Lead Jobs in Luton

Leader
Bedfordshire > Luton

The median Leader salary in Luton is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

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

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 20 27
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1 10 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Luton 1.33% 7.63% 4.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.35% 7.69% 5.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 2
10th Percentile - £41,500 £59,750
25th Percentile £75,000 £52,625 £63,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £87,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.57% +25.00% +7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £91,250 £75,625
90th Percentile - - £78,250
Bedfordshire median annual salary £80,000 £66,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +20.75% +1.92% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Luton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Luton. 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 Luton with a recognized job title 74 130 120
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.67% 99.24% 82.19%
Number of salaries quoted 49 76 89
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,500 £34,550
25th Percentile £35,000 £48,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £60,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -14.29% +21.74%
75th Percentile £66,000 £91,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £113,750 £88,750
Bedfordshire median annual salary £50,967 £49,043 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.92% -14.71% +15.00%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Luton

Lead
Salary Trend in Luton

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

Salary trend for Lead in Luton

Lead Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton

For the 6 months to 30 May 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 Luton region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Luton 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL