Lead Jobs in Birmingham

Leader
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Leader salary in Birmingham is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 May 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 33 49
Rank change year-on-year +21 +16 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 294 130 185
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 10.09% 7.00% 5.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.67% 7.52% 6.14%
Number of salaries quoted 265 118 137
10th Percentile £48,750 £45,875 £36,286
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,063 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £84,964 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £83,250 £77,500
West Midlands median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 2,755 1,729 3,012
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.51% 93.06% 96.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,231 1,343 2,285
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,125 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,250 £83,750
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Birmingham

Lead
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Lead in Birmingham

Lead
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Birmingham over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 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 Birmingham region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 80 (27.21%) Agile
1 80 (27.21%) Mentoring
2 68 (23.13%) Coaching
3 50 (17.01%) Finance
4 40 (13.61%) Roadmaps
5 36 (12.24%) Supplier Management
5 36 (12.24%) Social Skills
6 34 (11.56%) Problem-Solving
7 32 (10.88%) Public Sector
7 32 (10.88%) Microsoft
8 31 (10.54%) CI/CD
9 30 (10.20%) Azure
10 29 (9.86%) AWS
11 28 (9.52%) Software Engineering
12 27 (9.18%) Degree
13 26 (8.84%) QA
13 26 (8.84%) Power Platform
13 26 (8.84%) DevOps
14 25 (8.50%) Business Intelligence
15 24 (8.16%) Project Management
15 24 (8.16%) Java
15 24 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
15 24 (8.16%) Power BI
16 23 (7.82%) Node.js
17 22 (7.48%) React
17 22 (7.48%) JavaScript
18 21 (7.14%) SQL Server
19 20 (6.80%) TypeScript
19 20 (6.80%) Decision-Making
20 19 (6.46%) SQL

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 9 (3.06%) Appian
1 9 (3.06%) IIS
2 8 (2.72%) Confluence
3 7 (2.38%) SharePoint
4 6 (2.04%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (2.04%) Tuxedo
5 1 (0.34%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.36%) CANalyzer
3 2 (0.68%) Chatbot
3 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.34%) Blender
Business Applications
1 13 (4.42%) Shopify
2 8 (2.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.34%) Magento
3 1 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (10.20%) Azure
2 29 (9.86%) AWS
3 26 (8.84%) Power Platform
4 17 (5.78%) Serverless
5 11 (3.74%) Amazon Kinesis
6 10 (3.40%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
7 9 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (3.06%) SaaS
8 8 (2.72%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (2.72%) GCP
9 7 (2.38%) Amazon SQS
9 7 (2.38%) Contentful
9 7 (2.38%) Google Analytics
9 7 (2.38%) Google Tag Manager
9 7 (2.38%) PowerApps
9 7 (2.38%) Vercel
10 6 (2.04%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.04%) Snowflake
11 4 (1.36%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.38%) Firewall
2 4 (1.36%) Ethernet
3 3 (1.02%) DNS
3 3 (1.02%) Intranet
3 3 (1.02%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.02%) Software-Defined Radio
3 3 (1.02%) SSL
3 3 (1.02%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.02%) WAN
4 2 (0.68%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.16%) Power BI
2 21 (7.14%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.06%) MySQL
4 8 (2.72%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (2.72%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.72%) Tableau
5 7 (2.38%) DynamoDB
6 5 (1.70%) RDBMS
6 5 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.36%) Amazon RDS
7 4 (1.36%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (1.36%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.02%) DB2
9 2 (0.68%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.34%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.34%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 15 (5.10%) Git
2 8 (2.72%) JIRA
2 8 (2.72%) TeamCity
3 6 (2.04%) Octopus Deploy
4 4 (1.36%) CANoe
4 4 (1.36%) Postman
5 2 (0.68%) gulp
5 2 (0.68%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.34%) GitLab
General
1 50 (17.01%) Finance
2 36 (12.24%) Social Skills
3 32 (10.88%) Public Sector
4 18 (6.12%) Marketing
5 14 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (4.76%) Legal
6 8 (2.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (2.72%) Retail
7 6 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.04%) Manufacturing
7 6 (2.04%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.36%) Automotive
8 4 (1.36%) Health Technology
8 4 (1.36%) Law
8 4 (1.36%) Multimedia
8 4 (1.36%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.02%) Banking
10 2 (0.68%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.68%) Local Government
10 2 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (7.82%) Node.js
2 22 (7.48%) React
3 12 (4.08%) Next.js
3 12 (4.08%) REST
4 10 (3.40%) RESTful
5 9 (3.06%) GraphQL
6 8 (2.72%) .NET
6 8 (2.72%) HTML
7 7 (2.38%) CSS
8 6 (2.04%) jQuery
9 4 (1.36%) AngularJS
9 4 (1.36%) EDI
9 4 (1.36%) JSON
9 4 (1.36%) Spring
9 4 (1.36%) Spring Boot
9 4 (1.36%) Twitter Bootstrap
10 3 (1.02%) Laravel
10 3 (1.02%) Tailwind CSS
10 3 (1.02%) Vue
10 3 (1.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.10%) Management Information System
2 14 (4.76%) Cloud Native
3 13 (4.42%) Low-Code
4 7 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.70%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.70%) Team-Oriented Environment
6 4 (1.36%) Infotainment
6 4 (1.36%) Mobile App
6 4 (1.36%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.36%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.36%) Smartphone
7 3 (1.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
7 3 (1.02%) Public Cloud
8 2 (0.68%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.68%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.68%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.68%) Security Operations Centre
8 2 (0.68%) Security Posture
8 2 (0.68%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.72%) Windows
2 4 (1.36%) VMS
3 2 (0.68%) Android
3 2 (0.68%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.68%) Linux
4 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.34%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.34%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (27.21%) Agile
1 80 (27.21%) Mentoring
2 68 (23.13%) Coaching
3 40 (13.61%) Roadmaps
4 36 (12.24%) Supplier Management
5 34 (11.56%) Problem-Solving
6 31 (10.54%) CI/CD
7 28 (9.52%) Software Engineering
8 26 (8.84%) DevOps
9 25 (8.50%) Business Intelligence
10 24 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (8.16%) Project Management
11 20 (6.80%) Decision-Making
12 18 (6.12%) Design Patterns
12 18 (6.12%) Service Delivery
13 15 (5.10%) Kanban
13 15 (5.10%) Product Roadmap
13 15 (5.10%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (5.10%) Technical Leadership
14 14 (4.76%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 24 (8.16%) Java
2 22 (7.48%) JavaScript
3 20 (6.80%) TypeScript
4 19 (6.46%) SQL
5 16 (5.44%) Python
6 11 (3.74%) C
7 10 (3.40%) COBOL
7 10 (3.40%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 7 (2.38%) PHP
9 5 (1.70%) C#
9 5 (1.70%) R
10 4 (1.36%) C++
10 4 (1.36%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.02%) Go
11 3 (1.02%) XAML
12 2 (0.68%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.68%) Swift
13 1 (0.34%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.34%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 27 (9.18%) Degree
2 12 (4.08%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.74%) Computer Science Degree
3 11 (3.74%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.72%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.36%) CISM
5 4 (1.36%) CISSP
5 4 (1.36%) CREST Certified
6 3 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 3 (1.02%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.02%) CCSK
6 3 (1.02%) CCSP
6 3 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.02%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.02%) Numerate Degree
7 2 (0.68%) APMP
7 2 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (0.68%) SnowPro
8 1 (0.34%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (8.84%) QA
2 9 (3.06%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.36%) ISO 26262
3 4 (1.36%) NIST
4 3 (1.02%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.02%) PMO
5 2 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.68%) NCSC
5 2 (0.68%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.68%) SLA
6 1 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.34%) GDPR
6 1 (0.34%) GRC
System Software
1 14 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (4.08%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.06%) Terraform
3 3 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.34%) Ansible
5 1 (0.34%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (10.88%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.74%) Google
2 11 (3.74%) Oracle
3 10 (3.40%) Micro Focus
4 8 (2.72%) Atlassian
5 5 (1.70%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.36%) Databricks
7 3 (1.02%) IBM
7 3 (1.02%) SAP
8 1 (0.34%) Cisco
8 1 (0.34%) Conga
8 1 (0.34%) DocuSign
8 1 (0.34%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.34%) Proofpoint
8 1 (0.34%) Qualys
8 1 (0.34%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.34%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.34%) VMware
8 1 (0.34%) Zscaler