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 1,624 live vacancies matching lead and principal IT jobs in the UK, across 787 source domains. 227 of them were first seen in the last seven days. The source labels with the most observed roles in this slice are Monzo, Ittrp, Wt Map and Orixdigi. Every role links back to the public careers or vacancy page where it was observed.
Of the 1,624 roles, 178 publish an annual salary. The median advertised range midpoint is £70,750. The middle half of the market sits between £43,000 and £104,938, 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, 37% of roles with a known arrangement are fully remote, 32% of roles with a known arrangement are hybrid and 14% 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 Python, AWS, Azure, React, Java and Machine Learning. That co-occurrence is counted from the live listings on this page, not from a fixed list, so it moves with the market.
Technical Product Manager
Engineering Manager
Partner Solution Architect (AWS)
Event Programs Manager, Developer Community & Ecosystem
Customer Solution Architect, Team Lead (AMER)
Customer Solution Architect (AMER)
628001 - Machine Learning Engineer Principal 1
416062 - Pharmacist, Systems Solution Architect 1
Software Solutions Architect
Senior/Lead Data Engineer
Test Engineering Manager
Staff Software Engineer - Engineer @ Uber | Sway Ventures Job Board
Product Engineering Manager
James Matchett, Lead Cyber Security Engineer, Belfast
Product Engineering Manager
Tech Lead/Full Stack Lead
ROV Engineering Manager
Engineering Manager
Principal Software Engineer - Autonomy
Strategic Solutions Architect
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 1,624 live vacancies across 787 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 £70,750, based on the 178 of these roles that publish a figure. The middle half of the market runs from £43,000 to £104,938. Day and hourly rates are kept out of this annual-salary benchmark.
Can these roles be done remotely?
37% are advertised as fully remote and 32% as hybrid. Based on 1,392 roles that state an arrangement; 232 unknowns are excluded.
Are these contract or permanent roles?
14% 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, Ittrp, Wt Map, Orixdigi and Cloudodyssey. 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 Python, AWS, Azure, React and Java. 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 the UK?
£70,750 is the middle of what is advertised here, which is 42% above the £50,000 median across UK IT as a whole. Read it as the midpoint of each advertised annual range rather than an offer: 1,446 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 the UK?
959 of the 1,624 live adverts here offer home working in some form — 515 fully remote and 444 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, Solutions Architect, Technical Project Manager, 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.