Lead Jobs in the West Midlands

Leader
England > West Midlands

The median Leader salary in the West Midlands is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 18 19 21
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 601 738 660
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.32% 10.97% 9.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.84% 12.18% 9.65%
Number of salaries quoted 438 346 369
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,625 £34,250
25th Percentile £52,500 £51,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% -11.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,981 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £83,750 £78,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £73,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.74% +4.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,797 6,058 6,842
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 90.07% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 5,139 3,388 4,754
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the West Midlands

Lead
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Lead in the West Midlands

Lead
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in the West Midlands

Lead
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Birmingham +23 272 £73,805 +18.09% 51
Warwickshire -3 108 £70,000 +27.27% 18
Staffordshire -16 30 £44,500 -15.64% 22
Wolverhampton +17 29 £53,500 -20.74% 3
Shropshire +13 25 £65,000 +13.04% 4
Coventry +43 23 £49,000 -21.60% 10
Worcestershire -9 23 £55,000 +21.79% 7
Solihull -14 18 £67,500 -6.90% 6
West Bromwich - 6 £80,000 -
Wednesbury - 4 £55,000 -
Dudley - 2 £73,805 - 3
Walsall +21 1 £77,500 +40.91% 1
Herefordshire +3 1 £31,516 -68.48%
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 West Midlands region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 128 (21.30%) Agile
2 108 (17.97%) Mentoring
3 103 (17.14%) Finance
4 95 (15.81%) Social Skills
5 79 (13.14%) Coaching
6 70 (11.65%) Degree
7 66 (10.98%) Automotive
8 61 (10.15%) AWS
8 61 (10.15%) Roadmaps
9 57 (9.48%) Project Management
9 57 (9.48%) Problem-Solving
10 56 (9.32%) Microsoft
11 54 (8.99%) Azure
12 53 (8.82%) JavaScript
13 50 (8.32%) QA
13 50 (8.32%) React
14 48 (7.99%) Continuous Improvement
15 44 (7.32%) Supplier Management
16 43 (7.15%) SQL
16 43 (7.15%) CI/CD
17 42 (6.99%) TypeScript
18 40 (6.66%) DevOps
18 40 (6.66%) Microservices
18 40 (6.66%) Node.js
18 40 (6.66%) Manufacturing
19 38 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
19 38 (6.32%) Power Platform
20 37 (6.16%) Technical Leadership
20 37 (6.16%) Business Intelligence
21 36 (5.99%) Public Sector

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 13 (2.16%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.50%) Appian
3 9 (1.50%) IIS
4 8 (1.33%) Confluence
5 6 (1.00%) Tuxedo
5 6 (1.00%) WordPress
6 3 (0.50%) CMS
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.17%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.67%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.50%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.33%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.17%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.17%) Blender
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.17%) Simulink
6 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (2.16%) Shopify
2 7 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.50%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.50%) Sage 300 ERP
3 3 (0.50%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.33%) SAP BPC
4 2 (0.33%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (0.33%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.17%) Magento
5 1 (0.17%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 61 (10.15%) AWS
2 54 (8.99%) Azure
3 38 (6.32%) Power Platform
4 31 (5.16%) Serverless
5 22 (3.66%) GCP
6 19 (3.16%) SaaS
7 13 (2.16%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (2.16%) PowerApps
8 12 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (2.00%) Power Automate
9 11 (1.83%) Amazon Kinesis
9 11 (1.83%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
11 7 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (1.16%) Amazon SQS
11 7 (1.16%) Contentful
11 7 (1.16%) Google Analytics
11 7 (1.16%) Google Tag Manager
11 7 (1.16%) Vercel
12 6 (1.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.16%) Ethernet
1 7 (1.16%) Firewall
2 6 (1.00%) DNS
2 6 (1.00%) TCP/IP
3 5 (0.83%) HTTP
4 4 (0.67%) Bluetooth
5 3 (0.50%) DHCP
5 3 (0.50%) Intranet
5 3 (0.50%) LAN
5 3 (0.50%) MQTT
5 3 (0.50%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.50%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (0.50%) SSL
5 3 (0.50%) VPN
5 3 (0.50%) WAN
5 3 (0.50%) Wireless
6 2 (0.33%) Internet
6 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.17%) DAB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.99%) Power BI
2 32 (5.32%) SQL Server
3 16 (2.66%) MySQL
4 15 (2.50%) Relational Database
5 12 (2.00%) NoSQL
6 11 (1.83%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
7 10 (1.66%) DynamoDB
8 8 (1.33%) RDBMS
8 8 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (1.33%) Tableau
9 7 (1.16%) Amazon Aurora
9 7 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
10 5 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.50%) DB2
12 3 (0.50%) MongoDB
12 3 (0.50%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.33%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 1 (0.17%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 18 (3.00%) Git
2 17 (2.83%) JIRA
3 8 (1.33%) Selenium
3 8 (1.33%) TeamCity
4 6 (1.00%) CANoe
4 6 (1.00%) Octopus Deploy
5 5 (0.83%) NUnit
6 4 (0.67%) Postman
7 3 (0.50%) Subversion
8 2 (0.33%) GitLab
8 2 (0.33%) gulp
8 2 (0.33%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.33%) LSMW
9 1 (0.17%) Appium
9 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.17%) JUnit
9 1 (0.17%) Maven
9 1 (0.17%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.17%) TestNG
9 1 (0.17%) Vite
General
1 103 (17.14%) Finance
2 95 (15.81%) Social Skills
3 66 (10.98%) Automotive
4 40 (6.66%) Manufacturing
5 38 (6.32%) Analytical Skills
6 36 (5.99%) Public Sector
7 29 (4.83%) Legal
8 26 (4.33%) Marketing
9 20 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (1.83%) Electronics
12 10 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.50%) Environmental Health
13 9 (1.50%) Local Government
13 9 (1.50%) Retail
14 7 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (1.00%) Games
15 6 (1.00%) Telecoms
16 5 (0.83%) Law
17 4 (0.67%) Billing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (8.32%) React
2 40 (6.66%) Node.js
3 30 (4.99%) .NET
4 16 (2.66%) HTML
5 15 (2.50%) CSS
5 15 (2.50%) REST
6 14 (2.33%) AngularJS
7 13 (2.16%) .NET Core
8 12 (2.00%) Next.js
9 11 (1.83%) Laravel
9 11 (1.83%) RESTful
10 10 (1.66%) JSON
10 10 (1.66%) XML
11 9 (1.50%) GraphQL
12 8 (1.33%) Vue
13 6 (1.00%) jQuery
14 5 (0.83%) ASP.NET
14 5 (0.83%) ASP.NET Web API
14 5 (0.83%) Spring
14 5 (0.83%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 34 (5.66%) Management Information System
2 17 (2.83%) Product Ownership
3 14 (2.33%) Cloud Native
3 14 (2.33%) SCADA
4 13 (2.16%) Low-Code
5 12 (2.00%) Greenfield Project
6 11 (1.83%) Industry 4.0
7 9 (1.50%) Infotainment
7 9 (1.50%) NHS
8 8 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.16%) Augmented Reality
9 7 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.16%) PMI
9 7 (1.16%) Virtual Reality
10 6 (1.00%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 6 (1.00%) IoT
10 6 (1.00%) Onboarding
11 5 (0.83%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (0.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 19 (3.16%) Windows
2 13 (2.16%) Linux
3 4 (0.67%) VMS
3 4 (0.67%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.67%) Windows 7
4 3 (0.50%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (0.50%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.33%) Android
5 2 (0.33%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.33%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (21.30%) Agile
2 108 (17.97%) Mentoring
3 79 (13.14%) Coaching
4 61 (10.15%) Roadmaps
5 57 (9.48%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (9.48%) Project Management
6 48 (7.99%) Continuous Improvement
7 44 (7.32%) Supplier Management
8 43 (7.15%) CI/CD
9 40 (6.66%) DevOps
9 40 (6.66%) Microservices
10 37 (6.16%) Business Intelligence
10 37 (6.16%) Technical Leadership
11 35 (5.82%) Software Engineering
12 31 (5.16%) Customer Service
12 31 (5.16%) Full Stack Development
13 30 (4.99%) Decision-Making
13 30 (4.99%) Stakeholder Management
14 28 (4.66%) ITIL
14 28 (4.66%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 53 (8.82%) JavaScript
2 43 (7.15%) SQL
3 42 (6.99%) TypeScript
4 34 (5.66%) Java
5 33 (5.49%) C#
5 33 (5.49%) Python
6 16 (2.66%) C
7 13 (2.16%) Go
8 10 (1.66%) COBOL
8 10 (1.66%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 9 (1.50%) PHP
10 8 (1.33%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.33%) R
11 7 (1.16%) C++
12 4 (0.67%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.50%) Ruby
13 3 (0.50%) VB
13 3 (0.50%) XAML
14 2 (0.33%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.33%) VB6
Qualifications
1 70 (11.65%) Degree
2 21 (3.49%) Security Cleared
3 17 (2.83%) SC Cleared
4 13 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.16%) Azure Certification
5 7 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (1.16%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.00%) CISM
6 6 (1.00%) CISSP
7 5 (0.83%) CREST Certified
7 5 (0.83%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.67%) CCNP
9 3 (0.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (0.50%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.50%) CCSK
9 3 (0.50%) CCSP
9 3 (0.50%) HND
9 3 (0.50%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.33%) APMP
10 2 (0.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (8.32%) QA
2 14 (2.33%) GDPR
3 13 (2.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.66%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.16%) ISO 26262
6 4 (0.67%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.67%) NIST
6 4 (0.67%) SLA
7 3 (0.50%) AUTOSAR
8 2 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.33%) IFRS
8 2 (0.33%) NCSC
8 2 (0.33%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.17%) COSHH
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.17%) GRC
9 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.17%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (3.99%) Docker
2 8 (1.33%) Embedded Firmware
2 8 (1.33%) Firmware
3 7 (1.16%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.50%) vSphere
5 2 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (3.16%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.83%) Functional Safety
3 10 (1.66%) Terraform
4 4 (0.67%) Data Guard
5 3 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 56 (9.32%) Microsoft
2 24 (3.99%) ServiceNow
3 20 (3.33%) Oracle
4 13 (2.16%) Cisco
5 12 (2.00%) Databricks
6 11 (1.83%) Google
6 11 (1.83%) Pega
7 10 (1.66%) Micro Focus
8 9 (1.50%) Palo Alto
9 8 (1.33%) Atlassian
10 7 (1.16%) IBM
10 7 (1.16%) SAP
10 7 (1.16%) VMware
11 6 (1.00%) CheckPoint
11 6 (1.00%) Informatica
12 5 (0.83%) Sage
12 5 (0.83%) Unisys
13 4 (0.67%) Meraki
14 3 (0.50%) Citrix
14 3 (0.50%) Dell