Lead Jobs in the North East

Leader
England > North East

The median Leader salary in the North East is £70,000 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 50 57
Rank change year-on-year +38 +7 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 240 64 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 12.42% 5.07% 4.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.97% 6.34% 4.29%
Number of salaries quoted 225 43 55
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,300 £29,300
25th Percentile £52,500 £41,250 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +40.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £84,919 £69,375 £58,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £81,250 £69,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 1,850 1,010 1,445
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.76% 79.97% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,479 599 1,029
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,950 £22,500
25th Percentile £35,920 £37,500 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,672 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.36% +19.18% -11.11%
75th Percentile £62,747 £61,250 £58,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the North East

Lead
Salary Trend in the North East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead in the North East.

Salary trend for Lead in the North East

Lead
Salary Histogram in the North East

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

Salary histogram for Lead in the North East

Lead
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the North East region over the 6 months to 28 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
Tyne and Wear +38 189 £73,805 +47.61% 33
Durham +22 49 £55,000 +12.82% 6
Northumberland - 1 £30,000 - 5
Lead
England

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

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 North East region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 102 (42.50%) Mentoring
2 83 (34.58%) Agile
3 76 (31.67%) Coaching
4 68 (28.33%) Social Skills
5 50 (20.83%) Finance
6 45 (18.75%) SQL
6 45 (18.75%) AWS
7 41 (17.08%) Azure
8 33 (13.75%) Roadmaps
9 32 (13.33%) Public Sector
10 31 (12.92%) Problem-Solving
10 31 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
11 28 (11.67%) Microsoft
12 26 (10.83%) .NET
12 26 (10.83%) Data Architecture
13 25 (10.42%) Project Delivery
14 24 (10.00%) Project Management
15 23 (9.58%) Python
16 21 (8.75%) C#
16 21 (8.75%) ETL
17 19 (7.92%) Supplier Management
17 19 (7.92%) Product Roadmap
18 18 (7.50%) Decision-Making
18 18 (7.50%) Data Engineering
18 18 (7.50%) CI/CD
18 18 (7.50%) Kanban
18 18 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
18 18 (7.50%) Client/Server
18 18 (7.50%) Games
19 17 (7.08%) Software Engineering

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 11 (4.58%) Confluence
2 9 (3.75%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (2.92%) Tuxedo
4 4 (1.67%) Anypoint
4 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.67%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (1.67%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.67%) WebSphere
5 3 (1.25%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.83%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.42%) SAP HCM
1 1 (0.42%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 45 (18.75%) AWS
2 41 (17.08%) Azure
3 15 (6.25%) Amazon S3
4 14 (5.83%) SaaS
5 11 (4.58%) dbt
5 11 (4.58%) GCP
5 11 (4.58%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.75%) Amazon Kinesis
6 9 (3.75%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (3.75%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (3.75%) Serverless
7 8 (3.33%) Amazon ECS
8 7 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
9 6 (2.50%) AWS CloudFormation
9 6 (2.50%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
9 6 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (2.50%) Cloud Computing
10 4 (1.67%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (1.25%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.17%) Firewall
2 7 (2.92%) Network Security
3 5 (2.08%) WAN
4 4 (1.67%) SD-WAN
5 3 (1.25%) Wireless
6 1 (0.42%) DHCP
6 1 (0.42%) DMZ
6 1 (0.42%) DNS
6 1 (0.42%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.42%) LAN
6 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.42%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.00%) MySQL
2 11 (4.58%) Power BI
3 10 (4.17%) SQL Server
4 9 (3.75%) Amazon Redshift
4 9 (3.75%) Data Lake
4 9 (3.75%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.75%) Redis
5 8 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
6 6 (2.50%) Couchbase
6 6 (2.50%) DynamoDB
6 6 (2.50%) Tableau
7 5 (2.08%) BigQuery
7 5 (2.08%) Relational Database
8 4 (1.67%) DB2
9 3 (1.25%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.42%) Big Data
10 1 (0.42%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (6.25%) JIRA
2 3 (1.25%) Gradle
2 3 (1.25%) Maven
2 3 (1.25%) TeamCity
3 2 (0.83%) GitLab
4 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.42%) Selenium
General
1 68 (28.33%) Social Skills
2 50 (20.83%) Finance
3 32 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 18 (7.50%) Games
5 13 (5.42%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (5.00%) Retail
7 9 (3.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (2.50%) Law
10 4 (1.67%) Banking
10 4 (1.67%) Legal
10 4 (1.67%) Marketing
11 3 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.83%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.83%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (10.83%) .NET
2 11 (4.58%) .NET Core
3 10 (4.17%) RESTful
4 6 (2.50%) ASP.NET
5 5 (2.08%) .NET Framework
5 5 (2.08%) CSS
5 5 (2.08%) Entity Framework
6 4 (1.67%) HTML
6 4 (1.67%) Node.js
7 3 (1.25%) ASP.NET MVC
7 3 (1.25%) OAuth
7 3 (1.25%) OpenID
7 3 (1.25%) REST
7 3 (1.25%) Vue
7 3 (1.25%) Web Services
7 3 (1.25%) XML
8 2 (0.83%) AWS CDK
8 2 (0.83%) Lambda Expressions
9 1 (0.42%) ASP.NET Web Forms
9 1 (0.42%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.50%) Client/Server
2 14 (5.83%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.00%) Online Games
4 11 (4.58%) NHS
5 8 (3.33%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.67%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.67%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 4 (1.67%) Operational Technology
8 4 (1.67%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.67%) Public Cloud
9 3 (1.25%) Data Structures
9 3 (1.25%) Mobile App
9 3 (1.25%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.25%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.83%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.83%) iPhone
10 2 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.17%) Linux
2 6 (2.50%) Windows
3 3 (1.25%) Ubuntu
4 2 (0.83%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (42.50%) Mentoring
2 83 (34.58%) Agile
3 76 (31.67%) Coaching
4 33 (13.75%) Roadmaps
5 31 (12.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 31 (12.92%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (10.83%) Data Architecture
7 25 (10.42%) Project Delivery
8 24 (10.00%) Project Management
9 21 (8.75%) ETL
10 19 (7.92%) Product Roadmap
10 19 (7.92%) Supplier Management
11 18 (7.50%) CI/CD
11 18 (7.50%) Cybersecurity
11 18 (7.50%) Data Engineering
11 18 (7.50%) Decision-Making
11 18 (7.50%) Kanban
12 17 (7.08%) Software Engineering
13 16 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
14 15 (6.25%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 45 (18.75%) SQL
2 23 (9.58%) Python
3 21 (8.75%) C#
4 14 (5.83%) Java
5 13 (5.42%) COBOL
5 13 (5.42%) Micro Focus COBOL
6 8 (3.33%) JavaScript
6 8 (3.33%) T-SQL
7 7 (2.92%) TypeScript
8 6 (2.50%) C
8 6 (2.50%) C++
9 3 (1.25%) PHP
Qualifications
1 15 (6.25%) Degree
2 7 (2.92%) Security Cleared
3 6 (2.50%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.08%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 4 (1.67%) AWS Certification
5 4 (1.67%) Azure Certification
5 4 (1.67%) CCSK
5 4 (1.67%) CCSP
5 4 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (1.67%) CISM
5 4 (1.67%) CISSP
6 2 (0.83%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.42%) HNC
7 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 8 (3.33%) QA
3 7 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (2.92%) NCSC
3 7 (2.92%) SLA
4 6 (2.50%) GDPR
5 5 (2.08%) NIST
6 4 (1.67%) PMO
7 2 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
System Software
1 9 (3.75%) Docker
2 7 (2.92%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (3.33%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.08%) Terraform
3 4 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.83%) Ansible
5 1 (0.42%) Packer
Vendors
1 28 (11.67%) Microsoft
2 16 (6.67%) Oracle
3 14 (5.83%) Cisco
4 13 (5.42%) Micro Focus
5 11 (4.58%) Google
6 8 (3.33%) IBM
7 7 (2.92%) Atlassian
7 7 (2.92%) Juniper
8 5 (2.08%) SAP
9 4 (1.67%) MuleSoft
10 3 (1.25%) Northgate
10 3 (1.25%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.83%) Facebook
11 2 (0.83%) Meraki
11 2 (0.83%) Nexthink
11 2 (0.83%) Pinterest
11 2 (0.83%) Snapchat
11 2 (0.83%) TikTok
11 2 (0.83%) VMware
12 1 (0.42%) CrowdStrike