Lead Jobs in Brighton

Leader
East Sussex > Brighton

The median Leader salary in Brighton is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 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
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 34 36
Rank change year-on-year +17 +2 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 12 28 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Brighton 6.70% 6.14% 6.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.86% 6.33% 7.19%
Number of salaries quoted 12 27 41
10th Percentile £38,250 £55,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £68,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year - +50.94% +2.42%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £84,875 £90,000 £80,000
East Sussex median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +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 175 442 598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.77% 96.93% 90.33%
Number of salaries quoted 129 411 496
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £34,442 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% -3.64% -4.35%
75th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
East Sussex median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% -1.79%

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 27 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 27 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 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 6 (50.00%) Redux
2 6 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 6 (50.00%) React
2 6 (50.00%) React Native
2 6 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 6 (50.00%) HTML
2 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 6 (50.00%) CSS
2 6 (50.00%) E-Commerce
3 3 (25.00%) SaaS
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (16.67%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 2 (16.67%) Driving Licence
4 2 (16.67%) GDPR
4 2 (16.67%) PMO
4 2 (16.67%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (16.67%) Network Architecture
4 2 (16.67%) Product Management
4 2 (16.67%) DNS
4 2 (16.67%) SLA
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL
4 2 (16.67%) Windows
4 2 (16.67%) SQL
4 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Firewall
4 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi

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 (25.00%) SaaS
2 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) DNS
1 2 (16.67%) Firewall
1 2 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (8.33%) NoSQL
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (50.00%) CSS
1 6 (50.00%) HTML
1 6 (50.00%) React
1 6 (50.00%) React Native
1 6 (50.00%) Redux
2 1 (8.33%) .NET
2 1 (8.33%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 8 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 6 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 6 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (16.67%) Business Continuity
3 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 2 (16.67%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 2 (16.67%) Customer-Centricity
3 2 (16.67%) ITIL
3 2 (16.67%) Network Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Product Management
3 2 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
3 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (8.33%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (8.33%) Data Management
4 1 (8.33%) Data Transformation
4 1 (8.33%) Line Management
4 1 (8.33%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 2 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (8.33%) C#
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) GDPR
1 2 (16.67%) PMO
1 2 (16.67%) SLA