Lead Jobs in the South West

Leader
England > South West

The median Leader salary in the South West is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 October 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 39 31
Rank change year-on-year +25 -8 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 676 352 682
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 9.68% 6.90% 8.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.23% 7.19% 8.57%
Number of salaries quoted 392 255 400
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,140 £42,506
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,576 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.90% +17.63% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,313
90th Percentile £91,125 £96,539 £86,025
England median annual salary £72,450 £75,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -4.04% +0.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 6,608 4,896 7,954
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 95.92% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3,670 3,431 4,740
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,099 £53,351 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% +6.70% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%

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 26 October 2024.

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 26 October 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
Bristol +29 235 £65,000 -16.13% 38
Gloucestershire +13 139 £69,000 -4.17% 23
Wiltshire +31 106 £67,500 +8.00% 10
Dorset +19 73 £54,439 -35.95% 5
Somerset +35 68 £80,000 +48.84% 12
Devon +7 45 £55,000 +7.95% 4
Cornwall +1 1 - - 1
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 October 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 South West region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 151 (22.34%) Azure
2 143 (21.15%) Agile
3 136 (20.12%) Microsoft
4 125 (18.49%) SQL
5 124 (18.34%) Social Skills
6 117 (17.31%) DevOps
7 109 (16.12%) Power Platform
8 99 (14.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 96 (14.20%) Security Cleared
10 94 (13.91%) SQL Server
11 93 (13.76%) Data Structures
12 91 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
13 89 (13.17%) Serverless
13 89 (13.17%) Mentoring
14 87 (12.87%) Python
15 85 (12.57%) Degree
15 85 (12.57%) PowerApps
16 81 (11.98%) IaaS
17 80 (11.83%) Azure Logic Apps
18 79 (11.69%) Azure Certification
18 79 (11.69%) Power Automate
19 78 (11.54%) Azure Functions
19 78 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
20 76 (11.24%) PaaS
21 69 (10.21%) AWS
22 67 (9.91%) Analytics
23 62 (9.17%) Finance
23 62 (9.17%) Machine Learning
24 60 (8.88%) Software Engineering
25 57 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement

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 17 (2.51%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.48%) ArcGIS
3 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.44%) CMS
4 3 (0.44%) WordPress
5 2 (0.30%) Apache
5 2 (0.30%) Confluence
5 2 (0.30%) Drupal
5 2 (0.30%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.15%) nginx
Applications
1 9 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.74%) Infor CloudSuite Industrial (formerly SyteLine)
2 4 (0.59%) Maximo
2 4 (0.59%) Q-Pulse
3 3 (0.44%) Shopify
4 2 (0.30%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 151 (22.34%) Azure
2 109 (16.12%) Power Platform
3 89 (13.17%) Serverless
4 85 (12.57%) PowerApps
5 81 (11.98%) IaaS
6 80 (11.83%) Azure Logic Apps
7 79 (11.69%) Power Automate
8 78 (11.54%) Azure DevOps
8 78 (11.54%) Azure Functions
9 76 (11.24%) PaaS
10 69 (10.21%) AWS
11 22 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
12 16 (2.37%) SaaS
13 11 (1.63%) Entra ID
13 11 (1.63%) GCP
14 9 (1.33%) Azure Synapse Analytics
15 6 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
15 6 (0.89%) Snowflake
16 5 (0.74%) Amazon S3
16 5 (0.74%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.99%) Broadband
2 22 (3.25%) Network Security
3 17 (2.51%) Firewall
4 13 (1.92%) TCP/IP
5 12 (1.78%) HTTP
5 12 (1.78%) Internet
6 8 (1.18%) MPLS
7 7 (1.04%) WAN
8 5 (0.74%) DNS
8 5 (0.74%) LAN
8 5 (0.74%) VLAN
9 3 (0.44%) BGP
9 3 (0.44%) FTP
9 3 (0.44%) H.323
9 3 (0.44%) HSRP
9 3 (0.44%) VSAN
9 3 (0.44%) WebEx
10 2 (0.30%) SD-WAN
10 2 (0.30%) Spanning Tree
10 2 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (13.91%) SQL Server
2 27 (3.99%) Power BI
3 21 (3.11%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (2.07%) Qlik Sense
4 14 (2.07%) Tableau
5 10 (1.48%) Data Hub
5 10 (1.48%) Relational Database
6 9 (1.33%) MySQL
7 7 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (0.89%) Data Lake
8 6 (0.89%) GIS
8 6 (0.89%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.89%) PostgreSQL
9 3 (0.44%) Big Data
9 3 (0.44%) RDBMS
10 2 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.30%) Power Query
10 2 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.15%) Amazon RDS
11 1 (0.15%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 23 (3.40%) Git
2 17 (2.51%) JIRA
3 13 (1.92%) Subversion
4 6 (0.89%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.59%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.44%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.30%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.30%) Balsamiq
7 2 (0.30%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.30%) GitLab
8 1 (0.15%) Appium
8 1 (0.15%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.15%) JMeter
8 1 (0.15%) Maven
8 1 (0.15%) Postman
8 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.15%) Selenium
8 1 (0.15%) Serenity BDD
8 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
General
1 124 (18.34%) Social Skills
2 99 (14.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 62 (9.17%) Finance
4 56 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (3.85%) Public Sector
6 22 (3.25%) Retail
7 19 (2.81%) Manufacturing
8 14 (2.07%) Aerospace
9 13 (1.92%) Legal
9 13 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
10 12 (1.78%) Automotive
10 12 (1.78%) Law
11 10 (1.48%) Marketing
11 10 (1.48%) Telecoms
12 9 (1.33%) Electronics
12 9 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (1.04%) Back Office
14 5 (0.74%) Banking
14 5 (0.74%) Military
15 4 (0.59%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (5.03%) React
2 32 (4.73%) HTML
3 25 (3.70%) Elastic Stack
4 20 (2.96%) CSS
5 14 (2.07%) Laravel
6 13 (1.92%) XML
7 12 (1.78%) .NET
8 11 (1.63%) Node.js
9 10 (1.48%) AngularJS
9 10 (1.48%) LAMP
10 9 (1.33%) Kafka
11 8 (1.18%) REST
12 7 (1.04%) Spring Boot
13 6 (0.89%) RESTful
13 6 (0.89%) Vue
14 5 (0.74%) Django
14 5 (0.74%) Flask
14 5 (0.74%) React Native
14 5 (0.74%) Spring
15 4 (0.59%) ADO
Miscellaneous
1 93 (13.76%) Data Structures
2 39 (5.77%) Algorithms
3 17 (2.51%) Management Information System
4 15 (2.22%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 12 (1.78%) Data Centre
6 10 (1.48%) Private Cloud
7 8 (1.18%) Analogue Electronics
7 8 (1.18%) Cloud Native
7 8 (1.18%) Cyberattack
7 8 (1.18%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.04%) Driving Licence
9 5 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (0.74%) Replication
10 4 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (0.59%) Product Ownership
10 4 (0.59%) Public Cloud
11 3 (0.44%) Grid Computing
11 3 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
11 3 (0.44%) Smart Energy
11 3 (0.44%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 45 (6.66%) Linux
2 18 (2.66%) Windows
3 11 (1.63%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (0.30%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.15%) Android
5 1 (0.15%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.15%) CentOS
5 1 (0.15%) Debian
5 1 (0.15%) Unix
5 1 (0.15%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (21.15%) Agile
2 117 (17.31%) DevOps
3 91 (13.46%) Problem-Solving
4 89 (13.17%) Mentoring
5 67 (9.91%) Analytics
6 62 (9.17%) Machine Learning
7 60 (8.88%) Software Engineering
8 57 (8.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 56 (8.28%) Mathematics
10 51 (7.54%) Artificial Intelligence
11 48 (7.10%) Roadmaps
12 41 (6.07%) CI/CD
12 41 (6.07%) Decision-Making
13 39 (5.77%) Technical Leadership
14 38 (5.62%) Business Intelligence
15 36 (5.33%) Data Science
16 35 (5.18%) Software Testing
17 33 (4.88%) Coaching
17 33 (4.88%) Data Analytics
18 32 (4.73%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 125 (18.49%) SQL
2 87 (12.87%) Python
3 45 (6.66%) JavaScript
4 30 (4.44%) Java
5 26 (3.85%) TypeScript
6 23 (3.40%) C
6 23 (3.40%) VBA
7 22 (3.25%) PHP
8 17 (2.51%) R
9 16 (2.37%) Bash
10 14 (2.07%) C++
10 14 (2.07%) Julia
11 12 (1.78%) C#
11 12 (1.78%) Embedded C++
12 10 (1.48%) Shell Script
13 7 (1.04%) PowerShell
14 5 (0.74%) VB
14 5 (0.74%) VB.NET
15 4 (0.59%) Rust
15 4 (0.59%) Scala
Qualifications
1 96 (14.20%) Security Cleared
2 85 (12.57%) Degree
3 79 (11.69%) Azure Certification
4 27 (3.99%) Chartered Engineer
5 25 (3.70%) DV Cleared
6 24 (3.55%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (3.55%) SC Cleared
7 11 (1.63%) Master's Degree
8 10 (1.48%) LPIC
8 10 (1.48%) RHCSA
9 8 (1.18%) CHECK Team Leader
9 8 (1.18%) HND
10 7 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (0.59%) CISM
11 4 (0.59%) CISSP
11 4 (0.59%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.44%) CISA
12 3 (0.44%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.44%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.29%) NIST
2 21 (3.11%) QA
3 12 (1.78%) Accessibility
3 12 (1.78%) ISO 9001
4 10 (1.48%) SOC 2
5 9 (1.33%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.33%) GDPR
6 8 (1.18%) GLP
7 6 (0.89%) PMO
8 3 (0.44%) SLA
9 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.15%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.15%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) RMADS
System Software
1 39 (5.77%) Docker
2 16 (2.37%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.37%) vSphere
3 11 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.59%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.44%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.15%) Firmware
7 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (4.44%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.11%) Ansible
3 15 (2.22%) Terraform
4 11 (1.63%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.48%) Grafana
6 5 (0.74%) SCCM
7 3 (0.44%) Cisco CUCM
7 3 (0.44%) SCOM
8 1 (0.15%) Icinga
8 1 (0.15%) Nagios
8 1 (0.15%) Puppet
Vendors
1 136 (20.12%) Microsoft
2 22 (3.25%) Google
3 18 (2.66%) VMware
4 16 (2.37%) SolarWinds
5 15 (2.22%) Tanium
5 15 (2.22%) Tripwire
6 14 (2.07%) Cisco
7 9 (1.33%) Databricks
7 9 (1.33%) SAP
8 8 (1.18%) IBM
9 5 (0.74%) Citrix
9 5 (0.74%) ESRI
9 5 (0.74%) Fortinet
9 5 (0.74%) Infor
9 5 (0.74%) Oracle
10 4 (0.59%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.44%) Algorithmics
12 2 (0.30%) Adobe
12 2 (0.30%) Remedy
12 2 (0.30%) Veeam