Lead Jobs in West Sussex

Leader
South East > West Sussex

The median Leader salary in West Sussex is £61,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 29 41
Rank change year-on-year -1 +12 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 7 45 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 2.18% 6.07% 6.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.72% 6.44% 7.41%
Number of salaries quoted 6 32 34
10th Percentile £59,375 £41,250 £51,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £46,581 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.77% +13.04% -9.80%
75th Percentile £74,688 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £84,250
South East median annual salary £70,000 £61,500 £67,500
% change year-on-year +13.82% -8.89% +2.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Sussex

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Sussex. 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 West Sussex with a recognized job title 257 699 810
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 80.06% 94.33% 81.90%
Number of salaries quoted 175 506 440
10th Percentile £30,000 £24,375 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,125 £33,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,850 £72,500 £77,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in West Sussex

Lead
Salary Trend in West Sussex

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

Salary trend for Lead in West Sussex

Lead
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in West Sussex over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead in West Sussex

Lead
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chichester +10 3 £60,000 - 3
Crawley +6 2 £76,250 +64.86% 13
Horsham +10 1 £75,000 +13.64% 5
Gatwick - 1 £90,000 -
Lead
South East

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 West Sussex region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Line Management
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
2 4 (57.14%) Azure
3 3 (42.86%) C#
3 3 (42.86%) Scrum
3 3 (42.86%) Java
3 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
3 3 (42.86%) Rust
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
5 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
5 1 (14.29%) Azure Functions
5 1 (14.29%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (14.29%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (14.29%) Backlog Management
5 1 (14.29%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (14.29%) Contentsquare
5 1 (14.29%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (14.29%) Redmine
5 1 (14.29%) Analytics
5 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
5 1 (14.29%) Mentoring

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Sussex 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Functions
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (14.29%) Contentsquare
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (14.29%) Google Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
1 1 (14.29%) Redmine
1 1 (14.29%) TeamCity
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Line Management
1 5 (71.43%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Test Automation
3 3 (42.86%) Containerisation
3 3 (42.86%) Scrum
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) CRM
5 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
5 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
5 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL
5 1 (14.29%) Project Management
5 1 (14.29%) Release Management
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) UX Design
5 1 (14.29%) Validation
5 1 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
5 1 (14.29%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C#
1 3 (42.86%) Java
1 3 (42.86%) Rust
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) Hotjar
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow