Lead Jobs in the Midlands

Leader
England > Midlands

The median Leader salary in the Midlands is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 22 29
Rank change year-on-year +4 +7 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 912 860 857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.67% 9.30% 7.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.14% 10.38% 8.29%
Number of salaries quoted 655 438 509
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £35,125
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £42,275
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year - +19.29% -8.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,750 £82,500 £84,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 11,205 8,288 10,335
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.27% 89.64% 95.05%
Number of salaries quoted 8,337 4,647 7,040
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,750 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the Midlands

Lead
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Lead in the Midlands

Lead
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in the Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in the Midlands

Lead
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
West Midlands +2 622 £65,000 +8.33% 120
East Midlands +21 287 £50,000 -13.04% 76
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 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 Midlands region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 182 (19.96%) Agile
2 164 (17.98%) Social Skills
3 137 (15.02%) Finance
4 136 (14.91%) Mentoring
5 132 (14.47%) Degree
6 122 (13.38%) Problem-Solving
7 106 (11.62%) Microsoft
8 103 (11.29%) AWS
9 101 (11.07%) Azure
10 98 (10.75%) Coaching
11 88 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
11 88 (9.65%) Project Management
12 80 (8.77%) SQL
13 75 (8.22%) Manufacturing
14 73 (8.00%) JavaScript
15 72 (7.89%) Automotive
16 71 (7.79%) QA
17 67 (7.35%) Roadmaps
18 65 (7.13%) DevOps
19 63 (6.91%) React
19 63 (6.91%) Continuous Improvement
20 61 (6.69%) ITIL
21 60 (6.58%) Windows
22 54 (5.92%) Cybersecurity
22 54 (5.92%) Technical Leadership
23 52 (5.70%) Business Intelligence
23 52 (5.70%) SQL Server
24 51 (5.59%) Software Engineering
25 50 (5.48%) Power Platform
26 49 (5.37%) CI/CD

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 21 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (1.64%) IIS
3 14 (1.54%) SharePoint
4 9 (0.99%) Appian
4 9 (0.99%) Confluence
4 9 (0.99%) WordPress
5 8 (0.88%) CMS
6 6 (0.66%) Tuxedo
7 4 (0.44%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.33%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 25 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 25 (2.74%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.44%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.33%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.22%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.11%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.11%) Blender
6 1 (0.11%) InDesign
6 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.11%) Simulink
6 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.64%) Shopify
2 8 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.44%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.33%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.33%) Sage 300 ERP
4 3 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.11%) Magento
5 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.11%) Primavera
5 1 (0.11%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.11%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.11%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.11%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 103 (11.29%) AWS
2 101 (11.07%) Azure
3 50 (5.48%) Power Platform
4 48 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
5 39 (4.28%) Serverless
6 23 (2.52%) GCP
7 21 (2.30%) SaaS
8 19 (2.08%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (1.64%) PowerApps
10 13 (1.43%) Amazon Kinesis
10 13 (1.43%) Amazon SQS
11 12 (1.32%) Amazon ECS
11 12 (1.32%) Power Automate
12 11 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
13 10 (1.10%) Google Analytics
14 9 (0.99%) Amazon S3
15 8 (0.88%) Amazon EC2
15 8 (0.88%) Cloudflare
16 7 (0.77%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.29%) Firewall
2 19 (2.08%) DNS
3 16 (1.75%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.43%) SSL
5 10 (1.10%) SAN
6 8 (0.88%) WAN
7 7 (0.77%) Ethernet
7 7 (0.77%) Wireless
8 6 (0.66%) DHCP
8 6 (0.66%) LAN
9 5 (0.55%) HTTP
10 4 (0.44%) BGP
10 4 (0.44%) Bluetooth
10 4 (0.44%) Internet
10 4 (0.44%) SD-WAN
11 3 (0.33%) Intranet
11 3 (0.33%) MQTT
11 3 (0.33%) Network Security
11 3 (0.33%) Software-Defined Radio
11 3 (0.33%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (5.70%) SQL Server
2 47 (5.15%) Power BI
3 25 (2.74%) MySQL
4 18 (1.97%) Relational Database
5 16 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
6 14 (1.54%) Tableau
7 13 (1.43%) DynamoDB
7 13 (1.43%) RDBMS
8 11 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (1.21%) NoSQL
9 10 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (0.99%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 7 (0.77%) Amazon Aurora
11 7 (0.77%) Oracle Database
12 6 (0.66%) Power Query
13 4 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
14 3 (0.33%) DB2
14 3 (0.33%) MongoDB
15 2 (0.22%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 36 (3.95%) Git
2 20 (2.19%) JIRA
3 11 (1.21%) Selenium
4 8 (0.88%) GitLab
4 8 (0.88%) TeamCity
5 7 (0.77%) Postman
5 7 (0.77%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (0.66%) CANoe
6 6 (0.66%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (0.55%) gulp
7 5 (0.55%) NUnit
8 3 (0.33%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.33%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.33%) JMeter
8 3 (0.33%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.33%) Subversion
9 2 (0.22%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.11%) Appium
10 1 (0.11%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.11%) TestRail
General
1 164 (17.98%) Social Skills
2 137 (15.02%) Finance
3 88 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (8.22%) Manufacturing
5 72 (7.89%) Automotive
6 44 (4.82%) Marketing
7 41 (4.50%) Retail
8 40 (4.39%) Legal
9 37 (4.06%) Public Sector
10 25 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 25 (2.74%) Pharmaceutical
11 21 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
12 16 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.54%) Games
14 13 (1.43%) Electronics
15 9 (0.99%) Environmental Health
15 9 (0.99%) Local Government
16 8 (0.88%) Aerospace
17 6 (0.66%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (6.91%) React
2 44 (4.82%) .NET
3 40 (4.39%) Node.js
4 28 (3.07%) HTML
4 28 (3.07%) REST
5 27 (2.96%) CSS
6 24 (2.63%) AngularJS
6 24 (2.63%) Laravel
7 15 (1.64%) jQuery
8 14 (1.54%) .NET Core
8 14 (1.54%) Vue
9 13 (1.43%) ASP.NET
9 13 (1.43%) Next.js
10 12 (1.32%) RESTful
11 10 (1.10%) ASP.NET MVC
11 10 (1.10%) JSON
11 10 (1.10%) Tailwind CSS
11 10 (1.10%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 10 (1.10%) XML
12 9 (0.99%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 40 (4.39%) Management Information System
2 24 (2.63%) Product Ownership
3 23 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (1.54%) Cloud Native
4 14 (1.54%) Low-Code
4 14 (1.54%) SCADA
5 13 (1.43%) Greenfield Project
6 12 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
6 12 (1.32%) PMI
7 11 (1.21%) Industry 4.0
8 10 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
8 10 (1.10%) Data Centre
8 10 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.10%) Driving Licence
8 10 (1.10%) NHS
9 9 (0.99%) Infotainment
9 9 (0.99%) Virtual Team
10 8 (0.88%) IoT
10 8 (0.88%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (0.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 60 (6.58%) Windows
2 24 (2.63%) Linux
3 16 (1.75%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.10%) Windows 10
4 10 (1.10%) Windows 7
5 5 (0.55%) Android
5 5 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
6 4 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.44%) VMS
6 4 (0.44%) Windows 8
7 3 (0.33%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (19.96%) Agile
2 136 (14.91%) Mentoring
3 122 (13.38%) Problem-Solving
4 98 (10.75%) Coaching
5 88 (9.65%) Project Management
6 67 (7.35%) Roadmaps
7 65 (7.13%) DevOps
8 63 (6.91%) Continuous Improvement
9 61 (6.69%) ITIL
10 54 (5.92%) Cybersecurity
10 54 (5.92%) Technical Leadership
11 52 (5.70%) Business Intelligence
12 51 (5.59%) Software Engineering
13 49 (5.37%) CI/CD
13 49 (5.37%) Microservices
14 48 (5.26%) Customer Service
15 47 (5.15%) Validation
16 45 (4.93%) Stakeholder Management
16 45 (4.93%) Supplier Management
17 41 (4.50%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 80 (8.77%) SQL
2 73 (8.00%) JavaScript
3 49 (5.37%) C#
4 48 (5.26%) TypeScript
5 47 (5.15%) Java
6 44 (4.82%) Python
7 24 (2.63%) PHP
8 18 (1.97%) C
9 13 (1.43%) C++
9 13 (1.43%) Go
10 10 (1.10%) COBOL
10 10 (1.10%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 9 (0.99%) PowerShell
11 9 (0.99%) XAML
12 8 (0.88%) R
12 8 (0.88%) Rust
13 6 (0.66%) VBA
14 4 (0.44%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.33%) Ruby
15 3 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 132 (14.47%) Degree
2 44 (4.82%) Security Cleared
3 31 (3.40%) SC Cleared
4 24 (2.63%) DBS Check
5 20 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.32%) Azure Certification
6 12 (1.32%) PMI Certification
7 10 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (1.10%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (0.88%) CISM
8 8 (0.88%) CISSP
8 8 (0.88%) ISTQB
9 7 (0.77%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.77%) CCNP
9 7 (0.77%) ISEB
10 5 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.55%) CREST Certified
10 5 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.55%) Numerate Degree
11 4 (0.44%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (7.79%) QA
2 20 (2.19%) GMP
3 16 (1.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.64%) GDPR
5 10 (1.10%) Accessibility
6 9 (0.99%) NIST
7 7 (0.77%) ISO 26262
7 7 (0.77%) SLA
8 6 (0.66%) PMO
9 4 (0.44%) Data Quality
10 3 (0.33%) AUTOSAR
10 3 (0.33%) GRC
11 2 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.22%) NCSC
11 2 (0.22%) PCI DSS
12 1 (0.11%) Automotive SPICE
12 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 15288
12 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 33 (3.62%) Active Directory
2 28 (3.07%) Docker
3 12 (1.32%) Embedded Firmware
3 12 (1.32%) Firmware
4 6 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.33%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.33%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 24 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.97%) Terraform
3 11 (1.21%) Functional Safety
4 9 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.88%) SCCM
6 6 (0.66%) Ansible
7 4 (0.44%) Data Guard
7 4 (0.44%) Grafana
7 4 (0.44%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.44%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.44%) Puppet
8 3 (0.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.33%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 106 (11.62%) Microsoft
2 26 (2.85%) ServiceNow
3 25 (2.74%) Oracle
4 20 (2.19%) Cisco
5 19 (2.08%) VMware
6 17 (1.86%) Databricks
7 16 (1.75%) Google
8 11 (1.21%) HP
8 11 (1.21%) Pega
9 10 (1.10%) Micro Focus
9 10 (1.10%) Nimble Storage
9 10 (1.10%) Veeam
10 9 (0.99%) SAP
11 8 (0.88%) Atlassian
11 8 (0.88%) Meraki
12 7 (0.77%) IBM
12 7 (0.77%) Palo Alto
13 6 (0.66%) CheckPoint
13 6 (0.66%) Salesforce
14 5 (0.55%) Informatica