Lead Data Scientist (m/f/d)DüsseldorfData Engineering

A11 · London
First seen 5 hours ago

Senior Solutions Architect

Facadetoday · London
First seen 7 hours ago

Functional Consultant/ Project Manager

Medius · London · Hybrid
Hybrid
First seen 10 hours ago

Data Architect | 6 Month Contract | London | Active SC Clearance Required - Optima Partners

Optimapartners · London
First seen 19 hours ago

View role details & apply >> about Cyber Risk & Security Manager

Spirituk · London · Remote
Remote
First seen 21 hours ago

Solutions Architect

Amach · London
First seen 1 day ago

Salesforce Administration Manager - London

Dodexwavelogistics · London
Salesforce
First seen 1 day ago

Engineering Manager (Production Scheduling)

Relexsolutions · London
First seen 1 day ago

SAP Functional Lead - Inventory, Planning & Data

Lifeatcentrica · London
SAP
First seen 1 day ago

Staff Software Engineer, Motion Planning

Outsidersfund · London
First seen 1 day ago

Yannick Grenzinger Engineering Manager

Payfit · London · Hybrid
Hybrid
First seen 1 day ago

Salesforce Sales Lead - KSA

Horizontaldigital · London
Salesforce
First seen 1 day ago

Staff Data Analyst

Blumbergcapital · London · Remote
Remote
First seen 2 days ago

Solution Architect (London)

Langchain · London
First seen 2 days ago

Staff Software Engineer - Europe | London Office

Plaid · London
First seen 2 days ago

Principal Data Engineer

645Ventures · London · Remote
Remote
First seen 2 days ago

Data Engineering Manager – Finance & Accounting

Deliveroo · London
Machine Learning
First seen 2 days ago

Staff Software Engineer, Dev Environments

Deliveroo · London
Machine Learning
First seen 2 days ago

Full Stack Architect

Amach · London
First seen 2 days ago

Job titles employers are advertising

The exact titles on the live vacancies in this search, most common first.

Questions about these roles

How many lead and principal IT jobs in London are there right now?

We are tracking 193 live vacancies across 147 source domains. The crawler revisits public careers and vacancy pages continuously and roles disappear from this page as soon as they come down, so the count reflects what is genuinely open today.

What do lead and principal IT jobs in London pay?

The median advertised annual salary midpoint is £55,000, based on the 11 of these roles that publish a figure. The middle half of the market runs from £42,500 to £77,500. Day and hourly rates are kept out of this annual-salary benchmark.

Can these roles be done remotely?

42% are advertised as fully remote and 53% as hybrid. Based on 76 roles that state an arrangement; 117 unknowns are excluded.

Are these contract or permanent roles?

29% of roles with a stated basis are contract or fixed-term; unknowns are excluded. A quoted day rate is treated as contract even when the advert does not use the word.

Which sources list the most roles?

The most active source labels right now are Monzo, Horizontaldigital, Theplacetobeagency, Johnathonpasley and Waterstons. Every vacancy links to its public source page — we are an aggregator, not the hiring company.

What other skills do these roles ask for?

Most often Machine Learning, Salesforce, AWS, ServiceNow and Python. That is counted from the live adverts on this page rather than a fixed list, so it tracks what employers are asking for this month.

How much does a IT professional earn in London?

£55,000 is the middle of what is advertised here, which is 29% above the £42,500 median across UK IT as a whole. Read it as the midpoint of each advertised annual range rather than an offer: 182 of these adverts name no figure at all, and those are the ones where asking early is worth most.

Can you work from home as a IT professional in London?

72 of the 193 live adverts here offer home working in some form — 32 fully remote and 40 hybrid. Fully remote means the advert states no office requirement; hybrid means it names a split.

Are there entry-level or graduate IT professional jobs in London?

Not right now — every live advert here signals mid-level experience or above. Graduate intakes are seasonal, so this is worth checking again rather than reading as a permanent state of the market.

What job titles are used for this role?

Employers on this page advertise it as Solutions Architect, Technical Project Manager, Technical Product Manager, Cloud Architect and IT Manager. Searching one wording and not another is the most common way people miss vacancies, which is why this page groups them.

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