Lead Jobs in Northamptonshire

Leader
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The median Leader salary in Northamptonshire is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 26 23
Rank change year-on-year -29 -3 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 25 56 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 2.98% 6.43% 7.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.03% 6.76% 8.71%
Number of salaries quoted 14 36 16
10th Percentile £57,500 £35,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £37,688 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £46,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.54% -28.85% -13.33%
75th Percentile £69,688 £58,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £70,875 £71,875 £92,500
East Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £51,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.50% -10.43% -4.17%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northamptonshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northamptonshire. 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 Northamptonshire with a recognized job title 824 828 448
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.10% 95.06% 87.50%
Number of salaries quoted 257 603 248
10th Percentile £27,650 £24,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £34,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.21% -27.27% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £78,500
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -19.05% +10.53%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Northamptonshire

Lead
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Salary trend for Lead in Northamptonshire

Lead
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead in Northamptonshire

Lead
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Northampton -22 14 £62,500 +35.14% 6
Wellingborough - 1 £65,000 -
Lead
East Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 Northamptonshire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 9 (36.00%) Agile
2 8 (32.00%) Finance
2 8 (32.00%) Degree
2 8 (32.00%) Systems Engineering
3 7 (28.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 4 (16.00%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (16.00%) Business Analysis
5 4 (16.00%) Requirements Management
5 4 (16.00%) PRINCE2
5 4 (16.00%) Salesforce
5 4 (16.00%) Project Management
5 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (16.00%) AWS
5 4 (16.00%) Rational DOORS
6 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (12.00%) People Management
6 3 (12.00%) Strategic Thinking
6 3 (12.00%) Roadmaps
6 3 (12.00%) Product Ownership
7 2 (8.00%) Aviation
7 2 (8.00%) Technology Strategy
7 2 (8.00%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (8.00%) Decision-Making
7 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure as Code
7 2 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (8.00%) Police

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 (4.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Infor LN
1 2 (8.00%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) AWS
2 2 (8.00%) Azure
3 1 (4.00%) Google Play
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.00%) Pulumi
3 1 (4.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) Broadband
2 1 (4.00%) 5G
2 1 (4.00%) Bluetooth
2 1 (4.00%) LTE
2 1 (4.00%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (4.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Tableau
2 1 (4.00%) NoSQL
2 1 (4.00%) RDBMS
2 1 (4.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (8.00%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (4.00%) Jaeger
General
1 8 (32.00%) Finance
2 5 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (16.00%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Aviation
4 2 (8.00%) Banking
4 2 (8.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (8.00%) Marketing
4 2 (8.00%) Police
5 1 (4.00%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) .NET
1 1 (4.00%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (4.00%) OpenTelemetry
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.00%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (4.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.00%) IoT
3 1 (4.00%) NB-IoT
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.00%) Linux
2 1 (4.00%) Unix
2 1 (4.00%) Windows
2 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Agile
2 8 (32.00%) Systems Engineering
3 5 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 4 (16.00%) Business Analysis
4 4 (16.00%) PRINCE2
4 4 (16.00%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (16.00%) Project Management
4 4 (16.00%) Requirements Management
4 4 (16.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (12.00%) People Management
5 3 (12.00%) Roadmaps
5 3 (12.00%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (8.00%) Business Transformation
6 2 (8.00%) High Availability
6 2 (8.00%) Lean Six Sigma
6 2 (8.00%) Product Management
6 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (8.00%) User Stories
6 2 (8.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.00%) Bash
1 2 (8.00%) C#
1 2 (8.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (8.00%) Python
2 1 (4.00%) Go
2 1 (4.00%) Java
2 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (32.00%) Degree
2 7 (28.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (8.00%) ACCA
3 2 (8.00%) CIMA
3 2 (8.00%) ISEB
3 2 (8.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.00%) AWS Certification
4 1 (4.00%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.00%) GAAP
1 2 (8.00%) IFRS
1 2 (8.00%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Docker
1 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (4.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Ansible
1 2 (8.00%) Terraform
2 1 (4.00%) Argo
2 1 (4.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (4.00%) Kustomize
2 1 (4.00%) Prometheus
2 1 (4.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (8.00%) Cognos
2 2 (8.00%) Google
2 2 (8.00%) Infor
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.00%) Oracle
2 2 (8.00%) SAP
3 1 (4.00%) Apple
3 1 (4.00%) Freshdesk
3 1 (4.00%) VMware