Lead Job Trends in Herefordshire

Leader
West Midlands > Herefordshire

The median Leader salary in Herefordshire is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 September 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 19 18
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 2 4 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Herefordshire 2.99% 3.36% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.39% 3.36% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile - - £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £58,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Herefordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Herefordshire. 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 Herefordshire with a recognized job title 59 119 69
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.06% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 32 73 54
10th Percentile £28,775 £26,250 £21,426
25th Percentile £29,000 £35,700 £26,020
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,750 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% +25.00% -5.88%
75th Percentile £75,313 £65,000 £49,688
90th Percentile £100,000 £80,000 £52,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Herefordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Herefordshire

Lead
Salary Trend in Herefordshire

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Herefordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Herefordshire

Lead
Job Locations in Herefordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Herefordshire region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
Leominster - 1 - -
Ross-on-Wye - 1 £50,000 -
Lead
West Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 21 September 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 Herefordshire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (50.00%) Skype for Business
2 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) SCOrch
2 1 (50.00%) SCSM
2 1 (50.00%) PuTTY
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Skype
2 1 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Tech Ops
2 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Herefordshire 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 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
1 1 (50.00%) PuTTY
1 1 (50.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
1 1 (50.00%) Skype
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Tech Ops
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) SCOM
1 1 (50.00%) SCOrch
1 1 (50.00%) SCSM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) VMware