Lead Jobs in Sheffield

Leader
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Leader salary in Sheffield is £73,805 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 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 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 32 54
Rank change year-on-year +21 +22 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 137 86 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 12.94% 9.22% 4.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.55% 10.41% 4.53%
Number of salaries quoted 127 55 32
10th Percentile £44,800 £46,750 £44,267
25th Percentile £55,188 £61,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,805 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.44% - +47.37%
75th Percentile £84,964 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £73,805 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +9.34% -3.57% +55.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 1,011 826 816
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.47% 88.53% 98.19%
Number of salaries quoted 820 398 501
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,000 £33,750 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -7.62% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £71,170 £72,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Sheffield

Lead
Salary Trend in Sheffield

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

Salary trend for Lead in Sheffield

Lead
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Sheffield over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in Sheffield

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

For the 6 months to 28 April 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 Sheffield region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 71 (51.82%) Mentoring
2 53 (38.69%) Coaching
3 47 (34.31%) Agile
4 46 (33.58%) Finance
5 36 (26.28%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (26.28%) Social Skills
6 34 (24.82%) Azure
7 28 (20.44%) Roadmaps
8 23 (16.79%) Windows
8 23 (16.79%) AWS
9 22 (16.06%) Customer Service
10 20 (14.60%) Public Sector
10 20 (14.60%) Product Roadmap
11 18 (13.14%) ITIL
11 18 (13.14%) Microsoft 365
12 17 (12.41%) Supplier Management
13 16 (11.68%) JavaScript
13 16 (11.68%) Citrix
14 15 (10.95%) Kanban
15 14 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
16 13 (9.49%) Hyper-V
16 13 (9.49%) Windows Server 2016
16 13 (9.49%) Windows Server 2019
16 13 (9.49%) Windows Server
17 12 (8.76%) Microsoft
17 12 (8.76%) Project Management
17 12 (8.76%) SLA
17 12 (8.76%) Time Management
17 12 (8.76%) VMware
17 12 (8.76%) Decision-Making

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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 6 (4.38%) Confluence
1 6 (4.38%) Microsoft Exchange
1 6 (4.38%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 7 (5.11%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.65%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.19%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 34 (24.82%) Azure
2 23 (16.79%) AWS
3 18 (13.14%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.38%) Entra ID
4 6 (4.38%) Power Platform
5 4 (2.92%) Google Workspace
6 3 (2.19%) GCP
7 2 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.73%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.19%) SD-WAN
1 3 (2.19%) Software-Defined Radio
1 3 (2.19%) WAN
2 1 (0.73%) Multicast
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.76%) Amazon RDS
2 9 (6.57%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.38%) Power BI
3 6 (4.38%) Tableau
4 4 (2.92%) DB2
5 3 (2.19%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.73%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 10 (7.30%) JIRA
2 4 (2.92%) Git
3 3 (2.19%) JMeter
3 3 (2.19%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.73%) Jenkins
General
1 46 (33.58%) Finance
2 36 (26.28%) Social Skills
3 20 (14.60%) Public Sector
4 7 (5.11%) Law
5 6 (4.38%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.19%) Legal
7 2 (1.46%) Banking
7 2 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.46%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.73%) Aviation
8 1 (0.73%) Back Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (8.03%) React
2 6 (4.38%) RESTful
3 5 (3.65%) CSS
3 5 (3.65%) HTML
3 5 (3.65%) Laravel
3 5 (3.65%) Node.js
3 5 (3.65%) Tailwind CSS
4 3 (2.19%) Spring
5 2 (1.46%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.46%) Kafka
5 2 (1.46%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.46%) Vue
6 1 (0.73%) .NET
6 1 (0.73%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.38%) Product Ownership
1 6 (4.38%) Robotics
2 5 (3.65%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
3 3 (2.19%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.19%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.19%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.73%) ARM Cortex
4 1 (0.73%) PKI
4 1 (0.73%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 23 (16.79%) Windows
2 13 (9.49%) Windows Server
2 13 (9.49%) Windows Server 2016
2 13 (9.49%) Windows Server 2019
3 12 (8.76%) Windows Server 2012
4 11 (8.03%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.73%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.73%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (51.82%) Mentoring
2 53 (38.69%) Coaching
3 47 (34.31%) Agile
4 36 (26.28%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (20.44%) Roadmaps
6 22 (16.06%) Customer Service
7 20 (14.60%) Product Roadmap
8 18 (13.14%) ITIL
9 17 (12.41%) Supplier Management
10 15 (10.95%) Kanban
11 14 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (8.76%) Customer Experience
12 12 (8.76%) Decision-Making
12 12 (8.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 12 (8.76%) Project Management
12 12 (8.76%) Time Management
13 11 (8.03%) Artificial Intelligence
14 10 (7.30%) Scrum
14 10 (7.30%) Stakeholder Management
14 10 (7.30%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 16 (11.68%) JavaScript
2 11 (8.03%) SQL
3 10 (7.30%) COBOL
3 10 (7.30%) Java
3 10 (7.30%) Micro Focus COBOL
4 8 (5.84%) PHP
5 6 (4.38%) Python
6 5 (3.65%) Ada
6 5 (3.65%) C
6 5 (3.65%) C++
7 2 (1.46%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.73%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (8.03%) Degree
2 9 (6.57%) Azure Certification
3 6 (4.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (2.92%) HNC
4 4 (2.92%) HND
5 3 (2.19%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 3 (2.19%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.19%) CCSK
5 3 (2.19%) CCSP
5 3 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.19%) CISM
5 3 (2.19%) CISSP
5 3 (2.19%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.19%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.46%) JNCIA
6 2 (1.46%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.76%) SLA
2 3 (2.19%) NIST
3 2 (1.46%) PMO
System Software
1 13 (9.49%) Hyper-V
2 6 (4.38%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.38%) Docker
3 1 (0.73%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.73%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (8.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.38%) Kubernetes
3 3 (2.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (11.68%) Citrix
2 12 (8.76%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.76%) VMware
3 10 (7.30%) Micro Focus
4 9 (6.57%) Oracle
5 7 (5.11%) Google
6 6 (4.38%) Atlassian
7 4 (2.92%) IBM
8 2 (1.46%) Cisco
8 2 (1.46%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.46%) Juniper
8 2 (1.46%) Palo Alto