Lead Jobs with Work from Home Options

Leader
UK > Work from Home

The median Leader salary in Work from Home is £75,000 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 19 27 40
Rank change year-on-year +8 +13 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 3,482 3,268 5,834
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 10.02% 8.50% 7.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.42% 8.86% 8.07%
Number of salaries quoted 2,771 2,509 3,305
10th Percentile £47,000 £47,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £86,250 £92,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £110,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% - +3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 33,422 36,879 72,309
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 95.89% 97.34%
Number of salaries quoted 25,463 26,702 42,447
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Lead
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Lead trend for jobs with a WFH option

Lead
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Lead.

Lead salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Lead
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Lead over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Lead salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with remote work options featuring Lead in the job title.

1 1,101 (31.62%) Agile
2 863 (24.78%) Mentoring
3 768 (22.06%) AWS
4 757 (21.74%) Azure
5 720 (20.68%) Finance
6 697 (20.02%) Social Skills
7 562 (16.14%) Coaching
8 468 (13.44%) SQL
9 432 (12.41%) Python
10 417 (11.98%) Microsoft
11 407 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
12 396 (11.37%) Java
13 391 (11.23%) Software Engineering
14 375 (10.77%) DevOps
15 372 (10.68%) Security Cleared
16 369 (10.60%) JavaScript
17 366 (10.51%) Roadmaps
18 362 (10.40%) Analytics
19 349 (10.02%) .NET
20 346 (9.94%) C#
21 335 (9.62%) Degree
22 295 (8.47%) CI/CD
23 292 (8.39%) TypeScript
24 277 (7.96%) Process Improvement
25 262 (7.52%) Marketing
26 258 (7.41%) Scrum
27 257 (7.38%) Public Sector
28 251 (7.21%) Project Management
29 243 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
30 235 (6.75%) Line Management

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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
1 134 (3.85%) Apache Airflow
2 122 (3.50%) Apache
3 84 (2.41%) Confluence
4 49 (1.41%) SharePoint
5 46 (1.32%) WebLogic
6 37 (1.06%) Tuxedo
7 32 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
8 26 (0.75%) IIS
9 17 (0.49%) Apache Spark
10 13 (0.37%) CMS
11 11 (0.32%) WordPress
12 10 (0.29%) OpenStack
12 10 (0.29%) SAS
13 9 (0.26%) Appian
14 5 (0.14%) Drupal
15 3 (0.086%) Apache Solr
15 3 (0.086%) Umbraco
16 2 (0.057%) ArcGIS
16 2 (0.057%) Ethereum
16 2 (0.057%) MQSeries
Applications
1 59 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.40%) Simulink
5 5 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.086%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.057%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.057%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.057%) Notion
7 2 (0.057%) Sketch
8 1 (0.029%) Abaqus
8 1 (0.029%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.029%) CATIA
8 1 (0.029%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.029%) InDesign
8 1 (0.029%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.029%) Trello
Business Applications
1 70 (2.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 46 (1.32%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 17 (0.49%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.29%) Shopify
5 6 (0.17%) Primavera
6 5 (0.14%) Aladdin
6 5 (0.14%) Oracle General Ledger
6 5 (0.14%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 4 (0.11%) SAP HR
7 4 (0.11%) SAP Payroll
7 4 (0.11%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.086%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.086%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.086%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.086%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.086%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.086%) thinkFolio
9 2 (0.057%) Distributed Ledger
9 2 (0.057%) R3 Corda
10 1 (0.029%) OpenText VIM for SAP
Cloud Services
1 768 (22.06%) AWS
2 757 (21.74%) Azure
3 204 (5.86%) GCP
4 176 (5.05%) SaaS
5 163 (4.68%) dbt
6 152 (4.37%) Microsoft 365
7 148 (4.25%) Power Platform
8 141 (4.05%) Snowflake
9 130 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
10 126 (3.62%) Serverless
11 82 (2.35%) Amazon SQS
12 81 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
13 78 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
14 74 (2.13%) Amazon EKS
15 52 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
16 43 (1.23%) Entra ID
17 42 (1.21%) Amazon S3
18 39 (1.12%) GitHub
19 37 (1.06%) Amazon ECS
19 37 (1.06%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 193 (5.54%) Broadband
2 133 (3.82%) Firewall
3 95 (2.73%) TCP/IP
4 89 (2.56%) DNS
5 71 (2.04%) SSL
6 60 (1.72%) WAN
7 49 (1.41%) BGP
8 36 (1.03%) Intrusion Detection
9 35 (1.01%) SD-WAN
10 31 (0.89%) LAN
11 29 (0.83%) Network Security
12 26 (0.75%) VPN
13 25 (0.72%) Wireless
14 22 (0.63%) Internet
15 16 (0.46%) VLAN
16 15 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
17 13 (0.37%) DHCP
17 13 (0.37%) SAN
18 12 (0.34%) HTTP
19 9 (0.26%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 212 (6.09%) SQL Server
2 151 (4.34%) Data Lake
3 132 (3.79%) Power BI
4 118 (3.39%) Amazon Athena
5 117 (3.36%) Apache Arrow
5 117 (3.36%) Dremio
6 114 (3.27%) Apache Ignite
7 97 (2.79%) Relational Database
8 85 (2.44%) Tableau
9 74 (2.13%) MySQL
10 65 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
11 63 (1.81%) Amazon RDS
12 51 (1.46%) Oracle Database
13 50 (1.44%) NoSQL
14 48 (1.38%) RDBMS
15 45 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
16 41 (1.18%) MongoDB
17 40 (1.15%) DynamoDB
18 29 (0.83%) DB2
19 27 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 127 (3.65%) Git
2 111 (3.19%) JIRA
3 73 (2.10%) GitLab
4 65 (1.87%) Jenkins
5 49 (1.41%) Selenium
6 47 (1.35%) Visual Studio
7 46 (1.32%) Postman
8 31 (0.89%) Cucumber
9 27 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
10 23 (0.66%) Cypress.io
11 19 (0.55%) TeamCity
12 16 (0.46%) JMeter
12 16 (0.46%) NUnit
13 13 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
14 12 (0.34%) SoapUI
15 11 (0.32%) SpecFlow
16 9 (0.26%) JUnit
17 8 (0.23%) Subversion
18 7 (0.20%) Jasmine
18 7 (0.20%) Maven
General
1 720 (20.68%) Finance
2 697 (20.02%) Social Skills
3 262 (7.52%) Marketing
4 257 (7.38%) Public Sector
5 235 (6.75%) Analytical Skills
6 226 (6.49%) Banking
7 196 (5.63%) Advertising
8 148 (4.25%) Retail
9 133 (3.82%) Legal
10 127 (3.65%) Front Office
11 122 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 122 (3.50%) Investment Banking
12 76 (2.18%) Presentation Skills
13 71 (2.04%) Law
14 60 (1.72%) Telecoms
15 52 (1.49%) Manufacturing
16 49 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
17 47 (1.35%) Automotive
18 41 (1.18%) Games
19 36 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 349 (10.02%) .NET
2 173 (4.97%) React
3 129 (3.70%) HTML
4 126 (3.62%) Pandas
5 119 (3.42%) NumPy
6 117 (3.36%) gRPC
6 117 (3.36%) Protocol Buffers
7 116 (3.33%) CSS
7 116 (3.33%) SciPy
8 108 (3.10%) Node.js
9 99 (2.84%) RESTful
10 86 (2.47%) .NET Core
10 86 (2.47%) REST
11 74 (2.13%) Spring Boot
12 66 (1.90%) Vue
13 61 (1.75%) .NET Framework
14 59 (1.69%) AngularJS
15 58 (1.67%) ASP.NET
16 56 (1.61%) RabbitMQ
17 44 (1.26%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 184 (5.28%) Marketing Technology
2 127 (3.65%) Hedge funds
3 125 (3.59%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 123 (3.53%) Management Information System
5 122 (3.50%) Fixed Income
6 121 (3.48%) Derivative
7 118 (3.39%) Equities
8 104 (2.99%) Product Ownership
9 100 (2.87%) Enterprise Software
10 91 (2.61%) Public Cloud
11 70 (2.01%) Greenfield Project
12 65 (1.87%) Algorithms
13 64 (1.84%) Client/Server
13 64 (1.84%) Virtual Team
14 51 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
15 49 (1.41%) Private Cloud
16 47 (1.35%) Data Centre
17 44 (1.26%) Cloud Native
18 40 (1.15%) Mobile App
19 39 (1.12%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 194 (5.57%) Windows
2 156 (4.48%) Linux
3 65 (1.87%) Windows Server
4 49 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 34 (0.98%) Windows 10
6 30 (0.86%) Android
7 29 (0.83%) Apple iOS
8 17 (0.49%) Ubuntu
8 17 (0.49%) Unix
9 12 (0.34%) zOS
10 11 (0.32%) CentOS
11 8 (0.23%) Solaris
12 7 (0.20%) Debian
13 6 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
14 5 (0.14%) Mac OS
14 5 (0.14%) VMS
14 5 (0.14%) Windows 7
14 5 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
15 3 (0.086%) Windows 8
15 3 (0.086%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,101 (31.62%) Agile
2 863 (24.78%) Mentoring
3 562 (16.14%) Coaching
4 407 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
5 391 (11.23%) Software Engineering
6 375 (10.77%) DevOps
7 366 (10.51%) Roadmaps
8 362 (10.40%) Analytics
9 295 (8.47%) CI/CD
10 277 (7.96%) Process Improvement
11 258 (7.41%) Scrum
12 251 (7.21%) Project Management
13 243 (6.98%) Continuous Improvement
14 235 (6.75%) Line Management
15 224 (6.43%) Business Case
16 212 (6.09%) Data Strategy
17 211 (6.06%) Microservices
18 210 (6.03%) Use Case
19 204 (5.86%) Digital Marketing
20 199 (5.72%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 468 (13.44%) SQL
2 432 (12.41%) Python
3 396 (11.37%) Java
4 369 (10.60%) JavaScript
5 346 (9.94%) C#
6 292 (8.39%) TypeScript
7 66 (1.90%) COBOL
7 66 (1.90%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 63 (1.81%) C
9 60 (1.72%) PHP
10 55 (1.58%) C++
11 53 (1.52%) PowerShell
12 31 (0.89%) Go
13 25 (0.72%) Kotlin
14 21 (0.60%) Bash
14 21 (0.60%) T-SQL
15 19 (0.55%) XAML
16 17 (0.49%) MATLAB
16 17 (0.49%) Scala
17 16 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 372 (10.68%) Security Cleared
2 335 (9.62%) Degree
3 215 (6.17%) SC Cleared
4 105 (3.02%) AWS Certification
4 105 (3.02%) Azure Certification
5 70 (2.01%) CISSP
6 69 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 68 (1.95%) DBS Check
8 62 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
9 54 (1.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 51 (1.46%) CISM
11 42 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
12 36 (1.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 36 (1.03%) CCSP
12 36 (1.03%) DV Cleared
13 27 (0.78%) CCSK
14 21 (0.60%) SSCP
15 18 (0.52%) CISA
15 18 (0.52%) Master's Degree
15 18 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 198 (5.69%) QA
2 109 (3.13%) Data Quality
3 66 (1.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 49 (1.41%) NIST
5 44 (1.26%) GDPR
6 37 (1.06%) SLA
7 29 (0.83%) Accessibility
8 17 (0.49%) PMO
9 15 (0.43%) GRC
10 14 (0.40%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (0.34%) NCSC
12 9 (0.26%) HL7
13 5 (0.14%) GAAP
13 5 (0.14%) IFRS
13 5 (0.14%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.14%) JSP 440
13 5 (0.14%) RMADS
14 4 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.11%) Def Stans
System Software
1 200 (5.74%) Docker
2 85 (2.44%) Active Directory
3 31 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
5 20 (0.57%) Virtual Desktop
6 15 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 12 (0.34%) Hyper-V
8 7 (0.20%) Firmware
9 6 (0.17%) vSphere
10 2 (0.057%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.057%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.029%) KVM
Systems Management
1 194 (5.57%) Kubernetes
2 127 (3.65%) Terraform
3 49 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
4 42 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
5 40 (1.15%) Ansible
6 27 (0.78%) Puppet
7 17 (0.49%) Grafana
7 17 (0.49%) vCenter Server
8 14 (0.40%) SCCM
9 13 (0.37%) Prometheus
10 11 (0.32%) Microsoft Clustering
11 10 (0.29%) ZABBIX
12 9 (0.26%) Nmap
13 7 (0.20%) MIIS
13 7 (0.20%) Nagios
13 7 (0.20%) Progress Chef
13 7 (0.20%) SysTrack
14 6 (0.17%) Consul
14 6 (0.17%) FortiGate
15 4 (0.11%) WSUS
Vendors
1 417 (11.98%) Microsoft
2 146 (4.19%) Oracle
3 85 (2.44%) Databricks
4 67 (1.92%) Google
5 66 (1.90%) Micro Focus
6 61 (1.75%) VMware
7 59 (1.69%) ServiceNow
8 56 (1.61%) SAP
9 46 (1.32%) Sparx
10 43 (1.23%) Atlassian
11 41 (1.18%) IBM
12 27 (0.78%) Cisco
13 25 (0.72%) Splunk
14 18 (0.52%) Salesforce
15 14 (0.40%) Commvault
15 14 (0.40%) ForgeRock
15 14 (0.40%) Sitecore
16 13 (0.37%) Sun
17 11 (0.32%) Qualys
18 10 (0.29%) Veeam