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 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 20 26 39
Rank change year-on-year +6 +13 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 3,318 3,569 5,326
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.82% 8.67% 7.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.23% 9.03% 7.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,658 2,684 3,221
10th Percentile £47,000 £48,750 £47,500
25th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +10.29%
75th Percentile £86,250 £93,750 £92,500
90th Percentile £105,000 £112,500 £106,250
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 32,437 39,504 66,963
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.97% 95.98% 97.38%
Number of salaries quoted 24,910 28,114 41,797
10th Percentile £33,116 £36,750 £36,152
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +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 11 May 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 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Lead in the job title.

1 1,085 (32.70%) Agile
2 852 (25.68%) Mentoring
3 742 (22.36%) Azure
4 714 (21.52%) AWS
5 709 (21.37%) Social Skills
6 691 (20.83%) Finance
7 528 (15.91%) Coaching
8 465 (14.01%) SQL
9 413 (12.45%) Problem-Solving
10 411 (12.39%) Microsoft
11 386 (11.63%) Python
12 371 (11.18%) Java
13 366 (11.03%) DevOps
14 364 (10.97%) Analytics
15 359 (10.82%) Security Cleared
16 352 (10.61%) Roadmaps
17 345 (10.40%) JavaScript
18 337 (10.16%) C#
18 337 (10.16%) Software Engineering
19 335 (10.10%) .NET
20 313 (9.43%) Degree
21 301 (9.07%) CI/CD
22 265 (7.99%) Scrum
23 263 (7.93%) Marketing
24 260 (7.84%) TypeScript
25 257 (7.75%) Public Sector
26 254 (7.66%) Process Improvement
27 248 (7.47%) Project Management
28 238 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
29 236 (7.11%) Analytical Skills

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
1 104 (3.13%) Apache Airflow
2 92 (2.77%) Apache
3 90 (2.71%) Confluence
4 48 (1.45%) SharePoint
5 46 (1.39%) WebLogic
6 37 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
6 37 (1.12%) Tuxedo
7 27 (0.81%) IIS
8 17 (0.51%) Apache Spark
9 15 (0.45%) CMS
10 13 (0.39%) WordPress
11 11 (0.33%) SAS
12 10 (0.30%) OpenStack
13 9 (0.27%) Appian
14 5 (0.15%) Drupal
15 3 (0.090%) Apache Solr
15 3 (0.090%) Umbraco
16 2 (0.060%) ArcGIS
16 2 (0.060%) Ethereum
16 2 (0.060%) MQSeries
Applications
1 62 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
2 47 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.42%) Simulink
5 5 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.090%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.060%) Notion
7 2 (0.060%) Sketch
8 1 (0.030%) Abaqus
8 1 (0.030%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.030%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.030%) CATIA
8 1 (0.030%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.030%) InDesign
8 1 (0.030%) InVision
8 1 (0.030%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.030%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.030%) Trello
Business Applications
1 67 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 46 (1.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 18 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.30%) Shopify
5 6 (0.18%) Aladdin
5 6 (0.18%) Primavera
6 5 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
6 5 (0.15%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 4 (0.12%) SAP CO
7 4 (0.12%) SAP FI
7 4 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
7 4 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
7 4 (0.12%) thinkFolio
7 4 (0.12%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.090%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.090%) SAP HR
9 2 (0.060%) Distributed Ledger
9 2 (0.060%) R3 Corda
9 2 (0.060%) SAP CX
9 2 (0.060%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 742 (22.36%) Azure
2 714 (21.52%) AWS
3 185 (5.58%) GCP
4 172 (5.18%) SaaS
5 158 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
6 153 (4.61%) Power Platform
7 133 (4.01%) Azure DevOps
8 124 (3.74%) Serverless
9 121 (3.65%) dbt
10 115 (3.47%) Snowflake
11 84 (2.53%) Amazon SQS
12 82 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
13 74 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
14 70 (2.11%) Amazon EKS
15 49 (1.48%) Cloud Computing
16 48 (1.45%) GitHub
17 43 (1.30%) Entra ID
18 39 (1.18%) Amazon S3
19 34 (1.02%) Amazon ECS
19 34 (1.02%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 188 (5.67%) Broadband
2 130 (3.92%) Firewall
3 95 (2.86%) TCP/IP
4 88 (2.65%) DNS
5 71 (2.14%) SSL
6 54 (1.63%) WAN
7 49 (1.48%) BGP
8 36 (1.08%) Intrusion Detection
9 35 (1.05%) SD-WAN
10 29 (0.87%) Network Security
11 25 (0.75%) LAN
11 25 (0.75%) VPN
12 22 (0.66%) Internet
13 21 (0.63%) Wireless
14 14 (0.42%) VLAN
15 13 (0.39%) DHCP
15 13 (0.39%) SAN
16 12 (0.36%) HTTP
17 11 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
18 9 (0.27%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 216 (6.51%) SQL Server
2 138 (4.16%) Power BI
3 120 (3.62%) Data Lake
4 94 (2.83%) Relational Database
5 89 (2.68%) Amazon Athena
6 87 (2.62%) Apache Arrow
6 87 (2.62%) Dremio
7 84 (2.53%) Apache Ignite
8 83 (2.50%) Tableau
9 76 (2.29%) MySQL
10 64 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
11 57 (1.72%) Amazon RDS
12 54 (1.63%) NoSQL
13 52 (1.57%) Oracle Database
14 48 (1.45%) RDBMS
15 45 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
16 41 (1.24%) DynamoDB
16 41 (1.24%) MongoDB
17 27 (0.81%) DB2
17 27 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 126 (3.80%) Git
2 122 (3.68%) JIRA
3 80 (2.41%) Jenkins
4 73 (2.20%) GitLab
5 58 (1.75%) Selenium
6 51 (1.54%) Postman
7 46 (1.39%) Visual Studio
8 38 (1.15%) Cucumber
9 27 (0.81%) Team Foundation Server
10 23 (0.69%) Cypress.io
11 19 (0.57%) TeamCity
12 18 (0.54%) NUnit
13 14 (0.42%) JMeter
14 13 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
15 11 (0.33%) SoapUI
16 9 (0.27%) JUnit
16 9 (0.27%) SpecFlow
17 8 (0.24%) Gradle
17 8 (0.24%) Maven
18 7 (0.21%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 709 (21.37%) Social Skills
2 691 (20.83%) Finance
3 263 (7.93%) Marketing
4 257 (7.75%) Public Sector
5 236 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
6 205 (6.18%) Banking
7 195 (5.88%) Advertising
8 122 (3.68%) Retail
9 112 (3.38%) Legal
10 104 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 98 (2.95%) Front Office
12 93 (2.80%) Investment Banking
13 77 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
14 75 (2.26%) Law
15 60 (1.81%) Telecoms
16 50 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
16 50 (1.51%) Manufacturing
17 46 (1.39%) Automotive
18 39 (1.18%) Games
19 34 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 335 (10.10%) .NET
2 165 (4.97%) React
3 134 (4.04%) HTML
4 120 (3.62%) CSS
5 98 (2.95%) Node.js
6 97 (2.92%) Pandas
7 95 (2.86%) RESTful
8 94 (2.83%) REST
9 90 (2.71%) NumPy
10 87 (2.62%) gRPC
10 87 (2.62%) Protocol Buffers
11 86 (2.59%) .NET Core
11 86 (2.59%) SciPy
12 75 (2.26%) Spring Boot
13 64 (1.93%) AngularJS
14 63 (1.90%) Vue
15 59 (1.78%) .NET Framework
15 59 (1.78%) ASP.NET
16 56 (1.69%) RabbitMQ
17 48 (1.45%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 184 (5.55%) Marketing Technology
2 124 (3.74%) Management Information System
3 111 (3.35%) Product Ownership
4 98 (2.95%) Enterprise Software
4 98 (2.95%) Hedge funds
5 95 (2.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 92 (2.77%) Fixed Income
7 90 (2.71%) Derivative
8 88 (2.65%) Equities
9 87 (2.62%) Public Cloud
10 69 (2.08%) Greenfield Project
11 66 (1.99%) Algorithms
12 64 (1.93%) Virtual Team
13 61 (1.84%) Client/Server
14 51 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
15 49 (1.48%) Private Cloud
16 46 (1.39%) Data Centre
17 40 (1.21%) Mobile App
18 38 (1.15%) Data Structures
19 36 (1.08%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 198 (5.97%) Windows
2 160 (4.82%) Linux
3 62 (1.87%) Windows Server
4 50 (1.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 38 (1.15%) Windows 10
6 28 (0.84%) Android
7 27 (0.81%) Apple iOS
8 18 (0.54%) Unix
9 17 (0.51%) Ubuntu
10 12 (0.36%) zOS
11 11 (0.33%) CentOS
12 8 (0.24%) Solaris
13 7 (0.21%) Debian
14 6 (0.18%) Windows 7
15 5 (0.15%) Mac OS
15 5 (0.15%) VMS
16 4 (0.12%) Windows 8
16 4 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
17 3 (0.090%) Windows Server 2012
17 3 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,085 (32.70%) Agile
2 852 (25.68%) Mentoring
3 528 (15.91%) Coaching
4 413 (12.45%) Problem-Solving
5 366 (11.03%) DevOps
6 364 (10.97%) Analytics
7 352 (10.61%) Roadmaps
8 337 (10.16%) Software Engineering
9 301 (9.07%) CI/CD
10 265 (7.99%) Scrum
11 254 (7.66%) Process Improvement
12 248 (7.47%) Project Management
13 238 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
14 232 (6.99%) Line Management
15 218 (6.57%) Business Case
16 215 (6.48%) Microservices
17 213 (6.42%) Data Strategy
18 211 (6.36%) Use Case
19 203 (6.12%) Digital Marketing
20 191 (5.76%) Matrix Organization
Programming Languages
1 465 (14.01%) SQL
2 386 (11.63%) Python
3 371 (11.18%) Java
4 345 (10.40%) JavaScript
5 337 (10.16%) C#
6 260 (7.84%) TypeScript
7 66 (1.99%) COBOL
7 66 (1.99%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 64 (1.93%) PHP
9 63 (1.90%) C
10 57 (1.72%) C++
11 56 (1.69%) PowerShell
12 31 (0.93%) Go
13 27 (0.81%) Kotlin
14 26 (0.78%) Bash
15 22 (0.66%) T-SQL
16 19 (0.57%) XAML
17 17 (0.51%) MATLAB
18 16 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
18 16 (0.48%) Swift
Qualifications
1 359 (10.82%) Security Cleared
2 313 (9.43%) Degree
3 203 (6.12%) SC Cleared
4 104 (3.13%) Azure Certification
5 99 (2.98%) AWS Certification
6 70 (2.11%) CISSP
7 69 (2.08%) DBS Check
8 65 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
9 64 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
10 55 (1.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 51 (1.54%) CISM
12 42 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
13 37 (1.12%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 37 (1.12%) CCSP
14 35 (1.05%) DV Cleared
15 27 (0.81%) CCSK
16 21 (0.63%) SSCP
17 17 (0.51%) CISA
17 17 (0.51%) Master's Degree
18 16 (0.48%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (5.52%) QA
2 91 (2.74%) Data Quality
3 61 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 49 (1.48%) NIST
5 43 (1.30%) GDPR
6 39 (1.18%) SLA
7 29 (0.87%) Accessibility
8 19 (0.57%) PMO
9 15 (0.45%) GRC
10 14 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 11 (0.33%) HL7
12 9 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.27%) NCSC
13 5 (0.15%) GAAP
13 5 (0.15%) IFRS
13 5 (0.15%) JSP 440
13 5 (0.15%) RMADS
13 5 (0.15%) WCAG
14 4 (0.12%) IEC 61508
14 4 (0.12%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 199 (6.00%) Docker
2 86 (2.59%) Active Directory
3 38 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.60%) Virtual Machines
5 18 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
6 16 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.30%) Hyper-V
8 6 (0.18%) Firmware
8 6 (0.18%) vSphere
9 2 (0.060%) Embedded Firmware
9 2 (0.060%) XenDesktop
10 1 (0.030%) KVM
10 1 (0.030%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 189 (5.70%) Kubernetes
2 124 (3.74%) Terraform
3 49 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
4 43 (1.30%) Ansible
4 43 (1.30%) Single Sign-On
5 29 (0.87%) Puppet
6 19 (0.57%) SCCM
7 17 (0.51%) vCenter Server
8 13 (0.39%) Grafana
9 11 (0.33%) Microsoft Clustering
10 10 (0.30%) ZABBIX
11 9 (0.27%) Nmap
11 9 (0.27%) Prometheus
12 7 (0.21%) MIIS
12 7 (0.21%) Nagios
12 7 (0.21%) Progress Chef
12 7 (0.21%) SysTrack
13 6 (0.18%) Consul
13 6 (0.18%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.12%) Autotask
Vendors
1 411 (12.39%) Microsoft
2 149 (4.49%) Oracle
3 86 (2.59%) Databricks
4 73 (2.20%) Google
5 68 (2.05%) VMware
6 66 (1.99%) Micro Focus
7 58 (1.75%) SAP
8 54 (1.63%) ServiceNow
9 46 (1.39%) Sparx
10 43 (1.30%) Atlassian
11 41 (1.24%) IBM
12 27 (0.81%) Cisco
13 21 (0.63%) Splunk
14 18 (0.54%) Salesforce
15 14 (0.42%) Commvault
15 14 (0.42%) ForgeRock
15 14 (0.42%) Sitecore
15 14 (0.42%) Sun
16 11 (0.33%) Qualys
17 10 (0.30%) Veeam