Lead Jobs in the West Midlands

Leader
England > West Midlands

The median Leader salary in the West Midlands is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 19 19
Rank change year-on-year +1 0 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 678 584 761
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.03% 10.10% 9.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.56% 11.23% 10.33%
Number of salaries quoted 475 303 430
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £35,238
25th Percentile £52,325 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% -10.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £73,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -4.11% -2.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 the West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,925 5,201 7,370
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 89.90% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 5,725 3,210 4,866
10th Percentile £26,500 £30,000 £29,503
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,762
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the West Midlands

Lead
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Lead in the West Midlands

Lead
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in the West Midlands

Lead
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 June 2024. 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
Birmingham +18 307 £73,805 +18.09% 53
Warwickshire -7 133 £65,000 +18.18% 34
Staffordshire -18 47 £47,500 +5.56% 24
Worcestershire -3 31 £57,500 +27.78% 7
Wolverhampton +18 29 £53,500 -20.74% 6
Shropshire +6 23 £65,000 +13.04% 4
Coventry +27 17 £49,000 -12.89% 13
Solihull -18 14 £67,500 -6.90% 2
West Bromwich - 6 £80,000 - 1
Wednesbury - 4 £55,000 -
Dudley +3 3 £73,805 -
Herefordshire +2 1 £31,516 -68.48% 1
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 West Midlands region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 138 (20.35%) Agile
2 116 (17.11%) Mentoring
3 105 (15.49%) Finance
4 98 (14.45%) Social Skills
5 93 (13.72%) Coaching
6 80 (11.80%) Degree
7 68 (10.03%) Automotive
8 65 (9.59%) Project Management
9 64 (9.44%) Roadmaps
10 60 (8.85%) Microsoft
10 60 (8.85%) JavaScript
10 60 (8.85%) AWS
11 59 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
12 55 (8.11%) Azure
12 55 (8.11%) QA
13 53 (7.82%) Continuous Improvement
14 52 (7.67%) React
15 45 (6.64%) Software Engineering
16 44 (6.49%) Supplier Management
16 44 (6.49%) Manufacturing
16 44 (6.49%) CI/CD
17 43 (6.34%) ITIL
17 43 (6.34%) TypeScript
18 41 (6.05%) DevOps
18 41 (6.05%) Node.js
19 40 (5.90%) Analytical Skills
20 39 (5.75%) Microservices
20 39 (5.75%) Technical Leadership
20 39 (5.75%) Power Platform
21 38 (5.60%) Business Intelligence

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 16 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.33%) Appian
3 9 (1.33%) IIS
4 8 (1.18%) Confluence
5 6 (0.88%) Tuxedo
5 6 (0.88%) WordPress
6 3 (0.44%) CMS
7 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.59%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.44%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.29%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.15%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.15%) Blender
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.15%) Simulink
6 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.92%) Shopify
2 9 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.44%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.44%) Sage 300 ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Magento
4 1 (0.15%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 60 (8.85%) AWS
2 55 (8.11%) Azure
3 39 (5.75%) Power Platform
4 31 (4.57%) Serverless
5 24 (3.54%) GCP
6 20 (2.95%) SaaS
7 16 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (2.06%) PowerApps
9 12 (1.77%) Power Automate
10 11 (1.62%) Amazon Kinesis
10 11 (1.62%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (1.47%) Dynamics 365
12 9 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
13 7 (1.03%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (1.03%) Amazon SQS
13 7 (1.03%) Contentful
13 7 (1.03%) Google Analytics
13 7 (1.03%) Google Tag Manager
13 7 (1.03%) Vercel
14 5 (0.74%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.18%) Firewall
2 7 (1.03%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.88%) DNS
3 6 (0.88%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.74%) HTTP
4 5 (0.74%) WAN
5 4 (0.59%) Bluetooth
5 4 (0.59%) LAN
6 3 (0.44%) DHCP
6 3 (0.44%) Intranet
6 3 (0.44%) MQTT
6 3 (0.44%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.44%) Software-Defined Radio
6 3 (0.44%) SSL
6 3 (0.44%) VPN
6 3 (0.44%) Wireless
7 2 (0.29%) Internet
7 2 (0.29%) Network Security
7 2 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.15%) DAB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.31%) Power BI
2 34 (5.01%) SQL Server
3 21 (3.10%) MySQL
4 14 (2.06%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (1.62%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.47%) DynamoDB
7 9 (1.33%) RDBMS
7 9 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 7 (1.03%) Amazon Aurora
8 7 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
8 7 (1.03%) Tableau
9 4 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.44%) DB2
10 3 (0.44%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.44%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.15%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 18 (2.65%) Git
2 14 (2.06%) JIRA
3 7 (1.03%) TeamCity
4 6 (0.88%) CANoe
4 6 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
5 5 (0.74%) NUnit
5 5 (0.74%) Selenium
6 4 (0.59%) GitLab
6 4 (0.59%) Postman
7 3 (0.44%) Subversion
8 2 (0.29%) gulp
8 2 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.15%) Appium
9 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.15%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.15%) JUnit
9 1 (0.15%) Maven
9 1 (0.15%) TestNG
9 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.15%) Vite
General
1 105 (15.49%) Finance
2 98 (14.45%) Social Skills
3 68 (10.03%) Automotive
4 44 (6.49%) Manufacturing
5 40 (5.90%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (5.46%) Legal
7 33 (4.87%) Public Sector
8 27 (3.98%) Marketing
9 18 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
9 18 (2.65%) Retail
10 17 (2.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 13 (1.92%) Electronics
12 11 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.33%) Environmental Health
14 8 (1.18%) Local Government
14 8 (1.18%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.88%) Games
15 6 (0.88%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.59%) Law
16 4 (0.59%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (7.67%) React
2 41 (6.05%) Node.js
3 29 (4.28%) .NET
4 21 (3.10%) HTML
5 20 (2.95%) CSS
6 16 (2.36%) Laravel
7 14 (2.06%) AngularJS
8 13 (1.92%) .NET Core
8 13 (1.92%) REST
9 12 (1.77%) Next.js
10 11 (1.62%) XML
11 10 (1.47%) JSON
11 10 (1.47%) RESTful
12 8 (1.18%) GraphQL
12 8 (1.18%) Symfony
12 8 (1.18%) Vue
13 6 (0.88%) jQuery
14 5 (0.74%) ASP.NET
14 5 (0.74%) ASP.NET Web API
14 5 (0.74%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 35 (5.16%) Management Information System
2 22 (3.24%) Product Ownership
3 14 (2.06%) Cloud Native
3 14 (2.06%) SCADA
4 13 (1.92%) Low-Code
5 12 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
6 11 (1.62%) Industry 4.0
7 9 (1.33%) Infotainment
7 9 (1.33%) NHS
8 8 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.03%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.03%) Augmented Reality
9 7 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.03%) PMI
9 7 (1.03%) Virtual Reality
10 6 (0.88%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 6 (0.88%) IoT
10 6 (0.88%) Onboarding
10 6 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.74%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 21 (3.10%) Windows
2 15 (2.21%) Linux
3 6 (0.88%) Windows Server
4 5 (0.74%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (0.74%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.59%) VMS
6 3 (0.44%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.29%) Android
7 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.15%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (20.35%) Agile
2 116 (17.11%) Mentoring
3 93 (13.72%) Coaching
4 65 (9.59%) Project Management
5 64 (9.44%) Roadmaps
6 59 (8.70%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (7.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 45 (6.64%) Software Engineering
9 44 (6.49%) CI/CD
9 44 (6.49%) Supplier Management
10 43 (6.34%) ITIL
11 41 (6.05%) DevOps
12 39 (5.75%) Microservices
12 39 (5.75%) Technical Leadership
13 38 (5.60%) Business Intelligence
14 33 (4.87%) Change Management
15 31 (4.57%) Full Stack Development
16 30 (4.42%) Decision-Making
17 29 (4.28%) Customer Service
18 28 (4.13%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (8.85%) JavaScript
2 43 (6.34%) TypeScript
3 37 (5.46%) Java
4 36 (5.31%) C#
4 36 (5.31%) SQL
5 34 (5.01%) Python
6 17 (2.51%) C
7 14 (2.06%) PHP
8 13 (1.92%) Go
9 12 (1.77%) C++
10 10 (1.47%) COBOL
10 10 (1.47%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 8 (1.18%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.18%) R
12 4 (0.59%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.44%) Ruby
13 3 (0.44%) VB
13 3 (0.44%) XAML
14 2 (0.29%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.29%) VB6
Qualifications
1 80 (11.80%) Degree
2 21 (3.10%) Security Cleared
3 16 (2.36%) SC Cleared
4 15 (2.21%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.18%) Azure Certification
5 8 (1.18%) CISSP
6 7 (1.03%) CISM
6 7 (1.03%) PMI Certification
7 5 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (0.74%) CREST Certified
7 5 (0.74%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.59%) HND
8 4 (0.59%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.44%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (0.44%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.44%) CCSK
9 3 (0.44%) CCSP
9 3 (0.44%) DV Cleared
9 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.29%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (8.11%) QA
2 14 (2.06%) GDPR
3 13 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (1.33%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.03%) ISO 26262
6 6 (0.88%) NIST
7 5 (0.74%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.44%) AUTOSAR
8 3 (0.44%) GRC
8 3 (0.44%) PMO
9 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.29%) NCSC
9 2 (0.29%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.29%) SLA
10 1 (0.15%) Automotive SPICE
10 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.15%) COSHH
10 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 23 (3.39%) Docker
2 11 (1.62%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.47%) Embedded Firmware
3 10 (1.47%) Firmware
4 5 (0.74%) vSphere
5 4 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 19 (2.80%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.62%) Functional Safety
2 11 (1.62%) Terraform
3 4 (0.59%) Data Guard
4 3 (0.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.15%) Ansible
6 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 60 (8.85%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.98%) ServiceNow
3 19 (2.80%) Oracle
4 12 (1.77%) Google
5 11 (1.62%) Pega
6 10 (1.47%) Micro Focus
7 9 (1.33%) VMware
8 8 (1.18%) Atlassian
8 8 (1.18%) Databricks
9 7 (1.03%) IBM
10 6 (0.88%) Cisco
11 5 (0.74%) Informatica
11 5 (0.74%) SAP
11 5 (0.74%) Unisys
12 4 (0.59%) Citrix
13 3 (0.44%) CheckPoint
13 3 (0.44%) Dell
13 3 (0.44%) QinetiQ
13 3 (0.44%) Sage
13 3 (0.44%) Salesforce