Lead Job Trends in Nottingham

Leader
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The median Leader salary in Nottingham is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 February 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 21 16
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 31 41 51
As % of all permanent jobs in Nottingham 5.56% 8.69% 10.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.95% 9.26% 10.49%
Number of salaries quoted 24 33 45
10th Percentile £29,000 £56,250 £35,950
25th Percentile £34,500 £57,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £75,250 £86,250 £81,250
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £58,747
% change year-on-year -7.69% +10.64% -9.27%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Nottingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Nottingham. 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 Nottingham with a recognized job title 521 443 486
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 93.86% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 358 197 418
10th Percentile £28,750 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,250 £37,696
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £57,500 £51,170
Median % change year-on-year -13.91% +12.37% -6.96%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,750 £75,000
Nottinghamshire median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

Lead job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Lead
Salary Trend in Nottingham

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Nottingham.

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Nottingham

Lead
Salary Histogram in Nottingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Nottingham over the 6 months to 12 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Lead in Nottingham

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

For the 6 months to 12 February 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 Nottingham region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 7 (22.58%) Business Development
2 6 (19.35%) Coaching
2 6 (19.35%) Microsoft
3 5 (16.13%) Customer Service
4 4 (12.90%) QA
5 3 (9.68%) .NET
5 3 (9.68%) AWS
5 3 (9.68%) C#
5 3 (9.68%) Service Management
6 2 (6.45%) Agile
6 2 (6.45%) CI/CD
6 2 (6.45%) Decision-Making
6 2 (6.45%) Mentoring
6 2 (6.45%) SaaS
6 2 (6.45%) Software Engineering
7 1 (3.23%) Agile Testing
7 1 (3.23%) Analytical Thinking
7 1 (3.23%) AngularJS
7 1 (3.23%) Architectural Patterns
7 1 (3.23%) Azure
7 1 (3.23%) B2B
7 1 (3.23%) B2B Sales
7 1 (3.23%) Code Quality
7 1 (3.23%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (3.23%) CRM
7 1 (3.23%) Data Architecture
7 1 (3.23%) Data Modelling
7 1 (3.23%) Data Privacy
7 1 (3.23%) Demand Generation
7 1 (3.23%) Design Patterns

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

Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) OpenText VIM for SAP
1 1 (3.23%) SAP MM
1 1 (3.23%) SAP Retail
1 1 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.68%) AWS
2 2 (6.45%) SaaS
3 1 (3.23%) Azure
3 1 (3.23%) OCI
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle CX
3 1 (3.23%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) LTE
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Postman
1 1 (3.23%) Selenium
General
1 8 (25.81%) Manufacturing
2 5 (16.13%) Public Sector
3 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.45%) Social Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Billing
4 1 (3.23%) Law
4 1 (3.23%) Marketing
4 1 (3.23%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (9.68%) .NET
2 1 (3.23%) AngularJS
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.23%) Playwright
2 1 (3.23%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.81%) FMCG
2 1 (3.23%) Cloud Native
2 1 (3.23%) Data Structures
2 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.23%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Business Development
2 6 (19.35%) Coaching
3 5 (16.13%) Customer Service
4 3 (9.68%) Service Management
5 2 (6.45%) Agile
5 2 (6.45%) CI/CD
5 2 (6.45%) Decision-Making
5 2 (6.45%) Mentoring
5 2 (6.45%) Software Engineering
6 1 (3.23%) B2B Sales
6 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (3.23%) Lead Generation
6 1 (3.23%) Microservices
6 1 (3.23%) Software Testing
6 1 (3.23%) Strategic Roadmap
6 1 (3.23%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (3.23%) TOGAF
6 1 (3.23%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (3.23%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (3.23%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.68%) C#
2 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.23%) HubSpot
2 1 (3.23%) Oracle
2 1 (3.23%) SAP