Lead and principal IT jobs in the UK
Live lead and principal IT jobs in the UK, observed on public careers and vacancy pages and updated hourly.
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We are currently tracking 942 live vacancies matching lead and principal IT jobs in the UK, across 544 source domains. 198 of them were first seen in the last seven days. The source labels with the most observed roles in this slice are Databricks, Monzo, Wt Map and Vml Map. Every role links back to the public careers or vacancy page where it was observed.
Of the 942 roles, 50 publish an annual salary. The median advertised range midpoint is £50,321. The middle half of the market sits between £37,125 and £70,000, so anything above the upper figure is a genuinely strong offer for lead and principal IT jobs in the UK. Contract day and hourly rates are excluded from this annual-salary comparison.
On working pattern, 48% of roles with a known arrangement are fully remote, 43% of roles with a known arrangement are hybrid and 11% 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 the UK are Machine Learning, Salesforce, AWS, Azure, SAP and Python. That co-occurrence is counted from the live listings on this page, not from a fixed list, so it moves with the market.
Lead Software Engineer - NY Office
Engineering Manager - Energy
Engineering Manager - Partner Proposition
Software Development Manager
Data Manager (CRM)
J2EE Architect/J2EE Developer/Java Developer ( | )
Engineering Manager - Energy
Engineering Manager - Partner Proposition
AI Architect / Senior AI Developer
IT Project Manager
Grace Dzwigala – Cyber Security Operations Manager
Software Project Manager
Project Manager/Business Systems Analyst - OpenCRM
Finance and System ERP Integration Lead - Fluent
Lead - FullStack
DevOps Lead
Lead Technical Business Analyst
Lead Full-Stack Developer - UI/UX Designer
Engineering Manager
Cyber Security Risk & Accreditation Manager
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 the UK are there right now?
We are tracking 942 live vacancies across 544 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 the UK pay?
The median advertised annual salary midpoint is £50,321, based on the 50 of these roles that publish a figure. The middle half of the market runs from £37,125 to £70,000. Day and hourly rates are kept out of this annual-salary benchmark.
Can these roles be done remotely?
48% are advertised as fully remote and 43% as hybrid. Based on 211 roles that state an arrangement; 731 unknowns are excluded.
Are these contract or permanent roles?
11% 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 Databricks, Monzo, Wt Map, Vml Map and PlayStation Global. 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, Azure and SAP. 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 an IT professional earn in the UK?
£50,321 is the middle of what is advertised here, which is 16% above the £43,400 median across UK IT as a whole. Read it as the midpoint of each advertised annual range rather than an offer: 892 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 an IT professional in the UK?
193 of the 942 live adverts here offer home working in some form — 102 fully remote and 91 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 the UK?
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 Engineering Manager, Technical Project Manager, Solutions Architect, Technical Product Manager and IT Manager. Searching one wording and not another is the most common way people miss vacancies, which is why this page groups them.