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 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 26 45
Rank change year-on-year -10 +19 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 211 648 392
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 5.87% 6.98% 5.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.26% 7.25% 6.53%
Number of salaries quoted 149 482 304
10th Percentile £52,600 £38,850 £38,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,000 £46,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £61,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -5.77% +8.33%
75th Percentile £95,000 £77,068 £79,063
90th Percentile £107,250 £90,000 £97,290
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% -

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 3,373 8,932 6,001
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 96.22% 89.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,020 6,537 3,764
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,000 £29,075
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,250 £77,500 £79,450
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 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 May 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 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
Bristol -5 114 £80,000 +25.49% 105
Gloucestershire +8 26 £69,000 +2.22% 61
Devon +14 23 £63,597 +15.27% 22
Wiltshire -7 19 £60,000 +1.69% 28
Somerset -12 18 £60,000 - 36
Dorset -18 9 £60,000 - 14
Cornwall +8 2 £62,000 - 3
Lead
England

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

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

1 72 (34.12%) Mentoring
2 67 (31.75%) Finance
3 63 (29.86%) Agile
4 59 (27.96%) AWS
5 50 (23.70%) Software Engineering
6 47 (22.27%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (21.80%) Social Skills
8 45 (21.33%) Azure
9 41 (19.43%) Degree
10 36 (17.06%) DevOps
11 35 (16.59%) Roadmaps
12 34 (16.11%) CI/CD
12 34 (16.11%) Analytical Skills
12 34 (16.11%) Test Automation
13 33 (15.64%) Python
13 33 (15.64%) BPSS Clearance
14 32 (15.17%) Java
14 32 (15.17%) JavaScript
15 29 (13.74%) Coaching
15 29 (13.74%) Docker
15 29 (13.74%) Systems Engineering
16 28 (13.27%) Technical Leadership
16 28 (13.27%) GCP
17 26 (12.32%) Computer Science
17 26 (12.32%) Security Cleared
17 26 (12.32%) Business Intelligence
17 26 (12.32%) Power Platform
18 25 (11.85%) Microservices
18 25 (11.85%) Product Management
18 25 (11.85%) Containerisation

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 5 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.42%) CMS
3 2 (0.95%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.95%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.47%) Apache
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.47%) Apache Solr
4 1 (0.47%) Appian
4 1 (0.47%) DNN
4 1 (0.47%) Kentico
4 1 (0.47%) Mendix
4 1 (0.47%) nginx
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (0.47%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.47%) Sitefinity
4 1 (0.47%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (2.84%) Infor LN
1 6 (2.84%) SAP BPC
2 4 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.95%) BASE24
4 1 (0.47%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.47%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 59 (27.96%) AWS
2 45 (21.33%) Azure
3 28 (13.27%) GCP
4 26 (12.32%) Power Platform
5 9 (4.27%) Serverless
6 7 (3.32%) npm
7 6 (2.84%) Power Automate
7 6 (2.84%) Pulumi
7 6 (2.84%) SaaS
7 6 (2.84%) Snowflake
8 5 (2.37%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.37%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.90%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.42%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.42%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 3 (1.42%) Collibra
11 2 (0.95%) Azure Functions
11 2 (0.95%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (0.95%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 14 (6.64%) Broadband
2 9 (4.27%) 5G
2 9 (4.27%) Firewall
2 9 (4.27%) SD-WAN
2 9 (4.27%) WAN
3 8 (3.79%) VPN
4 6 (2.84%) Network Security
5 3 (1.42%) TCP/IP
5 3 (1.42%) VLAN
6 2 (0.95%) ATM
6 2 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.95%) IPv4
6 2 (0.95%) OSPF
7 1 (0.47%) DNS
7 1 (0.47%) HTTP
7 1 (0.47%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.47%) Internet
7 1 (0.47%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.53%) Power BI
2 17 (8.06%) Tableau
3 11 (5.21%) Relational Database
4 9 (4.27%) MySQL
4 9 (4.27%) NoSQL
5 8 (3.79%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (3.79%) SQL Server
6 7 (3.32%) RDBMS
7 6 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (2.37%) Big Data
8 5 (2.37%) BigQuery
8 5 (2.37%) Data Hub
8 5 (2.37%) Looker
9 4 (1.90%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 3 (1.42%) Ataccama
10 3 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (1.42%) Metadata
11 2 (0.95%) GIS
11 2 (0.95%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 18 (8.53%) Git
2 7 (3.32%) Cucumber
2 7 (3.32%) Cypress.io
2 7 (3.32%) Sonatype Nexus
2 7 (3.32%) webpack
3 6 (2.84%) Jaeger
3 6 (2.84%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (1.42%) GitLab
4 3 (1.42%) JIRA
5 2 (0.95%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.95%) Postman
5 2 (0.95%) Selenium
5 2 (0.95%) VersaTest
6 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 67 (31.75%) Finance
2 46 (21.80%) Social Skills
3 34 (16.11%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (9.95%) Banking
5 18 (8.53%) Aerospace
6 15 (7.11%) Electronics
7 13 (6.16%) Games
7 13 (6.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (6.16%) Retail
8 12 (5.69%) Aeronautics
9 11 (5.21%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (3.79%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (3.79%) Police
10 8 (3.79%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.90%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.90%) Marketing
11 4 (1.90%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.42%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.95%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (8.53%) CSS
2 15 (7.11%) HTML
2 15 (7.11%) React
3 14 (6.64%) RESTful
4 13 (6.16%) Spring Boot
5 11 (5.21%) LAMP
5 11 (5.21%) Laravel
6 10 (4.74%) .NET
6 10 (4.74%) Node.js
7 7 (3.32%) AngularJS
7 7 (3.32%) Jest
7 7 (3.32%) Kafka
7 7 (3.32%) Next.js
7 7 (3.32%) Web Services
8 6 (2.84%) Elastic Stack
8 6 (2.84%) OpenTelemetry
8 6 (2.84%) Tailwind CSS
9 5 (2.37%) SailPoint
10 4 (1.90%) .NET Core
10 4 (1.90%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 15 (7.11%) Management Information System
2 12 (5.69%) Cloud Native
2 12 (5.69%) Public Cloud
3 9 (4.27%) Self-Driving Car
4 8 (3.79%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.79%) Mobile App
4 8 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.32%) Distributed Applications
6 5 (2.37%) Algorithms
6 5 (2.37%) Reinsurance
7 4 (1.90%) Data Structures
7 4 (1.90%) Legacy Applications
7 4 (1.90%) N-Tier
8 2 (0.95%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.95%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.95%) EMV
8 2 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.95%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.95%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (0.95%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.06%) Linux
2 10 (4.74%) Windows
3 6 (2.84%) Apple iOS
3 6 (2.84%) Unix
4 1 (0.47%) Android
4 1 (0.47%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.47%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (34.12%) Mentoring
2 63 (29.86%) Agile
3 50 (23.70%) Software Engineering
4 47 (22.27%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (17.06%) DevOps
6 35 (16.59%) Roadmaps
7 34 (16.11%) CI/CD
7 34 (16.11%) Test Automation
8 29 (13.74%) Coaching
8 29 (13.74%) Systems Engineering
9 28 (13.27%) Technical Leadership
10 26 (12.32%) Business Intelligence
10 26 (12.32%) Computer Science
11 25 (11.85%) Containerisation
11 25 (11.85%) Microservices
11 25 (11.85%) Product Management
12 23 (10.90%) Continuous Improvement
12 23 (10.90%) Continuous Integration
13 20 (9.48%) Full-Stack Development
14 19 (9.00%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 33 (15.64%) Python
2 32 (15.17%) Java
2 32 (15.17%) JavaScript
3 21 (9.95%) SQL
4 19 (9.00%) C#
5 18 (8.53%) PHP
6 11 (5.21%) TypeScript
7 10 (4.74%) Bash
8 8 (3.79%) Go
9 6 (2.84%) C++
10 4 (1.90%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.42%) R
11 3 (1.42%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.95%) COBOL
13 1 (0.47%) C
13 1 (0.47%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.47%) Scala
13 1 (0.47%) VB
13 1 (0.47%) X++
Qualifications
1 41 (19.43%) Degree
2 33 (15.64%) BPSS Clearance
3 26 (12.32%) Security Cleared
4 16 (7.58%) SC Cleared
5 12 (5.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (5.21%) DV Cleared
7 10 (4.74%) AWS Certification
8 7 (3.32%) ACCA
8 7 (3.32%) CIMA
9 6 (2.84%) CISM
9 6 (2.84%) CISSP
10 3 (1.42%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.47%) CCNP
12 1 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.47%) ISEB
12 1 (0.47%) OCP
12 1 (0.47%) Oracle Certification
12 1 (0.47%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (6.16%) QA
2 12 (5.69%) NIST
3 10 (4.74%) GDPR
4 9 (4.27%) Accessibility
5 8 (3.79%) PMO
6 6 (2.84%) GAAP
6 6 (2.84%) IFRS
6 6 (2.84%) NCSC
7 5 (2.37%) Data Quality
7 5 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (1.42%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.47%) COBIT
9 1 (0.47%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.47%) SLA
System Software
1 29 (13.74%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.47%) Firmware
2 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 19 (9.00%) Kubernetes
2 17 (8.06%) Terraform
3 10 (4.74%) Ansible
4 8 (3.79%) Prometheus
5 6 (2.84%) Argo
5 6 (2.84%) Kustomize
6 2 (0.95%) Grafana
6 2 (0.95%) Puppet
7 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.47%) SCCM
Vendors
1 23 (10.90%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.58%) Google
3 11 (5.21%) Oracle
4 9 (4.27%) Databricks
5 8 (3.79%) SAP
6 6 (2.84%) Cognos
6 6 (2.84%) Infor
7 3 (1.42%) VMware
8 2 (0.95%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.95%) HP
8 2 (0.95%) IFS
8 2 (0.95%) Red Hat
8 2 (0.95%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.95%) Twitter
9 1 (0.47%) ForgeRock
9 1 (0.47%) Pega
9 1 (0.47%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.47%) Sitecore
9 1 (0.47%) SnapLogic
9 1 (0.47%) Verint