Lead Jobs in the South West

Leader
England > South West

The median Leader salary in the South West is £60,202 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 49 37
Rank change year-on-year +24 -12 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 666 392 601
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 7.12% 5.86% 7.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.39% 6.58% 7.64%
Number of salaries quoted 502 299 385
10th Percentile £38,850 £38,750 £41,350
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,202 £67,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% +12.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile £77,068 £79,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,332 £88,000
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +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 9,007 5,954 7,863
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.23% 89.04% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 6,612 3,701 5,122
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,250 £29,375
25th Percentile £36,365 £37,500 £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 £63,750 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £77,712
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +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 17 May 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 17 May 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 +27 299 £63,117 -9.83% 56
Gloucestershire +7 97 £67,500 - 20
Dorset +36 85 £60,000 - 10
Wiltshire +5 83 £59,000 +11.32% 20
Somerset +12 47 £60,000 +36.71% 25
Devon -7 37 £50,000 +24.22% 28
Cornwall -12 7 - - 5
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 South West region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 158 (23.72%) Agile
2 139 (20.87%) Security Cleared
3 136 (20.42%) Social Skills
4 115 (17.27%) Azure
4 115 (17.27%) Finance
5 110 (16.52%) Degree
6 86 (12.91%) Mentoring
7 84 (12.61%) AWS
8 79 (11.86%) Microsoft
9 76 (11.41%) Software Engineering
10 70 (10.51%) Problem-Solving
11 68 (10.21%) Technical Leadership
11 68 (10.21%) Java
12 62 (9.31%) Windows
13 60 (9.01%) SQL
14 52 (7.81%) JavaScript
14 52 (7.81%) SC Cleared
14 52 (7.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 51 (7.66%) Coaching
16 50 (7.51%) Continuous Improvement
16 50 (7.51%) Cybersecurity
17 49 (7.36%) Validation
18 46 (6.91%) Python
18 46 (6.91%) Project Management
18 46 (6.91%) Project Delivery
19 45 (6.76%) User Experience
20 44 (6.61%) Linux
20 44 (6.61%) DevOps
21 43 (6.46%) Analytics
21 43 (6.46%) DV Cleared

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 (2.40%) SharePoint
2 6 (0.90%) Confluence
3 4 (0.60%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (0.60%) WebLogic
4 3 (0.45%) IIS
5 2 (0.30%) CMS
5 2 (0.30%) WordPress
6 1 (0.15%) Drupal
6 1 (0.15%) Mule
6 1 (0.15%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 13 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.05%) Oracle Smart View
3 4 (0.60%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.60%) Simulink
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (1.05%) HFM
1 7 (1.05%) Hyperion Planning
2 4 (0.60%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.60%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.45%) Q-Pulse
4 1 (0.15%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 115 (17.27%) Azure
2 84 (12.61%) AWS
3 32 (4.80%) Power Platform
4 27 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (3.00%) Power Automate
6 11 (1.65%) GCP
7 9 (1.35%) OCI
8 8 (1.20%) OneDrive
8 8 (1.20%) SaaS
9 7 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (1.05%) PowerApps
10 6 (0.90%) Amazon EKS
10 6 (0.90%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (0.90%) Slack
11 5 (0.75%) Azure Stack
11 5 (0.75%) Azure Storage
11 5 (0.75%) Serverless
12 4 (0.60%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 4 (0.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.00%) WAN
2 16 (2.40%) Network Security
3 15 (2.25%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.95%) SD-WAN
5 12 (1.80%) Firewall
6 11 (1.65%) 5G
6 11 (1.65%) DNS
7 7 (1.05%) SSL
7 7 (1.05%) VPN
8 6 (0.90%) LAN
8 6 (0.90%) Telepresence
9 5 (0.75%) BGP
9 5 (0.75%) SAN
10 4 (0.60%) DHCP
10 4 (0.60%) VLAN
11 3 (0.45%) Broadband
11 3 (0.45%) IPv4
11 3 (0.45%) Software-Defined Radio
11 3 (0.45%) Wireless
12 2 (0.30%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.15%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.70%) Data Lake
3 17 (2.55%) Power BI
4 13 (1.95%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.80%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.20%) RDBMS
7 7 (1.05%) Essbase
7 7 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.90%) Big Data
8 6 (0.90%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.75%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (0.75%) SQLite
10 4 (0.60%) BigQuery
10 4 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.60%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.60%) Hadoop
10 4 (0.60%) MySQL
10 4 (0.60%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 18 (2.70%) JIRA
2 17 (2.55%) GitLab
3 11 (1.65%) Jenkins
4 10 (1.50%) Git
4 10 (1.50%) Selenium
5 8 (1.20%) Rational DOORS
6 7 (1.05%) Subversion
6 7 (1.05%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.90%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.90%) RStudio
8 5 (0.75%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
9 4 (0.60%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.30%) Android Studio
10 2 (0.30%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.30%) JUnit
10 2 (0.30%) MSI
11 1 (0.15%) IntelliJ
11 1 (0.15%) JMeter
11 1 (0.15%) SpecFlow
General
1 136 (20.42%) Social Skills
2 115 (17.27%) Finance
3 52 (7.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 42 (6.31%) Law
5 32 (4.80%) Banking
6 29 (4.35%) Manufacturing
7 26 (3.90%) Public Sector
7 26 (3.90%) Retail
8 23 (3.45%) Marketing
9 21 (3.15%) Aerospace
9 21 (3.15%) Analytical Skills
10 20 (3.00%) Investment Banking
11 19 (2.85%) Electronics
12 15 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
12 15 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (2.10%) Legal
13 14 (2.10%) Local Government
14 12 (1.80%) Telecoms
15 7 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (0.90%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (5.11%) HTML
2 30 (4.50%) .NET
3 27 (4.05%) CSS
4 23 (3.45%) React
5 19 (2.85%) REST
6 15 (2.25%) Spring
7 14 (2.10%) Spring Boot
8 12 (1.80%) Laravel
8 12 (1.80%) RESTful
8 12 (1.80%) Tailwind CSS
8 12 (1.80%) Web Services
9 11 (1.65%) Elastic Stack
9 11 (1.65%) Node.js
9 11 (1.65%) Vue
10 9 (1.35%) Alpine.js
11 8 (1.20%) .NET Core
11 8 (1.20%) .NET Framework
12 7 (1.05%) ASP.NET
12 7 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
13 6 (0.90%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.80%) Algorithms
2 31 (4.65%) Product Ownership
3 19 (2.85%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (2.55%) Private Cloud
5 14 (2.10%) Management Information System
6 13 (1.95%) Public Cloud
7 11 (1.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 10 (1.50%) Data Centre
9 8 (1.20%) Driving Licence
9 8 (1.20%) Mobile App
9 8 (1.20%) NHS
9 8 (1.20%) Replication
9 8 (1.20%) Robotics
10 7 (1.05%) Digital Signage
11 6 (0.90%) Cloud Native
11 6 (0.90%) Data Structures
11 6 (0.90%) Fat Client
11 6 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
11 6 (0.90%) Thin Client
11 6 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 62 (9.31%) Windows
2 44 (6.61%) Linux
3 13 (1.95%) Windows 10
4 10 (1.50%) Windows Server
5 8 (1.20%) Android
5 8 (1.20%) Unix
5 8 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
6 6 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
7 4 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.30%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.30%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.15%) CentOS
9 1 (0.15%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (23.72%) Agile
2 86 (12.91%) Mentoring
3 76 (11.41%) Software Engineering
4 70 (10.51%) Problem-Solving
5 68 (10.21%) Technical Leadership
6 51 (7.66%) Coaching
7 50 (7.51%) Continuous Improvement
7 50 (7.51%) Cybersecurity
8 49 (7.36%) Validation
9 46 (6.91%) Project Delivery
9 46 (6.91%) Project Management
10 45 (6.76%) User Experience
11 44 (6.61%) DevOps
12 43 (6.46%) Analytics
13 41 (6.16%) Customer Service
13 41 (6.16%) ITIL
14 39 (5.86%) Requirements Analysis
14 39 (5.86%) Roadmaps
15 36 (5.41%) Full Stack Development
15 36 (5.41%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 68 (10.21%) Java
2 60 (9.01%) SQL
3 52 (7.81%) JavaScript
4 46 (6.91%) Python
5 37 (5.56%) C#
6 31 (4.65%) TypeScript
7 29 (4.35%) C++
8 19 (2.85%) C
9 12 (1.80%) R
10 11 (1.65%) Bash
10 11 (1.65%) PHP
11 10 (1.50%) PowerShell
11 10 (1.50%) Scala
12 7 (1.05%) MATLAB
12 7 (1.05%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.60%) Go
14 3 (0.45%) Ada
14 3 (0.45%) XAML
15 2 (0.30%) Embedded C
15 2 (0.30%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 139 (20.87%) Security Cleared
2 110 (16.52%) Degree
3 52 (7.81%) SC Cleared
4 43 (6.46%) DV Cleared
5 34 (5.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 20 (3.00%) CISSP
7 16 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (2.10%) CISM
9 10 (1.50%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.35%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.35%) CISA
11 8 (1.20%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 6 (0.90%) SANS
13 5 (0.75%) CEH
13 5 (0.75%) CESG Certified Professional
13 5 (0.75%) CRISC
14 4 (0.60%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.60%) GSEC
14 4 (0.60%) OSCP
15 3 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (4.20%) QA
2 26 (3.90%) NIST
3 15 (2.25%) Accessibility
4 13 (1.95%) PMO
5 12 (1.80%) SLA
6 9 (1.35%) Def Stans
7 8 (1.20%) Data Quality
7 8 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 6 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
8 6 (0.90%) GMP
8 6 (0.90%) IEC 61508
8 6 (0.90%) JSP 440
8 6 (0.90%) NCSC
8 6 (0.90%) RMADS
9 4 (0.60%) GDPR
9 4 (0.60%) MISRA
9 4 (0.60%) MISRA C
10 3 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.45%) JTAG
10 3 (0.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 18 (2.70%) Active Directory
2 16 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (2.10%) Docker
4 13 (1.95%) vSphere
5 4 (0.60%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.45%) BitLocker
7 2 (0.30%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.30%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 16 (2.40%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.65%) SCCM
3 8 (1.20%) Terraform
4 6 (0.90%) ServiceCenter
5 4 (0.60%) Icinga
5 4 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.45%) Ansible
6 3 (0.45%) Puppet
6 3 (0.45%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.45%) WSUS
7 2 (0.30%) CASB
7 2 (0.30%) Functional Safety
7 2 (0.30%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 79 (11.86%) Microsoft
2 24 (3.60%) VMware
3 23 (3.45%) Oracle
4 15 (2.25%) SolarWinds
5 11 (1.65%) Tanium
5 11 (1.65%) Tripwire
6 10 (1.50%) Google
7 8 (1.20%) Citrix
8 7 (1.05%) Alteryx
8 7 (1.05%) Hyperion
9 6 (0.90%) Databricks
9 6 (0.90%) HP
9 6 (0.90%) Pega
10 5 (0.75%) Cisco
10 5 (0.75%) IBM
10 5 (0.75%) Red Hat
10 5 (0.75%) SAP
10 5 (0.75%) ServiceNow
11 4 (0.60%) Meraki
11 4 (0.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud