Lead Jobs in Essex

Leader
East of England > Essex

The median Leader salary in Essex is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 43 57 45
Rank change year-on-year +14 -12 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 37 25 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 4.21% 3.00% 6.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.46% 3.76% 6.79%
Number of salaries quoted 36 13 17
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,500 £46,500
25th Percentile £45,375 £47,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £63,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -3.08% -14.75%
75th Percentile £90,625 £67,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £73,050 £87,250
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Essex

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title 830 665 957
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.53% 79.74% 92.11%
Number of salaries quoted 679 371 461
10th Percentile £25,759 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.26% -1.05% -
75th Percentile £60,450 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Essex

Lead
Salary Trend in Essex

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

Salary trend for Lead in Essex

Lead
Salary Histogram in Essex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Essex over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in Essex

Lead
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Essex region over the 6 months to 19 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
Chelmsford +9 14 £55,000 -13.39% 5
Basildon -10 4 £100,000 - 1
Saffron Walden - 4 £53,500 - 2
Brentwood - 4 £100,000 -
Southend-on-Sea +20 2 £45,000 - 1
Colchester -10 2 £92,500 +85.00% 2
Halstead - 1 £37,500 -
Billericay - 1 £72,500 - 1
Lead
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 19 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 Essex region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 13 (35.14%) Microsoft
2 9 (24.32%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (21.62%) Windows
3 8 (21.62%) Finance
4 7 (18.92%) Software Testing
4 7 (18.92%) Active Directory
4 7 (18.92%) Mentoring
5 6 (16.22%) ITIL
5 6 (16.22%) Firmware
5 6 (16.22%) C#
5 6 (16.22%) Electronics
5 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
6 5 (13.51%) Roadmaps
6 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (13.51%) Coaching
6 5 (13.51%) Windows 10
6 5 (13.51%) Windows Server
6 5 (13.51%) Test Automation
7 4 (10.81%) Azure
7 4 (10.81%) PowerShell
7 4 (10.81%) Fintech
7 4 (10.81%) DevOps
7 4 (10.81%) C++
7 4 (10.81%) MATLAB
7 4 (10.81%) Project Management
7 4 (10.81%) Service Management
7 4 (10.81%) LabVIEW
7 4 (10.81%) Software Engineering
8 3 (8.11%) FPGA
8 3 (8.11%) Python

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 2 (5.41%) CMS
1 2 (5.41%) Drupal
1 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (5.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.70%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (10.81%) Azure
3 2 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (5.41%) OneDrive
3 2 (5.41%) SaaS
4 1 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.70%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) DHCP
1 2 (5.41%) DNS
1 2 (5.41%) Firewall
1 2 (5.41%) TCP/IP
1 2 (5.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) LabVIEW
2 1 (2.70%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (2.70%) Bitbucket
General
1 8 (21.62%) Finance
2 6 (16.22%) Electronics
2 6 (16.22%) Social Skills
3 3 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (5.41%) Banking
5 1 (2.70%) Aerospace
5 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.70%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) .NET
2 1 (2.70%) ADO
2 1 (2.70%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.70%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.70%) CSS
2 1 (2.70%) HTML
2 1 (2.70%) JSON
2 1 (2.70%) KnockoutJS
2 1 (2.70%) React
2 1 (2.70%) REST
2 1 (2.70%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.11%) FPGA
2 2 (5.41%) Driving Licence
2 2 (5.41%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.70%) Linux Command Line
3 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.62%) Windows
2 5 (13.51%) Windows 10
2 5 (13.51%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (18.92%) Mentoring
1 7 (18.92%) Software Testing
2 6 (16.22%) ITIL
3 5 (13.51%) Coaching
3 5 (13.51%) Roadmaps
3 5 (13.51%) Test Automation
4 4 (10.81%) DevOps
4 4 (10.81%) Fintech
4 4 (10.81%) Project Management
4 4 (10.81%) Service Management
4 4 (10.81%) Software Engineering
5 3 (8.11%) Customer Requirements
5 3 (8.11%) Customer Service
5 3 (8.11%) Full Stack Development
5 3 (8.11%) Physics
5 3 (8.11%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (5.41%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (5.41%) SDET
6 2 (5.41%) Security Operations
6 2 (5.41%) Service Desk Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.22%) C#
2 4 (10.81%) C++
2 4 (10.81%) MATLAB
2 4 (10.81%) PowerShell
3 3 (8.11%) Python
4 1 (2.70%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.70%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) Degree
2 2 (5.41%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (5.41%) MCSE
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) ECSS
2 2 (5.41%) SLA
3 1 (2.70%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.70%) QA
System Software
1 7 (18.92%) Active Directory
2 6 (16.22%) Firmware
3 1 (2.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (5.41%) WSUS
2 1 (2.70%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.70%) Puppet
2 1 (2.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (35.14%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.41%) ServiceNow