Lead Jobs in Dorset

Leader
South West > Dorset

The median Leader salary in Dorset is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 64 38
Rank change year-on-year +39 -26 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 89 15 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 7.22% 2.27% 7.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.61% 2.74% 7.91%
Number of salaries quoted 48 13 38
10th Percentile £46,750 £48,950 £49,125
25th Percentile £52,500 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +3.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £64,688
90th Percentile £97,500 - £73,775
South West median annual salary £60,202 £67,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.81% +12.50% +3.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Dorset

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Dorset. 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 Dorset with a recognized job title 1,170 548 771
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.89% 82.78% 97.97%
Number of salaries quoted 695 346 578
10th Percentile £27,050 £32,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,813 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,300 £75,000 £75,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Dorset

Lead
Salary Trend in Dorset

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

Salary trend for Lead in Dorset

Lead
Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Dorset over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in Dorset

Lead
Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 26 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
Bournemouth +11 70 £62,500 - 7
Poole +9 8 £60,000 -14.29%
Weymouth - 1 £50,000 - 3
Lead
South West

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 Dorset region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 41 (46.07%) Finance
2 33 (37.08%) Degree
3 31 (34.83%) Law
3 31 (34.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 23 (25.84%) Social Skills
5 20 (22.47%) User Experience
5 20 (22.47%) Banking
5 20 (22.47%) Investment Banking
5 20 (22.47%) UX Design
6 19 (21.35%) Agile
7 17 (19.10%) Software Engineering
7 17 (19.10%) Validation
7 17 (19.10%) Cybersecurity
8 16 (17.98%) JavaScript
9 15 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (15.73%) Data Science
10 14 (15.73%) Data Sharing
10 14 (15.73%) User Research
10 14 (15.73%) Machine Learning
10 14 (15.73%) React
10 14 (15.73%) Service Design
10 14 (15.73%) Product Management
11 13 (14.61%) HTML
11 13 (14.61%) SDLC
12 12 (13.48%) Accessibility
12 12 (13.48%) Java
13 11 (12.36%) Scrum
13 11 (12.36%) CSS
13 11 (12.36%) Full Stack Development
13 11 (12.36%) Laravel

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 2 (2.25%) Confluence
1 2 (2.25%) WordPress
2 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.37%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.25%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (4.49%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 9 (10.11%) AWS
2 7 (7.87%) Azure
3 5 (5.62%) Azure Stack
4 3 (3.37%) Google Analytics
5 2 (2.25%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.25%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.25%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.12%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.12%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.62%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.37%) Tableau
2 2 (2.25%) MySQL
2 2 (2.25%) Power BI
3 1 (1.12%) Power Query
3 1 (1.12%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (6.74%) JIRA
2 1 (1.12%) Git
2 1 (1.12%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.12%) Subversion
2 1 (1.12%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 41 (46.07%) Finance
2 31 (34.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 31 (34.83%) Law
3 23 (25.84%) Social Skills
4 20 (22.47%) Banking
4 20 (22.47%) Investment Banking
5 10 (11.24%) Marketing
6 6 (6.74%) Financial Institution
7 5 (5.62%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (4.49%) Local Government
8 4 (4.49%) Police
8 4 (4.49%) Public Sector
9 3 (3.37%) Legal
9 3 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.25%) Retail
11 1 (1.12%) Aviation
11 1 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.12%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (15.73%) React
2 13 (14.61%) HTML
3 11 (12.36%) CSS
3 11 (12.36%) Laravel
4 9 (10.11%) Alpine.js
4 9 (10.11%) Tailwind CSS
5 3 (3.37%) GatsbyJS
5 3 (3.37%) MFC
5 3 (3.37%) Node.js
5 3 (3.37%) Qt
5 3 (3.37%) STL
6 1 (1.12%) .NET
6 1 (1.12%) ASP.NET
6 1 (1.12%) Web Services
6 1 (1.12%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.24%) Product Ownership
2 6 (6.74%) Public Cloud
3 5 (5.62%) Cloud Native
3 5 (5.62%) Replication
4 4 (4.49%) Mobile App
5 3 (3.37%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.25%) Cyberattack
6 2 (2.25%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.25%) Embedded Systems
6 2 (2.25%) Hackathon
6 2 (2.25%) Low-Code
6 2 (2.25%) Management Information System
6 2 (2.25%) Security Operations Centre
7 1 (1.12%) Acoustics
7 1 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.74%) Windows
2 4 (4.49%) Linux
3 1 (1.12%) Android
3 1 (1.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (22.47%) User Experience
1 20 (22.47%) UX Design
2 19 (21.35%) Agile
3 17 (19.10%) Cybersecurity
3 17 (19.10%) Software Engineering
3 17 (19.10%) Validation
4 15 (16.85%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (15.73%) Data Science
5 14 (15.73%) Data Sharing
5 14 (15.73%) Machine Learning
5 14 (15.73%) Product Management
5 14 (15.73%) Service Design
5 14 (15.73%) User Research
6 13 (14.61%) SDLC
7 11 (12.36%) Full Stack Development
7 11 (12.36%) Roadmaps
7 11 (12.36%) Scrum
8 10 (11.24%) Mentoring
9 9 (10.11%) Data Visualisation
9 9 (10.11%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 16 (17.98%) JavaScript
2 12 (13.48%) Java
3 10 (11.24%) Python
3 10 (11.24%) SQL
4 7 (7.87%) C
5 6 (6.74%) C++
5 6 (6.74%) R
5 6 (6.74%) Scala
5 6 (6.74%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.25%) PHP
7 1 (1.12%) C#
7 1 (1.12%) Formula Language
7 1 (1.12%) VB.NET
7 1 (1.12%) VBA
7 1 (1.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (37.08%) Degree
2 7 (7.87%) CISSP
3 6 (6.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (6.74%) SANS
4 5 (5.62%) CISA
4 5 (5.62%) CISM
4 5 (5.62%) CRISC
5 3 (3.37%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.25%) CompTIA CySA+
6 2 (2.25%) FFIEC
6 2 (2.25%) SAFe Agilist
7 1 (1.12%) MCP
7 1 (1.12%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.12%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (13.48%) Accessibility
2 10 (11.24%) NIST
3 2 (2.25%) GDPR
3 2 (2.25%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (1.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.25%) CASB
2 1 (1.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (10.11%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.49%) NEC
3 3 (3.37%) Google
4 1 (1.12%) Adobe
4 1 (1.12%) Alteryx
4 1 (1.12%) Optimizely
4 1 (1.12%) Pega
4 1 (1.12%) UiPath
4 1 (1.12%) Xamarin