Lead Jobs in Scotland

Leader
UK > Scotland

The median Leader salary in Scotland is £63,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 38 26
Rank change year-on-year +18 -12 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1,022 340 521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 15.23% 7.30% 8.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.72% 8.11% 9.33%
Number of salaries quoted 170 224 223
10th Percentile £46,125 £53,750 £43,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £89,889 £77,530
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £89,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% - +3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,501 4,194 5,584
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.89% 90.02% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,635 2,276 2,975
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,732
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Scotland

Lead
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Lead in Scotland

Lead
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in Scotland

Lead
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 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
Glasgow +17 873 £55,000 -20.87% 22
Edinburgh +3 99 £70,996 -10.85% 28
Aberdeen -4 17 £65,000 - 9
Aberdeenshire +11 10 £46,250 -28.85% 4
Stirling -1 3 £73,805 - 1
Lanarkshire -6 3 £80,000 - 7
Renfrewshire - 3 £52,500 -
Highlands - 2 £30,000 - 1
Perthshire - 2 - -
Fife -7 1 £60,000 +48.51%
Dundee -15 1 £60,000 -17.24%
Lead
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 Scotland region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 836 (81.80%) Finance
2 796 (77.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 780 (76.32%) Law
4 763 (74.66%) Agile
5 736 (72.02%) Software Engineering
6 678 (66.34%) Operational Stability
7 658 (64.38%) SDLC
8 650 (63.60%) Marketing
9 580 (56.75%) CI/CD
10 521 (50.98%) Java
11 509 (49.80%) Community of Practice
12 411 (40.22%) Artificial Intelligence
13 410 (40.12%) Machine Learning
14 399 (39.04%) AWS
15 392 (38.36%) Information Architecture
16 371 (36.30%) Architectural Design
17 345 (33.76%) Cloud Native
18 325 (31.80%) SQL
19 309 (30.23%) Continuous Delivery
20 236 (23.09%) Python
21 206 (20.16%) Spring
22 199 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
23 189 (18.49%) NoSQL
24 182 (17.81%) Apache Spark
25 165 (16.14%) Public Cloud
26 162 (15.85%) Tech Ops
27 154 (15.07%) Mentoring
28 153 (14.97%) Azure
29 151 (14.77%) Banking
30 149 (14.58%) Big Data

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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
1 182 (17.81%) Apache Spark
2 52 (5.09%) Apache Airflow
3 32 (3.13%) Cloud Foundry
3 32 (3.13%) FileNet
4 21 (2.05%) GemFire
5 17 (1.66%) Confluence
6 10 (0.98%) SharePoint
7 8 (0.78%) WebLogic
8 6 (0.59%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.20%) CMS
10 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.098%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 17 (1.66%) Windchill
2 12 (1.17%) Sketch
3 1 (0.098%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 17 (1.66%) Teamcenter
2 8 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 399 (39.04%) AWS
2 153 (14.97%) Azure
3 64 (6.26%) Datadog
4 54 (5.28%) GCP
5 48 (4.70%) Figma
6 32 (3.13%) Amazon S3
6 32 (3.13%) SurveyMonkey
7 22 (2.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 18 (1.76%) Amazon ECS
9 15 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (1.47%) Microsoft 365
10 11 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
11 9 (0.88%) SaaS
12 8 (0.78%) Amazon SQS
12 8 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
12 8 (0.78%) Power Platform
13 7 (0.68%) Amazon MSK
14 6 (0.59%) Entra ID
14 6 (0.59%) Snowflake
15 5 (0.49%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 82 (8.02%) Kerberos
2 13 (1.27%) DNS
3 8 (0.78%) BGP
3 8 (0.78%) SSL
3 8 (0.78%) TCP/IP
4 6 (0.59%) NetScaler
5 5 (0.49%) Cisco Nexus
5 5 (0.49%) Firewall
6 3 (0.29%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.20%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.20%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (18.49%) NoSQL
2 149 (14.58%) Big Data
3 71 (6.95%) Apache Cassandra
4 67 (6.56%) Metadata
5 64 (6.26%) Elasticsearch
6 59 (5.77%) Relational Database
7 38 (3.72%) CockroachDB
8 30 (2.94%) MongoDB
9 21 (2.05%) Hazelcast
10 20 (1.96%) Looker
11 17 (1.66%) Amazon Aurora
12 13 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
13 11 (1.08%) Oracle Database
14 9 (0.88%) RDBMS
15 7 (0.68%) Data Lake
15 7 (0.68%) SQL Server
16 6 (0.59%) Tableau
17 4 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
17 4 (0.39%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 93 (9.10%) Jenkins
2 69 (6.75%) Git
3 67 (6.56%) Artifactory
4 65 (6.36%) Bitbucket
5 56 (5.48%) JUnit
6 49 (4.79%) Cypress.io
7 35 (3.42%) JIRA
8 23 (2.25%) Selenium
9 22 (2.15%) Jasmine
9 22 (2.15%) Karma Test Runner
9 22 (2.15%) Protractor
9 22 (2.15%) WebDriver
10 21 (2.05%) Jaeger
11 15 (1.47%) Cucumber
11 15 (1.47%) GitLab
12 3 (0.29%) Maven
13 2 (0.20%) Snyk
13 2 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
13 2 (0.20%) Spinnaker
14 1 (0.098%) Gradle
General
1 836 (81.80%) Finance
2 796 (77.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 780 (76.32%) Law
4 650 (63.60%) Marketing
5 151 (14.77%) Banking
6 133 (13.01%) Influencing Skills
7 126 (12.33%) Investment Banking
8 102 (9.98%) Social Skills
9 32 (3.13%) Social Science
10 28 (2.74%) Financial Institution
11 22 (2.15%) Prime Brokerage
12 21 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.37%) Analytical Skills
14 9 (0.88%) Manufacturing
15 7 (0.68%) Retail Banking
16 6 (0.59%) Games
17 5 (0.49%) Private Banking
17 5 (0.49%) Public Sector
18 4 (0.39%) Automotive
18 4 (0.39%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (20.16%) Spring
2 143 (13.99%) React
3 140 (13.70%) Kafka
4 120 (11.74%) JSON
5 116 (11.35%) Spring Boot
6 104 (10.18%) CSS
6 104 (10.18%) HTML
7 86 (8.41%) PySpark
8 84 (8.22%) AngularJS
9 79 (7.73%) Web Services
10 74 (7.24%) RESTful
11 72 (7.05%) Node.js
12 71 (6.95%) SAML
13 69 (6.75%) J2EE
14 68 (6.65%) XML
15 65 (6.36%) JSON-LD
15 65 (6.36%) LDAP
15 65 (6.36%) OpenID
16 63 (6.16%) OpenTelemetry
17 57 (5.58%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 345 (33.76%) Cloud Native
2 165 (16.14%) Public Cloud
3 97 (9.49%) Management Information System
4 65 (6.36%) Enterprise Cloud
4 65 (6.36%) Reference Data
5 41 (4.01%) Product Ownership
6 40 (3.91%) Data Structures
7 33 (3.23%) Private Cloud
8 22 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 21 (2.05%) Replication
10 20 (1.96%) Algorithms
10 20 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (1.57%) Market Risk
12 12 (1.17%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (0.98%) Mobile App
13 10 (0.98%) Virtual Team
14 9 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
14 9 (0.88%) Operational Technology
15 8 (0.78%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 61 (5.97%) Linux
2 8 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 8 (0.78%) Windows
3 5 (0.49%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.39%) Android
4 4 (0.39%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.29%) Unix
6 1 (0.098%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 763 (74.66%) Agile
2 736 (72.02%) Software Engineering
3 678 (66.34%) Operational Stability
4 658 (64.38%) SDLC
5 580 (56.75%) CI/CD
6 509 (49.80%) Community of Practice
7 411 (40.22%) Artificial Intelligence
8 410 (40.12%) Machine Learning
9 392 (38.36%) Information Architecture
10 371 (36.30%) Architectural Design
11 309 (30.23%) Continuous Delivery
12 199 (19.47%) Problem-Solving
13 162 (15.85%) Tech Ops
14 154 (15.07%) Mentoring
15 135 (13.21%) Roadmaps
16 128 (12.52%) Coaching
17 121 (11.84%) Decision-Making
18 119 (11.64%) Performance Tuning
19 114 (11.15%) Data Modelling
20 112 (10.96%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 521 (50.98%) Java
2 325 (31.80%) SQL
3 236 (23.09%) Python
4 138 (13.50%) JavaScript
5 127 (12.43%) Scala
6 100 (9.78%) TypeScript
7 68 (6.65%) Go
8 65 (6.36%) Prolog
8 65 (6.36%) SPARQL
9 36 (3.52%) C#
10 32 (3.13%) R
11 22 (2.15%) Groovy
12 7 (0.68%) Kotlin
12 7 (0.68%) PowerShell
13 6 (0.59%) Bash
13 6 (0.59%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.39%) C++
14 4 (0.39%) PHP
14 4 (0.39%) Swift
15 3 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (6.36%) Degree
2 35 (3.42%) Master's Degree
3 32 (3.13%) PhD
4 28 (2.74%) Security Cleared
5 27 (2.64%) AWS Certification
6 24 (2.35%) SC Cleared
7 10 (0.98%) CISM
7 10 (0.98%) CISSP
8 9 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
9 8 (0.78%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 8 (0.78%) Azure Certification
10 6 (0.59%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 5 (0.49%) CCNP
11 5 (0.49%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.098%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (4.01%) Data Quality
2 39 (3.82%) Accessibility
3 37 (3.62%) PMO
4 20 (1.96%) QA
5 6 (0.59%) NIST
6 3 (0.29%) SLA
System Software
1 68 (6.65%) Active Directory
2 37 (3.62%) Docker
3 6 (0.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.20%) Firmware
4 2 (0.20%) vSphere
5 1 (0.098%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 144 (14.09%) Kubernetes
2 94 (9.20%) Terraform
3 82 (8.02%) Grafana
4 63 (6.16%) Prometheus
5 21 (2.05%) HAProxy
5 21 (2.05%) ITRS Geneos
5 21 (2.05%) Kibana
5 21 (2.05%) Zipkin
6 6 (0.59%) Ansible
7 2 (0.20%) Istio
7 2 (0.20%) SCCM
Vendors
1 138 (13.50%) Oracle
2 87 (8.51%) Splunk
3 80 (7.83%) Dynatrace
4 41 (4.01%) Microsoft
5 36 (3.52%) Google
6 32 (3.13%) Qualtrics
7 21 (2.05%) Atlassian
8 18 (1.76%) SaltStack
9 13 (1.27%) ServiceNow
10 10 (0.98%) Databricks
11 8 (0.78%) Sparx
12 6 (0.59%) Citrix
12 6 (0.59%) Meraki
12 6 (0.59%) Veeam
12 6 (0.59%) VMware
13 5 (0.49%) Epicor
13 5 (0.49%) ForeScout
13 5 (0.49%) IFS
13 5 (0.49%) JD Edwards
14 4 (0.39%) Workday