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 to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 19 20
Rank change year-on-year +3 +1 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 662 596 727
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.26% 10.23% 9.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.74% 11.38% 10.09%
Number of salaries quoted 470 312 411
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £35,125
25th Percentile £52,325 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +20.00% -9.72%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £68,125
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,375 £77,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £74,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.41% -1.33% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 7,573 5,238 7,207
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 89.94% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 5,594 3,217 4,815
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +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 1 June 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 1 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
Birmingham +19 300 £73,152 +17.04% 53
Warwickshire -7 128 £65,000 +18.18% 33
Staffordshire -15 43 £50,000 +11.11% 20
Worcestershire -2 31 £57,500 +24.32% 9
Wolverhampton +24 29 £53,500 -20.74% 6
Shropshire +7 23 £65,000 +13.04% 3
Coventry +32 18 £49,000 -23.14% 13
Solihull -18 15 £67,500 -6.90% 2
West Bromwich - 6 £80,000 - 2
Wednesbury - 4 £55,000 -
Dudley +6 3 £73,805 -
Herefordshire -1 1 £31,516 -68.48% 1
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 West Midlands region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 138 (20.85%) Agile
2 114 (17.22%) Mentoring
3 104 (15.71%) Finance
4 96 (14.50%) Social Skills
5 93 (14.05%) Coaching
6 80 (12.08%) Degree
7 68 (10.27%) Automotive
8 65 (9.82%) Project Management
9 64 (9.67%) Roadmaps
10 59 (8.91%) JavaScript
10 59 (8.91%) AWS
11 58 (8.76%) Microsoft
11 58 (8.76%) Problem-Solving
12 55 (8.31%) QA
13 53 (8.01%) Azure
14 52 (7.85%) Continuous Improvement
15 51 (7.70%) React
16 45 (6.80%) Software Engineering
17 44 (6.65%) Supplier Management
18 42 (6.34%) Manufacturing
18 42 (6.34%) ITIL
18 42 (6.34%) TypeScript
18 42 (6.34%) CI/CD
19 41 (6.19%) Node.js
20 40 (6.04%) Technical Leadership
21 39 (5.89%) Power Platform
21 39 (5.89%) Analytical Skills
21 39 (5.89%) DevOps
21 39 (5.89%) Microservices
22 38 (5.74%) SQL

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 15 (2.27%) SharePoint
2 10 (1.51%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.36%) Appian
3 9 (1.36%) IIS
4 8 (1.21%) Confluence
5 6 (0.91%) Tuxedo
5 6 (0.91%) WordPress
6 3 (0.45%) CMS
7 1 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 10 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.60%) CANalyzer
4 3 (0.45%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.15%) Abaqus
6 1 (0.15%) Blender
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.15%) Simulink
6 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 13 (1.96%) Shopify
2 8 (1.21%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.45%) Sage 200
3 3 (0.45%) Sage 300 ERP
4 1 (0.15%) Magento
4 1 (0.15%) SAP EHS
4 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 59 (8.91%) AWS
2 53 (8.01%) Azure
3 39 (5.89%) Power Platform
4 31 (4.68%) Serverless
5 23 (3.47%) GCP
6 20 (3.02%) SaaS
7 15 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (1.96%) PowerApps
9 12 (1.81%) Power Automate
10 11 (1.66%) Amazon Kinesis
10 11 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
11 10 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.06%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (1.06%) Amazon SQS
13 7 (1.06%) Contentful
13 7 (1.06%) Google Analytics
13 7 (1.06%) Google Tag Manager
13 7 (1.06%) Vercel
14 6 (0.91%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.21%) Firewall
2 7 (1.06%) Ethernet
3 6 (0.91%) DNS
3 6 (0.91%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.76%) HTTP
4 5 (0.76%) WAN
5 4 (0.60%) Bluetooth
5 4 (0.60%) LAN
6 3 (0.45%) DHCP
6 3 (0.45%) Intranet
6 3 (0.45%) MQTT
6 3 (0.45%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.45%) Software-Defined Radio
6 3 (0.45%) SSL
6 3 (0.45%) VPN
6 3 (0.45%) Wireless
7 2 (0.30%) Internet
7 2 (0.30%) Network Security
7 2 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.15%) DAB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (5.59%) Power BI
2 33 (4.98%) SQL Server
3 21 (3.17%) MySQL
4 14 (2.11%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
5 11 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (1.66%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.51%) DynamoDB
7 9 (1.36%) RDBMS
8 8 (1.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (1.21%) Tableau
9 7 (1.06%) Amazon Aurora
9 7 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.45%) DB2
11 3 (0.45%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.45%) Oracle Database
12 2 (0.30%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
13 1 (0.15%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 19 (2.87%) Git
2 14 (2.11%) JIRA
3 8 (1.21%) TeamCity
4 6 (0.91%) CANoe
4 6 (0.91%) Octopus Deploy
5 5 (0.76%) NUnit
5 5 (0.76%) Selenium
6 4 (0.60%) Postman
7 3 (0.45%) GitLab
7 3 (0.45%) Subversion
8 2 (0.30%) gulp
8 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.15%) Appium
9 1 (0.15%) Eclipse
9 1 (0.15%) JUnit
9 1 (0.15%) Maven
9 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.15%) TestNG
9 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.15%) Vite
General
1 104 (15.71%) Finance
2 96 (14.50%) Social Skills
3 68 (10.27%) Automotive
4 42 (6.34%) Manufacturing
5 39 (5.89%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (5.59%) Legal
7 33 (4.98%) Public Sector
8 27 (4.08%) Marketing
9 18 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
10 17 (2.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 17 (2.57%) Retail
11 13 (1.96%) Electronics
12 11 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
13 9 (1.36%) Environmental Health
14 8 (1.21%) Local Government
15 7 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
16 6 (0.91%) Games
16 6 (0.91%) Telecoms
17 4 (0.60%) Law
17 4 (0.60%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (7.70%) React
2 41 (6.19%) Node.js
3 30 (4.53%) .NET
4 21 (3.17%) HTML
5 19 (2.87%) CSS
6 16 (2.42%) Laravel
7 14 (2.11%) AngularJS
8 13 (1.96%) .NET Core
8 13 (1.96%) REST
9 12 (1.81%) Next.js
10 11 (1.66%) RESTful
10 11 (1.66%) XML
11 10 (1.51%) JSON
12 9 (1.36%) GraphQL
13 8 (1.21%) Symfony
13 8 (1.21%) Vue
14 6 (0.91%) jQuery
15 5 (0.76%) ASP.NET
15 5 (0.76%) ASP.NET Web API
15 5 (0.76%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 35 (5.29%) Management Information System
2 22 (3.32%) Product Ownership
3 14 (2.11%) Cloud Native
3 14 (2.11%) SCADA
4 13 (1.96%) Low-Code
5 12 (1.81%) Greenfield Project
6 11 (1.66%) Industry 4.0
7 9 (1.36%) Infotainment
7 9 (1.36%) NHS
8 8 (1.21%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (1.06%) Algorithms
9 7 (1.06%) Augmented Reality
9 7 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
9 7 (1.06%) PMI
9 7 (1.06%) Virtual Reality
10 6 (0.91%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 6 (0.91%) IoT
10 6 (0.91%) Onboarding
10 6 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
11 5 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 20 (3.02%) Windows
2 15 (2.27%) Linux
3 5 (0.76%) Embedded Linux
3 5 (0.76%) Windows Server
4 4 (0.60%) VMS
4 4 (0.60%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.45%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.30%) Android
6 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.15%) Windows 8
7 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (20.85%) Agile
2 114 (17.22%) Mentoring
3 93 (14.05%) Coaching
4 65 (9.82%) Project Management
5 64 (9.67%) Roadmaps
6 58 (8.76%) Problem-Solving
7 52 (7.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 45 (6.80%) Software Engineering
9 44 (6.65%) Supplier Management
10 42 (6.34%) CI/CD
10 42 (6.34%) ITIL
11 40 (6.04%) Technical Leadership
12 39 (5.89%) DevOps
12 39 (5.89%) Microservices
13 38 (5.74%) Business Intelligence
14 33 (4.98%) Change Management
15 31 (4.68%) Decision-Making
15 31 (4.68%) Full Stack Development
16 30 (4.53%) Stakeholder Management
17 29 (4.38%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 59 (8.91%) JavaScript
2 42 (6.34%) TypeScript
3 38 (5.74%) Java
3 38 (5.74%) SQL
4 35 (5.29%) Python
5 34 (5.14%) C#
6 17 (2.57%) C
7 14 (2.11%) PHP
8 13 (1.96%) Go
9 11 (1.66%) C++
10 10 (1.51%) COBOL
10 10 (1.51%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 8 (1.21%) PowerShell
11 8 (1.21%) R
12 4 (0.60%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.45%) Ruby
13 3 (0.45%) VB
13 3 (0.45%) XAML
14 2 (0.30%) Embedded C
14 2 (0.30%) VB6
Qualifications
1 80 (12.08%) Degree
2 18 (2.72%) Security Cleared
3 15 (2.27%) SC Cleared
4 14 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (1.21%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.06%) CISM
6 7 (1.06%) CISSP
6 7 (1.06%) PMI Certification
7 5 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (0.76%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.60%) CREST Certified
8 4 (0.60%) HND
8 4 (0.60%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (0.45%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 3 (0.45%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.45%) CCSK
9 3 (0.45%) CCSP
9 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.30%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.30%) SnowPro
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (8.31%) QA
2 14 (2.11%) GDPR
3 13 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.51%) Accessibility
5 7 (1.06%) ISO 26262
6 6 (0.91%) NIST
7 5 (0.76%) Data Quality
8 3 (0.45%) AUTOSAR
8 3 (0.45%) GRC
8 3 (0.45%) PMO
9 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.30%) NCSC
9 2 (0.30%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.30%) SLA
10 1 (0.15%) Automotive SPICE
10 1 (0.15%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.15%) COSHH
10 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 15288
10 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 22 (3.32%) Docker
2 10 (1.51%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.51%) Embedded Firmware
2 10 (1.51%) Firmware
3 4 (0.60%) vSphere
4 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (2.72%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.66%) Functional Safety
3 10 (1.51%) Terraform
4 4 (0.60%) Data Guard
5 3 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.30%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.15%) Ansible
7 1 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 58 (8.76%) Microsoft
2 27 (4.08%) ServiceNow
3 20 (3.02%) Oracle
4 11 (1.66%) Google
4 11 (1.66%) Pega
5 10 (1.51%) Micro Focus
6 8 (1.21%) Atlassian
6 8 (1.21%) Databricks
6 8 (1.21%) VMware
7 7 (1.06%) IBM
8 6 (0.91%) Cisco
9 5 (0.76%) Informatica
9 5 (0.76%) SAP
9 5 (0.76%) Unisys
10 4 (0.60%) Citrix
11 3 (0.45%) CheckPoint
11 3 (0.45%) Dell
11 3 (0.45%) QinetiQ
11 3 (0.45%) Sage
11 3 (0.45%) Salesforce