Lead Jobs in Kent

Leader
South East > Kent

The median Leader salary in Kent is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 72 39
Rank change year-on-year +39 -33 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 88 29 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 5.57% 2.79% 6.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.91% 3.28% 6.86%
Number of salaries quoted 60 25 44
10th Percentile £31,500 £49,300 £42,500
25th Percentile £36,188 £52,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £63,250
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -5.14% +1.20%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £91,000 - £95,000
South East median annual salary £62,168 £67,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.90% - +8.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 1,488 885 1,356
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.12% 85.10% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,092 503 731
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,250 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.60% +3.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,625
90th Percentile £69,875 £69,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Kent

Lead
Salary Trend in Kent

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead in Kent.

Salary trend for Lead in Kent

Lead
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Kent over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in Kent

Lead
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Kent region over the 6 months to 1 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
Maidstone +30 20 £33,000 -38.60% 9
Chatham +20 10 £70,000 +7.69% 4
West Malling - 8 £38,500 -
Dartford -9 6 £100,000 +90.48%
Tunbridge Wells 0 5 - - 2
Snodland -2 3 £50,000 +2.04%
Whitstable - 2 - -
Sittingbourne - 2 £50,000 - 4
Lead
South East

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 1 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 Kent region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 26 (29.55%) Mentoring
2 23 (26.14%) Process Improvement
3 20 (22.73%) Cisco
4 19 (21.59%) Active Directory
5 17 (19.32%) Windows
5 17 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (18.18%) SQL
6 16 (18.18%) Microsoft
7 15 (17.05%) Project Management
7 15 (17.05%) Azure
8 14 (15.91%) Proactive Maintenance
8 14 (15.91%) Coaching
8 14 (15.91%) Decision-Making
9 13 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
9 13 (14.77%) Performance Optimisation
9 13 (14.77%) Strategic Planning
9 13 (14.77%) Incident Management
9 13 (14.77%) CCNP
9 13 (14.77%) Cisco Certification
9 13 (14.77%) Microsoft Certification
9 13 (14.77%) MCSE
9 13 (14.77%) ITIL
10 12 (13.64%) AWS
11 11 (12.50%) Management Information System
12 10 (11.36%) Disaster Recovery
12 10 (11.36%) Data Security
12 10 (11.36%) Validation
12 10 (11.36%) SQL Server
12 10 (11.36%) Data Protection
12 10 (11.36%) Data Validation

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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 (3.41%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (3.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.14%) CMS
2 1 (1.14%) Drupal
Applications
1 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.05%) Azure
2 12 (13.64%) AWS
3 10 (11.36%) GCP
4 4 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (3.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 3 (3.41%) Entra ID
6 2 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.68%) Broadband
2 1 (1.14%) DNS
2 1 (1.14%) LAN
2 1 (1.14%) SSL
2 1 (1.14%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.14%) VPN
2 1 (1.14%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (11.36%) SQL Server
2 8 (9.09%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (3.41%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (3.41%) Git
2 1 (1.14%) eggPlant
2 1 (1.14%) JIRA
General
1 13 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (9.09%) Finance
3 6 (6.82%) Social Skills
4 5 (5.68%) Advertising
4 5 (5.68%) Aeronautics
4 5 (5.68%) Automotive
4 5 (5.68%) Marketing
5 3 (3.41%) Fire and Rescue
6 2 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.27%) Retail
7 1 (1.14%) Banking
7 1 (1.14%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.41%) CSS
1 3 (3.41%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.68%) Marketing Technology
3 3 (3.41%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.14%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.14%) FMCG
4 1 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.14%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.14%) Replication
4 1 (1.14%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 17 (19.32%) Windows
2 1 (1.14%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.14%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (29.55%) Mentoring
2 23 (26.14%) Process Improvement
3 17 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (17.05%) Project Management
5 14 (15.91%) Coaching
5 14 (15.91%) Decision-Making
5 14 (15.91%) Proactive Maintenance
6 13 (14.77%) Incident Management
6 13 (14.77%) ITIL
6 13 (14.77%) Performance Optimisation
6 13 (14.77%) Strategic Planning
7 10 (11.36%) Capacity Planning
7 10 (11.36%) Data Protection
7 10 (11.36%) Data Security
7 10 (11.36%) Data Validation
7 10 (11.36%) Database Optimisation
7 10 (11.36%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (11.36%) Validation
8 8 (9.09%) Business Case
9 6 (6.82%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 16 (18.18%) SQL
2 2 (2.27%) Bash
2 2 (2.27%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (14.77%) CCNP
1 13 (14.77%) Cisco Certification
1 13 (14.77%) MCSE
1 13 (14.77%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (2.27%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.27%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.14%) CISA
3 1 (1.14%) CISM
3 1 (1.14%) CISSP
3 1 (1.14%) CRISC
3 1 (1.14%) ISEB
3 1 (1.14%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.14%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.14%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.27%) SLA
2 1 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.14%) GDPR
2 1 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.14%) NCSC
2 1 (1.14%) NIST
2 1 (1.14%) QA
System Software
1 19 (21.59%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.55%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.27%) Docker
3 2 (2.27%) Hyper-V
3 2 (2.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (2.27%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 20 (22.73%) Cisco
2 16 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 10 (11.36%) Google
4 5 (5.68%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.27%) Meraki
5 2 (2.27%) RedGate
5 2 (2.27%) SAP
5 2 (2.27%) VMware
6 1 (1.14%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.14%) Veeam