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 leading to 11 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 19 22
Rank change year-on-year -24 +3 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 362 913 863
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 5.12% 7.68% 9.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.55% 8.15% 10.42%
Number of salaries quoted 250 655 440
10th Percentile £38,250 £35,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £49,188 £48,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +19.29%
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,625 £85,750 £82,625
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 6,521 11,204 8,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.18% 94.29% 89.65%
Number of salaries quoted 2,866 8,337 4,644
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £33,125 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £61,123 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

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 11 May 2025.

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 11 May 2025. 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 -18 245 £60,000 -7.69% 162
East Midlands -29 117 £60,000 +20.00% 86
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, 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 97 (26.80%) Mentoring
2 88 (24.31%) Social Skills
3 70 (19.34%) Azure
4 66 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (17.40%) Agile
6 56 (15.47%) Finance
7 53 (14.64%) Degree
8 52 (14.36%) Systems Engineering
9 50 (13.81%) Windows
10 48 (13.26%) Influencing Skills
11 47 (12.98%) Microsoft
12 46 (12.71%) Software Engineering
13 44 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
14 43 (11.88%) Requirements Management
14 43 (11.88%) SQL
15 42 (11.60%) Law
16 40 (11.05%) C#
17 39 (10.77%) SCADA
17 39 (10.77%) AWS
17 39 (10.77%) Rational DOORS
18 37 (10.22%) ITIL
19 36 (9.94%) Cybersecurity
19 36 (9.94%) Microsoft 365
19 36 (9.94%) Roadmaps
20 34 (9.39%) Stakeholder Management
21 33 (9.12%) Test Automation
22 32 (8.84%) Computer Science
23 30 (8.29%) SaaS
24 28 (7.73%) Electronics
24 28 (7.73%) Technical Leadership

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 7 (1.93%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.55%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (0.28%) CMS
3 1 (0.28%) Confluence
3 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.28%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.83%) Sketch
4 2 (0.55%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (0.55%) Moqups
4 2 (0.55%) Oracle Smart View
4 2 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (1.66%) Magento
1 6 (1.66%) Shopify
2 5 (1.38%) Oracle Applications
2 5 (1.38%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (1.10%) Infor LN
3 4 (1.10%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.55%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.55%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.55%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.55%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.55%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.55%) Oracle Receivables
4 2 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.28%) Maximo
5 1 (0.28%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.28%) SAP MDM
5 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 70 (19.34%) Azure
2 39 (10.77%) AWS
3 36 (9.94%) Microsoft 365
4 30 (8.29%) SaaS
5 15 (4.14%) Power Platform
6 11 (3.04%) PaaS
7 10 (2.76%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.21%) Snowflake
9 7 (1.93%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (1.93%) GCP
10 6 (1.66%) Amazon S3
10 6 (1.66%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (1.66%) Azure Logic Apps
10 6 (1.66%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 6 (1.66%) BigCommerce
11 5 (1.38%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (1.38%) Power Automate
11 5 (1.38%) PowerApps
11 5 (1.38%) Serverless
12 3 (0.83%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.87%) Firewall
2 11 (3.04%) Wi-Fi
3 10 (2.76%) Intrusion Detection
4 9 (2.49%) TCP/IP
5 8 (2.21%) Broadband
6 7 (1.93%) 3G
6 7 (1.93%) 4G
6 7 (1.93%) ADSL
7 3 (0.83%) Bluetooth
7 3 (0.83%) DNS
7 3 (0.83%) LAN
7 3 (0.83%) WAN
8 2 (0.55%) 5G
8 2 (0.55%) DHCP
8 2 (0.55%) Internet
8 2 (0.55%) LTE
8 2 (0.55%) Wireless
9 1 (0.28%) FlexRay
9 1 (0.28%) Network Security
9 1 (0.28%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.59%) NoSQL
1 13 (3.59%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.49%) Power BI
3 7 (1.93%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (1.66%) Amazon Redshift
4 6 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (1.66%) Metadata
4 6 (1.66%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.38%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.38%) Power Query
6 4 (1.10%) MySQL
6 4 (1.10%) Tableau
7 3 (0.83%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (0.83%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.83%) Data Hub
7 3 (0.83%) Metadata Repository
7 3 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.55%) Big Data
8 2 (0.55%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 39 (10.77%) Rational DOORS
2 27 (7.46%) Selenium
3 24 (6.63%) JIRA
4 10 (2.76%) Git
5 5 (1.38%) Postman
6 4 (1.10%) Oracle Forms
7 3 (0.83%) Jenkins
7 3 (0.83%) Maven
8 2 (0.55%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.55%) JUnit
8 2 (0.55%) Mockito
8 2 (0.55%) SonarQube
8 2 (0.55%) Storybook
9 1 (0.28%) Babel
9 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.28%) DbUnit
9 1 (0.28%) ERwin
9 1 (0.28%) jMock
9 1 (0.28%) webpack
General
1 88 (24.31%) Social Skills
2 56 (15.47%) Finance
3 48 (13.26%) Influencing Skills
4 44 (12.15%) Analytical Skills
5 42 (11.60%) Law
6 28 (7.73%) Electronics
7 27 (7.46%) Manufacturing
8 20 (5.52%) Public Sector
9 19 (5.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 13 (3.59%) Retail
11 10 (2.76%) Games
12 8 (2.21%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.66%) Automotive
13 6 (1.66%) Banking
13 6 (1.66%) Police
14 5 (1.38%) Marketing
15 4 (1.10%) Local Government
15 4 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
16 3 (0.83%) Multimedia
16 3 (0.83%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.14%) React
2 11 (3.04%) HTML
2 11 (3.04%) Node.js
3 10 (2.76%) .NET
4 8 (2.21%) Oracle Fusion
5 7 (1.93%) GraphQL
6 6 (1.66%) RESTful
6 6 (1.66%) SOAP
7 5 (1.38%) AngularJS
7 5 (1.38%) CSS
7 5 (1.38%) Kafka
7 5 (1.38%) Middleware
7 5 (1.38%) REST
7 5 (1.38%) Spring
7 5 (1.38%) Spring Boot
7 5 (1.38%) Vue
8 4 (1.10%) Laravel
9 3 (0.83%) ActiveMQ
9 3 (0.83%) EDI
9 3 (0.83%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 39 (10.77%) SCADA
2 25 (6.91%) Legacy Systems
3 23 (6.35%) IoT
4 21 (5.80%) Operational Technology
5 20 (5.52%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 19 (5.25%) Driving Licence
7 18 (4.97%) Management Information System
8 15 (4.14%) Product Ownership
9 12 (3.31%) Social Media
10 10 (2.76%) Onboarding
10 10 (2.76%) Private Cloud
11 8 (2.21%) Legacy Code
12 7 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
13 6 (1.66%) Cloud Native
13 6 (1.66%) Data Structures
13 6 (1.66%) EPoS
14 5 (1.38%) Housing Association
14 5 (1.38%) Self-Motivation
15 4 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
15 4 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 50 (13.81%) Windows
2 12 (3.31%) Windows Server
3 11 (3.04%) Linux
3 11 (3.04%) Windows Vista
4 3 (0.83%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.28%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (26.80%) Mentoring
2 66 (18.23%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (17.40%) Agile
4 52 (14.36%) Systems Engineering
5 46 (12.71%) Software Engineering
6 43 (11.88%) Requirements Management
7 37 (10.22%) ITIL
8 36 (9.94%) Cybersecurity
8 36 (9.94%) Roadmaps
9 34 (9.39%) Stakeholder Management
10 33 (9.12%) Test Automation
11 32 (8.84%) Computer Science
12 28 (7.73%) Technical Leadership
13 26 (7.18%) Line Management
14 24 (6.63%) Mechatronics
14 24 (6.63%) Project Management
14 24 (6.63%) Validation
15 23 (6.35%) Analytics
15 23 (6.35%) DevOps
16 21 (5.80%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 43 (11.88%) SQL
2 40 (11.05%) C#
3 26 (7.18%) Python
4 25 (6.91%) JavaScript
5 14 (3.87%) PowerShell
6 13 (3.59%) Bash
7 12 (3.31%) Java
8 10 (2.76%) TypeScript
9 8 (2.21%) PHP
10 6 (1.66%) Delphi
11 3 (0.83%) R
12 2 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.55%) Go
13 1 (0.28%) C
13 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 53 (14.64%) Degree
2 26 (7.18%) BPSS Clearance
3 19 (5.25%) ISTQB
4 17 (4.70%) Security Cleared
5 13 (3.59%) DBS Check
6 10 (2.76%) SC Cleared
7 9 (2.49%) CCNP
7 9 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
7 9 (2.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.21%) CCNA
8 8 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 7 (1.93%) MCP
9 7 (1.93%) MCSA
9 7 (1.93%) MCSE
10 5 (1.38%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.10%) ACCA
11 4 (1.10%) CIMA
11 4 (1.10%) CISM
11 4 (1.10%) CISSP
11 4 (1.10%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.63%) QA
2 18 (4.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.04%) COBIT
4 8 (2.21%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.38%) PMO
6 4 (1.10%) Automotive SPICE
6 4 (1.10%) GAAP
6 4 (1.10%) IFRS
6 4 (1.10%) ISO 26262
6 4 (1.10%) SLA
7 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.55%) GDPR
7 2 (0.55%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.28%) GRC
8 1 (0.28%) JTAG
8 1 (0.28%) NIST
8 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 19 (5.25%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.21%) Docker
3 5 (1.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.83%) BitLocker
4 3 (0.83%) Firmware
5 2 (0.55%) vSphere
6 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (2.49%) SCCM
2 7 (1.93%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.66%) Terraform
4 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (1.10%) Functional Safety
6 3 (0.83%) Ansible
7 2 (0.55%) Grafana
7 2 (0.55%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.55%) Puppet
8 1 (0.28%) QRadar
8 1 (0.28%) SCOM
8 1 (0.28%) SCOrch
8 1 (0.28%) SCSM
8 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (12.98%) Microsoft
2 20 (5.52%) Rockwell
2 20 (5.52%) Siemens
3 16 (4.42%) Oracle
4 14 (3.87%) SAP
5 11 (3.04%) Databricks
6 8 (2.21%) Apple
6 8 (2.21%) Google
6 8 (2.21%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.93%) HP
8 5 (1.38%) OpenAI
8 5 (1.38%) ServiceNow
8 5 (1.38%) VMware
9 4 (1.10%) Cognos
9 4 (1.10%) Infor
10 3 (0.83%) Cisco
10 3 (0.83%) Informatica
10 3 (0.83%) MobileIron
11 2 (0.55%) Adobe
11 2 (0.55%) IBM