Lead Jobs in Derbyshire

Leader
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The median Leader salary in Derbyshire is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 38 39
Rank change year-on-year +12 +1 -8
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Lead 36 24 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire 7.63% 3.46% 3.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.18% 3.62% 4.21%
Number of salaries quoted 25 16 13
10th Percentile - £35,000 £39,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £47,911 £41,659
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,750 £49,730
Median % change year-on-year -31.03% +2.05% +17.01%
75th Percentile £53,750 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £59,000 £61,250 £65,500
East Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £63,750
% change year-on-year +9.09% -13.73% +10.39%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Derbyshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in Derbyshire with a recognized job title 440 663 380
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 95.53% 87.16%
Number of salaries quoted 235 418 205
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £33,375 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,500 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.47% -15.00% +15.41%
75th Percentile £51,000 £53,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £64,500 £61,250 £66,500
East Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% +10.53%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Derbyshire

Lead
Salary Trend in Derbyshire

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Derbyshire.

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Derbyshire

Lead
Salary Histogram in Derbyshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead in Derbyshire

Lead
Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 28 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derby +11 18 £35,000 -32.04% 7
Chesterfield +1 8 £55,000 -8.33% 8
Lead
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 28 August 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 Derbyshire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 18 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (41.67%) Windows
3 14 (38.89%) ITIL
3 14 (38.89%) Driving Licence
4 13 (36.11%) Mentoring
5 12 (33.33%) Degree
5 12 (33.33%) SaaS
6 11 (30.56%) Azure
7 10 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
7 10 (27.78%) Operational Technology
8 8 (22.22%) Coaching
8 8 (22.22%) AWS
9 7 (19.44%) PaaS
9 7 (19.44%) 4G
9 7 (19.44%) Windows Server
9 7 (19.44%) Legacy Systems
9 7 (19.44%) MCP
9 7 (19.44%) Linux
9 7 (19.44%) MCSE
9 7 (19.44%) MCSA
9 7 (19.44%) ADSL
9 7 (19.44%) TCP/IP
9 7 (19.44%) CCNP
9 7 (19.44%) CCNA
9 7 (19.44%) Active Directory
9 7 (19.44%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (19.44%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (19.44%) 3G
9 7 (19.44%) ITSM
10 4 (11.11%) Risk Management

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Derbyshire 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 18 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (33.33%) SaaS
3 11 (30.56%) Azure
4 8 (22.22%) AWS
5 7 (19.44%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (19.44%) 3G
1 7 (19.44%) 4G
1 7 (19.44%) ADSL
1 7 (19.44%) TCP/IP
2 3 (8.33%) Ethernet
2 3 (8.33%) Modbus
2 3 (8.33%) MQTT
3 1 (2.78%) Firewall
3 1 (2.78%) Internet
3 1 (2.78%) LAN
3 1 (2.78%) WAN
3 1 (2.78%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) Selenium
General
1 3 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (8.33%) Manufacturing
1 3 (8.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (5.56%) Finance
2 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
3 1 (2.78%) Games
3 1 (2.78%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) .NET
1 3 (8.33%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 14 (38.89%) Driving Licence
2 10 (27.78%) Operational Technology
3 7 (19.44%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (11.11%) SCADA
5 3 (8.33%) Biopharmaceutical
5 3 (8.33%) Data Centre
5 3 (8.33%) Industry 4.0
5 3 (8.33%) IoT
5 3 (8.33%) Management Information System
5 3 (8.33%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 15 (41.67%) Windows
2 7 (19.44%) Linux
2 7 (19.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (38.89%) ITIL
2 13 (36.11%) Mentoring
3 10 (27.78%) Cybersecurity
4 8 (22.22%) Coaching
5 7 (19.44%) ITSM
6 4 (11.11%) Asset Management
6 4 (11.11%) Problem Management
6 4 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (11.11%) Risk Management
7 3 (8.33%) Business Development
7 3 (8.33%) Incident Response
7 3 (8.33%) Information Security
7 3 (8.33%) Information Security Management
7 3 (8.33%) ISMS
7 3 (8.33%) Network Design
7 3 (8.33%) Project Delivery
7 3 (8.33%) Prototyping
7 3 (8.33%) Risk Assessment
7 3 (8.33%) Security Management
7 3 (8.33%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.11%) C#
2 3 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 3 (8.33%) Python
3 1 (2.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (33.33%) Degree
2 7 (19.44%) CCNA
2 7 (19.44%) CCNP
2 7 (19.44%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (19.44%) MCP
2 7 (19.44%) MCSA
2 7 (19.44%) MCSE
2 7 (19.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (8.33%) Chartered Engineer
3 3 (8.33%) HNC
3 3 (8.33%) HND
3 3 (8.33%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (5.56%) CISM
4 2 (5.56%) CISSP
5 1 (2.78%) CISA
5 1 (2.78%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.78%) COBIT
2 1 (2.78%) GDPR
2 1 (2.78%) PCI DSS
2 1 (2.78%) QA
2 1 (2.78%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (19.44%) Active Directory
2 4 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (8.33%) Functional Safety
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 4 (11.11%) VMware
2 3 (8.33%) AVEVA
2 3 (8.33%) Rockwell
2 3 (8.33%) Siemens