Lead Jobs in Swindon

Leader
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Leader salary in Swindon is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 34 32
Rank change year-on-year +9 -2 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 3 20 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swindon 2.11% 4.38% 5.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.33% 4.66% 5.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3 17 17
10th Percentile £79,250 £31,000 £41,825
25th Percentile £80,000 £31,250 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +65.00% -5.66% -18.46%
75th Percentile £85,000 £105,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,750 - £80,500
Wiltshire median annual salary £60,000 £59,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% +11.32% -3.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 129 429 363
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 93.87% 91.21%
Number of salaries quoted 94 369 269
10th Percentile £31,750 £26,250 £29,975
25th Percentile £48,165 £33,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,143 £49,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.44% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £68,568 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile - £70,000 £74,800
Wiltshire median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% -

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Swindon

Lead
Salary Trend in Swindon

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

Salary trend for Lead in Swindon

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 Swindon region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) ATM
1 2 (66.67%) HP
1 2 (66.67%) EMV
1 2 (66.67%) COBOL
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
1 2 (66.67%) BASE24
1 2 (66.67%) NonStop SQL
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) VersaTest
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) React
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Content Management
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development
2 1 (33.33%) DNN
2 1 (33.33%) Umbraco
2 1 (33.33%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (33.33%) Sitecore
2 1 (33.33%) Kentico

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon 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 (33.33%) CMS
1 1 (33.33%) DNN
1 1 (33.33%) Kentico
1 1 (33.33%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (33.33%) Sitefinity
1 1 (33.33%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) VersaTest
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Electronics
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) EMV
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Migration
1 2 (66.67%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Content Management
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) COBOL
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) Sitecore