Lead Job Trends in Burton-upon-Trent

Leader
Staffordshire > Burton-upon-Trent

The median Leader salary in Burton-upon-Trent is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 15 20
Rank change year-on-year +7 +5 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 11 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Burton-upon-Trent 9.40% 3.03% 2.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.78% 6.06% 2.78%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 2
10th Percentile - £49,500 -
25th Percentile - £56,250 £16,251
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £67,500 £17,501
Median % change year-on-year +25.93% +285.70% -73.58%
75th Percentile - £78,750 £18,750
90th Percentile - £85,500 -
Staffordshire median annual salary £75,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +42.86% +5.00% +13.31%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Burton-upon-Trent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Burton-upon-Trent. 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 Burton-upon-Trent with a recognized job title 102 33 72
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.18% 50.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 76 14 61
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £59,375 £32,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £45,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% -21.74% +9.52%
75th Percentile £75,000 £47,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,000 £100,000
Staffordshire median annual salary £45,000 £38,754 £40,000
% change year-on-year +16.12% -3.12% -11.11%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Burton-upon-Trent

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Burton-upon-Trent.

Lead job vacancy trend in Burton-upon-Trent

Lead
Salary Trend in Burton-upon-Trent

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Burton-upon-Trent.

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Burton-upon-Trent

Lead
Salary Histogram in Burton-upon-Trent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Burton-upon-Trent over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Lead in Burton-upon-Trent

Lead Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Burton-upon-Trent

For the 6 months to 21 May 2026, Lead job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Burton-upon-Trent region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Azure
2 10 (90.91%) Cost Optimisation
2 10 (90.91%) FinOps
3 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
3 1 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (9.09%) Android
3 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
3 1 (9.09%) Incident Response
3 1 (9.09%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
3 1 (9.09%) Samsung
3 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
3 1 (9.09%) Windows

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Burton-upon-Trent by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 11 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
General
1 10 (90.91%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 10 (90.91%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Android
1 1 (9.09%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Cost Optimisation
1 10 (90.91%) FinOps
2 1 (9.09%) Incident Response
2 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
2 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (9.09%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Samsung