Lead Jobs in Worcestershire

Leader
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The median Leader salary in Worcestershire is £56,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 24 23
Rank change year-on-year -4 -1 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 3 31 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Worcestershire 2.17% 5.95% 5.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.54% 6.49% 5.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3 14 8
10th Percentile £48,250 £46,625 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £57,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% +24.32% +2.78%
75th Percentile £58,375 £71,250 £53,575
90th Percentile £59,350 - £65,125
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Worcestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Worcestershire. 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 Worcestershire with a recognized job title 118 478 161
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.51% 91.75% 98.17%
Number of salaries quoted 91 403 136
10th Percentile £15,000 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% - +1.12%
75th Percentile £49,375 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £63,750 £62,374 £67,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Worcestershire

Lead
Salary Trend in Worcestershire

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

Salary trend for Lead in Worcestershire

Lead
Salary Histogram in Worcestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Worcestershire over the 6 months to 4 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead in Worcestershire

Lead
Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 4 June 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
Worcester +12 1 £60,000 - 1
Bromsgrove - 1 £47,500 -
Lead
West Midlands

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

For the 6 months to 4 June 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 Worcestershire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) VMware
1 1 (33.33%) Clustering
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) UX Design
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Coaching
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Clustering
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Coaching
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (33.33%) Information Security
1 1 (33.33%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
1 1 (33.33%) Six Sigma
1 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
1 1 (33.33%) UX Design
1 1 (33.33%) Virtual Environments
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) VMware