Lead Jobs in St Albans

Leader
Hertfordshire > St Albans

The median Leader salary in St Albans is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 August 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 2 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in St Albans 4.26% - 1.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.55% - 3.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £48,000 - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.13%
75th Percentile £67,500 - £58,750
90th Percentile £72,000 - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £70,000 £66,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.66% +15.22% -14.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
St Albans

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in St Albans. 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 St Albans with a recognized job title 44 56 32
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.62% 96.55% 57.14%
Number of salaries quoted 25 25 29
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,700 £31,850
25th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +15.00% -8.20%
75th Percentile £62,500 £87,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £70,500 £100,000 £75,000
Hertfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in St Albans

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in St Albans

Lead
Salary Trend in St Albans

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

Salary trend for Lead in St Albans

Lead
Salary Histogram in St Albans

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in St Albans over the 6 months to 18 August 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead in St Albans

Lead Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in St Albans

For the 6 months to 18 August 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 St Albans region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) QA
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
1 1 (50.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
1 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in St Albans 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
1 1 (50.00%) Selenium
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) IoT
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) High Availability
1 1 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA