Lead Job Trends in Lincolnshire

Leader
East Midlands > Lincolnshire

The median Leader salary in Lincolnshire is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2026.

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

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 16 22
Rank change year-on-year +9 +6 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 58 14 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Lincolnshire 8.02% 9.79% 6.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.61% 10.69% 6.55%
Number of salaries quoted 22 10 33
10th Percentile £35,000 £51,250 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £58,438 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £68,750 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% +105.22% -39.09%
75th Percentile - £82,500 £41,492
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,250 £49,000
East Midlands median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +20.00% -13.04%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Lincolnshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Lincolnshire. 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 Lincolnshire with a recognized job title 674 131 519
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 91.61% 93.51%
Number of salaries quoted 384 91 462
10th Percentile £28,000 £25,267 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £26,750 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% - -10.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £50,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £56,250
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -15.00%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Lead job vacancy trend in Lincolnshire

Lead
Salary Trend in Lincolnshire

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Lincolnshire.

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Lincolnshire

Lead
Salary Histogram in Lincolnshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Lincolnshire over the 6 months to 12 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Lead in Lincolnshire

Lead
Job Locations in Lincolnshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Lincolnshire region over the 6 months to 12 May 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
Lincoln - 45 £65,000 - 1
Market Rasen - 2 £29,350 -
Stamford - 2 - -
Lead
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 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 Lincolnshire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 24 (41.38%) HP
2 9 (15.52%) Electronic Patient Records
2 9 (15.52%) Information Governance
2 9 (15.52%) LINC
3 8 (13.79%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (10.34%) Digital Transformation Strategy
4 6 (10.34%) Technical Architecture
5 5 (8.62%) Programme Delivery
6 4 (6.90%) QA
7 2 (3.45%) A/B Testing
7 2 (3.45%) Actionable Insight
7 2 (3.45%) AI
7 2 (3.45%) Broadband
7 2 (3.45%) CI/CD
7 2 (3.45%) Computer Vision
7 2 (3.45%) Data Ingestion
7 2 (3.45%) Data Science
7 2 (3.45%) Generative AI
7 2 (3.45%) Infrastructure as Code
7 2 (3.45%) Machine Learning
7 2 (3.45%) Mentoring
7 2 (3.45%) Metadata
7 2 (3.45%) MLOps
7 2 (3.45%) Personalization
7 2 (3.45%) Python
7 2 (3.45%) PyTorch
7 2 (3.45%) Roadmaps
7 2 (3.45%) Statistics
7 2 (3.45%) TensorFlow
7 2 (3.45%) Use Case

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincolnshire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.45%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (15.52%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (3.45%) Metadata
General
1 6 (10.34%) Public Sector
2 5 (8.62%) Retail
3 2 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (3.45%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.45%) PyTorch
1 2 (3.45%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.45%) Video\Live Streaming
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (15.52%) Information Governance
2 8 (13.79%) Technical Leadership
3 6 (10.34%) Digital Transformation Strategy
3 6 (10.34%) Technical Architecture
4 5 (8.62%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (3.45%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (3.45%) AI
5 2 (3.45%) CI/CD
5 2 (3.45%) Computer Vision
5 2 (3.45%) Data Ingestion
5 2 (3.45%) Data Science
5 2 (3.45%) Generative AI
5 2 (3.45%) Infrastructure as Code
5 2 (3.45%) Machine Learning
5 2 (3.45%) Mentoring
5 2 (3.45%) MLOps
5 2 (3.45%) Personalization
5 2 (3.45%) Roadmaps
5 2 (3.45%) Statistics
5 2 (3.45%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.52%) LINC
2 2 (3.45%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.90%) QA
Vendors
1 24 (41.38%) HP