Lead Jobs in Buckinghamshire

Leader
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Leader salary in Buckinghamshire is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 26 70
Rank change year-on-year -31 +44 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 39 147 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 3.62% 7.27% 3.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.05% 7.88% 3.44%
Number of salaries quoted 21 86 28
10th Percentile - - £32,125
25th Percentile £37,000 £42,532 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,724 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.46% +8.59% -10.20%
75th Percentile £87,500 £77,500 £75,938
90th Percentile £93,250 £91,250 £88,250
South East median annual salary £70,000 £61,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +13.82% -8.89% +2.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 964 1,866 1,162
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.42% 92.28% 89.25%
Number of salaries quoted 324 1,097 702
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,053 £75,000 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Buckinghamshire

Lead
Salary Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Salary trend for Lead in Buckinghamshire

Lead
Salary Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead in Buckinghamshire

Lead
Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Milton Keynes -9 12 £85,000 +54.55% 26
Marlow +6 9 £37,000 -64.76% 1
High Wycombe +16 2 £57,670 - 1
Bletchley +2 2 £83,250 - 5
Newport Pagnell -1 2 - -
Gerrards Cross - 1 - - 3
Lead
South East

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 21 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 17 (43.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 17 (43.59%) Microsoft
3 15 (38.46%) Degree
4 14 (35.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 13 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
6 12 (30.77%) Windows
6 12 (30.77%) Windows Server
7 11 (28.21%) Python
7 11 (28.21%) VMware
8 10 (25.64%) Software Testing
8 10 (25.64%) Project Planning
9 9 (23.08%) NB-IoT
9 9 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
9 9 (23.08%) 5G
9 9 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (23.08%) Strategic Thinking
9 9 (23.08%) Ansible
9 9 (23.08%) IoT
9 9 (23.08%) Terraform
9 9 (23.08%) CompTIA Security+
9 9 (23.08%) Bash
9 9 (23.08%) Puppet
9 9 (23.08%) LTE
9 9 (23.08%) vSphere
9 9 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
9 9 (23.08%) PowerShell
9 9 (23.08%) Network+ Certification
9 9 (23.08%) Asset Management
9 9 (23.08%) Wi-Fi

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

Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.95%) Azure
2 4 (10.26%) AWS
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.13%) SaaS
5 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.56%) GCP
5 1 (2.56%) IaaS
5 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 9 (23.08%) 5G
1 9 (23.08%) Bluetooth
1 9 (23.08%) LTE
1 9 (23.08%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (7.69%) Broadband
3 2 (5.13%) Network Security
3 2 (5.13%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) JIRA
2 1 (2.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 17 (43.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (23.08%) Electronics
4 3 (7.69%) Finance
5 2 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Multimedia
5 2 (5.13%) Retail
6 1 (2.56%) Banking
6 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.13%) Leaflet
2 1 (2.56%) .NET
2 1 (2.56%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.56%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.56%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (2.56%) CSS
2 1 (2.56%) HTML
2 1 (2.56%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.08%) IoT
1 9 (23.08%) NB-IoT
2 4 (10.26%) Management Information System
3 3 (7.69%) Cloud Native
4 2 (5.13%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (5.13%) Operational Technology
5 1 (2.56%) Algorithms
5 1 (2.56%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.56%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.56%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (30.77%) Windows
1 12 (30.77%) Windows Server
2 9 (23.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (35.90%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 13 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
3 10 (25.64%) Project Planning
3 10 (25.64%) Software Testing
4 9 (23.08%) Asset Management
4 9 (23.08%) Infrastructure as Code
4 9 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (23.08%) Project Management
4 9 (23.08%) Strategic Thinking
5 8 (20.51%) Customer Service
6 6 (15.38%) Artificial Intelligence
6 6 (15.38%) Budgeting
6 6 (15.38%) Computer Science
6 6 (15.38%) Line Management
6 6 (15.38%) Mentoring
7 5 (12.82%) Roadmaps
8 4 (10.26%) Coaching
8 4 (10.26%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (10.26%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
8 4 (10.26%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (28.21%) Python
2 9 (23.08%) Bash
2 9 (23.08%) PowerShell
3 3 (7.69%) C#
3 3 (7.69%) Java
4 2 (5.13%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (38.46%) Degree
2 9 (23.08%) CompTIA Security+
2 9 (23.08%) Network+ Certification
3 5 (12.82%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (5.13%) CESG Certified Professional
5 2 (5.13%) CISMP
5 2 (5.13%) CISSP
5 2 (5.13%) DV Cleared
5 2 (5.13%) MCSA
5 2 (5.13%) MCSE
5 2 (5.13%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.56%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.95%) SLA
2 2 (5.13%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
1 9 (23.08%) vSphere
2 3 (7.69%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (23.08%) Ansible
1 9 (23.08%) Puppet
1 9 (23.08%) Terraform
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (43.59%) Microsoft
2 11 (28.21%) VMware
3 6 (15.38%) Cisco
3 6 (15.38%) Dell
3 6 (15.38%) NetApp
4 3 (7.69%) Veeam
5 2 (5.13%) SAP
5 2 (5.13%) Siemens
6 1 (2.56%) Commvault
6 1 (2.56%) SolarWinds