Lead Job Trends in Winchester

Leader
Hampshire > Winchester

The median Leader salary in Winchester is £62,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2025.

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

 6 months to
19 Sep 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 20 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 3 5 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Winchester 4.76% 5.38% -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.00% 5.49% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 - -
75th Percentile £64,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% -17.24% +7.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Winchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Winchester. 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 Winchester with a recognized job title 60 91 48
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.24% 97.85% 97.96%
Number of salaries quoted 26 50 37
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,813 £32,400
25th Percentile £39,625 £32,563 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% +11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,938 £59,750 £52,500
90th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £73,250
Hampshire median annual salary £52,000 £52,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -0.95% -1.87% +1.90%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Winchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Winchester

Lead
Salary Trend in Winchester

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Winchester.

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Winchester

Lead Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Winchester

For the 6 months to 19 September 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 Winchester region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) JMeter
1 1 (33.33%) QA
1 1 (33.33%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
1 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (33.33%) BrowserStack
1 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
1 1 (33.33%) Playwright
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Winchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) BrowserStack
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JMeter
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
1 1 (33.33%) Business Strategy
1 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
1 1 (33.33%) Compatibility Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
41 Lead jobs in Hampshire