Lead Jobs in Glasgow

Leader
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Leader salary in Glasgow is £59,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 37 24
Rank change year-on-year +16 -13 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 860 112 163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 21.58% 7.46% 10.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 21.99% 8.70% 10.37%
Number of salaries quoted 80 66 71
10th Percentile £46,250 £54,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £59,971 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £66,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.94% +10.42% -2.04%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £69,375
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £63,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -9.29% +7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 3,910 1,288 1,572
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.12% 85.75% 97.52%
Number of salaries quoted 923 629 861
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,833 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +13.40% +7.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +13.68%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Glasgow

Lead
Salary Trend in Glasgow

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

Salary trend for Lead in Glasgow

Lead
Salary Histogram in Glasgow

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Glasgow over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in Glasgow

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, 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 Glasgow region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 774 (90.00%) Finance
2 754 (87.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 750 (87.21%) Law
4 709 (82.44%) Agile
5 688 (80.00%) Software Engineering
6 652 (75.81%) Operational Stability
7 624 (72.56%) Marketing
8 621 (72.21%) SDLC
9 550 (63.95%) CI/CD
10 493 (57.33%) Community of Practice
11 492 (57.21%) Java
12 390 (45.35%) Artificial Intelligence
13 389 (45.23%) Machine Learning
14 378 (43.95%) Information Architecture
15 355 (41.28%) AWS
16 352 (40.93%) Architectural Design
17 332 (38.60%) Cloud Native
18 298 (34.65%) Continuous Delivery
19 297 (34.53%) SQL
20 221 (25.70%) Python
21 202 (23.49%) Spring
22 186 (21.63%) Problem-Solving
23 178 (20.70%) NoSQL
24 176 (20.47%) Apache Spark
25 154 (17.91%) Tech Ops
26 144 (16.74%) Big Data
27 138 (16.05%) Public Cloud
28 133 (15.47%) React
28 133 (15.47%) Kafka
29 128 (14.88%) Banking

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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
1 176 (20.47%) Apache Spark
2 52 (6.05%) Apache Airflow
3 32 (3.72%) Cloud Foundry
3 32 (3.72%) FileNet
4 21 (2.44%) GemFire
5 17 (1.98%) Confluence
6 5 (0.58%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.58%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.47%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.12%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 17 (1.98%) Windchill
2 12 (1.40%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 17 (1.98%) Teamcenter
2 8 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.47%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 355 (41.28%) AWS
2 102 (11.86%) Azure
3 63 (7.33%) Datadog
4 44 (5.12%) Figma
5 42 (4.88%) GCP
6 32 (3.72%) Amazon S3
6 32 (3.72%) SurveyMonkey
7 21 (2.44%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 18 (2.09%) Amazon ECS
9 13 (1.51%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (0.81%) Amazon EKS
11 7 (0.81%) Amazon MSK
12 6 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (0.70%) Entra ID
13 5 (0.58%) Power Platform
14 4 (0.47%) Amazon SQS
14 4 (0.47%) SaaS
15 1 (0.12%) PaaS
15 1 (0.12%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 82 (9.53%) Kerberos
2 4 (0.47%) BGP
2 4 (0.47%) DNS
2 4 (0.47%) SSL
2 4 (0.47%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.35%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 178 (20.70%) NoSQL
2 144 (16.74%) Big Data
3 71 (8.26%) Apache Cassandra
4 65 (7.56%) Metadata
5 62 (7.21%) Elasticsearch
6 50 (5.81%) Relational Database
7 38 (4.42%) CockroachDB
8 28 (3.26%) MongoDB
9 21 (2.44%) Hazelcast
10 18 (2.09%) Looker
11 17 (1.98%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (0.81%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.47%) Data Lake
13 4 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.47%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.35%) PostgreSQL
14 3 (0.35%) Tableau
15 2 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 1 (0.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 88 (10.23%) Jenkins
2 65 (7.56%) Artifactory
2 65 (7.56%) Bitbucket
2 65 (7.56%) Git
3 54 (6.28%) JUnit
4 37 (4.30%) Cypress.io
5 29 (3.37%) JIRA
6 22 (2.56%) Jasmine
6 22 (2.56%) Karma Test Runner
6 22 (2.56%) Protractor
6 22 (2.56%) Selenium
6 22 (2.56%) WebDriver
7 21 (2.44%) Jaeger
8 15 (1.74%) Cucumber
8 15 (1.74%) GitLab
9 3 (0.35%) Maven
10 1 (0.12%) Gradle
10 1 (0.12%) Spock
General
1 774 (90.00%) Finance
2 754 (87.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 750 (87.21%) Law
4 624 (72.56%) Marketing
5 128 (14.88%) Banking
6 122 (14.19%) Influencing Skills
6 122 (14.19%) Investment Banking
7 77 (8.95%) Social Skills
8 32 (3.72%) Social Science
9 22 (2.56%) Financial Institution
9 22 (2.56%) Prime Brokerage
10 18 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (0.70%) Analytical Skills
11 6 (0.70%) Games
12 4 (0.47%) Private Banking
13 3 (0.35%) Front Office
13 3 (0.35%) Public Sector
14 2 (0.23%) Local Government
14 2 (0.23%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.12%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (23.49%) Spring
2 133 (15.47%) Kafka
2 133 (15.47%) React
3 120 (13.95%) JSON
4 105 (12.21%) Spring Boot
5 101 (11.74%) CSS
5 101 (11.74%) HTML
6 84 (9.77%) PySpark
7 81 (9.42%) AngularJS
8 79 (9.19%) Web Services
9 74 (8.60%) RESTful
10 71 (8.26%) SAML
11 67 (7.79%) J2EE
11 67 (7.79%) XML
12 66 (7.67%) Node.js
13 65 (7.56%) JSON-LD
13 65 (7.56%) LDAP
13 65 (7.56%) OpenID
14 62 (7.21%) OpenTelemetry
15 57 (6.63%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 332 (38.60%) Cloud Native
2 138 (16.05%) Public Cloud
3 95 (11.05%) Management Information System
4 65 (7.56%) Enterprise Cloud
4 65 (7.56%) Reference Data
5 37 (4.30%) Data Structures
5 37 (4.30%) Product Ownership
6 27 (3.14%) Private Cloud
7 22 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 21 (2.44%) Replication
9 20 (2.33%) Distributed Systems
10 16 (1.86%) Market Risk
11 15 (1.74%) Algorithms
12 12 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
13 9 (1.05%) Mobile App
14 5 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (0.58%) Virtual Team
15 4 (0.47%) Client/Server
15 4 (0.47%) Operational Technology
16 3 (0.35%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 51 (5.93%) Linux
2 4 (0.47%) Android
2 4 (0.47%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (0.35%) Unix
4 2 (0.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 709 (82.44%) Agile
2 688 (80.00%) Software Engineering
3 652 (75.81%) Operational Stability
4 621 (72.21%) SDLC
5 550 (63.95%) CI/CD
6 493 (57.33%) Community of Practice
7 390 (45.35%) Artificial Intelligence
8 389 (45.23%) Machine Learning
9 378 (43.95%) Information Architecture
10 352 (40.93%) Architectural Design
11 298 (34.65%) Continuous Delivery
12 186 (21.63%) Problem-Solving
13 154 (17.91%) Tech Ops
14 117 (13.60%) Mentoring
14 117 (13.60%) Roadmaps
15 115 (13.37%) Performance Tuning
16 112 (13.02%) Decision-Making
17 110 (12.79%) Coaching
18 104 (12.09%) Data Modelling
19 102 (11.86%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 492 (57.21%) Java
2 297 (34.53%) SQL
3 221 (25.70%) Python
4 128 (14.88%) JavaScript
5 123 (14.30%) Scala
6 85 (9.88%) TypeScript
7 67 (7.79%) Go
8 65 (7.56%) Prolog
8 65 (7.56%) SPARQL
9 32 (3.72%) R
10 28 (3.26%) C#
11 22 (2.56%) Groovy
12 7 (0.81%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.47%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.47%) Swift
14 3 (0.35%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 61 (7.09%) Degree
2 33 (3.84%) Master's Degree
3 32 (3.72%) PhD
4 21 (2.44%) AWS Certification
5 16 (1.86%) Security Cleared
6 12 (1.40%) SC Cleared
7 9 (1.05%) CISM
7 9 (1.05%) CISSP
8 7 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (0.70%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 4 (0.47%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 4 (0.47%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.35%) CHECK Team Leader
12 1 (0.12%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.19%) Accessibility
2 35 (4.07%) PMO
3 32 (3.72%) Data Quality
4 6 (0.70%) NIST
5 4 (0.47%) QA
6 3 (0.35%) SLA
System Software
1 68 (7.91%) Active Directory
2 28 (3.26%) Docker
3 2 (0.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 127 (14.77%) Kubernetes
2 81 (9.42%) Terraform
3 77 (8.95%) Grafana
4 56 (6.51%) Prometheus
5 21 (2.44%) HAProxy
5 21 (2.44%) ITRS Geneos
5 21 (2.44%) Kibana
5 21 (2.44%) Zipkin
6 2 (0.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 121 (14.07%) Oracle
2 87 (10.12%) Splunk
3 80 (9.30%) Dynatrace
4 32 (3.72%) Google
4 32 (3.72%) Qualtrics
5 30 (3.49%) Microsoft
6 19 (2.21%) Atlassian
7 18 (2.09%) SaltStack
8 12 (1.40%) ServiceNow
9 5 (0.58%) Databricks
10 4 (0.47%) Sparx
11 2 (0.23%) Cisco
11 2 (0.23%) SAP
12 1 (0.12%) Salesforce