Lead Jobs in Watford

Leader
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Leader salary in Watford is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 30 34
Rank change year-on-year +12 +4 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 24 35 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 8.39% 7.88% 6.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.23% 8.73% 6.18%
Number of salaries quoted 24 33 18
10th Percentile £43,775 - £55,875
25th Percentile £46,750 £56,250 £58,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.74% -11.54% +4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £77,813
90th Percentile £82,500 £107,500 £108,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% -4.17% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Watford

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Watford. 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 Watford with a recognized job title 260 401 421
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 90.32% 98.36%
Number of salaries quoted 211 221 347
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £27,650
25th Percentile £30,000 £50,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +9.09% +12.82%
75th Percentile £62,750 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £75,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Watford

Lead
Salary Trend in Watford

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

Salary trend for Lead in Watford

Lead
Salary Histogram in Watford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Watford over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in Watford

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Watford region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 9 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
1 9 (37.50%) Line Management
1 9 (37.50%) Power BI
1 9 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 8 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 7 (29.17%) SQL
3 7 (29.17%) E-Commerce
3 7 (29.17%) Front End Development
3 7 (29.17%) Vue
4 6 (25.00%) Geospatial Data
4 6 (25.00%) Cloud Native
4 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (25.00%) Power Automate
4 6 (25.00%) Nuxt
4 6 (25.00%) Oracle Forms
4 6 (25.00%) Oracle
4 6 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 6 (25.00%) GIS
4 6 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 6 (25.00%) MS Access
4 6 (25.00%) Oracle Applications
4 6 (25.00%) Civica
4 6 (25.00%) Microservices
4 6 (25.00%) TypeScript
4 6 (25.00%) Relational Database
4 6 (25.00%) Web Development
5 5 (20.83%) Retail
5 5 (20.83%) HTML
5 5 (20.83%) CSS

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 9 (37.50%) Power Platform
2 6 (25.00%) Power Automate
3 4 (16.67%) AWS
4 3 (12.50%) Azure
5 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (37.50%) Power BI
2 6 (25.00%) Geospatial Data
2 6 (25.00%) GIS
2 6 (25.00%) MS Access
2 6 (25.00%) Relational Database
2 6 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (8.33%) MySQL
4 1 (4.17%) Amazon QuickSight
4 1 (4.17%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (4.17%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (8.33%) JIRA
3 1 (4.17%) Git
General
1 5 (20.83%) Retail
2 3 (12.50%) Marketing
2 3 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (29.17%) Vue
2 6 (25.00%) Nuxt
3 5 (20.83%) CSS
3 5 (20.83%) HTML
4 4 (16.67%) CSS3
4 4 (16.67%) HTML5
5 3 (12.50%) Laravel
6 2 (8.33%) React
7 1 (4.17%) Express.js
7 1 (4.17%) Node.js
7 1 (4.17%) Zend Framework
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Cloud Native
1 6 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (8.33%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (8.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
1 9 (37.50%) Line Management
2 7 (29.17%) E-Commerce
2 7 (29.17%) Front End Development
3 6 (25.00%) Microservices
3 6 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (25.00%) Web Development
4 3 (12.50%) Mentoring
4 3 (12.50%) Visualisation
5 2 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (8.33%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (8.33%) Dashboard Development
5 2 (8.33%) Data Analysis
5 2 (8.33%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (8.33%) Identity Access Management
5 2 (8.33%) Information Security
5 2 (8.33%) IT Strategy
5 2 (8.33%) Matrix Management
5 2 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.17%) Actionable Insight
Programming Languages
1 8 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 7 (29.17%) SQL
3 6 (25.00%) TypeScript
4 2 (8.33%) PHP
5 1 (4.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.17%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (25.00%) Civica
2 6 (25.00%) Oracle
3 3 (12.50%) SAP
4 1 (4.17%) Zend