Lead Jobs in Brighton

Leader
East Sussex > Brighton

The median Leader salary in Brighton is £78,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 34 38
Rank change year-on-year +18 +4 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 14 27 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Brighton 7.73% 5.73% 6.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.91% 5.93% 7.26%
Number of salaries quoted 14 26 41
10th Percentile £42,250 £55,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £58,438 £65,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £80,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.56% +50.94% +2.42%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,625 £91,250 £80,000
East Sussex median annual salary £77,500 £80,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -3.13% +50.94% +0.95%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Brighton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Brighton. 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 Brighton with a recognized job title 177 455 592
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.79% 96.60% 90.24%
Number of salaries quoted 130 423 490
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,058 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £68,438
90th Percentile £81,275 £80,000 £77,500
East Sussex median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -4.19%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Brighton

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Brighton

Lead
Salary Trend in Brighton

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

Salary trend for Lead in Brighton

Lead
Salary Histogram in Brighton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Brighton over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead in Brighton

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, 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 Brighton region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 8 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 6 (42.86%) CSS
3 6 (42.86%) HTML
3 6 (42.86%) E-Commerce
3 6 (42.86%) React
3 6 (42.86%) React Native
3 6 (42.86%) Front End Development
3 6 (42.86%) Redux
3 6 (42.86%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
4 3 (21.43%) SaaS
5 2 (14.29%) Network Architecture
5 2 (14.29%) Driving Licence
5 2 (14.29%) GDPR
5 2 (14.29%) PMO
5 2 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
5 2 (14.29%) SLA
5 2 (14.29%) Customer-Centric Approach
5 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
5 2 (14.29%) DNS
5 2 (14.29%) C#
5 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Firewall
5 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (14.29%) ITIL
5 2 (14.29%) Windows
5 2 (14.29%) SQL

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Brighton 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) SaaS
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) DNS
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
1 2 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (7.14%) NoSQL
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (42.86%) CSS
1 6 (42.86%) HTML
1 6 (42.86%) React
1 6 (42.86%) React Native
1 6 (42.86%) Redux
2 2 (14.29%) .NET
3 1 (7.14%) .NET Core
3 1 (7.14%) .NET Framework
3 1 (7.14%) AngularJS
3 1 (7.14%) ASP.NET
3 1 (7.14%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (42.86%) E-Commerce
2 6 (42.86%) Front End Development
2 6 (42.86%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (14.29%) Business Continuity
3 2 (14.29%) Customer Service
3 2 (14.29%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 2 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
3 2 (14.29%) ITIL
3 2 (14.29%) Network Architecture
3 2 (14.29%) Product Management
3 2 (14.29%) Programme Management
3 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (14.29%) TDD
4 1 (7.14%) Data Management
4 1 (7.14%) Data Transformation
4 1 (7.14%) DevOps
4 1 (7.14%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 7 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 2 (14.29%) C#
2 2 (14.29%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) GDPR
1 2 (14.29%) PMO
1 2 (14.29%) SLA