Lead Jobs in East Sussex

Leader
South East > East Sussex

The median Leader salary in East Sussex is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 June 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 39 47
Rank change year-on-year +9 +8 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 21 37 45
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 5.04% 5.01% 4.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.51% 5.43% 5.67%
Number of salaries quoted 18 32 42
10th Percentile £36,250 £46,825 £41,250
25th Percentile £58,438 £55,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £80,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +55.34% -0.48%
75th Percentile £83,750 £81,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,750 £85,000 £75,000
South East median annual salary £70,000 £62,334 £67,500
% change year-on-year +12.30% -7.65% +1.12%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 381 682 794
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.37% 92.29% 84.65%
Number of salaries quoted 206 545 578
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% -0.90%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in East Sussex

Lead
Salary Trend in East Sussex

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

Salary trend for Lead in East Sussex

Lead
Salary Histogram in East Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in East Sussex over the 6 months to 1 June 2025.

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 1 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Brighton +21 14 £78,750 -1.56% 174
Hove - 5 £72,500 -
Eastbourne -3 2 £78,750 +61.54%
Lead
South East

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 East Sussex region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 11 (52.38%) Continuous Improvement
1 11 (52.38%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 7 (33.33%) TypeScript
3 6 (28.57%) HTML
3 6 (28.57%) CSS
3 6 (28.57%) E-Commerce
3 6 (28.57%) Redux
3 6 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
3 6 (28.57%) React
3 6 (28.57%) React Native
3 6 (28.57%) Front End Development
4 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
5 4 (19.05%) Power BI
5 4 (19.05%) Power Platform
5 4 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (19.05%) SaaS
5 4 (19.05%) Agile
6 3 (14.29%) Information Security
6 3 (14.29%) Data Analysis
6 3 (14.29%) Time Management
6 3 (14.29%) Visualisation
6 3 (14.29%) DevOps
6 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
6 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 3 (14.29%) Salesforce

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (4.76%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) Power Platform
1 4 (19.05%) SaaS
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.76%) AWS
3 1 (4.76%) Azure
3 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.76%) Boomi
3 1 (4.76%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.52%) DNS
1 2 (9.52%) Firewall
1 2 (9.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (19.05%) Power BI
2 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (4.76%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (9.52%) Military
4 1 (4.76%) Advertising
4 1 (4.76%) Games
4 1 (4.76%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (28.57%) CSS
1 6 (28.57%) HTML
1 6 (28.57%) React
1 6 (28.57%) React Native
1 6 (28.57%) Redux
2 2 (9.52%) .NET
3 1 (4.76%) .NET Core
3 1 (4.76%) .NET Framework
3 1 (4.76%) AngularJS
3 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.76%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.52%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.76%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.76%) Graphic Design
3 1 (4.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (52.38%) Continuous Improvement
1 11 (52.38%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (28.57%) E-Commerce
2 6 (28.57%) Front End Development
2 6 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
3 4 (19.05%) Agile
3 4 (19.05%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (14.29%) Analytics
4 3 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 3 (14.29%) Data Collection
4 3 (14.29%) Data Modelling
4 3 (14.29%) Data Visualisation
4 3 (14.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 3 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 3 (14.29%) DevOps
4 3 (14.29%) Information Security
4 3 (14.29%) Time Management
4 3 (14.29%) Visualisation
5 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 7 (33.33%) TypeScript
2 2 (9.52%) C#
2 2 (9.52%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) PMO
2 2 (9.52%) GDPR
2 2 (9.52%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 3 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.76%) Adobe
2 1 (4.76%) MuleSoft