Lead Jobs in the South West

Leader
England > South West

The median Leader salary in the South West is £61,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 June 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 48 36
Rank change year-on-year +26 -12 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 756 369 674
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.32% 5.64% 7.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.61% 6.36% 8.17%
Number of salaries quoted 563 286 399
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,375 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +12.50% +3.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £92,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £73,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -4.11% -2.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 9,932 5,804 8,247
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.18% 88.77% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 7,203 3,660 5,159
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £38,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £64,500 £68,750 £65,313
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +9.09%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the South West

Lead
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Lead in the South West

Lead
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in the South West over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in the South West

Lead
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the South West region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Bristol +28 318 £65,000 -7.14% 57
Wiltshire +18 112 £58,500 +8.33% 24
Gloucestershire +2 103 £70,000 -2.78% 31
Dorset +37 93 £60,000 -25.00% 14
Somerset +25 58 £62,500 +47.06% 39
Devon -1 49 £50,000 +12.49% 27
Cornwall -9 7 - - 7
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 7 June 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 South West region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 158 (20.90%) Agile
2 146 (19.31%) Security Cleared
3 131 (17.33%) Social Skills
4 116 (15.34%) Azure
5 114 (15.08%) Finance
6 111 (14.68%) Degree
7 92 (12.17%) Software Engineering
7 92 (12.17%) Mentoring
8 79 (10.45%) Microsoft
8 79 (10.45%) AWS
9 70 (9.26%) Problem-Solving
10 67 (8.86%) Technical Leadership
11 66 (8.73%) Java
12 62 (8.20%) Windows
13 58 (7.67%) SQL
14 56 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
15 55 (7.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 54 (7.14%) SC Cleared
16 54 (7.14%) Python
17 53 (7.01%) JavaScript
17 53 (7.01%) Validation
18 52 (6.88%) User Experience
19 50 (6.61%) Analytics
20 49 (6.48%) Coaching
21 46 (6.08%) Project Delivery
21 46 (6.08%) Continuous Improvement
21 46 (6.08%) DV Cleared
21 46 (6.08%) Project Management
22 44 (5.82%) Linux
23 42 (5.56%) Law

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 16 (2.12%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.79%) Confluence
2 6 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.53%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.53%) WebLogic
4 3 (0.40%) IIS
5 2 (0.26%) CMS
5 2 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
5 2 (0.26%) WordPress
6 1 (0.13%) Drupal
Applications
1 12 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.79%) Oracle Smart View
3 4 (0.53%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.53%) Simulink
4 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (0.79%) HFM
1 6 (0.79%) Hyperion Planning
2 4 (0.53%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.53%) Q-Pulse
2 4 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 116 (15.34%) Azure
2 79 (10.45%) AWS
3 37 (4.89%) Power Platform
4 26 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (2.65%) Power Automate
6 11 (1.46%) SaaS
7 9 (1.19%) GCP
7 9 (1.19%) PowerApps
8 8 (1.06%) OCI
8 8 (1.06%) OneDrive
9 7 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (0.79%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (0.79%) Azure Data Factory
10 6 (0.79%) Slack
11 5 (0.66%) Azure Stack
11 5 (0.66%) Azure Storage
11 5 (0.66%) Serverless
12 4 (0.53%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (0.53%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 4 (0.53%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.91%) WAN
2 19 (2.51%) Network Security
3 15 (1.98%) Firewall
3 15 (1.98%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.72%) SD-WAN
5 11 (1.46%) 5G
5 11 (1.46%) DNS
6 8 (1.06%) LAN
7 7 (0.93%) SSL
7 7 (0.93%) VPN
8 6 (0.79%) Telepresence
9 5 (0.66%) BGP
9 5 (0.66%) SAN
10 4 (0.53%) DHCP
10 4 (0.53%) VLAN
11 3 (0.40%) Broadband
11 3 (0.40%) IPv4
11 3 (0.40%) Software-Defined Radio
11 3 (0.40%) Wireless
12 2 (0.26%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (2.65%) Power BI
1 20 (2.65%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.38%) Data Lake
2 18 (2.38%) Relational Database
3 16 (2.12%) Data Warehouse
4 8 (1.06%) RDBMS
5 7 (0.93%) Big Data
5 7 (0.93%) Tableau
6 6 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (0.79%) Essbase
6 6 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
7 5 (0.66%) SQLite
8 4 (0.53%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.53%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.53%) Flink
8 4 (0.53%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.53%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.53%) MySQL
8 4 (0.53%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 18 (2.38%) JIRA
2 17 (2.25%) GitLab
3 13 (1.72%) Git
4 11 (1.46%) Subversion
5 10 (1.32%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.06%) Rational DOORS
7 7 (0.93%) Visual Studio
8 6 (0.79%) RStudio
9 5 (0.66%) Eclipse
9 5 (0.66%) Selenium
10 4 (0.53%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (0.53%) Zephyr
11 2 (0.26%) Android Studio
11 2 (0.26%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.26%) JUnit
11 2 (0.26%) MSI
12 1 (0.13%) Cucumber
12 1 (0.13%) IntelliJ
12 1 (0.13%) JMeter
12 1 (0.13%) SpecFlow
General
1 131 (17.33%) Social Skills
2 114 (15.08%) Finance
3 55 (7.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 42 (5.56%) Law
5 32 (4.23%) Banking
5 32 (4.23%) Manufacturing
6 29 (3.84%) Retail
7 25 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
7 25 (3.31%) Public Sector
8 23 (3.04%) Marketing
9 21 (2.78%) Aerospace
10 20 (2.65%) Investment Banking
11 19 (2.51%) Electronics
12 15 (1.98%) Legal
12 15 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (1.85%) Local Government
14 12 (1.59%) Telecoms
15 10 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.79%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (4.50%) HTML
2 30 (3.97%) .NET
3 27 (3.57%) CSS
4 25 (3.31%) React
5 23 (3.04%) REST
6 14 (1.85%) Elastic Stack
6 14 (1.85%) Spring
6 14 (1.85%) Spring Boot
6 14 (1.85%) Vue
7 12 (1.59%) RESTful
7 12 (1.59%) Tailwind CSS
8 11 (1.46%) Laravel
9 10 (1.32%) Node.js
9 10 (1.32%) Web Services
10 9 (1.19%) Alpine.js
11 8 (1.06%) .NET Core
11 8 (1.06%) .NET Framework
12 7 (0.93%) ASP.NET
13 6 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
13 6 (0.79%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.23%) Algorithms
2 31 (4.10%) Product Ownership
3 19 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (2.25%) Private Cloud
5 14 (1.85%) Cyber Kill Chain
5 14 (1.85%) Management Information System
6 13 (1.72%) Public Cloud
7 10 (1.32%) Data Centre
7 10 (1.32%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.06%) Mobile App
8 8 (1.06%) NHS
8 8 (1.06%) Replication
8 8 (1.06%) Robotics
8 8 (1.06%) Video Conferencing
9 7 (0.93%) Cyberattack
9 7 (0.93%) Digital Signage
9 7 (0.93%) Driving Licence
10 6 (0.79%) Cloud Native
10 6 (0.79%) Fat Client
10 6 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 62 (8.20%) Windows
2 44 (5.82%) Linux
3 13 (1.72%) Windows 10
4 10 (1.32%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.06%) Android
5 8 (1.06%) Unix
5 8 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (0.79%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.53%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.26%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.13%) CentOS
9 1 (0.13%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (20.90%) Agile
2 92 (12.17%) Mentoring
2 92 (12.17%) Software Engineering
3 70 (9.26%) Problem-Solving
4 67 (8.86%) Technical Leadership
5 56 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
6 53 (7.01%) Validation
7 52 (6.88%) User Experience
8 50 (6.61%) Analytics
9 49 (6.48%) Coaching
10 46 (6.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 46 (6.08%) Project Delivery
10 46 (6.08%) Project Management
11 42 (5.56%) Requirements Analysis
12 41 (5.42%) ITIL
12 41 (5.42%) Machine Learning
13 40 (5.29%) Customer Service
13 40 (5.29%) DevOps
14 36 (4.76%) Full Stack Development
14 36 (4.76%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 66 (8.73%) Java
2 58 (7.67%) SQL
3 54 (7.14%) Python
4 53 (7.01%) JavaScript
5 37 (4.89%) TypeScript
6 34 (4.50%) C#
7 28 (3.70%) C++
8 19 (2.51%) C
9 16 (2.12%) R
10 11 (1.46%) Bash
11 10 (1.32%) PHP
11 10 (1.32%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.32%) Scala
12 7 (0.93%) MATLAB
12 7 (0.93%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.66%) Go
14 4 (0.53%) Julia
15 3 (0.40%) Ada
15 3 (0.40%) XAML
16 2 (0.26%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 146 (19.31%) Security Cleared
2 111 (14.68%) Degree
3 54 (7.14%) SC Cleared
4 46 (6.08%) DV Cleared
5 34 (4.50%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (2.78%) CISSP
7 17 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
8 15 (1.98%) CISM
9 10 (1.32%) CISA
9 10 (1.32%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.19%) AWS Certification
11 8 (1.06%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 8 (1.06%) CHECK Team Leader
12 6 (0.79%) SANS
13 5 (0.66%) CEH
13 5 (0.66%) CESG Certified Professional
13 5 (0.66%) CRISC
14 4 (0.53%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.53%) GSEC
14 4 (0.53%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (3.84%) NIST
2 28 (3.70%) QA
3 15 (1.98%) Accessibility
4 13 (1.72%) PMO
4 13 (1.72%) SLA
5 9 (1.19%) Def Stans
5 9 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.06%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.79%) GMP
8 6 (0.79%) IEC 61508
8 6 (0.79%) JSP 440
8 6 (0.79%) NCSC
8 6 (0.79%) RMADS
9 4 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.53%) GDPR
9 4 (0.53%) MISRA
9 4 (0.53%) MISRA C
10 3 (0.40%) JTAG
10 3 (0.40%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 20 (2.65%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (2.12%) vSphere
4 13 (1.72%) Docker
5 4 (0.53%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.40%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.26%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.26%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.13%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (2.12%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.46%) SCCM
3 7 (0.93%) Terraform
4 6 (0.79%) ServiceCenter
5 4 (0.53%) Icinga
5 4 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.40%) Ansible
6 3 (0.40%) Puppet
6 3 (0.40%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.40%) WSUS
7 2 (0.26%) CASB
7 2 (0.26%) Cisco CUCM
7 2 (0.26%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.26%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 79 (10.45%) Microsoft
2 27 (3.57%) VMware
3 22 (2.91%) Oracle
4 18 (2.38%) SolarWinds
5 14 (1.85%) Cisco
5 14 (1.85%) Tanium
5 14 (1.85%) Tripwire
6 9 (1.19%) Google
7 8 (1.06%) Citrix
8 7 (0.93%) Alteryx
8 7 (0.93%) Databricks
9 6 (0.79%) HP
9 6 (0.79%) Hyperion
9 6 (0.79%) Pega
10 5 (0.66%) IBM
10 5 (0.66%) Red Hat
10 5 (0.66%) SAP
11 4 (0.53%) EMC
11 4 (0.53%) Salesforce
11 4 (0.53%) Teradata