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 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 61 49
Rank change year-on-year +32 -12 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 362 236 370
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 5.90% 4.46% 5.73%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.29% 5.31% 6.12%
Number of salaries quoted 267 143 166
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,375 £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 £92,000 £88,125
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +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 5,757 4,447 6,047
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 83.98% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 4,395 2,222 2,849
10th Percentile £25,809 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,558 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £63,625 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £77,100
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +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 11 May 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 11 May 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 +34 173 £65,000 +13.04% 40
Cambridgeshire +18 92 £55,000 +1.85% 35
Essex +19 37 £60,000 -4.76% 12
Suffolk +16 26 £40,000 -38.46% 14
Bedfordshire +38 21 £67,500 -3.57% 11
Norfolk -24 13 £40,000 - 12
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 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 (22.10%) Degree
2 70 (19.34%) Social Skills
3 45 (12.43%) Line Management
3 45 (12.43%) Mentoring
3 45 (12.43%) Security Cleared
4 43 (11.88%) Microsoft
5 41 (11.33%) Customer Service
6 40 (11.05%) SQL
6 40 (11.05%) Finance
7 39 (10.77%) Aerospace
7 39 (10.77%) Computer Science
8 35 (9.67%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (9.67%) BPSS Clearance
9 34 (9.39%) Project Management
10 33 (9.12%) Analytical Skills
11 31 (8.56%) Agile
12 30 (8.29%) C
12 30 (8.29%) Business Intelligence
13 29 (8.01%) Validation
13 29 (8.01%) Software Engineering
14 27 (7.46%) FPGA
15 26 (7.18%) Azure
16 25 (6.91%) Automotive
16 25 (6.91%) Stakeholder Management
16 25 (6.91%) Oracle
16 25 (6.91%) Continuous Improvement
16 25 (6.91%) DevOps
16 25 (6.91%) Technical Leadership
17 24 (6.63%) Power Platform
18 23 (6.35%) Python

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 (0.83%) Confluence
1 3 (0.83%) Drupal
2 2 (0.55%) CMS
2 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.55%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.28%) IIS
3 1 (0.28%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (3.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.21%) Simulink
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.28%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 6 (1.66%) Oracle Applications
2 5 (1.38%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (0.83%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (0.83%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 26 (7.18%) Azure
2 24 (6.63%) Power Platform
3 16 (4.42%) AWS
4 12 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (3.31%) SaaS
5 10 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (2.49%) Power Automate
7 7 (1.93%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (0.83%) Serverless
10 2 (0.55%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.55%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (0.55%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.28%) Azure Monitor
11 1 (0.28%) GCP
11 1 (0.28%) GitHub
11 1 (0.28%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.66%) Internet
2 4 (1.10%) DNS
3 2 (0.55%) DHCP
3 2 (0.55%) Firewall
3 2 (0.55%) NAS
3 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.55%) VPN
4 1 (0.28%) 5G
4 1 (0.28%) 5G NR
4 1 (0.28%) 802.11
4 1 (0.28%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.28%) LTE
4 1 (0.28%) Software-Defined Radio
4 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (6.08%) Power BI
2 13 (3.59%) MySQL
3 12 (3.31%) SQL Server
4 11 (3.04%) GIS
4 11 (3.04%) Relational Database
5 10 (2.76%) Geospatial Data
6 9 (2.49%) MS Access
7 7 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (1.93%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.10%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.83%) Big Data
9 3 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.55%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.55%) MariaDB
11 1 (0.28%) Amazon QuickSight
11 1 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
11 1 (0.28%) BusinessObjects
11 1 (0.28%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (2.76%) JIRA
2 9 (2.49%) Oracle Forms
3 6 (1.66%) Rational Rhapsody
4 5 (1.38%) Rational DOORS
5 4 (1.10%) LabVIEW
6 2 (0.55%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 2 (0.55%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.55%) Git
6 2 (0.55%) GitLab
6 2 (0.55%) Phabricator
7 1 (0.28%) Tricentis qTest
7 1 (0.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 70 (19.34%) Social Skills
2 40 (11.05%) Finance
3 39 (10.77%) Aerospace
4 33 (9.12%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (6.91%) Automotive
6 19 (5.25%) Electronics
7 12 (3.31%) Manufacturing
8 11 (3.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (3.04%) Marketing
9 10 (2.76%) Pharmaceutical
10 9 (2.49%) Retail
11 8 (2.21%) Games
12 7 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.66%) Banking
14 5 (1.38%) Public Sector
15 4 (1.10%) Agriculture
15 4 (1.10%) French Language
15 4 (1.10%) German Language
15 4 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.10%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.52%) .NET
2 13 (3.59%) HTML
3 11 (3.04%) CSS
4 9 (2.49%) Vue
5 6 (1.66%) HTML5
5 6 (1.66%) OpenID
6 5 (1.38%) Laravel
6 5 (1.38%) Nuxt
6 5 (1.38%) REST
7 4 (1.10%) CSS3
7 4 (1.10%) React
7 4 (1.10%) Web Services
8 3 (0.83%) CryEngine
8 3 (0.83%) DirectX
8 3 (0.83%) Node.js
8 3 (0.83%) OAuth
8 3 (0.83%) SAML
8 3 (0.83%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 3 (0.83%) Unreal Engine
8 3 (0.83%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.46%) FPGA
2 18 (4.97%) Management Information System
3 16 (4.42%) Verilog
3 16 (4.42%) VHDL
4 10 (2.76%) Algorithms
5 9 (2.49%) Life Science
6 7 (1.93%) Robotics
7 6 (1.66%) IoT
8 5 (1.38%) Analogue Electronics
8 5 (1.38%) Cloud Native
8 5 (1.38%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.10%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (1.10%) Client/Server
9 4 (1.10%) FMCG
9 4 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.10%) Virtual Reality
10 3 (0.83%) Data Structures
10 3 (0.83%) Operational Technology
10 3 (0.83%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.83%) Ray Tracing
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.25%) Windows
2 11 (3.04%) Linux
3 7 (1.93%) Debian
3 7 (1.93%) Ubuntu
3 7 (1.93%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.38%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.55%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (12.43%) Line Management
1 45 (12.43%) Mentoring
2 41 (11.33%) Customer Service
3 39 (10.77%) Computer Science
4 35 (9.67%) Problem-Solving
5 34 (9.39%) Project Management
6 31 (8.56%) Agile
7 30 (8.29%) Business Intelligence
8 29 (8.01%) Software Engineering
8 29 (8.01%) Validation
9 25 (6.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 25 (6.91%) DevOps
9 25 (6.91%) Stakeholder Management
9 25 (6.91%) Technical Leadership
10 22 (6.08%) SDLC
10 22 (6.08%) Systems Engineering
11 20 (5.52%) Roadmaps
12 18 (4.97%) Coaching
12 18 (4.97%) People Management
12 18 (4.97%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 40 (11.05%) SQL
2 30 (8.29%) C
3 23 (6.35%) Python
4 21 (5.80%) C#
5 14 (3.87%) JavaScript
6 12 (3.31%) C++
6 12 (3.31%) MATLAB
7 11 (3.04%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.66%) TypeScript
8 6 (1.66%) VB
8 6 (1.66%) VB6
9 5 (1.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (1.38%) PHP
10 4 (1.10%) Embedded C
10 4 (1.10%) Java
10 4 (1.10%) Ruby
11 1 (0.28%) Ada
11 1 (0.28%) Rust
11 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 80 (22.10%) Degree
2 45 (12.43%) Security Cleared
3 35 (9.67%) BPSS Clearance
4 14 (3.87%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.49%) DBS Check
5 9 (2.49%) PhD
6 7 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.10%) DV Cleared
7 4 (1.10%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.55%) MCSE
9 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.55%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.28%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.80%) QA
2 4 (1.10%) PMO
3 3 (0.83%) ECSS
4 2 (0.55%) Def Stans
4 2 (0.55%) NCSC
4 2 (0.55%) SLA
5 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.28%) HL7
System Software
1 16 (4.42%) Firmware
2 14 (3.87%) Active Directory
3 8 (2.21%) Docker
4 2 (0.55%) Embedded Firmware
4 2 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (0.55%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.55%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (1.66%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.55%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 2 (0.55%) Ansible
2 2 (0.55%) Grafana
2 2 (0.55%) Podman
2 2 (0.55%) Puppet
2 2 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (0.55%) Terraform
2 2 (0.55%) vCenter Server
2 2 (0.55%) WSUS
Vendors
1 43 (11.88%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.91%) Oracle
3 16 (4.42%) Civica
4 4 (1.10%) Cognos
4 4 (1.10%) Salesforce
4 4 (1.10%) ServiceNow
5 3 (0.83%) Sage
5 3 (0.83%) SAP
6 2 (0.55%) BMC
6 2 (0.55%) Computacenter
6 2 (0.55%) Databricks
6 2 (0.55%) VMware
6 2 (0.55%) Zend