Lead Job Trends in the East of England

Leader
England > East of England

The median Leader salary in the East of England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 March 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 58 27
Rank change year-on-year +36 -31 +33
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 361 108 345
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 6.86% 3.85% 6.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.62% 4.38% 6.86%
Number of salaries quoted 221 66 254
10th Percentile £40,536 £41,250 £39,000
25th Percentile £55,175 £51,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.84% +3.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,775 £85,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 4,739 2,468 5,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.01% 87.89% 94.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,940 1,409 3,898
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £26,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £38,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +9.09% -10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,254 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -9.84%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Lead job vacancy trend in the East of England

Lead
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in the East of England

Lead
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Lead in the East of England

Lead
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the East of England region over the 6 months to 17 March 2026. 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
Hertfordshire +28 178 £65,000 +4.84% 36
Cambridgeshire +16 86 £65,000 -13.33% 16
Essex +13 38 £75,450 +25.75% 25
Bedfordshire +41 27 £60,000 +9.09% 19
Suffolk +19 27 £63,750 +34.21% 13
Norfolk +3 10 £60,000 - 16
Lead
England

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 17 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 East of England region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 61 (16.90%) Agile
2 57 (15.79%) Software Engineering
3 52 (14.40%) AI
4 46 (12.74%) Roadmaps
5 43 (11.91%) Technical Leadership
6 37 (10.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (9.97%) DBS Check
8 35 (9.70%) Problem-Solving
9 30 (8.31%) AWS
10 29 (8.03%) Analytics
10 29 (8.03%) Mentoring
11 28 (7.76%) Security Cleared
12 27 (7.48%) Broadband
13 26 (7.20%) Degree
14 25 (6.93%) Azure
15 24 (6.65%) Customer Experience
15 24 (6.65%) Product Roadmap
15 24 (6.65%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 23 (6.37%) Accessibility
16 23 (6.37%) Adobe
16 23 (6.37%) Adobe Analytics
16 23 (6.37%) Digital Customer Experience
16 23 (6.37%) Stakeholder Management
16 23 (6.37%) Storytelling
16 23 (6.37%) User Research
17 20 (5.54%) Microsoft
17 20 (5.54%) Workshop Facilitation
18 19 (5.26%) CI/CD
18 19 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
19 18 (4.99%) Coaching

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (1.66%) Kinematics
1 6 (1.66%) SAS
2 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.11%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.28%) Confluence
4 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.66%) UserZoom
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.28%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 30 (8.31%) AWS
2 25 (6.93%) Azure
3 23 (6.37%) Adobe Analytics
4 19 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (4.16%) Entra ID
6 10 (2.77%) Serverless
7 8 (2.22%) Figma
8 7 (1.94%) SaaS
9 6 (1.66%) Contentsquare
9 6 (1.66%) GCP
10 3 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.83%) GitHub
10 3 (0.83%) PaaS
11 2 (0.55%) Azure AKS
11 2 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.55%) Slack
12 1 (0.28%) Amazon ECS
12 1 (0.28%) Amazon EKS
12 1 (0.28%) OCI
12 1 (0.28%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 27 (7.48%) Broadband
2 9 (2.49%) Firewall
3 8 (2.22%) DHCP
3 8 (2.22%) DNS
3 8 (2.22%) TCP/IP
3 8 (2.22%) VPN
4 5 (1.39%) Network Security
5 2 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.55%) Wireless
6 1 (0.28%) 4G
6 1 (0.28%) IMAP
6 1 (0.28%) Internet
6 1 (0.28%) POP3
6 1 (0.28%) SMTP
6 1 (0.28%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.66%) Big Data
2 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (0.28%) Looker
2 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.28%) JIRA
1 1 (0.28%) Selenium
General
1 39 (10.80%) Social Skills
2 29 (8.03%) Electronics
3 23 (6.37%) Games
4 11 (3.05%) Finance
5 9 (2.49%) Influencing Skills
5 9 (2.49%) Manufacturing
6 7 (1.94%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (1.66%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.39%) Marketing
8 5 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.11%) Publishing
9 4 (1.11%) Retail
10 2 (0.55%) Legal
11 1 (0.28%) Advertising
11 1 (0.28%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.28%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.28%) Automotive
11 1 (0.28%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.28%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (2.22%) React
2 7 (1.94%) Middleware
2 7 (1.94%) Web Services
3 3 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.55%) PyTorch
4 2 (0.55%) Qt
4 2 (0.55%) Ruby on Rails
4 2 (0.55%) TensorFlow
4 2 (0.55%) TFX
4 2 (0.55%) XML
5 1 (0.28%) .NET
5 1 (0.28%) Django
5 1 (0.28%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.65%) Social Media
2 17 (4.71%) Product Ownership
3 13 (3.60%) Cloud Native
4 12 (3.32%) Robotics
5 9 (2.49%) FPGA
6 8 (2.22%) Algorithms
6 8 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
6 8 (2.22%) Legacy Applications
6 8 (2.22%) Security Operations Centre
7 7 (1.94%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 7 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
7 7 (1.94%) e-Learning
7 7 (1.94%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.11%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.11%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.83%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.83%) Taxonomies
9 3 (0.83%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.55%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.88%) Windows
2 6 (1.66%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.11%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (16.90%) Agile
2 57 (15.79%) Software Engineering
3 52 (14.40%) AI
4 46 (12.74%) Roadmaps
5 43 (11.91%) Technical Leadership
6 37 (10.25%) Continuous Improvement
7 35 (9.70%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (8.03%) Analytics
8 29 (8.03%) Mentoring
9 24 (6.65%) Customer Experience
9 24 (6.65%) Product Roadmap
9 24 (6.65%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 23 (6.37%) Digital Customer Experience
10 23 (6.37%) Stakeholder Management
10 23 (6.37%) Storytelling
10 23 (6.37%) User Research
11 20 (5.54%) Workshop Facilitation
12 19 (5.26%) CI/CD
13 18 (4.99%) Coaching
13 18 (4.99%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 15 (4.16%) Python
2 14 (3.88%) JavaScript
3 9 (2.49%) C++
4 8 (2.22%) C
4 8 (2.22%) Java
5 7 (1.94%) C#
5 7 (1.94%) TypeScript
6 6 (1.66%) PHP
6 6 (1.66%) Ruby
7 5 (1.39%) Rust
8 4 (1.11%) Elixir
8 4 (1.11%) Scala
Qualifications
1 36 (9.97%) DBS Check
2 28 (7.76%) Security Cleared
3 26 (7.20%) Degree
4 9 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.66%) Azure Certification
5 6 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.66%) Master's Degree
6 4 (1.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.83%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.28%) CCNA
9 1 (0.28%) CCSP
9 1 (0.28%) CISSP
9 1 (0.28%) HNC
9 1 (0.28%) HND
9 1 (0.28%) MCSE
9 1 (0.28%) PhD
9 1 (0.28%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.28%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (6.37%) Accessibility
2 13 (3.60%) QA
3 8 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.22%) NIST
4 7 (1.94%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.94%) ISO/IEC 27005
5 2 (0.55%) PMO
6 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.28%) GDPR
6 1 (0.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 10 (2.77%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (1.39%) Terraform
2 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.55%) Kubeflow
4 1 (0.28%) Grafana
4 1 (0.28%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 23 (6.37%) Adobe
2 20 (5.54%) Microsoft
3 3 (0.83%) Citrix
3 3 (0.83%) Google
3 3 (0.83%) Oracle
3 3 (0.83%) VMware
4 2 (0.55%) HubSpot
5 1 (0.28%) Ahrefs
5 1 (0.28%) Apple
5 1 (0.28%) Computacenter
5 1 (0.28%) EMC
5 1 (0.28%) ForgeRock
5 1 (0.28%) New Relic
5 1 (0.28%) Pega
5 1 (0.28%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.28%) Screaming Frog
5 1 (0.28%) Sitebulb