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 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 22 28
Rank change year-on-year +3 +6 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 876 932 856
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.52% 9.68% 7.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.98% 10.82% 8.32%
Number of salaries quoted 631 469 508
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £34,925
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 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £85,000 £82,875
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £73,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.74% +4.29%

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 10,980 8,617 10,283
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.28% 89.52% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 8,219 4,802 7,089
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £36,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +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 27 April 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 27 April 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 +1 601 £65,000 +8.33% 130
East Midlands +13 274 £50,000 -16.67% 57
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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.

1 176 (20.09%) Agile
2 158 (18.04%) Social Skills
3 134 (15.30%) Finance
4 133 (15.18%) Mentoring
5 122 (13.93%) Degree
6 116 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
7 106 (12.10%) Microsoft
8 103 (11.76%) Azure
8 103 (11.76%) AWS
9 92 (10.50%) Coaching
10 86 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
11 84 (9.59%) SQL
12 82 (9.36%) Project Management
13 75 (8.56%) Manufacturing
14 72 (8.22%) JavaScript
15 71 (8.11%) Automotive
16 68 (7.76%) QA
17 66 (7.53%) DevOps
18 64 (7.31%) React
18 64 (7.31%) Roadmaps
19 62 (7.08%) Continuous Improvement
20 59 (6.74%) Windows
21 55 (6.28%) Technical Leadership
22 52 (5.94%) SQL Server
23 51 (5.82%) ITIL
23 51 (5.82%) CI/CD
23 51 (5.82%) Cybersecurity
24 50 (5.71%) Microservices
24 50 (5.71%) Customer Service
24 50 (5.71%) Software Engineering

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 (2.40%) Microsoft Exchange
2 15 (1.71%) IIS
3 14 (1.60%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.03%) Appian
4 9 (1.03%) Confluence
4 9 (1.03%) WordPress
5 8 (0.91%) CMS
6 6 (0.68%) Tuxedo
7 4 (0.46%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.34%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.11%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.11%) Umbraco
Applications
1 26 (2.97%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (0.80%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.46%) CANalyzer
5 3 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.34%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.23%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.11%) Abaqus
7 1 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.11%) Blender
7 1 (0.11%) InDesign
7 1 (0.11%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.11%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.11%) Simulink
7 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (1.71%) Shopify
2 7 (0.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.34%) Sage 200
5 3 (0.34%) Sage 300 ERP
6 2 (0.23%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.23%) SAP FSCM
6 2 (0.23%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.11%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.11%) Magento
7 1 (0.11%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.11%) Primavera
7 1 (0.11%) SAP EHS
7 1 (0.11%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.11%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.11%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.11%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 103 (11.76%) AWS
1 103 (11.76%) Azure
2 48 (5.48%) Power Platform
3 46 (5.25%) Microsoft 365
4 38 (4.34%) Serverless
5 22 (2.51%) GCP
6 21 (2.40%) SaaS
7 18 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
8 17 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (1.60%) PowerApps
10 13 (1.48%) Amazon Kinesis
10 13 (1.48%) Amazon SQS
11 12 (1.37%) Amazon ECS
11 12 (1.37%) Power Automate
12 10 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (1.14%) Google Analytics
13 9 (1.03%) Amazon S3
14 8 (0.91%) Cloudflare
15 7 (0.80%) Google Tag Manager
15 7 (0.80%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.97%) Firewall
2 19 (2.17%) DNS
3 16 (1.83%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.48%) SSL
5 10 (1.14%) SAN
6 7 (0.80%) Ethernet
6 7 (0.80%) Wireless
7 6 (0.68%) DHCP
8 5 (0.57%) HTTP
9 4 (0.46%) BGP
9 4 (0.46%) Bluetooth
9 4 (0.46%) Internet
9 4 (0.46%) LAN
9 4 (0.46%) SD-WAN
9 4 (0.46%) WAN
10 3 (0.34%) Intranet
10 3 (0.34%) MQTT
10 3 (0.34%) Software-Defined Radio
10 3 (0.34%) VPN
11 2 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (5.94%) SQL Server
2 45 (5.14%) Power BI
3 23 (2.63%) MySQL
4 19 (2.17%) Relational Database
5 15 (1.71%) Amazon RDS
6 14 (1.60%) Tableau
7 13 (1.48%) DynamoDB
8 12 (1.37%) NoSQL
8 12 (1.37%) RDBMS
9 11 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
11 9 (1.03%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.80%) Amazon Aurora
12 7 (0.80%) Oracle Database
13 6 (0.68%) Power Query
14 5 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
15 4 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
16 3 (0.34%) DB2
16 3 (0.34%) MongoDB
17 2 (0.23%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 36 (4.11%) Git
2 20 (2.28%) JIRA
3 12 (1.37%) Selenium
4 8 (0.91%) GitLab
4 8 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
4 8 (0.91%) TeamCity
5 7 (0.80%) Postman
6 6 (0.68%) CANoe
6 6 (0.68%) Octopus Deploy
7 5 (0.57%) gulp
7 5 (0.57%) NUnit
8 3 (0.34%) Cucumber
8 3 (0.34%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.34%) JMeter
8 3 (0.34%) SpecFlow
8 3 (0.34%) Subversion
9 2 (0.23%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.23%) LSMW
10 1 (0.11%) Maven
10 1 (0.11%) SoapUI
General
1 158 (18.04%) Social Skills
2 134 (15.30%) Finance
3 86 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
4 75 (8.56%) Manufacturing
5 71 (8.11%) Automotive
6 43 (4.91%) Marketing
7 39 (4.45%) Public Sector
8 37 (4.22%) Legal
8 37 (4.22%) Retail
9 25 (2.85%) Pharmaceutical
10 24 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 21 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
12 16 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.60%) Games
13 14 (1.60%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.37%) Electronics
15 9 (1.03%) Environmental Health
15 9 (1.03%) Local Government
16 8 (0.91%) Aerospace
17 6 (0.68%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (7.31%) React
2 44 (5.02%) .NET
3 40 (4.57%) Node.js
4 31 (3.54%) REST
5 26 (2.97%) HTML
6 25 (2.85%) AngularJS
6 25 (2.85%) CSS
7 22 (2.51%) Laravel
8 15 (1.71%) jQuery
9 14 (1.60%) .NET Core
9 14 (1.60%) Vue
10 13 (1.48%) ASP.NET
10 13 (1.48%) Next.js
11 12 (1.37%) RESTful
12 10 (1.14%) ASP.NET MVC
12 10 (1.14%) JSON
12 10 (1.14%) Tailwind CSS
12 10 (1.14%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 10 (1.14%) XML
13 9 (1.03%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 38 (4.34%) Management Information System
2 25 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (2.63%) Product Ownership
4 14 (1.60%) Cloud Native
4 14 (1.60%) SCADA
5 13 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
5 13 (1.48%) Low-Code
6 12 (1.37%) PMI
7 11 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (1.26%) Industry 4.0
8 10 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
8 10 (1.14%) Data Centre
8 10 (1.14%) Distributed Systems
8 10 (1.14%) Driving Licence
8 10 (1.14%) NHS
9 9 (1.03%) Infotainment
9 9 (1.03%) Virtual Team
10 8 (0.91%) IoT
10 8 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
10 8 (0.91%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 59 (6.74%) Windows
2 23 (2.63%) Linux
3 15 (1.71%) Windows Server
4 10 (1.14%) Windows 10
4 10 (1.14%) Windows 7
5 5 (0.57%) Android
5 5 (0.57%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (0.46%) VMS
6 4 (0.46%) Windows 8
7 3 (0.34%) Embedded Linux
7 3 (0.34%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (20.09%) Agile
2 133 (15.18%) Mentoring
3 116 (13.24%) Problem-Solving
4 92 (10.50%) Coaching
5 82 (9.36%) Project Management
6 66 (7.53%) DevOps
7 64 (7.31%) Roadmaps
8 62 (7.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 55 (6.28%) Technical Leadership
10 51 (5.82%) CI/CD
10 51 (5.82%) Cybersecurity
10 51 (5.82%) ITIL
11 50 (5.71%) Customer Service
11 50 (5.71%) Microservices
11 50 (5.71%) Software Engineering
12 49 (5.59%) Business Intelligence
13 48 (5.48%) Validation
14 45 (5.14%) Stakeholder Management
15 44 (5.02%) Supplier Management
16 40 (4.57%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 84 (9.59%) SQL
2 72 (8.22%) JavaScript
3 49 (5.59%) C#
4 48 (5.48%) TypeScript
5 45 (5.14%) Java
6 43 (4.91%) Python
7 22 (2.51%) PHP
8 18 (2.05%) C
9 13 (1.48%) Go
10 10 (1.14%) C++
10 10 (1.14%) COBOL
10 10 (1.14%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 9 (1.03%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.03%) XAML
12 8 (0.91%) R
12 8 (0.91%) Rust
13 6 (0.68%) VBA
14 4 (0.46%) VB.NET
15 3 (0.34%) Ruby
15 3 (0.34%) VB
Qualifications
1 122 (13.93%) Degree
2 47 (5.37%) Security Cleared
3 33 (3.77%) SC Cleared
4 24 (2.74%) DBS Check
5 19 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.37%) PMI Certification
7 11 (1.26%) Azure Certification
8 10 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 9 (1.03%) ISTQB
10 8 (0.91%) ISEB
11 7 (0.80%) AWS Certification
11 7 (0.80%) CCNP
11 7 (0.80%) CISM
11 7 (0.80%) CISSP
12 5 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.57%) CREST Certified
12 5 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.57%) JNCIA
13 4 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (7.76%) QA
2 20 (2.28%) GMP
3 15 (1.71%) GDPR
4 14 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 10 (1.14%) Accessibility
6 7 (0.80%) ISO 26262
6 7 (0.80%) SLA
7 5 (0.57%) NIST
7 5 (0.57%) PMO
8 4 (0.46%) Data Quality
9 3 (0.34%) AUTOSAR
10 2 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.23%) IFRS
10 2 (0.23%) NCSC
10 2 (0.23%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.11%) Automotive SPICE
11 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.11%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 15288
11 1 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 31 (3.54%) Active Directory
1 31 (3.54%) Docker
2 11 (1.26%) Embedded Firmware
2 11 (1.26%) Firmware
3 6 (0.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.34%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 25 (2.85%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.94%) Terraform
3 11 (1.26%) Functional Safety
4 9 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.91%) SCCM
6 5 (0.57%) Ansible
7 4 (0.46%) Data Guard
7 4 (0.46%) Grafana
7 4 (0.46%) Progress Chef
7 4 (0.46%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.46%) Puppet
8 3 (0.34%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (0.34%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.11%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 106 (12.10%) Microsoft
2 25 (2.85%) Oracle
3 24 (2.74%) ServiceNow
4 22 (2.51%) Cisco
5 19 (2.17%) VMware
6 18 (2.05%) Databricks
7 16 (1.83%) Google
8 11 (1.26%) HP
8 11 (1.26%) Pega
8 11 (1.26%) SAP
9 10 (1.14%) Micro Focus
9 10 (1.14%) Nimble Storage
9 10 (1.14%) Veeam
10 9 (1.03%) Palo Alto
11 8 (0.91%) Atlassian
11 8 (0.91%) Meraki
12 7 (0.80%) IBM
13 6 (0.68%) CheckPoint
13 6 (0.68%) Informatica
14 5 (0.57%) Salesforce