Lead Jobs in Staffordshire

Leader
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The median Leader salary in Staffordshire is £44,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 35 43
Rank change year-on-year -15 +8 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 32 33 23
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 3.23% 6.04% 3.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.36% 6.51% 3.95%
Number of salaries quoted 24 32 14
10th Percentile £22,556 £26,800 £37,263
25th Percentile £28,500 £40,000 £40,216
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,750 £46,750 £44,750
Median % change year-on-year -4.28% +4.47% -12.68%
75th Percentile £56,500 £61,375 £73,875
90th Percentile £62,625 £73,375 £100,750
West Midlands median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Staffordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire. 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 Staffordshire with a recognized job title 952 507 583
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.97% 92.86% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 704 381 418
10th Percentile £24,000 £23,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £28,501 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +13.33%
75th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £62,200 £67,500 £65,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Staffordshire

Lead
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

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

Salary trend for Lead in Staffordshire

Lead
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in Staffordshire

Lead
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Stafford +1 11 £55,000 +107.55% 1
Stoke-on-Trent -12 7 £40,000 -27.27% 10
Cannock - 4 - - 1
Lichfield +6 3 £22,647 -43.38%
Burton-upon-Trent +1 2 £17,501 -73.58% 3
Lead
West Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 Staffordshire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 13 (40.63%) Degree
2 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
3 7 (21.88%) Project Management
4 5 (15.63%) Windows
5 4 (12.50%) CAD
5 4 (12.50%) HND
5 4 (12.50%) Validation
5 4 (12.50%) Data Management
5 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (12.50%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (9.38%) Virtual Infrastructure
6 3 (9.38%) GDPR
6 3 (9.38%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (9.38%) IT Asset Management
6 3 (9.38%) Data Centre
6 3 (9.38%) Pega
6 3 (9.38%) Asset Management
6 3 (9.38%) Mentoring
6 3 (9.38%) Local Government
6 3 (9.38%) SCADA
6 3 (9.38%) Time Management
6 3 (9.38%) ITIL
6 3 (9.38%) AutoCAD
6 3 (9.38%) Linux
7 2 (6.25%) MCSE
7 2 (6.25%) Microsoft
7 2 (6.25%) Adobe
7 2 (6.25%) JavaScript

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (9.38%) AutoCAD
2 2 (6.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.13%) Azure
1 1 (3.13%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Appium
1 1 (3.13%) JUnit
1 1 (3.13%) Selenium
1 1 (3.13%) TestNG
General
1 12 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (9.38%) Local Government
3 3 (9.38%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Data Centre
1 3 (9.38%) SCADA
2 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.63%) Windows
2 3 (9.38%) Linux
3 2 (6.25%) Windows 10
3 2 (6.25%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (21.88%) Project Management
2 4 (12.50%) CAD
2 4 (12.50%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 4 (12.50%) Data Management
2 4 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
2 4 (12.50%) Validation
3 3 (9.38%) Asset Management
3 3 (9.38%) IT Asset Management
3 3 (9.38%) ITIL
3 3 (9.38%) Mentoring
3 3 (9.38%) Time Management
3 3 (9.38%) Virtual Infrastructure
4 2 (6.25%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (6.25%) Digital Illustration
5 1 (3.13%) Defect Management
5 1 (3.13%) Functional Testing
5 1 (3.13%) Systems Engineering
5 1 (3.13%) Test Automation
5 1 (3.13%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.13%) C#
2 1 (3.13%) Java
2 1 (3.13%) Python
2 1 (3.13%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (40.63%) Degree
2 4 (12.50%) HND
3 2 (6.25%) DBS Check
3 2 (6.25%) MCSE
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.13%) SC Cleared
4 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.38%) GDPR
2 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (9.38%) Pega
2 2 (6.25%) Adobe
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.13%) Citrix
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle
3 1 (3.13%) SAP