Lead Job Trends in Solihull

Leader
West Midlands > Solihull

The median Leader salary in Solihull is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 21 16
Rank change year-on-year -4 -5 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 3 8 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Solihull 2.36% 5.56% 10.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.46% 6.06% 11.02%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 14
10th Percentile - - £53,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £55,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% -2.72%
75th Percentile £65,000 £64,375 £73,750
90th Percentile - £68,500 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year +3.33% -0.83% +0.83%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Solihull

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Solihull. 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 Solihull with a recognized job title 122 132 127
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.06% 91.67% 98.45%
Number of salaries quoted 83 72 103
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,150 £25,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £92,250 £82,375 £71,000
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Solihull

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Solihull.

Lead job vacancy trend in Solihull

Lead
Salary Trend in Solihull

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Solihull.

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Solihull

Lead Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull

For the 6 months to 2 January 2026, Lead job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Solihull region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Databricks
2 2 (66.67%) Power BI
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) API Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Cypress.io
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Playwright
3 1 (33.33%) QA
3 1 (33.33%) Selenium
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) TypeScript

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Solihull by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub
3 1 (33.33%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Cypress.io
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 2 (66.67%) Automotive
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) Playwright
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) API Testing
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Exploratory Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Databricks
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft