Lead Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Leader
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The median Leader salary in Cambridgeshire is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 45 45
Rank change year-on-year +20 0 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 95 85 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 6.15% 5.69% 5.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.57% 6.55% 6.35%
Number of salaries quoted 64 54 85
10th Percentile £40,750 £29,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £43,375 £37,188 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% +13.68% -32.14%
75th Percentile £68,788 £79,688 £74,750
90th Percentile £79,625 £95,000 £94,500
East of England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridgeshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cambridgeshire. 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 Cambridgeshire with a recognized job title 1,446 1,298 2,266
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.65% 86.88% 93.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,115 605 975
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,550 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,550 £85,000 £78,750
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% -

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Cambridgeshire

Lead
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Lead in Cambridgeshire

Lead
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in Cambridgeshire

Lead
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Cambridge +35 74 £54,225 -34.27% 25
Peterborough -12 8 £32,000 -40.74% 3
Huntingdon - 7 £60,000 -
Lead
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 Cambridgeshire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 23 (24.21%) Analytical Skills
1 23 (24.21%) Social Skills
2 22 (23.16%) Degree
3 15 (15.79%) Line Management
4 12 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (12.63%) Python
4 12 (12.63%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (11.58%) Finance
6 10 (10.53%) SQL
6 10 (10.53%) QA
6 10 (10.53%) Agile
6 10 (10.53%) Decision-Making
7 9 (9.47%) Data Science
7 9 (9.47%) Coaching
7 9 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (9.47%) Bioinformatics
7 9 (9.47%) Biotechnology
7 9 (9.47%) Life Science
7 9 (9.47%) Software Engineering
7 9 (9.47%) PhD
7 9 (9.47%) Service Delivery
8 8 (8.42%) Project Management
8 8 (8.42%) Microsoft Excel
8 8 (8.42%) ERP
8 8 (8.42%) Games
8 8 (8.42%) People Management
8 8 (8.42%) Roadmaps
9 7 (7.37%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (7.37%) Open Source
9 7 (7.37%) Microsoft

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.05%) Drupal
1 1 (1.05%) IIS
1 1 (1.05%) SAS
Applications
1 8 (8.42%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (5.26%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (3.16%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 6 (6.32%) Power Platform
2 5 (5.26%) AWS
3 3 (3.16%) SaaS
4 1 (1.05%) GCP
4 1 (1.05%) GitHub
4 1 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.26%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.32%) Power BI
2 4 (4.21%) NoSQL
3 3 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (2.11%) MariaDB
4 2 (2.11%) MySQL
5 1 (1.05%) Big Data
5 1 (1.05%) GIS
5 1 (1.05%) Metadata
5 1 (1.05%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.05%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (2.11%) GitLab
1 2 (2.11%) Phabricator
2 1 (1.05%) LoadRunner
General
1 23 (24.21%) Analytical Skills
1 23 (24.21%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.58%) Finance
3 8 (8.42%) Games
4 4 (4.21%) Agriculture
4 4 (4.21%) Law
4 4 (4.21%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.11%) Electronics
6 1 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.05%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.21%) .NET
2 3 (3.16%) CryEngine
2 3 (3.16%) CSS
2 3 (3.16%) DirectX
2 3 (3.16%) HTML
2 3 (3.16%) Node.js
2 3 (3.16%) OpenID
2 3 (3.16%) SAML
2 3 (3.16%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 3 (3.16%) Unreal Engine
2 3 (3.16%) Vulkan
3 2 (2.11%) Django
3 2 (2.11%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (1.05%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.05%) FastAPI
4 1 (1.05%) Flask
4 1 (1.05%) Laravel
4 1 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (1.05%) REST
4 1 (1.05%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.47%) Life Science
2 5 (5.26%) IoT
3 4 (4.21%) Client/Server
3 4 (4.21%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (3.16%) Algorithms
4 3 (3.16%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.16%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.16%) Ray Tracing
5 1 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.05%) Blog
5 1 (1.05%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.05%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.05%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.11%) Linux
2 1 (1.05%) Windows
2 1 (1.05%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (15.79%) Line Management
2 12 (12.63%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (10.53%) Agile
3 10 (10.53%) Decision-Making
4 9 (9.47%) Bioinformatics
4 9 (9.47%) Biotechnology
4 9 (9.47%) Coaching
4 9 (9.47%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (9.47%) Data Science
4 9 (9.47%) Service Delivery
4 9 (9.47%) Software Engineering
5 8 (8.42%) ERP
5 8 (8.42%) People Management
5 8 (8.42%) Project Management
5 8 (8.42%) Roadmaps
6 7 (7.37%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (7.37%) Open Source
7 6 (6.32%) Computer Science
7 6 (6.32%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.63%) Python
2 10 (10.53%) SQL
3 4 (4.21%) C#
4 3 (3.16%) C
4 3 (3.16%) Embedded C
5 2 (2.11%) Java
5 2 (2.11%) JavaScript
5 2 (2.11%) PHP
5 2 (2.11%) Ruby
6 1 (1.05%) Rust
6 1 (1.05%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.05%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (23.16%) Degree
2 9 (9.47%) PhD
3 4 (4.21%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.05%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.53%) QA
2 2 (2.11%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.05%) COBIT
System Software
1 6 (6.32%) Docker
2 1 (1.05%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.05%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (1.05%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 2 (2.11%) Ansible
1 2 (2.11%) Grafana
1 2 (2.11%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.11%) Podman
Vendors
1 7 (7.37%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.32%) Oracle
3 4 (4.21%) Cognos
3 4 (4.21%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.05%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.05%) Dynatrace
4 1 (1.05%) Splunk