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 6 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
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 20 24 27
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1,027 738 931
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.66% 8.68% 8.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.08% 9.70% 8.61%
Number of salaries quoted 717 398 549
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £35,125
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £81,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +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 12,703 7,612 10,816
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.74% 89.49% 95.01%
Number of salaries quoted 9,160 4,496 7,098
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,713
25th Percentile £34,089 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,255 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.87% +0.43% +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 6 June 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 6 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
West Midlands +1 676 £65,000 +8.33% 144
East Midlands +29 347 £51,500 -12.34% 103
Lead
England

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

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

1 188 (18.31%) Agile
2 166 (16.16%) Social Skills
3 159 (15.48%) Degree
4 146 (14.22%) Mentoring
5 137 (13.34%) Finance
6 125 (12.17%) Coaching
7 123 (11.98%) Problem-Solving
8 122 (11.88%) AWS
9 109 (10.61%) Microsoft
10 103 (10.03%) Azure
11 91 (8.86%) QA
12 90 (8.76%) Project Management
13 89 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
14 84 (8.18%) ITIL
15 83 (8.08%) JavaScript
16 80 (7.79%) Manufacturing
17 79 (7.69%) SQL
18 75 (7.30%) Automotive
19 69 (6.72%) Roadmaps
20 68 (6.62%) DevOps
20 68 (6.62%) Continuous Improvement
21 67 (6.52%) C#
21 67 (6.52%) React
22 65 (6.33%) Software Engineering
23 63 (6.13%) Legal
23 63 (6.13%) Retail
24 61 (5.94%) Windows
25 58 (5.65%) .NET
26 57 (5.55%) Technical Leadership
27 55 (5.36%) Cybersecurity

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 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (1.56%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.46%) IIS
4 9 (0.88%) Appian
4 9 (0.88%) WordPress
5 8 (0.78%) CMS
5 8 (0.78%) Confluence
6 6 (0.58%) Tuxedo
7 4 (0.39%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.29%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.097%) Umbraco
Applications
1 25 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 25 (2.43%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
3 4 (0.39%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.29%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.19%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.097%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.097%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.097%) Blender
6 1 (0.097%) InDesign
6 1 (0.097%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.097%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.097%) Simulink
6 1 (0.097%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.46%) Shopify
2 9 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 3 (0.29%) Sage 200
4 3 (0.29%) Sage 300 ERP
4 3 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.097%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.097%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.097%) Magento
5 1 (0.097%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.097%) Primavera
5 1 (0.097%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.097%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.097%) SAP PP
5 1 (0.097%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.097%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.097%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 122 (11.88%) AWS
2 103 (10.03%) Azure
3 52 (5.06%) Power Platform
4 50 (4.87%) Microsoft 365
5 40 (3.89%) Serverless
6 34 (3.31%) SaaS
7 24 (2.34%) GCP
8 20 (1.95%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (1.66%) PowerApps
10 14 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
11 13 (1.27%) Amazon Kinesis
11 13 (1.27%) Amazon SQS
12 12 (1.17%) Amazon ECS
12 12 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
12 12 (1.17%) Power Automate
13 10 (0.97%) Amazon EC2
13 10 (0.97%) Amazon S3
13 10 (0.97%) Google Analytics
14 8 (0.78%) Cloudflare
15 7 (0.68%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.63%) Firewall
2 22 (2.14%) DNS
3 16 (1.56%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.27%) SSL
5 10 (0.97%) SAN
6 9 (0.88%) DHCP
6 9 (0.88%) Wireless
7 8 (0.78%) WAN
8 7 (0.68%) Ethernet
9 6 (0.58%) LAN
10 5 (0.49%) HTTP
11 4 (0.39%) BGP
11 4 (0.39%) Bluetooth
11 4 (0.39%) Internet
11 4 (0.39%) SD-WAN
11 4 (0.39%) VPN
12 3 (0.29%) Intranet
12 3 (0.29%) MQTT
12 3 (0.29%) Network Security
12 3 (0.29%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (5.06%) SQL Server
2 48 (4.67%) Power BI
3 28 (2.73%) MySQL
4 18 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
4 18 (1.75%) Relational Database
5 14 (1.36%) Tableau
6 13 (1.27%) DynamoDB
6 13 (1.27%) RDBMS
7 11 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
7 11 (1.07%) NoSQL
8 10 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
10 7 (0.68%) Amazon Aurora
10 7 (0.68%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.58%) Power Query
12 4 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.29%) DB2
13 3 (0.29%) MongoDB
13 3 (0.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 37 (3.60%) Git
2 15 (1.46%) JIRA
3 9 (0.88%) GitLab
4 8 (0.78%) Selenium
4 8 (0.78%) TeamCity
5 7 (0.68%) Postman
5 7 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
6 6 (0.58%) CANoe
6 6 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (0.49%) gulp
7 5 (0.49%) NUnit
8 3 (0.29%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.29%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.29%) JMeter
8 3 (0.29%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.29%) Subversion
9 2 (0.19%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.19%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.097%) Maven
10 1 (0.097%) TestNG
General
1 166 (16.16%) Social Skills
2 137 (13.34%) Finance
3 89 (8.67%) Analytical Skills
4 80 (7.79%) Manufacturing
5 75 (7.30%) Automotive
6 63 (6.13%) Legal
6 63 (6.13%) Retail
7 45 (4.38%) Marketing
8 36 (3.51%) Public Sector
9 25 (2.43%) Pharmaceutical
10 23 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 23 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
11 17 (1.66%) Presentation Skills
12 16 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.46%) Games
14 14 (1.36%) Electronics
15 9 (0.88%) Aerospace
15 9 (0.88%) Environmental Health
16 8 (0.78%) Local Government
17 6 (0.58%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (6.52%) React
2 58 (5.65%) .NET
3 44 (4.28%) Node.js
4 31 (3.02%) Laravel
5 30 (2.92%) HTML
6 29 (2.82%) CSS
7 28 (2.73%) REST
8 25 (2.43%) AngularJS
9 18 (1.75%) Vue
10 15 (1.46%) jQuery
11 13 (1.27%) .NET Core
11 13 (1.27%) Next.js
12 12 (1.17%) ASP.NET
12 12 (1.17%) RESTful
13 11 (1.07%) XML
14 10 (0.97%) JSON
14 10 (0.97%) Tailwind CSS
14 10 (0.97%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 9 (0.88%) GraphQL
15 9 (0.88%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 40 (3.89%) Management Information System
2 24 (2.34%) Product Ownership
3 22 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
4 15 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
5 14 (1.36%) Cloud Native
5 14 (1.36%) Low-Code
5 14 (1.36%) SCADA
6 13 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (1.07%) Data Centre
7 11 (1.07%) Industry 4.0
8 10 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
8 10 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (0.97%) Driving Licence
8 10 (0.97%) NHS
8 10 (0.97%) PMI
9 9 (0.88%) Infotainment
9 9 (0.88%) Onboarding
9 9 (0.88%) Virtual Team
10 8 (0.78%) IoT
10 8 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 61 (5.94%) Windows
2 24 (2.34%) Linux
3 17 (1.66%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.97%) Windows 10
5 9 (0.88%) Windows 7
6 7 (0.68%) Android
6 7 (0.68%) Apple iOS
7 5 (0.49%) Embedded Linux
7 5 (0.49%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.39%) VMS
9 3 (0.29%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.097%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (18.31%) Agile
2 146 (14.22%) Mentoring
3 125 (12.17%) Coaching
4 123 (11.98%) Problem-Solving
5 90 (8.76%) Project Management
6 84 (8.18%) ITIL
7 69 (6.72%) Roadmaps
8 68 (6.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 68 (6.62%) DevOps
9 65 (6.33%) Software Engineering
10 57 (5.55%) Technical Leadership
11 55 (5.36%) Cybersecurity
12 53 (5.16%) Business Intelligence
13 51 (4.97%) Customer Service
14 50 (4.87%) Microservices
15 48 (4.67%) SDLC
16 46 (4.48%) CI/CD
17 45 (4.38%) Stakeholder Management
17 45 (4.38%) Supplier Management
18 43 (4.19%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 83 (8.08%) JavaScript
2 79 (7.69%) SQL
3 67 (6.52%) C#
4 53 (5.16%) TypeScript
5 48 (4.67%) Java
6 45 (4.38%) Python
7 30 (2.92%) PHP
8 20 (1.95%) C
9 17 (1.66%) C++
10 13 (1.27%) Go
11 10 (0.97%) COBOL
11 10 (0.97%) Micro Focus COBOL
12 9 (0.88%) PowerShell
12 9 (0.88%) XAML
13 8 (0.78%) R
13 8 (0.78%) Rust
14 6 (0.58%) VBA
15 4 (0.39%) VB.NET
16 3 (0.29%) Ruby
16 3 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 159 (15.48%) Degree
2 48 (4.67%) Security Cleared
3 34 (3.31%) SC Cleared
4 24 (2.34%) Computer Science Degree
4 24 (2.34%) DBS Check
5 12 (1.17%) Azure Certification
6 11 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (0.97%) PMI Certification
8 9 (0.88%) CISSP
8 9 (0.88%) ISTQB
9 8 (0.78%) Cisco Certification
9 8 (0.78%) CISM
10 7 (0.68%) AWS Certification
10 7 (0.68%) ISEB
11 5 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
11 5 (0.49%) CCNP
11 5 (0.49%) CREST Certified
11 5 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.49%) Numerate Degree
12 4 (0.39%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (8.86%) QA
2 20 (1.95%) GMP
3 16 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 15 (1.46%) GDPR
5 10 (0.97%) Accessibility
6 9 (0.88%) NIST
7 7 (0.68%) ISO 26262
7 7 (0.68%) PMO
8 5 (0.49%) Data Quality
8 5 (0.49%) SLA
9 3 (0.29%) AUTOSAR
9 3 (0.29%) GRC
10 2 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.19%) NCSC
10 2 (0.19%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.097%) Automotive SPICE
11 1 (0.097%) COSHH
11 1 (0.097%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.097%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.097%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 37 (3.60%) Active Directory
2 33 (3.21%) Docker
3 14 (1.36%) Embedded Firmware
3 14 (1.36%) Firmware
4 8 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.39%) vSphere
6 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.29%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.097%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (2.92%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.14%) Terraform
3 11 (1.07%) Functional Safety
4 10 (0.97%) SCCM
5 9 (0.88%) Grafana
5 9 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.88%) Prometheus
6 5 (0.49%) Ansible
7 4 (0.39%) Data Guard
7 4 (0.39%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.39%) Puppet
8 3 (0.29%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.29%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.097%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.097%) WSUS
Vendors
1 109 (10.61%) Microsoft
2 27 (2.63%) ServiceNow
3 25 (2.43%) Oracle
4 21 (2.04%) VMware
5 17 (1.66%) Google
6 16 (1.56%) Cisco
7 14 (1.36%) Databricks
8 11 (1.07%) HP
8 11 (1.07%) Pega
9 10 (0.97%) Micro Focus
9 10 (0.97%) Nimble Storage
9 10 (0.97%) Veeam
10 9 (0.88%) SAP
10 9 (0.88%) Splunk
11 8 (0.78%) Atlassian
12 7 (0.68%) IBM
12 7 (0.68%) Salesforce
13 6 (0.58%) Meraki
14 5 (0.49%) Informatica
14 5 (0.49%) Unisys