Lead Jobs in the East Midlands

Leader
England > East Midlands

The median Leader salary in the East Midlands is £50,000 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 27 40 52
Rank change year-on-year +13 +12 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 274 190 189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 6.35% 6.61% 5.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.71% 7.50% 5.71%
Number of salaries quoted 193 122 132
10th Percentile £31,750 £42,050 £38,117
25th Percentile £36,250 £49,063 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £61,250
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -2.04% +16.67%
75th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £73,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.74% +4.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands. 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 the East Midlands with a recognized job title 4,083 2,533 3,308
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 88.14% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,982 1,392 2,211
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,750 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £55,000 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £76,125 £72,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the East Midlands

Lead
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Lead in the East Midlands

Lead
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Lead in the East Midlands

Lead
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the East Midlands 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
Leicestershire +33 92 £52,500 -19.23% 14
Nottinghamshire -8 74 £63,124 +5.21% 14
Northamptonshire +2 43 £47,500 -26.92% 12
Derbyshire +11 34 £51,500 -6.36% 7
Lincolnshire +4 31 £33,500 -39.09% 10
Lead
England

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 63 (22.99%) Social Skills
2 59 (21.53%) Problem-Solving
3 52 (18.98%) Degree
4 50 (18.25%) Microsoft
5 49 (17.88%) Azure
6 48 (17.52%) Agile
6 48 (17.52%) Analytical Skills
7 42 (15.33%) AWS
8 41 (14.96%) SQL
9 40 (14.60%) Windows
10 36 (13.14%) Cybersecurity
11 34 (12.41%) Manufacturing
12 33 (12.04%) Microsoft 365
13 30 (10.95%) Finance
14 27 (9.85%) Retail
15 26 (9.49%) Security Cleared
15 26 (9.49%) DevOps
16 25 (9.12%) Mentoring
16 25 (9.12%) Project Management
17 24 (8.76%) Pharmaceutical
17 24 (8.76%) Active Directory
18 23 (8.39%) ITIL
19 22 (8.03%) Validation
20 20 (7.30%) Chemistry
20 20 (7.30%) SQL Server
20 20 (7.30%) GMP
21 19 (6.93%) JavaScript
21 19 (6.93%) Microsoft Office
21 19 (6.93%) Firewall
21 19 (6.93%) DBS Check

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 11 (4.01%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.19%) IIS
3 5 (1.82%) CMS
4 4 (1.46%) WebLogic
5 3 (1.09%) Headless CMS
5 3 (1.09%) WordPress
6 1 (0.36%) Confluence
6 1 (0.36%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (6.93%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (5.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (2.55%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (1.82%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.36%) InDesign
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.36%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.73%) Shopify
3 1 (0.36%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.36%) Primavera
3 1 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 49 (17.88%) Azure
2 42 (15.33%) AWS
3 33 (12.04%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (3.65%) Power Platform
5 9 (3.28%) Amazon ECS
6 8 (2.92%) Cloudflare
7 7 (2.55%) AWS Lambda
7 7 (2.55%) Serverless
8 6 (2.19%) Amazon SQS
9 5 (1.82%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.46%) Amazon EKS
10 4 (1.46%) Amazon S3
11 3 (1.09%) BrowserStack
11 3 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.09%) Google Analytics
11 3 (1.09%) Sauce Labs
12 2 (0.73%) Amazon Kinesis
12 2 (0.73%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.73%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.73%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.93%) Firewall
2 13 (4.74%) DNS
3 10 (3.65%) SAN
3 10 (3.65%) SSL
3 10 (3.65%) TCP/IP
4 4 (1.46%) BGP
4 4 (1.46%) Wireless
5 3 (1.09%) DHCP
6 2 (0.73%) Internet
7 1 (0.36%) FTP
7 1 (0.36%) LAN
7 1 (0.36%) MPLS
7 1 (0.36%) Network Security
7 1 (0.36%) SD-WAN
7 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.30%) SQL Server
2 9 (3.28%) Power BI
3 7 (2.55%) MySQL
4 6 (2.19%) Power Query
4 6 (2.19%) Tableau
5 4 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.46%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.46%) RDBMS
5 4 (1.46%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.09%) DynamoDB
6 3 (1.09%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.36%) Big Data
7 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.36%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 18 (6.57%) Git
2 8 (2.92%) Team Foundation Server
3 6 (2.19%) GitLab
4 4 (1.46%) Selenium
5 3 (1.09%) Cucumber
5 3 (1.09%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.09%) gulp
5 3 (1.09%) JIRA
5 3 (1.09%) JMeter
5 3 (1.09%) Postman
5 3 (1.09%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.36%) Terragrunt
6 1 (0.36%) TestRail
General
1 63 (22.99%) Social Skills
2 48 (17.52%) Analytical Skills
3 34 (12.41%) Manufacturing
4 30 (10.95%) Finance
5 27 (9.85%) Retail
6 24 (8.76%) Pharmaceutical
7 17 (6.20%) Marketing
8 9 (3.28%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (2.92%) Aerospace
9 8 (2.92%) Games
9 8 (2.92%) Legal
10 5 (1.82%) Automotive
10 5 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.46%) Tech for Good
12 3 (1.09%) iGaming
12 3 (1.09%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.73%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.36%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.84%) REST
2 14 (5.11%) .NET
2 14 (5.11%) React
3 11 (4.01%) AngularJS
3 11 (4.01%) Laravel
4 10 (3.65%) CSS
4 10 (3.65%) HTML
5 9 (3.28%) jQuery
6 8 (2.92%) ASP.NET
7 7 (2.55%) ASP.NET MVC
7 7 (2.55%) Tailwind CSS
8 6 (2.19%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 6 (2.19%) Vue
8 6 (2.19%) WPF
9 4 (1.46%) Django
9 4 (1.46%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (1.46%) Spring Boot
10 3 (1.09%) CSS3
10 3 (1.09%) Sass
10 3 (1.09%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.20%) Self-Motivation
2 9 (3.28%) Cyber Threat
3 7 (2.55%) Virtual Team
4 6 (2.19%) Data Centre
4 6 (2.19%) Driving Licence
4 6 (2.19%) Private Cloud
4 6 (2.19%) Product Ownership
5 5 (1.82%) PMI
5 5 (1.82%) Social Media
6 4 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.46%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.46%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.09%) CSOC
7 3 (1.09%) Cyber Defence
7 3 (1.09%) Cyberattack
7 3 (1.09%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.09%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.73%) FMCG
8 2 (0.73%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 40 (14.60%) Windows
2 12 (4.38%) Windows Server
3 10 (3.65%) Linux
4 6 (2.19%) Windows 10
4 6 (2.19%) Windows 7
5 4 (1.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (1.09%) Android
6 3 (1.09%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.09%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.73%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (21.53%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (17.52%) Agile
3 36 (13.14%) Cybersecurity
4 26 (9.49%) DevOps
5 25 (9.12%) Mentoring
5 25 (9.12%) Project Management
6 23 (8.39%) ITIL
7 22 (8.03%) Validation
8 20 (7.30%) Chemistry
9 19 (6.93%) Customer Service
10 18 (6.57%) Technical Leadership
11 17 (6.20%) Actionable Insight
11 17 (6.20%) Web Development
12 16 (5.84%) Service Delivery
13 15 (5.47%) Risk Management
13 15 (5.47%) SDLC
13 15 (5.47%) Software Engineering
13 15 (5.47%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (5.11%) Continuous Improvement
14 14 (5.11%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 41 (14.96%) SQL
2 19 (6.93%) JavaScript
3 16 (5.84%) C#
4 13 (4.74%) PHP
5 11 (4.01%) Java
6 10 (3.65%) Python
7 8 (2.92%) Rust
8 6 (2.19%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.19%) VBA
8 6 (2.19%) XAML
9 3 (1.09%) C++
10 2 (0.73%) C
10 2 (0.73%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.36%) ABAP
11 1 (0.36%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 52 (18.98%) Degree
2 26 (9.49%) Security Cleared
3 19 (6.93%) DBS Check
4 16 (5.84%) SC Cleared
5 8 (2.92%) ISEB
5 8 (2.92%) ISTQB
5 8 (2.92%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (1.82%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (1.82%) PMI Certification
8 4 (1.46%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.46%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.09%) CCNA
9 3 (1.09%) CCNP
9 3 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.09%) JNCIA
10 2 (0.73%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.73%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (7.30%) GMP
2 18 (6.57%) QA
3 4 (1.46%) PMO
4 3 (1.09%) SLA
5 1 (0.36%) GDPR
5 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.36%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (8.76%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.55%) Docker
3 4 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.09%) Embedded Firmware
4 3 (1.09%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (2.92%) SCCM
2 7 (2.55%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.55%) Terraform
3 6 (2.19%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.82%) Ansible
5 4 (1.46%) Grafana
5 4 (1.46%) Progress Chef
5 4 (1.46%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.46%) Puppet
6 3 (1.09%) FortiGate
7 1 (0.36%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 50 (18.25%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.38%) VMware
3 11 (4.01%) HP
4 10 (3.65%) Nimble Storage
4 10 (3.65%) Veeam
5 9 (3.28%) Cisco
6 6 (2.19%) Databricks
7 5 (1.82%) Google
7 5 (1.82%) Oracle
8 4 (1.46%) Meraki
8 4 (1.46%) Sparx
8 4 (1.46%) Splunk
9 3 (1.09%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.09%) Hotjar
9 3 (1.09%) Salesforce
9 3 (1.09%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 3 (1.09%) SAP
10 2 (0.73%) Adobe
10 2 (0.73%) Freshdesk
10 2 (0.73%) Zoho