Lead Job Trends in Royston

Leader
Hertfordshire > Royston

The median Leader salary in Royston is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 November 2026.

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

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	16	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent Lead jobs	8	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Royston	7.21%	-	-
As % of the Job Titles category	7.41%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	8	0	0
10^th Percentile	£30,000	-	-
25^th Percentile	£44,063	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£52,500	-	-
75^th Percentile	£56,250	-	-
90^th Percentile	£67,875	-	-
Hertfordshire median annual salary	£65,000	£65,000	£67,500
% change year-on-year	-	-3.70%	-

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Royston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job adverts in Royston matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all permanent IT job adverts they make up.

	6 months to 1 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent job adverts in Royston matching a recognised job title	108	6	19
% of permanent job adverts matching a recognised job title	97.30%	100.00%	79.17%
Number of salaries quoted	79	6	3
10^th Percentile	£48,750	-	£61,500
25^th Percentile	£60,000	£40,000	£63,750
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£70,000	£41,000	£75,000
Median % change year-on-year	+70.73%	-45.33%	+87.58%
75^th Percentile	-	£42,000	£100,625
90^th Percentile	£90,000	-	£111,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary	£55,000	£48,500	£55,000
% change year-on-year	+13.40%	-11.82%	+0.92%

Lead Job Vacancy Trend in Royston

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent Lead job postings relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Royston.

Lead Salary Trend in Royston

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Royston.

Lead Salary Histogram in Royston

Salary distribution for Lead jobs in Royston over the 6 months to 1 November 2026.

Lead Skill Set Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Royston

For the 6 months to 1 November 2026, Lead job ads cited 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 Lead job ads across the Royston region.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Continuous Improvement	87.5%	7
2	CAD	62.5%	5
2	Data Acquisition	62.5%	5
2	Data-Driven Decision Making	62.5%	5
2	Decision-Making	62.5%	5
2	Degree	62.5%	5
2	HNC	62.5%	5
2	HND	62.5%	5
2	Manufacturing Engineering	62.5%	5
2	Problem-Solving	62.5%	5
2	Process Improvement	62.5%	5
2	Root Cause Analysis	62.5%	5
2	Technical Leadership	62.5%	5
2	Test Automation	62.5%	5
15	Benchmarking	12.5%	1
15	Commercialisation	12.5%	1
15	Customer Engagement	12.5%	1
15	Customer Requirements	12.5%	1
15	Inertial Navigation	12.5%	1
15	Microsoft PowerPoint	12.5%	1
15	Product Management	12.5%	1
15	Product Strategy	12.5%	1
15	Roadmaps	12.5%	1
15	Sensor Fusion	12.5%	1
15	Systems Engineering	12.5%	1
15	Technical Architecture	12.5%	1
15	Validation	12.5%	1

Lead Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Royston by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

Rank	Job Title	Share	Job Ads
1	Product Lead	12.5%	1