Lead Jobs in the East of England

Leader
England > East of England

The median Leader salary in the East of England is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 56 47
Rank change year-on-year +27 -9 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 379 218 420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 5.80% 4.52% 6.06%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.17% 5.43% 6.50%
Number of salaries quoted 281 135 169
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -11.11%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £74,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £74,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.41% -1.33% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 6,144 4,012 6,466
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 83.17% 93.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4,682 2,120 2,936
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £35,124
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the East of England

Lead
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead in the East of England.

Salary trend for Lead in the East of England

Lead
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in the East of England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in the East of England

Lead
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the East of England region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Hertfordshire +32 169 £62,000 +7.83% 37
Cambridgeshire +13 94 £58,500 +8.33% 41
Essex +20 42 £60,000 -4.76% 26
Suffolk +17 34 £40,000 -38.46% 20
Bedfordshire +36 25 £66,250 -5.36% 7
Norfolk -20 15 £40,000 -50.00% 10
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 East of England region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 80 (21.11%) Degree
2 68 (17.94%) Social Skills
3 50 (13.19%) Mentoring
4 45 (11.87%) Security Cleared
5 43 (11.35%) Microsoft
5 43 (11.35%) Line Management
6 42 (11.08%) SQL
6 42 (11.08%) Finance
7 40 (10.55%) Customer Service
8 39 (10.29%) Aerospace
8 39 (10.29%) Computer Science
9 36 (9.50%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (9.23%) BPSS Clearance
11 34 (8.97%) Project Management
12 32 (8.44%) Analytical Skills
13 31 (8.18%) Business Intelligence
13 31 (8.18%) Software Engineering
14 30 (7.92%) C
15 29 (7.65%) Validation
16 28 (7.39%) Azure
16 28 (7.39%) Agile
17 27 (7.12%) FPGA
18 26 (6.86%) DevOps
18 26 (6.86%) Power Platform
19 25 (6.60%) Coaching
19 25 (6.60%) Stakeholder Management
19 25 (6.60%) Automotive
19 25 (6.60%) Oracle
20 24 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
20 24 (6.33%) Technical Leadership

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (0.79%) Confluence
1 3 (0.79%) Drupal
2 2 (0.53%) CMS
2 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.53%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.26%) IIS
3 1 (0.26%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (3.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.11%) Simulink
3 2 (0.53%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.26%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 6 (1.58%) Oracle Applications
2 5 (1.32%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (1.06%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (0.79%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 28 (7.39%) Azure
2 26 (6.86%) Power Platform
3 16 (4.22%) AWS
4 12 (3.17%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (3.17%) SaaS
5 10 (2.64%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (2.37%) Power Automate
7 7 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
8 6 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.79%) Serverless
10 2 (0.53%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.53%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.53%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.26%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.26%) GCP
11 1 (0.26%) GitHub
11 1 (0.26%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.58%) Internet
2 5 (1.32%) DNS
3 3 (0.79%) DHCP
3 3 (0.79%) Firewall
3 3 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.79%) Wireless
4 2 (0.53%) LAN
4 2 (0.53%) NAS
4 2 (0.53%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.53%) VPN
4 2 (0.53%) WAN
5 1 (0.26%) 5G
5 1 (0.26%) 5G NR
5 1 (0.26%) 802.11
5 1 (0.26%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.26%) LTE
5 1 (0.26%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.26%) VLAN
5 1 (0.26%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.07%) Power BI
2 12 (3.17%) MySQL
2 12 (3.17%) SQL Server
3 11 (2.90%) GIS
3 11 (2.90%) Relational Database
4 10 (2.64%) Geospatial Data
5 9 (2.37%) MS Access
6 7 (1.85%) Amazon RDS
6 7 (1.85%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.06%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.79%) Big Data
8 3 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.53%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.53%) MariaDB
10 1 (0.26%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (2.64%) JIRA
2 9 (2.37%) Oracle Forms
3 6 (1.58%) Rational Rhapsody
4 5 (1.32%) Rational DOORS
5 3 (0.79%) LabVIEW
6 2 (0.53%) Git
6 2 (0.53%) GitLab
6 2 (0.53%) Phabricator
7 1 (0.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.26%) Tricentis qTest
7 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 68 (17.94%) Social Skills
2 42 (11.08%) Finance
3 39 (10.29%) Aerospace
4 32 (8.44%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (6.60%) Automotive
6 19 (5.01%) Electronics
7 12 (3.17%) Manufacturing
8 11 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.90%) Marketing
9 10 (2.64%) Pharmaceutical
10 8 (2.11%) Games
11 7 (1.85%) Retail
12 6 (1.58%) Banking
12 6 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.32%) Public Sector
14 4 (1.06%) Agriculture
14 4 (1.06%) French Language
14 4 (1.06%) German Language
14 4 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.06%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (5.80%) .NET
2 12 (3.17%) HTML
3 9 (2.37%) CSS
4 7 (1.85%) Vue
5 6 (1.58%) HTML5
5 6 (1.58%) OpenID
6 5 (1.32%) Laravel
6 5 (1.32%) REST
7 4 (1.06%) React
7 4 (1.06%) Web Services
8 3 (0.79%) CryEngine
8 3 (0.79%) CSS3
8 3 (0.79%) DirectX
8 3 (0.79%) Node.js
8 3 (0.79%) Nuxt
8 3 (0.79%) OAuth
8 3 (0.79%) SAML
8 3 (0.79%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 3 (0.79%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 3 (0.79%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.12%) FPGA
2 18 (4.75%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.22%) Verilog
3 16 (4.22%) VHDL
4 10 (2.64%) Algorithms
5 9 (2.37%) Life Science
6 7 (1.85%) Robotics
7 6 (1.58%) IoT
8 5 (1.32%) Analogue Electronics
8 5 (1.32%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.06%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (1.06%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.06%) FMCG
9 4 (1.06%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.06%) Virtual Reality
10 3 (0.79%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.79%) Data Centre
10 3 (0.79%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.79%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.79%) Ray Tracing
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.01%) Windows
2 10 (2.64%) Linux
3 8 (2.11%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.85%) Debian
4 7 (1.85%) Ubuntu
5 5 (1.32%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.79%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (13.19%) Mentoring
2 43 (11.35%) Line Management
3 40 (10.55%) Customer Service
4 39 (10.29%) Computer Science
5 36 (9.50%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (8.97%) Project Management
7 31 (8.18%) Business Intelligence
7 31 (8.18%) Software Engineering
8 29 (7.65%) Validation
9 28 (7.39%) Agile
10 26 (6.86%) DevOps
11 25 (6.60%) Coaching
11 25 (6.60%) Stakeholder Management
12 24 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
12 24 (6.33%) Technical Leadership
13 22 (5.80%) Roadmaps
13 22 (5.80%) Systems Engineering
14 21 (5.54%) SDLC
15 18 (4.75%) Service Delivery
15 18 (4.75%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 42 (11.08%) SQL
2 30 (7.92%) C
3 23 (6.07%) Python
4 21 (5.54%) C#
5 12 (3.17%) JavaScript
6 11 (2.90%) C++
6 11 (2.90%) MATLAB
6 11 (2.90%) PowerShell
7 6 (1.58%) VB
7 6 (1.58%) VB6
8 5 (1.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 5 (1.32%) PHP
8 5 (1.32%) TypeScript
9 4 (1.06%) Embedded C
9 4 (1.06%) Java
10 3 (0.79%) Ruby
11 1 (0.26%) Ada
11 1 (0.26%) Rust
11 1 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 80 (21.11%) Degree
2 45 (11.87%) Security Cleared
3 35 (9.23%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (3.69%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.37%) DBS Check
5 9 (2.37%) PhD
6 7 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.06%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.06%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.53%) MCSE
9 2 (0.53%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.26%) CCNA
10 1 (0.26%) CCNP
10 1 (0.26%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.26%) MCSA
10 1 (0.26%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.54%) QA
2 4 (1.06%) PMO
3 3 (0.79%) ECSS
4 2 (0.53%) Def Stans
4 2 (0.53%) NCSC
4 2 (0.53%) SLA
5 1 (0.26%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.26%) HL7
System Software
1 17 (4.49%) Firmware
2 14 (3.69%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.85%) Docker
4 2 (0.53%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.53%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.53%) vSphere
5 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (2.11%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (0.53%) Ansible
2 2 (0.53%) Grafana
2 2 (0.53%) Podman
2 2 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.53%) vCenter Server
2 2 (0.53%) WSUS
3 1 (0.26%) Puppet
3 1 (0.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 43 (11.35%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.60%) Oracle
3 16 (4.22%) Civica
4 4 (1.06%) Cognos
4 4 (1.06%) ServiceNow
5 3 (0.79%) Sage
5 3 (0.79%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.53%) BMC
6 2 (0.53%) Computacenter
6 2 (0.53%) Databricks
6 2 (0.53%) Ekahau
6 2 (0.53%) Ruckus Wireless
6 2 (0.53%) SAP
6 2 (0.53%) VMware
6 2 (0.53%) Zend
7 1 (0.26%) Cisco
7 1 (0.26%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.26%) Veeam