Lead Jobs in Reading

Leader
Berkshire > Reading

The median Leader salary in Reading is £62,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 35 46 34
Rank change year-on-year +11 -12 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 97 107 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 5.68% 6.58% 6.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.00% 7.03% 7.05%
Number of salaries quoted 53 79 85
10th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £43,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £82,500 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £113,800 £82,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £71,000
% change year-on-year +10.71% -1.41% +9.23%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,618 1,523 1,717
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 93.67% 97.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,035 812 1,030
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,250 £73,863
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Reading

Lead
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Lead in Reading

Lead
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Reading over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 Reading region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 28 (28.87%) Agile
2 25 (25.77%) Security Cleared
3 22 (22.68%) Azure
4 17 (17.53%) Finance
5 16 (16.49%) AWS
5 16 (16.49%) SC Cleared
6 15 (15.46%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (15.46%) Actionable Insight
6 15 (15.46%) Project Delivery
7 13 (13.40%) Collaborative Working
7 13 (13.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (12.37%) SAP
8 12 (12.37%) Mentoring
8 12 (12.37%) Social Skills
9 11 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (11.34%) Java
10 10 (10.31%) Telecoms
10 10 (10.31%) Public Sector
11 9 (9.28%) Fibre Optics
11 9 (9.28%) Business Strategy
11 9 (9.28%) Analytical Mindset
11 9 (9.28%) DevOps
11 9 (9.28%) E-business
11 9 (9.28%) ITIL
11 9 (9.28%) PRINCE2
11 9 (9.28%) CRM
11 9 (9.28%) EDI
11 9 (9.28%) Business Analysis
11 9 (9.28%) Software Engineering
11 9 (9.28%) Marketing

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 4 (4.12%) WebLogic
2 1 (1.03%) Apache
2 1 (1.03%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (4.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (2.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.06%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 22 (22.68%) Azure
2 16 (16.49%) AWS
3 4 (4.12%) Amazon EKS
3 4 (4.12%) Amazon SQS
4 3 (3.09%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.06%) GCP
5 2 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.06%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.03%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.12%) BGP
1 4 (4.12%) DNS
1 4 (4.12%) SSL
1 4 (4.12%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.03%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.12%) Amazon RDS
1 4 (4.12%) Oracle Database
1 4 (4.12%) RDBMS
1 4 (4.12%) Relational Database
1 4 (4.12%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (1.03%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (1.03%) Big Data
2 1 (1.03%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.03%) Data Vault
2 1 (1.03%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.03%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (5.15%) GitLab
2 2 (2.06%) TestRail
General
1 17 (17.53%) Finance
2 15 (15.46%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (12.37%) Social Skills
4 10 (10.31%) Public Sector
4 10 (10.31%) Telecoms
5 9 (9.28%) Marketing
6 8 (8.25%) Banking
7 7 (7.22%) Brand Awareness
8 6 (6.19%) Automotive
9 4 (4.12%) Retail Banking
10 3 (3.09%) Health Technology
10 3 (3.09%) Tech for Good
11 2 (2.06%) Manufacturing
11 2 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (1.03%) Electronics
12 1 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.03%) Law
12 1 (1.03%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.28%) EDI
2 7 (7.22%) .NET
3 5 (5.15%) Kafka
4 4 (4.12%) RabbitMQ
4 4 (4.12%) Spring Boot
5 3 (3.09%) Blazor
6 2 (2.06%) .NET Core
6 2 (2.06%) AngularJS
6 2 (2.06%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.28%) Analytical Mindset
1 9 (9.28%) Fibre Optics
2 8 (8.25%) Virtual Team
3 4 (4.12%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (4.12%) Private Cloud
3 4 (4.12%) Public Cloud
4 3 (3.09%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (2.06%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (1.03%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.03%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.03%) PKI
6 1 (1.03%) Replication
6 1 (1.03%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.25%) Linux
2 4 (4.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.03%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (28.87%) Agile
2 15 (15.46%) Actionable Insight
2 15 (15.46%) Project Delivery
3 13 (13.40%) Collaborative Working
3 13 (13.40%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (12.37%) Mentoring
5 11 (11.34%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (9.28%) Business Analysis
6 9 (9.28%) Business Strategy
6 9 (9.28%) CRM
6 9 (9.28%) DevOps
6 9 (9.28%) E-business
6 9 (9.28%) ITIL
6 9 (9.28%) Open Source
6 9 (9.28%) PRINCE2
6 9 (9.28%) Software Engineering
7 8 (8.25%) Business Development
7 8 (8.25%) Digital Marketing
7 8 (8.25%) SDLC
8 7 (7.22%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.34%) Java
2 7 (7.22%) C#
3 6 (6.19%) SQL
3 6 (6.19%) TypeScript
4 4 (4.12%) JavaScript
4 4 (4.12%) Kotlin
5 3 (3.09%) Python
6 1 (1.03%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.03%) Scala
Qualifications
1 25 (25.77%) Security Cleared
2 16 (16.49%) SC Cleared
3 5 (5.15%) Azure Certification
4 4 (4.12%) AWS Certification
4 4 (4.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 4 (4.12%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.06%) Degree
5 2 (2.06%) ISTQB
5 2 (2.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.03%) Chartered Engineer
6 1 (1.03%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.03%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.03%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.15%) QA
2 1 (1.03%) GRC
2 1 (1.03%) PMO
2 1 (1.03%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.03%) Ansible
1 1 (1.03%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.03%) Netcool
1 1 (1.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (12.37%) SAP
2 5 (5.15%) Microsoft
3 4 (4.12%) Oracle
3 4 (4.12%) Sparx
4 2 (2.06%) Databricks
5 1 (1.03%) Cadence
5 1 (1.03%) Cisco
5 1 (1.03%) Rakuten