Lead Jobs with Work from Home Options

Leader
UK > Work from Home

The median Leader salary in Work from Home is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

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

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 29 28 37
Rank change year-on-year -1 +9 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1,891 4,657 3,923
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 8.31% 8.46% 7.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.64% 8.75% 7.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,452 3,347 2,878
10th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £46,250
25th Percentile £61,250 £59,125 £55,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +10.71% +3.70%
75th Percentile £95,000 £94,504 £90,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% +3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 21,879 53,229 49,133
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.09% 96.70% 97.11%
Number of salaries quoted 16,236 37,648 36,879
10th Percentile £36,250 £36,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,479 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,394 £62,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.37% +5.93% +7.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,250 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

Lead
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Lead in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Lead trend for jobs with a WFH option

Lead
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Lead.

Lead salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Lead
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Lead over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Lead salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 December 2023, 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Lead in the job title.

1 576 (30.46%) Agile
2 533 (28.19%) Social Skills
3 529 (27.97%) Finance
4 519 (27.45%) Azure
5 435 (23.00%) Mentoring
6 395 (20.89%) DevOps
7 394 (20.84%) AWS
8 352 (18.61%) Software Engineering
9 316 (16.71%) Python
10 311 (16.45%) SQL
11 285 (15.07%) Microsoft
12 275 (14.54%) CI/CD
13 265 (14.01%) JavaScript
14 256 (13.54%) Continuous Improvement
15 253 (13.38%) .NET
16 239 (12.64%) Java
17 238 (12.59%) C#
18 221 (11.69%) Roadmaps
19 218 (11.53%) Technical Leadership
20 196 (10.36%) Security Cleared
20 196 (10.36%) Degree
21 184 (9.73%) Kubernetes
22 180 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
23 179 (9.47%) Banking
24 178 (9.41%) Problem-Solving
25 174 (9.20%) Docker
26 170 (8.99%) Coaching
27 161 (8.51%) GCP
27 161 (8.51%) Terraform
27 161 (8.51%) Test Automation

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 38 (2.01%) Confluence
1 38 (2.01%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.43%) Apache Spark
3 14 (0.74%) Apache
4 8 (0.42%) MS Exchange
5 7 (0.37%) IIS
5 7 (0.37%) Jupyter
6 6 (0.32%) CMS
6 6 (0.32%) nginx
7 5 (0.26%) IBM HTTP Server
8 3 (0.16%) WordPress
9 2 (0.11%) Appian
9 2 (0.11%) Camunda
9 2 (0.11%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.11%) MQSeries
9 2 (0.11%) Mule
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
9 2 (0.11%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.053%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 49 (2.59%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.74%) MS Visio
4 13 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.37%) Sketch
6 6 (0.32%) OrCAD
7 5 (0.26%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (0.26%) Chatbot
7 5 (0.26%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (0.21%) Adobe XD
8 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.21%) Simulink
9 3 (0.16%) Trello
10 2 (0.11%) InVision
10 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.053%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.053%) Marvel
11 1 (0.053%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 21 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.32%) Oracle Applications
3 6 (0.32%) SAP Business One
3 6 (0.32%) SAP MM
4 5 (0.26%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.26%) SAP ERP
5 4 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.21%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.21%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 4 (0.21%) Unit4 Business World
6 3 (0.16%) SAP PM
6 3 (0.16%) SAP SCM
6 3 (0.16%) SAP SD
6 3 (0.16%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.11%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 519 (27.45%) Azure
2 394 (20.84%) AWS
3 161 (8.51%) GCP
4 118 (6.24%) Azure DevOps
5 110 (5.82%) Power Platform
6 92 (4.87%) SaaS
7 79 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
8 52 (2.75%) Serverless
9 41 (2.17%) GitHub
10 39 (2.06%) OpenShift
11 33 (1.75%) PaaS
11 33 (1.75%) PowerApps
12 31 (1.64%) Snowflake
13 28 (1.48%) Dynamics 365
14 25 (1.32%) Entra ID
15 23 (1.22%) Azure Data Factory
16 22 (1.16%) dbt
16 22 (1.16%) IaaS
17 21 (1.11%) Power Automate
18 20 (1.06%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 56 (2.96%) Firewall
2 44 (2.33%) Network Security
3 22 (1.16%) SD-WAN
3 22 (1.16%) WAN
4 20 (1.06%) IPv4
5 19 (1.00%) VPN
6 18 (0.95%) VLAN
7 15 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
8 14 (0.74%) DNS
9 12 (0.63%) DHCP
9 12 (0.63%) OSPF
10 11 (0.58%) HTTP
10 11 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.48%) Internet
11 9 (0.48%) LAN
11 9 (0.48%) TCP/IP
11 9 (0.48%) Wireless
12 8 (0.42%) VoIP
13 7 (0.37%) Cisco ISE
14 6 (0.32%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 125 (6.61%) SQL Server
2 92 (4.87%) Power BI
3 46 (2.43%) Big Data
4 44 (2.33%) BigQuery
5 43 (2.27%) NoSQL
6 41 (2.17%) MySQL
7 40 (2.12%) Relational Database
8 33 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
8 33 (1.75%) MongoDB
9 31 (1.64%) Data Lake
10 30 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
11 24 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
11 24 (1.27%) Tableau
12 22 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
12 22 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 20 (1.06%) Metadata
14 16 (0.85%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 15 (0.79%) Hadoop
16 14 (0.74%) Amazon Redshift
16 14 (0.74%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 98 (5.18%) Jenkins
2 72 (3.81%) JIRA
3 67 (3.54%) Git
4 60 (3.17%) Cucumber
5 56 (2.96%) Selenium
6 36 (1.90%) Postman
7 31 (1.64%) Cypress.io
8 24 (1.27%) Gradle
9 18 (0.95%) GitLab
10 17 (0.90%) Maven
11 11 (0.58%) JMeter
12 10 (0.53%) SoapUI
13 9 (0.48%) Visual Studio
13 9 (0.48%) Visual Studio Team System
14 8 (0.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 8 (0.42%) Bitbucket
15 7 (0.37%) eggPlant
15 7 (0.37%) JUnit
15 7 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
15 7 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 533 (28.19%) Social Skills
2 529 (27.97%) Finance
3 180 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 179 (9.47%) Banking
5 107 (5.66%) Analytical Skills
6 100 (5.29%) Retail
7 73 (3.86%) Public Sector
8 62 (3.28%) Marketing
9 61 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
10 56 (2.96%) Legal
11 46 (2.43%) Aerospace
12 42 (2.22%) Manufacturing
13 38 (2.01%) Law
14 36 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
15 32 (1.69%) Automotive
16 28 (1.48%) Telecoms
17 27 (1.43%) Financial Institution
18 23 (1.22%) Electronics
19 22 (1.16%) Games
19 22 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 253 (13.38%) .NET
2 119 (6.29%) React
3 116 (6.13%) HTML
4 89 (4.71%) CSS
5 88 (4.65%) REST
6 86 (4.55%) AngularJS
7 67 (3.54%) Node.js
8 66 (3.49%) .NET Core
9 63 (3.33%) Spring
10 55 (2.91%) Spring Boot
11 52 (2.75%) ASP.NET
11 52 (2.75%) Kafka
12 41 (2.17%) JSON
13 36 (1.90%) .NET Framework
13 36 (1.90%) Web Services
14 31 (1.64%) RESTful
15 28 (1.48%) YAML
16 23 (1.22%) Micronaut
17 22 (1.16%) ASP.NET Web API
18 21 (1.11%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 140 (7.40%) Product Ownership
2 64 (3.38%) Public Cloud
3 58 (3.07%) Management Information System
4 51 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
5 43 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
6 41 (2.17%) Algorithms
7 34 (1.80%) Cloud Native
7 34 (1.80%) Virtual Team
8 32 (1.69%) Linux Command Line
9 30 (1.59%) Cyberattack
10 23 (1.22%) Data Structures
10 23 (1.22%) Mobile App
11 22 (1.16%) Data Centre
12 20 (1.06%) Onboarding
13 19 (1.00%) Blog
14 18 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
15 14 (0.74%) Fixed Income
15 14 (0.74%) NHS
16 13 (0.69%) Cybercrime
17 12 (0.63%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 125 (6.61%) Linux
2 108 (5.71%) Windows
3 33 (1.75%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.32%) Unix
5 22 (1.16%) Android
5 22 (1.16%) Apple iOS
6 14 (0.74%) Windows 10
7 7 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
8 5 (0.26%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (0.16%) CentOS
9 3 (0.16%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
10 2 (0.11%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.053%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 576 (30.46%) Agile
2 435 (23.00%) Mentoring
3 395 (20.89%) DevOps
4 352 (18.61%) Software Engineering
5 275 (14.54%) CI/CD
6 256 (13.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 221 (11.69%) Roadmaps
8 218 (11.53%) Technical Leadership
9 178 (9.41%) Problem-Solving
10 170 (8.99%) Coaching
11 161 (8.51%) Test Automation
12 156 (8.25%) Line Management
13 150 (7.93%) Scrum
14 143 (7.56%) Microservices
14 143 (7.56%) Software Delivery
15 140 (7.40%) Analytics
15 140 (7.40%) Project Management
15 140 (7.40%) Stakeholder Management
16 126 (6.66%) Digital Transformation Programme
16 126 (6.66%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 316 (16.71%) Python
2 311 (16.45%) SQL
3 265 (14.01%) JavaScript
4 239 (12.64%) Java
5 238 (12.59%) C#
6 119 (6.29%) PowerShell
7 90 (4.76%) Bash
8 68 (3.60%) TypeScript
9 45 (2.38%) C++
10 34 (1.80%) PHP
11 31 (1.64%) T-SQL
12 29 (1.53%) R
12 29 (1.53%) Ruby
13 24 (1.27%) Go
14 19 (1.00%) C
15 17 (0.90%) MATLAB
16 14 (0.74%) Rust
17 13 (0.69%) Korn
17 13 (0.69%) Scala
18 9 (0.48%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 196 (10.36%) Degree
1 196 (10.36%) Security Cleared
2 107 (5.66%) SC Cleared
3 43 (2.27%) CISSP
4 42 (2.22%) DV Cleared
5 39 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 31 (1.64%) Azure Certification
7 28 (1.48%) Master's Degree
8 23 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
9 19 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 18 (0.95%) CCNP
10 18 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
11 17 (0.90%) AWS Certification
12 16 (0.85%) CCNA
13 14 (0.74%) CISM
13 14 (0.74%) CISMP
14 13 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
15 11 (0.58%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
16 10 (0.53%) GIAC
16 10 (0.53%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (6.45%) QA
2 44 (2.33%) Data Quality
3 41 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (1.48%) SLA
5 24 (1.27%) PMO
6 23 (1.22%) NIST
7 17 (0.90%) GDPR
8 16 (0.85%) Accessibility
9 14 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
10 10 (0.53%) NCSC
11 8 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 7 (0.37%) GRC
13 6 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 6 (0.32%) WCAG
14 5 (0.26%) HIPAA
15 3 (0.16%) COBIT
15 3 (0.16%) ISO 9001
15 3 (0.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 174 (9.20%) Docker
2 49 (2.59%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.69%) Firmware
5 7 (0.37%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.26%) vSphere
7 3 (0.16%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.053%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.053%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 184 (9.73%) Kubernetes
2 161 (8.51%) Terraform
3 57 (3.01%) Ansible
4 38 (2.01%) SCCM
5 35 (1.85%) Puppet
6 17 (0.90%) Istio
7 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (0.42%) Nessus
9 7 (0.37%) HP Quality Center
10 6 (0.32%) AirWatch
10 6 (0.32%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.32%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.32%) Red Hat Satellite
11 5 (0.26%) Grafana
12 4 (0.21%) Prometheus
12 4 (0.21%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.16%) Cisco CUCM
13 3 (0.16%) NetBackup
14 2 (0.11%) Functional Safety
15 1 (0.053%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 285 (15.07%) Microsoft
2 91 (4.81%) Google
3 65 (3.44%) Oracle
4 64 (3.38%) SAP
5 38 (2.01%) Salesforce
6 37 (1.96%) Cisco
7 36 (1.90%) Databricks
7 36 (1.90%) VMware
8 35 (1.85%) ServiceNow
9 21 (1.11%) Adobe
10 20 (1.06%) CheckPoint
11 17 (0.90%) Red Hat
12 16 (0.85%) Splunk
13 15 (0.79%) IBM
14 14 (0.74%) Sun
15 12 (0.63%) Juniper
16 11 (0.58%) HP
16 11 (0.58%) Meraki
16 11 (0.58%) Palo Alto
17 10 (0.53%) Remedy