Lead Jobs in Wales

Leader
UK > Wales

The median Leader salary in Wales is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 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 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 54 26
Rank change year-on-year +38 -28 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 146 86 158
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 7.57% 5.03% 8.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.16% 5.81% 8.65%
Number of salaries quoted 126 69 103
10th Percentile £46,250 - £38,357
25th Percentile £55,000 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £55,197
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +15.95% +1.28%
75th Percentile £73,099 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.45% - +3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,789 1,481 1,827
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 86.61% 93.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,271 806 1,206
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,391 £31,475
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +16.85%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Wales

Lead
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Lead in Wales

Lead
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Wales over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in Wales

Lead
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Wales region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
South Wales +45 130 £65,000 -5.11% 15
West Wales +5 8 £66,199 +47.11% 3
North Wales +2 8 £75,000 -
Lead
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 Wales region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 42 (28.77%) Agile
2 37 (25.34%) Mentoring
3 35 (23.97%) Azure
4 32 (21.92%) Security Cleared
5 30 (20.55%) Microsoft
6 29 (19.86%) Social Skills
7 26 (17.81%) SC Cleared
8 21 (14.38%) AWS
9 18 (12.33%) Public Sector
10 17 (11.64%) JavaScript
11 16 (10.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (10.27%) Coaching
13 14 (9.59%) DevOps
14 13 (8.90%) Finance
15 12 (8.22%) Software Engineering
15 12 (8.22%) SQL
15 12 (8.22%) Python
16 11 (7.53%) C#
16 11 (7.53%) Project Management
16 11 (7.53%) QA
16 11 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
17 10 (6.85%) Technical Leadership
17 10 (6.85%) Roadmaps
17 10 (6.85%) Open Source
17 10 (6.85%) Enterprise Software
17 10 (6.85%) Java
17 10 (6.85%) Degree
17 10 (6.85%) Scrum
18 9 (6.16%) Migration
18 9 (6.16%) Retail

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (4.11%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.74%) WebLogic
3 2 (1.37%) Apache
3 2 (1.37%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.68%) CMS
4 1 (0.68%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (1.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (3.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (1.37%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 35 (23.97%) Azure
2 21 (14.38%) AWS
3 11 (7.53%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (6.16%) Power Platform
5 6 (4.11%) dbt
6 5 (3.42%) SaaS
7 4 (2.74%) Amazon EKS
7 4 (2.74%) Amazon SQS
7 4 (2.74%) Azure API Management
7 4 (2.74%) Azure Service Bus
7 4 (2.74%) GCP
8 3 (2.05%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.05%) GitHub
8 3 (2.05%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.37%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (1.37%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.37%) Serverless
10 1 (0.68%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.68%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 1 (0.68%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.74%) BGP
1 4 (2.74%) DNS
1 4 (2.74%) SSL
1 4 (2.74%) TCP/IP
2 3 (2.05%) Software-Defined Radio
3 2 (1.37%) Intranet
4 1 (0.68%) Broadband
4 1 (0.68%) HTTP
4 1 (0.68%) VPN
4 1 (0.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
1 5 (3.42%) Relational Database
2 4 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (2.74%) Oracle Database
2 4 (2.74%) RDBMS
3 3 (2.05%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.37%) Big Data
4 2 (1.37%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (1.37%) GIS
4 2 (1.37%) Redis
5 1 (0.68%) Adabas
5 1 (0.68%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (4.11%) GitLab
2 5 (3.42%) Selenium
3 4 (2.74%) Git
3 4 (2.74%) Visual Studio
4 2 (1.37%) GitKraken
4 2 (1.37%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.37%) JetBrains Rider
4 2 (1.37%) JMeter
4 2 (1.37%) Postman
4 2 (1.37%) ReSharper
4 2 (1.37%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.68%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.68%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.68%) IntelliJ
5 1 (0.68%) JUnit
5 1 (0.68%) TestNG
General
1 29 (19.86%) Social Skills
2 18 (12.33%) Public Sector
3 16 (10.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 13 (8.90%) Finance
5 9 (6.16%) Retail
6 6 (4.11%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.05%) Police
8 2 (1.37%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.37%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.68%) Automotive
9 1 (0.68%) Electronics
9 1 (0.68%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.68%) Legal
9 1 (0.68%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.16%) React
2 7 (4.79%) .NET
3 6 (4.11%) RabbitMQ
3 6 (4.11%) REST
3 6 (4.11%) Spring Boot
4 5 (3.42%) Node.js
5 3 (2.05%) .NET Framework
5 3 (2.05%) ASP.NET
5 3 (2.05%) Django
5 3 (2.05%) Entity Framework
5 3 (2.05%) HTML
5 3 (2.05%) RESTful
6 2 (1.37%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.37%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (1.37%) Blazor
6 2 (1.37%) CSS
6 2 (1.37%) Spring
7 1 (0.68%) Lightning Web Components
7 1 (0.68%) Visualforce
7 1 (0.68%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.85%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (3.42%) IoT
2 5 (3.42%) Private Cloud
2 5 (3.42%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.74%) Public Cloud
4 3 (2.05%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.37%) Blockchain
5 2 (1.37%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.37%) Life Science
5 2 (1.37%) Low-Code
5 2 (1.37%) PMI
6 1 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.68%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (0.68%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (0.68%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.68%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.68%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.68%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.74%) Linux
1 4 (2.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.68%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (28.77%) Agile
2 37 (25.34%) Mentoring
3 15 (10.27%) Coaching
4 14 (9.59%) DevOps
5 12 (8.22%) Software Engineering
6 11 (7.53%) Project Management
7 10 (6.85%) Open Source
7 10 (6.85%) Roadmaps
7 10 (6.85%) Scrum
7 10 (6.85%) Technical Leadership
8 9 (6.16%) Full Stack Development
8 9 (6.16%) Migration
9 8 (5.48%) CI/CD
9 8 (5.48%) Code Quality
9 8 (5.48%) Continuous Integration
9 8 (5.48%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (5.48%) Project Delivery
9 8 (5.48%) SDLC
9 8 (5.48%) Software Testing
9 8 (5.48%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.64%) JavaScript
2 12 (8.22%) Python
2 12 (8.22%) SQL
3 11 (7.53%) C#
4 10 (6.85%) Java
5 6 (4.11%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.37%) PHP
6 2 (1.37%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.68%) Ada
7 1 (0.68%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.68%) C
7 1 (0.68%) C++
7 1 (0.68%) Go
7 1 (0.68%) JCL
7 1 (0.68%) Natural
7 1 (0.68%) REXX
Qualifications
1 32 (21.92%) Security Cleared
2 26 (17.81%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.85%) Degree
4 5 (3.42%) CCIE
4 5 (3.42%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.74%) AWS Certification
5 4 (2.74%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 4 (2.74%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.05%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.37%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.68%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (7.53%) QA
2 4 (2.74%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.37%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.37%) PMO
3 2 (1.37%) WCAG
4 1 (0.68%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (2.05%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.37%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.68%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (20.55%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.48%) Cisco
3 7 (4.79%) Salesforce
3 7 (4.79%) Sitecore
4 4 (2.74%) Oracle
4 4 (2.74%) Sparx
5 3 (2.05%) MuleSoft
6 2 (1.37%) Databricks
6 2 (1.37%) OutSystems
7 1 (0.68%) IBM
7 1 (0.68%) ServiceNow