Lead Job Trends in East Sussex

Leader
South East > East Sussex

The median Leader salary in East Sussex is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 18 19
Rank change year-on-year -1 +1 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 30 39 47
As % of all permanent jobs in East Sussex 7.18% 9.51% 9.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.54% 9.97% 9.77%
Number of salaries quoted 23 24 38
10th Percentile £26,734 £59,225 £59,000
25th Percentile £66,759 £65,000 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £69,000 £65,650
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% +5.10% -4.51%
75th Percentile - £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile - £86,750 -
South East median annual salary £70,000 £67,500 £66,000
% change year-on-year +3.70% +2.27% -2.22%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in East Sussex. 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 East Sussex with a recognized job title 398 391 481
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.22% 95.37% 94.50%
Number of salaries quoted 297 248 367
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.83%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £68,655
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £76,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -4.55%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Lead job vacancy trend in East Sussex

Lead
Salary Trend in East Sussex

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in East Sussex.

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in East Sussex

Lead
Salary Histogram in East Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in East Sussex over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Lead in East Sussex

Lead
Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Brighton 0 24 £90,000 +30.43% 18
Eastbourne - 3 £25,000 - 1
Hove 0 2 £35,620 -
Lead
South East

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex

For the 6 months to 14 January 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 Sussex region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 6 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (13.33%) .NET
3 4 (13.33%) Azure
3 4 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (13.33%) CI/CD
3 4 (13.33%) DevOps
4 3 (10.00%) .NET Core
4 3 (10.00%) Adobe
4 3 (10.00%) AngularJS
4 3 (10.00%) Containerisation
4 3 (10.00%) CRM
4 3 (10.00%) Dell
4 3 (10.00%) Docker
4 3 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (10.00%) HP
4 3 (10.00%) Kubernetes
4 3 (10.00%) Line Management
4 3 (10.00%) Mentoring
4 3 (10.00%) NVIDIA
4 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (10.00%) SaaS
4 3 (10.00%) Software Engineering
4 3 (10.00%) SQL
4 3 (10.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (6.67%) Agile
5 2 (6.67%) Architecture Roadmap
5 2 (6.67%) Change Control
5 2 (6.67%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (6.67%) Cybersecurity

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (13.33%) Azure
2 4 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (10.00%) SaaS
4 2 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (6.67%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (3.33%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (3.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (23.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (6.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (13.33%) .NET
2 3 (10.00%) .NET Core
2 3 (10.00%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Social Media
2 2 (6.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (13.33%) CI/CD
2 4 (13.33%) DevOps
3 3 (10.00%) Containerisation
3 3 (10.00%) CRM
3 3 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (10.00%) Line Management
3 3 (10.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (10.00%) Software Engineering
4 2 (6.67%) Agile
4 2 (6.67%) Architecture Roadmap
4 2 (6.67%) Change Control
4 2 (6.67%) Data Governance
4 2 (6.67%) Domain-Driven Design
4 2 (6.67%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (6.67%) Event-Driven
4 2 (6.67%) Risk Assessment
4 2 (6.67%) Security Architecture
4 2 (6.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (3.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (6.67%) DBS Check
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (10.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (10.00%) Adobe
1 3 (10.00%) Dell
1 3 (10.00%) HP
1 3 (10.00%) NVIDIA
2 2 (6.67%) Microsoft