Lead Jobs in the South West

Leader
England > South West

The median Leader salary in the South West is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 36 33 40
Rank change year-on-year -3 +7 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 331 627 496
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.00% 7.75% 6.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.30% 8.16% 7.16%
Number of salaries quoted 240 383 360
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,507 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - +6.13%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £96,539 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% +7.14% +3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 4,537 7,684 6,927
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.92% 94.99% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 3,240 4,638 4,747
10th Percentile £30,500 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £36,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +3.09% +5.43%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £78,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the South West

Lead
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead in the South West.

Salary trend for Lead in the South West

Lead
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in the South West over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Lead in the South West

Lead
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 December 2023. 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
Bristol +7 148 £75,000 +7.14% 84
Gloucestershire -15 82 £72,000 +20.00% 11
Wiltshire -17 32 £57,500 +4.55% 18
Devon -4 26 £50,950 +6.96% 20
Dorset +15 24 £66,500 +15.65% 11
Somerset -1 11 £55,000 +3.29% 17
Cornwall +24 3 £35,000 -
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 December 2023, 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 South West region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 124 (37.46%) Agile
2 110 (33.23%) Azure
3 98 (29.61%) Security Cleared
4 96 (29.00%) Finance
5 92 (27.79%) Software Engineering
6 87 (26.28%) Mentoring
7 85 (25.68%) Social Skills
8 78 (23.56%) AWS
9 69 (20.85%) DevOps
10 67 (20.24%) Python
11 65 (19.64%) Java
12 60 (18.13%) JavaScript
13 59 (17.82%) SQL
14 55 (16.62%) Coaching
15 53 (16.01%) Kubernetes
16 52 (15.71%) Degree
17 51 (15.41%) Microsoft
17 51 (15.41%) Docker
18 48 (14.50%) Banking
19 43 (12.99%) CI/CD
20 41 (12.39%) Microservices
21 40 (12.08%) SC Cleared
22 39 (11.78%) C#
23 38 (11.48%) Windows
23 38 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
23 38 (11.48%) Technical Leadership
24 37 (11.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
24 37 (11.18%) Machine Learning
25 36 (10.88%) Line Management
25 36 (10.88%) GCP

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 10 (3.02%) Apache Spark
1 10 (3.02%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.81%) Jupyter
3 5 (1.51%) Apache
4 4 (1.21%) Confluence
5 2 (0.60%) Headless CMS
5 2 (0.60%) MS Exchange
5 2 (0.60%) Mule
5 2 (0.60%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (0.60%) SharePoint 2013
5 2 (0.60%) WordPress
6 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.30%) CMS
Applications
1 14 (4.23%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (1.81%) OrCAD
3 2 (0.60%) 3ds Max
3 2 (0.60%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (0.60%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (0.60%) Maya
3 2 (0.60%) Mudbox
3 2 (0.60%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.60%) ZBrush
4 1 (0.30%) Mathcad
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 2 (0.60%) Maximo
2 1 (0.30%) HFM
2 1 (0.30%) Hyperion Planning
2 1 (0.30%) Magento
2 1 (0.30%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 110 (33.23%) Azure
2 78 (23.56%) AWS
3 36 (10.88%) GCP
4 23 (6.95%) Power Platform
5 19 (5.74%) OpenShift
6 18 (5.44%) Azure DevOps
7 17 (5.14%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (2.72%) Power Automate
8 9 (2.72%) PowerApps
8 9 (2.72%) SaaS
9 5 (1.51%) GitHub
9 5 (1.51%) GitHub Actions
9 5 (1.51%) Serverless
9 5 (1.51%) Vertex AI
10 4 (1.21%) Azure AKS
10 4 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.21%) PaaS
10 4 (1.21%) Yammer
11 3 (0.91%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 14 (4.23%) Firewall
2 9 (2.72%) VLAN
3 7 (2.11%) IPv4
3 7 (2.11%) VPN
4 6 (1.81%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (1.81%) Network Security
4 6 (1.81%) SD-WAN
4 6 (1.81%) Software-Defined Radio
4 6 (1.81%) WAN
5 5 (1.51%) DNS
6 4 (1.21%) DHCP
6 4 (1.21%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.91%) Wireless
8 2 (0.60%) HTTP
8 2 (0.60%) OSPF
9 1 (0.30%) ATM
9 1 (0.30%) NAS
9 1 (0.30%) SAN
9 1 (0.30%) SNMP
9 1 (0.30%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (8.46%) Big Data
2 24 (7.25%) SQL Server
3 19 (5.74%) Power BI
4 15 (4.53%) BigQuery
4 15 (4.53%) NoSQL
4 15 (4.53%) Relational Database
5 13 (3.93%) Elasticsearch
6 12 (3.63%) Data Lake
7 11 (3.32%) MongoDB
8 10 (3.02%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (3.02%) MySQL
9 7 (2.11%) Hadoop
10 6 (1.81%) Metadata
10 6 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (1.81%) Tableau
11 5 (1.51%) Bigtable
11 5 (1.51%) Flink
11 5 (1.51%) Looker
11 5 (1.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 4 (1.21%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 22 (6.65%) Jenkins
2 19 (5.74%) Selenium
3 17 (5.14%) Cypress.io
4 16 (4.83%) Git
5 14 (4.23%) Cucumber
6 13 (3.93%) JIRA
7 8 (2.42%) JUnit
8 6 (1.81%) Rational DOORS
8 6 (1.81%) Sonatype Nexus
9 5 (1.51%) Maven
9 5 (1.51%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (1.21%) GitLab
10 4 (1.21%) HP UFT
10 4 (1.21%) JMeter
10 4 (1.21%) SoapUI
10 4 (1.21%) Visual Studio Team System
11 2 (0.60%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.60%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.60%) Zephyr
12 1 (0.30%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
General
1 96 (29.00%) Finance
2 85 (25.68%) Social Skills
3 48 (14.50%) Banking
4 37 (11.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 26 (7.85%) Public Sector
6 21 (6.34%) Aerospace
7 14 (4.23%) Retail
8 13 (3.93%) Influencing Skills
8 13 (3.93%) Law
8 13 (3.93%) Manufacturing
9 11 (3.32%) Tech for Good
10 10 (3.02%) Analytical Skills
10 10 (3.02%) Electronics
10 10 (3.02%) Military
11 9 (2.72%) Legal
11 9 (2.72%) Marketing
12 7 (2.11%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.81%) Aviation
14 4 (1.21%) Corporate Banking
14 4 (1.21%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (9.97%) HTML
2 30 (9.06%) .NET
3 22 (6.65%) React
4 19 (5.74%) Node.js
5 15 (4.53%) Spring Boot
6 13 (3.93%) AngularJS
6 13 (3.93%) CSS
6 13 (3.93%) RESTful
7 12 (3.63%) REST
7 12 (3.63%) Spring
7 12 (3.63%) Web Services
8 11 (3.32%) JSON
8 11 (3.32%) Kafka
9 7 (2.11%) ASP.NET
9 7 (2.11%) ASP.NET MVC
10 6 (1.81%) .NET Core
10 6 (1.81%) ARM Templates
10 6 (1.81%) GraphQL
10 6 (1.81%) JSF
10 6 (1.81%) JSP
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.04%) Algorithms
1 20 (6.04%) Cyberattack
1 20 (6.04%) Product Ownership
1 20 (6.04%) Public Cloud
2 13 (3.93%) Cloud Native
2 13 (3.93%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.32%) Mobile App
4 10 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (2.72%) Security Operations Centre
6 8 (2.42%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (2.42%) Virtual Team
7 7 (2.11%) Data Structures
7 7 (2.11%) Embedded Systems
8 6 (1.81%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.81%) Distributed Applications
8 6 (1.81%) FPGA
8 6 (1.81%) VHDL
9 5 (1.51%) IoT
9 5 (1.51%) Legacy Applications
9 5 (1.51%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 38 (11.48%) Windows
2 25 (7.55%) Linux
3 15 (4.53%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.42%) Android
4 8 (2.42%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.21%) Windows Vista
6 2 (0.60%) CentOS
6 2 (0.60%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.30%) Debian
7 1 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (37.46%) Agile
2 92 (27.79%) Software Engineering
3 87 (26.28%) Mentoring
4 69 (20.85%) DevOps
5 55 (16.62%) Coaching
6 43 (12.99%) CI/CD
7 41 (12.39%) Microservices
8 38 (11.48%) Continuous Improvement
8 38 (11.48%) Technical Leadership
9 37 (11.18%) Machine Learning
10 36 (10.88%) Line Management
10 36 (10.88%) Roadmaps
10 36 (10.88%) Test Automation
11 34 (10.27%) Problem-Solving
12 33 (9.97%) Artificial Intelligence
12 33 (9.97%) Data Engineering
13 30 (9.06%) ITIL
14 28 (8.46%) Visualisation
15 25 (7.55%) Analytics
16 24 (7.25%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 67 (20.24%) Python
2 65 (19.64%) Java
3 60 (18.13%) JavaScript
4 59 (17.82%) SQL
5 39 (11.78%) C#
6 21 (6.34%) C++
7 20 (6.04%) PowerShell
8 17 (5.14%) Bash
9 15 (4.53%) R
10 13 (3.93%) TypeScript
11 11 (3.32%) Go
11 11 (3.32%) PHP
12 8 (2.42%) Scala
13 7 (2.11%) MATLAB
14 6 (1.81%) Ruby
15 4 (1.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (1.21%) Groovy
15 4 (1.21%) XMLA
16 3 (0.91%) C
16 3 (0.91%) Rust
Qualifications
1 98 (29.61%) Security Cleared
2 52 (15.71%) Degree
3 40 (12.08%) SC Cleared
4 35 (10.57%) DV Cleared
5 18 (5.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 10 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (2.42%) MCSE
8 7 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
8 7 (2.11%) Master's Degree
9 6 (1.81%) CISSP
10 5 (1.51%) AWS Certification
10 5 (1.51%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.51%) CCNA
10 5 (1.51%) CCNP
10 5 (1.51%) CISM
10 5 (1.51%) MCP
10 5 (1.51%) OCP
10 5 (1.51%) Oracle Certification
11 4 (1.21%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.21%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (6.65%) QA
2 7 (2.11%) SLA
3 6 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
4 4 (1.21%) NCSC
4 4 (1.21%) NIST
5 3 (0.91%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.91%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 3 (0.91%) MISRA
6 2 (0.60%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.60%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.60%) GRC
6 2 (0.60%) IEC 61508
6 2 (0.60%) MISRA C
7 1 (0.30%) IFRS
7 1 (0.30%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.30%) NIST 800
System Software
1 51 (15.41%) Docker
2 11 (3.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.42%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.60%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.30%) Firmware
5 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 53 (16.01%) Kubernetes
2 17 (5.14%) Terraform
3 9 (2.72%) Ansible
4 8 (2.42%) FortiGate
5 7 (2.11%) Istio
5 7 (2.11%) Puppet
6 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.30%) Cobbler
7 1 (0.30%) Nagios
7 1 (0.30%) Nessus
7 1 (0.30%) SCCM
7 1 (0.30%) SCOM
Vendors
1 51 (15.41%) Microsoft
2 19 (5.74%) Google
3 11 (3.32%) VMware
4 10 (3.02%) SAP
5 9 (2.72%) Cisco
5 9 (2.72%) Oracle
6 8 (2.42%) CheckPoint
7 6 (1.81%) Cadence
7 6 (1.81%) Meraki
8 5 (1.51%) Teradata
9 4 (1.21%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.91%) Adobe
10 3 (0.91%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.60%) Sculptor
12 1 (0.30%) Hyperion
12 1 (0.30%) MuleSoft
12 1 (0.30%) Red Hat
12 1 (0.30%) Sitecore
12 1 (0.30%) Splunk
12 1 (0.30%) Xamarin