Lead Job Trends in Bury St Edmunds

Leader
Suffolk > Bury St Edmunds

The median Leader salary in Bury St Edmunds is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 March 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Bury St Edmunds 2.27% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.50% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £71,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median annual salary £63,750 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +34.21% +18.75% -33.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bury St Edmunds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bury St Edmunds. 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 Bury St Edmunds with a recognized job title 40 5 70
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 100.00% 94.59%
Number of salaries quoted 20 5 27
10th Percentile £35,250 £31,550 £28,500
25th Percentile £43,219 £32,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,750 £33,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.67% -26.67% -2.70%
75th Percentile £47,625 £57,500 £52,500
90th Percentile - - £58,750
Suffolk median annual salary £45,000 £66,206 £42,500
% change year-on-year -32.03% +55.78% -5.56%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Bury St Edmunds

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bury St Edmunds.

Lead job vacancy trend in Bury St Edmunds

Lead
Salary Trend in Bury St Edmunds

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Bury St Edmunds.

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Bury St Edmunds

Lead Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bury St Edmunds

For the 6 months to 14 March 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 Bury St Edmunds region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Stability
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bury St Edmunds 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 1 (100.00%) GitHub
1 1 (100.00%) GitHub Actions
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Stability
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management