Lead Jobs in Derby

Leader
Derbyshire > Derby

The median Leader salary in Derby is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 22 42
Rank change year-on-year 0 +20 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 10 27 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derby 8.13% 5.27% 2.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.20% 5.63% 3.31%
Number of salaries quoted 9 21 8
10th Percentile - £45,000 £42,125
25th Percentile £32,500 £49,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £51,500 £47,365
Median % change year-on-year -32.04% +8.73% +39.31%
75th Percentile £38,750 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £50,000 - £70,250
Derbyshire median annual salary £35,000 £60,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -41.67% +33.33% +4.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Derby

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Derby. 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 Derby with a recognized job title 122 480 302
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.19% 93.75% 83.20%
Number of salaries quoted 99 341 189
10th Percentile £21,250 £26,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £31,863 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +5.88% +12.58%
75th Percentile £48,125 £56,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £59,500 £68,750 £65,000
Derbyshire median annual salary £35,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -21.11% - +9.76%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Derby

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Derby

Lead
Salary Trend in Derby

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

Salary trend for Lead in Derby

Lead
Salary Histogram in Derby

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Derby over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead in Derby

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

For the 6 months to 30 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 Derby region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 8 (80.00%) Degree
2 8 (80.00%) Mentoring
3 7 (70.00%) Coaching
3 7 (70.00%) Driving Licence
3 7 (70.00%) Windows Server
3 7 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (70.00%) Azure
3 7 (70.00%) AWS
3 7 (70.00%) SaaS
3 7 (70.00%) PaaS
3 7 (70.00%) Linux
3 7 (70.00%) MCSE
3 7 (70.00%) MCSA
3 7 (70.00%) ITIL
3 7 (70.00%) MCP
3 7 (70.00%) CCNP
3 7 (70.00%) CCNA
3 7 (70.00%) Cisco Certification
3 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (70.00%) ITSM
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) CRM
4 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (20.00%) Business Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) Analytics
4 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 2 (20.00%) Line Management
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derby 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 7 (70.00%) AWS
1 7 (70.00%) Azure
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
1 7 (70.00%) PaaS
1 7 (70.00%) SaaS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Driving Licence
2 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (10.00%) Operational Technology
2 1 (10.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 9 (90.00%) Windows
2 7 (70.00%) Linux
2 7 (70.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Mentoring
2 7 (70.00%) Coaching
2 7 (70.00%) ITIL
2 7 (70.00%) ITSM
3 2 (20.00%) Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) Business Analytics
3 2 (20.00%) CRM
3 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (20.00%) Line Management
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) Network Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) SABSA
4 1 (10.00%) Systems Engineering
4 1 (10.00%) Threat Modelling
4 1 (10.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Degree
2 7 (70.00%) CCNA
2 7 (70.00%) CCNP
2 7 (70.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (70.00%) MCP
2 7 (70.00%) MCSA
2 7 (70.00%) MCSE
2 7 (70.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (10.00%) CISA
3 1 (10.00%) CISM
3 1 (10.00%) CISSP
3 1 (10.00%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001