Lead Jobs in Swansea

Leader
West Wales > Swansea

The median Leader salary in Swansea is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 23 20
Rank change year-on-year +1 -3 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 9 15 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Swansea 5.45% 6.47% 10.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.45% 7.43% 10.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9 15 19
10th Percentile £60,582 - -
25th Percentile £61,250 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% +12.50% -27.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £58,348 £42,500
90th Percentile £79,250 £74,928 £46,500
West Wales median annual salary £70,000 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +55.56% +12.50% -27.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Swansea

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Swansea. 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 Swansea with a recognized job title 165 202 199
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 87.07% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 148 160 179
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,250 £29,650
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +25.00%
75th Percentile £55,125 £50,313 £53,750
90th Percentile £66,421 £61,250 £75,000
West Wales median annual salary £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% +24.47%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Swansea

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Swansea

Lead
Salary Trend in Swansea

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead in Swansea.

Salary trend for Lead in Swansea

Lead
Salary Histogram in Swansea

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Swansea over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in Swansea

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swansea

For the 6 months to 2 May 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 Swansea region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 8 (88.89%) CI/CD
2 6 (66.67%) DevOps
2 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (66.67%) C#
2 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 6 (66.67%) .NET
2 6 (66.67%) Azure
3 5 (55.56%) Git
3 5 (55.56%) SQL
4 4 (44.44%) .NET Core
4 4 (44.44%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (33.33%) TypeScript
5 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 3 (33.33%) Front End Development
5 3 (33.33%) Vue
5 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 3 (33.33%) Scrum
5 3 (33.33%) AWS
5 3 (33.33%) SaaS
5 3 (33.33%) Agile
5 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
6 2 (22.22%) Selenium
6 2 (22.22%) Kanban
6 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
6 2 (22.22%) Jenkins
6 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
6 2 (22.22%) C++
6 2 (22.22%) HTML
6 2 (22.22%) JUnit
6 2 (22.22%) CSS

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swansea 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (66.67%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (33.33%) AWS
3 3 (33.33%) SaaS
4 2 (22.22%) GCP
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Git
2 2 (22.22%) Jenkins
2 2 (22.22%) JUnit
2 2 (22.22%) Selenium
2 2 (22.22%) TestNG
General
1 6 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (66.67%) .NET
2 4 (44.44%) .NET Core
3 3 (33.33%) Vue
4 2 (22.22%) CSS
4 2 (22.22%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (88.89%) CI/CD
2 6 (66.67%) DevOps
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Front End Development
3 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 3 (33.33%) Scrum
3 3 (33.33%) Software Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Full Stack Development
4 2 (22.22%) Kanban
4 2 (22.22%) Test Automation
4 2 (22.22%) Test Strategy
5 1 (11.11%) Architecture Governance
5 1 (11.11%) Data Security
5 1 (11.11%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (11.11%) Software Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (11.11%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) C#
1 6 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 5 (55.56%) SQL
3 3 (33.33%) TypeScript
4 2 (22.22%) C++
4 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft