Lead Jobs in Northampton

Leader
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Leader salary in Northampton is £62,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 19 25
Rank change year-on-year -20 +6 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 14 35 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 2.95% 7.59% 5.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.04% 7.73% 6.61%
Number of salaries quoted 6 34 15
10th Percentile £45,625 £35,000 £44,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £37,563 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £46,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% -33.93% -6.67%
75th Percentile £70,313 £57,188 £77,500
90th Percentile £75,750 £75,125 £94,000
Northamptonshire median annual salary £65,000 £46,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +40.54% -28.85% -13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 460 453 257
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.84% 98.26% 86.53%
Number of salaries quoted 175 377 173
10th Percentile £27,125 £24,827 £25,850
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.20% -22.73% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £78,700
Northamptonshire median annual salary £47,683 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +19.21% -27.27% +10.00%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Northampton

Lead
Salary Trend in Northampton

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

Salary trend for Lead in Northampton

Lead
Salary Histogram in Northampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Northampton over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead in Northampton

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Northampton region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 8 (57.14%) Systems Engineering
2 7 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (28.57%) Requirements Management
3 4 (28.57%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
4 3 (21.43%) AWS
5 2 (14.29%) Azure
5 2 (14.29%) Infor
5 2 (14.29%) Tableau
5 2 (14.29%) SAP BPC
5 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 2 (14.29%) Business Forecasting
5 2 (14.29%) Cyber Intelligence
5 2 (14.29%) IFRS
5 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (14.29%) Revenue Recognition
5 2 (14.29%) Infor LN
5 2 (14.29%) Internal Audit
5 2 (14.29%) CIMA
5 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
5 2 (14.29%) Finance
5 2 (14.29%) Agile
5 2 (14.29%) C#
5 2 (14.29%) Oracle
5 2 (14.29%) SAP
5 2 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (14.29%) Cognos
5 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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 (7.14%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Infor LN
1 2 (14.29%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) AWS
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (7.14%) Google Play
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Tableau
2 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Finance
2 2 (14.29%) Police
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Systems Engineering
2 4 (28.57%) Requirements Management
3 3 (21.43%) Mentoring
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) Business Forecasting
4 2 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (14.29%) Cyber Intelligence
4 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 2 (14.29%) Internal Audit
4 2 (14.29%) Revenue Recognition
5 1 (7.14%) Conflict Resolution
5 1 (7.14%) Customer Service
5 1 (7.14%) ITSM
5 1 (7.14%) Logistics
5 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (7.14%) Roadmaps
5 1 (7.14%) Service Management
5 1 (7.14%) Software Engineering
5 1 (7.14%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (7.14%) JavaScript
2 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (14.29%) ACCA
2 2 (14.29%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) GAAP
1 2 (14.29%) IFRS
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Cognos
1 2 (14.29%) Infor
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle
1 2 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (7.14%) Apple
2 1 (7.14%) Freshdesk
2 1 (7.14%) Google
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft