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 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 17 17 18
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 595 484 924
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.50% 9.54% 10.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.02% 10.59% 11.26%
Number of salaries quoted 410 277 547
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,750 £40,200
25th Percentile £51,894 £50,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +22.45% -10.91%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,625 £80,000 £84,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 6,598 4,571 8,205
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 90.05% 93.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,468 3,109 5,288
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,600 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +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 26 July 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 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
Birmingham +15 276 £67,155 +7.45% 19
Warwickshire -10 110 £62,995 +14.54% 13
Staffordshire -10 47 £55,000 +24.29% 10
Worcestershire +6 36 £67,500 +50.00% 3
Coventry +25 19 £47,500 -3.11% 7
Wolverhampton +3 18 £53,500 -22.18% 2
Shropshire +13 17 £60,000 +4.35% 5
Solihull -12 9 £67,500 -6.90% 3
West Bromwich - 6 £80,000 - 1
Wednesbury - 4 £55,000 -
Dudley +3 3 £73,805 -
Lead
England

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

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 West Midlands region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 112 (18.82%) Agile
2 96 (16.13%) Social Skills
3 87 (14.62%) Finance
4 82 (13.78%) Mentoring
5 74 (12.44%) Coaching
6 60 (10.08%) Degree
7 57 (9.58%) Project Management
7 57 (9.58%) Problem-Solving
8 54 (9.08%) Microsoft
9 52 (8.74%) Software Engineering
10 51 (8.57%) JavaScript
11 49 (8.24%) AWS
12 47 (7.90%) Azure
12 47 (7.90%) Automotive
13 45 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
14 44 (7.39%) Roadmaps
15 40 (6.72%) QA
16 38 (6.39%) Analytical Skills
16 38 (6.39%) ITIL
17 36 (6.05%) Manufacturing
18 35 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
19 34 (5.71%) Change Management
19 34 (5.71%) React
20 33 (5.55%) Stakeholder Management
20 33 (5.55%) Power Platform
21 31 (5.21%) CI/CD
21 31 (5.21%) C#
21 31 (5.21%) DevOps
22 28 (4.71%) Public Sector
23 27 (4.54%) ServiceNow

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 18 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 9 (1.51%) Appian
2 9 (1.51%) IIS
3 6 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.01%) WordPress
4 5 (0.84%) Tuxedo
5 3 (0.50%) CMS
5 3 (0.50%) Confluence
6 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.50%) AutoCAD
4 2 (0.34%) Blender
4 2 (0.34%) CANalyzer
5 1 (0.17%) Abaqus
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.17%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.17%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.17%) Simulink
5 1 (0.17%) Sketch
5 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.34%) Sage 200
2 2 (0.34%) Sage 300 ERP
2 2 (0.34%) Shopify
3 1 (0.17%) SAP EHS
Cloud Services
1 49 (8.24%) AWS
2 47 (7.90%) Azure
3 33 (5.55%) Power Platform
4 17 (2.86%) SaaS
5 16 (2.69%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (2.35%) GCP
6 14 (2.35%) Serverless
7 11 (1.85%) Power Automate
8 10 (1.68%) Amazon Kinesis
8 10 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
8 10 (1.68%) PowerApps
9 9 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (1.01%) Amazon SQS
13 5 (0.84%) dbt
13 5 (0.84%) Snowflake
14 4 (0.67%) Amazon S3
14 4 (0.67%) Entra ID
14 4 (0.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.51%) Firewall
2 6 (1.01%) DNS
3 5 (0.84%) WAN
4 4 (0.67%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.50%) Ethernet
5 3 (0.50%) HTTP
5 3 (0.50%) MQTT
5 3 (0.50%) SD-WAN
5 3 (0.50%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (0.50%) SSL
6 2 (0.34%) FTP
6 2 (0.34%) LAN
6 2 (0.34%) Network Security
7 1 (0.17%) DAB
7 1 (0.17%) DHCP
7 1 (0.17%) Intranet
7 1 (0.17%) VPN
7 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.37%) Power BI
2 22 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 16 (2.69%) MySQL
4 9 (1.51%) Amazon RDS
4 9 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.51%) DynamoDB
4 9 (1.51%) Relational Database
5 7 (1.18%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.18%) RDBMS
6 6 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.01%) Tableau
7 5 (0.84%) Amazon Aurora
7 5 (0.84%) Amazon Redshift
7 5 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
8 4 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.50%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.34%) DB2
11 1 (0.17%) Oracle Database
11 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (1.68%) Git
2 9 (1.51%) JIRA
3 6 (1.01%) Octopus Deploy
3 6 (1.01%) TeamCity
4 4 (0.67%) GitLab
4 4 (0.67%) Postman
5 3 (0.50%) Subversion
6 2 (0.34%) CANoe
6 2 (0.34%) NUnit
6 2 (0.34%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.17%) Appium
7 1 (0.17%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.17%) gulp
7 1 (0.17%) JUnit
7 1 (0.17%) Selenium
7 1 (0.17%) TestNG
7 1 (0.17%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.17%) Vite
General
1 96 (16.13%) Social Skills
2 87 (14.62%) Finance
3 47 (7.90%) Automotive
4 38 (6.39%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (6.05%) Manufacturing
6 28 (4.71%) Public Sector
7 26 (4.37%) Retail
8 23 (3.87%) Legal
9 15 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 15 (2.52%) Marketing
9 15 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (2.18%) Electronics
11 10 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.34%) Games
14 5 (0.84%) Environmental Health
15 4 (0.67%) Banking
15 4 (0.67%) Local Government
15 4 (0.67%) Telecoms
16 3 (0.50%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (5.71%) React
2 23 (3.87%) Node.js
3 18 (3.03%) .NET
4 17 (2.86%) HTML
5 16 (2.69%) CSS
6 15 (2.52%) Laravel
7 12 (2.02%) AngularJS
8 10 (1.68%) .NET Core
8 10 (1.68%) Vue
8 10 (1.68%) XML
9 8 (1.34%) JSON
9 8 (1.34%) Symfony
10 7 (1.18%) RESTful
11 6 (1.01%) Unity (Game Engine)
12 4 (0.67%) jQuery
12 4 (0.67%) REST
12 4 (0.67%) Spring
12 4 (0.67%) Spring Boot
13 3 (0.50%) Django
13 3 (0.50%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 24 (4.03%) Management Information System
2 22 (3.70%) Product Ownership
3 15 (2.52%) Cloud Native
4 13 (2.18%) Augmented Reality
5 12 (2.02%) Low-Code
5 12 (2.02%) Virtual Reality
6 11 (1.85%) Industry 4.0
6 11 (1.85%) Mobile App
6 11 (1.85%) SCADA
6 11 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.18%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (1.18%) PMI
8 6 (1.01%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.01%) e-Learning
8 6 (1.01%) Industrial Internet of Things
8 6 (1.01%) IoT
9 5 (0.84%) Algorithms
9 5 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (0.84%) NHS
9 5 (0.84%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 16 (2.69%) Windows
2 15 (2.52%) Linux
3 8 (1.34%) Embedded Linux
4 5 (0.84%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.67%) VMS
5 4 (0.67%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.34%) Android
7 2 (0.34%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.17%) FreeRTOS
8 1 (0.17%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (18.82%) Agile
2 82 (13.78%) Mentoring
3 74 (12.44%) Coaching
4 57 (9.58%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (9.58%) Project Management
5 52 (8.74%) Software Engineering
6 45 (7.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 44 (7.39%) Roadmaps
8 38 (6.39%) ITIL
9 35 (5.88%) Technical Leadership
10 34 (5.71%) Change Management
11 33 (5.55%) Stakeholder Management
12 31 (5.21%) CI/CD
12 31 (5.21%) DevOps
13 27 (4.54%) Business Intelligence
14 26 (4.37%) Supplier Management
15 25 (4.20%) Microservices
16 23 (3.87%) Computer Science
17 22 (3.70%) Customer Service
18 21 (3.53%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 51 (8.57%) JavaScript
2 31 (5.21%) C#
3 27 (4.54%) Java
4 25 (4.20%) Python
5 23 (3.87%) SQL
5 23 (3.87%) TypeScript
6 16 (2.69%) C++
7 12 (2.02%) PHP
8 9 (1.51%) C
8 9 (1.51%) COBOL
8 9 (1.51%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 6 (1.01%) Go
9 6 (1.01%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.01%) R
10 3 (0.50%) Ruby
10 3 (0.50%) XAML
11 2 (0.34%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.34%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.34%) SOQL
11 2 (0.34%) Swift
Qualifications
1 60 (10.08%) Degree
2 21 (3.53%) Security Cleared
3 16 (2.69%) SC Cleared
4 14 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.68%) CISSP
6 9 (1.51%) CISM
6 9 (1.51%) PMI Certification
7 8 (1.34%) Azure Certification
8 5 (0.84%) CREST Certified
9 4 (0.67%) DV Cleared
9 4 (0.67%) HND
9 4 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (0.50%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 3 (0.50%) APMP
10 3 (0.50%) AWS Certification
10 3 (0.50%) CCSK
10 3 (0.50%) CCSP
10 3 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.50%) ISTQB
11 2 (0.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (6.72%) QA
2 11 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 10 (1.68%) GDPR
4 6 (1.01%) NIST
4 6 (1.01%) PMO
5 5 (0.84%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (0.67%) Data Quality
6 4 (0.67%) NCSC
7 3 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.50%) GRC
7 3 (0.50%) ISO 26262
7 3 (0.50%) SLA
8 2 (0.34%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.17%) Automotive SPICE
9 1 (0.17%) AUTOSAR
9 1 (0.17%) COSHH
9 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 12 (2.02%) Active Directory
1 12 (2.02%) Docker
1 12 (2.02%) Embedded Firmware
1 12 (2.02%) Firmware
2 5 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.50%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (0.50%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (0.50%) vSphere
4 2 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.34%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 16 (2.69%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.68%) Terraform
3 5 (0.84%) Functional Safety
4 3 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 3 (0.50%) SCCM
4 3 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.34%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.34%) SCOM
6 1 (0.17%) Ansible
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 54 (9.08%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.54%) ServiceNow
3 14 (2.35%) Oracle
4 10 (1.68%) Pega
5 9 (1.51%) Micro Focus
5 9 (1.51%) VMware
6 6 (1.01%) Citrix
6 6 (1.01%) IBM
7 5 (0.84%) Databricks
7 5 (0.84%) Google
7 5 (0.84%) Informatica
7 5 (0.84%) Unisys
8 4 (0.67%) Atlassian
8 4 (0.67%) Cisco
8 4 (0.67%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.50%) SAP
10 2 (0.34%) Conga
10 2 (0.34%) DocuSign
10 2 (0.34%) Sage
11 1 (0.17%) Zscaler