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 leading to 12 July 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 21 45
Rank change year-on-year +1 +24 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 308 740 388
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.85% 7.36% 6.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.46% 7.66% 6.77%
Number of salaries quoted 193 543 311
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% -10.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £84,056
90th Percentile £102,410 £90,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -3.33%

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 3,640 9,658 5,734
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.79% 96.06% 89.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,300 6,979 3,826
10th Percentile £26,475 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,099 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% -

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 12 July 2025.

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 12 July 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
Bristol +7 140 £85,000 +30.77% 77
Wiltshire -1 41 £50,000 -15.25% 23
Devon +3 36 £63,597 +21.14% 20
Gloucestershire +1 36 £67,500 -2.88% 76
Somerset -3 27 £57,500 -8.00% 25
Dorset -13 25 £60,000 - 16
Cornwall -5 2 £62,000 - 2
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 July 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 South West region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 102 (33.12%) Finance
2 86 (27.92%) Mentoring
3 85 (27.60%) Social Skills
4 77 (25.00%) Agile
5 59 (19.16%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (18.83%) Degree
7 56 (18.18%) AWS
8 55 (17.86%) Azure
9 54 (17.53%) Software Engineering
10 46 (14.94%) Roadmaps
11 42 (13.64%) Security Cleared
11 42 (13.64%) Python
12 38 (12.34%) Test Automation
13 37 (12.01%) Business Intelligence
13 37 (12.01%) Technical Leadership
14 35 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
14 35 (11.36%) Coaching
14 35 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
14 35 (11.36%) DevOps
15 34 (11.04%) Java
15 34 (11.04%) JavaScript
15 34 (11.04%) Systems Engineering
16 33 (10.71%) Microsoft
16 33 (10.71%) Analytics
16 33 (10.71%) BPSS Clearance
17 30 (9.74%) CI/CD
18 29 (9.42%) Power Platform
18 29 (9.42%) Docker
19 28 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
19 28 (9.09%) Decision-Making

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 6 (1.95%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.97%) CMS
3 2 (0.65%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.65%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.32%) Apache
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.32%) Appian
4 1 (0.32%) DNN
4 1 (0.32%) Kentico
4 1 (0.32%) Mendix
4 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.32%) SharePoint 2013
4 1 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.32%) Sitefinity
4 1 (0.32%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.65%) Simulink
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (1.95%) Infor LN
2 6 (1.95%) SAP BPC
3 4 (1.30%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.65%) BASE24
4 2 (0.65%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 56 (18.18%) AWS
2 55 (17.86%) Azure
3 29 (9.42%) Power Platform
4 26 (8.44%) GCP
5 17 (5.52%) Entra ID
6 9 (2.92%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (2.92%) Snowflake
7 8 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.60%) Serverless
8 6 (1.95%) npm
8 6 (1.95%) Power Automate
8 6 (1.95%) Pulumi
9 5 (1.62%) SaaS
10 4 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.30%) Collibra
11 3 (0.97%) AWS Lambda
11 3 (0.97%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.97%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (0.97%) Matillion
12 2 (0.65%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.87%) 5G
1 15 (4.87%) SD-WAN
1 15 (4.87%) WAN
2 14 (4.55%) Broadband
3 13 (4.22%) Firewall
4 8 (2.60%) VPN
5 6 (1.95%) Network Security
6 5 (1.62%) Unified Communications
7 3 (0.97%) VLAN
8 2 (0.65%) ATM
8 2 (0.65%) IPv4
8 2 (0.65%) OSPF
8 2 (0.65%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.32%) HTTP
9 1 (0.32%) Internet
9 1 (0.32%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (7.47%) Power BI
2 17 (5.52%) Tableau
3 13 (4.22%) Data Warehouse
4 12 (3.90%) SQL Server
5 8 (2.60%) RDBMS
5 8 (2.60%) Relational Database
5 8 (2.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (2.27%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.95%) Big Data
7 6 (1.95%) MySQL
8 5 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (1.62%) BigQuery
8 5 (1.62%) Data Hub
8 5 (1.62%) Looker
8 5 (1.62%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.30%) Metadata
10 3 (0.97%) Ataccama
10 3 (0.97%) Data Mining
10 3 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (4.55%) Git
2 6 (1.95%) Cucumber
2 6 (1.95%) Cypress.io
2 6 (1.95%) Jaeger
2 6 (1.95%) Oracle Forms
2 6 (1.95%) Sonatype Nexus
2 6 (1.95%) webpack
3 3 (0.97%) GitLab
3 3 (0.97%) JIRA
4 2 (0.65%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.65%) Postman
4 2 (0.65%) Selenium
4 2 (0.65%) VersaTest
5 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 102 (33.12%) Finance
2 85 (27.60%) Social Skills
3 35 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (8.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (7.14%) Banking
5 22 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
6 21 (6.82%) Aerospace
7 20 (6.49%) Public Sector
7 20 (6.49%) Retail
8 17 (5.52%) Electronics
8 17 (5.52%) Marketing
9 12 (3.90%) Aeronautics
9 12 (3.90%) Manufacturing
10 11 (3.57%) Law
11 9 (2.92%) Games
11 9 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.92%) Telecoms
12 8 (2.60%) Police
13 7 (2.27%) Military
14 5 (1.62%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.52%) CSS
1 17 (5.52%) HTML
2 11 (3.57%) .NET
2 11 (3.57%) SailPoint
2 11 (3.57%) Spring Boot
3 10 (3.25%) AngularJS
3 10 (3.25%) RESTful
4 9 (2.92%) Kafka
4 9 (2.92%) REST
5 7 (2.27%) Laravel
5 7 (2.27%) React
5 7 (2.27%) Web Services
6 6 (1.95%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (1.95%) Jest
6 6 (1.95%) LAMP
6 6 (1.95%) Node.js
6 6 (1.95%) OpenTelemetry
6 6 (1.95%) Oracle Fusion
7 5 (1.62%) OAuth
7 5 (1.62%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.87%) Cloud Native
1 15 (4.87%) Management Information System
1 15 (4.87%) Self-Driving Car
2 10 (3.25%) Public Cloud
3 9 (2.92%) Onboarding
3 9 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (2.60%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (1.95%) Distributed Applications
6 6 (1.95%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.62%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.62%) Legacy Applications
7 5 (1.62%) Reinsurance
8 3 (0.97%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.97%) Low-Code
8 3 (0.97%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.65%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.65%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.65%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.87%) Linux
2 12 (3.90%) Windows
3 6 (1.95%) Unix
3 6 (1.95%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.97%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.32%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (27.92%) Mentoring
2 77 (25.00%) Agile
3 59 (19.16%) Problem-Solving
4 54 (17.53%) Software Engineering
5 46 (14.94%) Roadmaps
6 38 (12.34%) Test Automation
7 37 (12.01%) Business Intelligence
7 37 (12.01%) Technical Leadership
8 35 (11.36%) Coaching
8 35 (11.36%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (11.36%) DevOps
9 34 (11.04%) Systems Engineering
10 33 (10.71%) Analytics
11 30 (9.74%) CI/CD
12 28 (9.09%) Artificial Intelligence
12 28 (9.09%) Decision-Making
13 27 (8.77%) Computer Science
14 25 (8.12%) Product Management
15 24 (7.79%) Containerisation
16 23 (7.47%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 42 (13.64%) Python
2 34 (11.04%) Java
2 34 (11.04%) JavaScript
3 25 (8.12%) SQL
4 17 (5.52%) C#
5 10 (3.25%) Bash
5 10 (3.25%) C++
5 10 (3.25%) PHP
6 9 (2.92%) MATLAB
7 8 (2.60%) Go
8 7 (2.27%) TypeScript
9 6 (1.95%) T-SQL
10 4 (1.30%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.65%) COBOL
11 2 (0.65%) PL/SQL
11 2 (0.65%) R
12 1 (0.32%) C
12 1 (0.32%) VB
12 1 (0.32%) X++
Qualifications
1 58 (18.83%) Degree
2 42 (13.64%) Security Cleared
3 33 (10.71%) BPSS Clearance
4 27 (8.77%) SC Cleared
5 16 (5.19%) DV Cleared
6 12 (3.90%) AWS Certification
7 9 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (2.60%) CISSP
9 7 (2.27%) ACCA
9 7 (2.27%) CIMA
9 7 (2.27%) CISM
10 6 (1.95%) MCP
11 3 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.65%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.65%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.65%) MCAD
12 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.32%) MBA
13 1 (0.32%) OCP
13 1 (0.32%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.17%) NIST
2 13 (4.22%) GDPR
2 13 (4.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 11 (3.57%) QA
4 9 (2.92%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.60%) PMO
6 6 (1.95%) Data Quality
6 6 (1.95%) GAAP
6 6 (1.95%) IFRS
6 6 (1.95%) NCSC
7 5 (1.62%) Def Stans
8 3 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.65%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.32%) COBIT
10 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 29 (9.42%) Docker
2 1 (0.32%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.32%) Firmware
2 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (7.47%) Kubernetes
2 17 (5.52%) Terraform
3 10 (3.25%) Ansible
4 8 (2.60%) Prometheus
5 7 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (1.95%) Argo
6 6 (1.95%) Kustomize
7 2 (0.65%) Grafana
7 2 (0.65%) Puppet
Vendors
1 33 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.84%) Oracle
3 16 (5.19%) Google
4 12 (3.90%) SAP
5 11 (3.57%) Databricks
6 6 (1.95%) Cognos
6 6 (1.95%) IFS
6 6 (1.95%) Infor
7 5 (1.62%) ForgeRock
7 5 (1.62%) ServiceNow
8 4 (1.30%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.30%) VMware
9 2 (0.65%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.65%) HP
9 2 (0.65%) SnapLogic
10 1 (0.32%) DocuSign
10 1 (0.32%) Pega
10 1 (0.32%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.32%) Twitter
10 1 (0.32%) Verint