Lead Job Trends in Tunbridge Wells

Leader
Kent > Tunbridge Wells

The median Leader salary in Tunbridge Wells is £40,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 October 2025.

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

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 15 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 -4 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 2 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Tunbridge Wells 4.35% 1.43% 7.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.44% 1.43% 7.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £39,125 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,250 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -35.71%
75th Percentile £41,375 - £47,500
90th Percentile - - -
Kent median annual salary £59,000 £67,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.59% +22.73% -8.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Tunbridge Wells

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Tunbridge Wells. 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 Tunbridge Wells with a recognized job title 45 70 28
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.83% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 37 27 16
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,300 £35,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,456 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.81% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £118,750 £80,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £143,750 £92,000 £64,375
Kent median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% +5.26%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Tunbridge Wells

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

Lead job vacancy trend in Tunbridge Wells

Lead
Salary Trend in Tunbridge Wells

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Tunbridge Wells.

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Tunbridge Wells

Lead Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tunbridge Wells

For the 6 months to 7 October 2025, 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 Tunbridge Wells region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) ADO
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (50.00%) Meraki
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tunbridge Wells 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) MPLS
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) RDBMS
1 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Line Management
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Meraki
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce