Lead Jobs in Chorley

Leader
Lancashire > Chorley

The median Leader salary in Chorley is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 8 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1 9 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chorley 2.63% 16.67% -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.63% 17.31% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 9 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £80,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% - -
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £54,793 £73,805 £50,000
% change year-on-year -25.76% +47.61% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Chorley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chorley. 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 Chorley with a recognized job title 38 52 81
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 96.30% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 31 48 76
10th Percentile - £32,125 £42,500
25th Percentile £22,425 £36,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.58% -2.27% +25.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £75,000 £61,250
90th Percentile - £80,000 £75,000
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £45,249 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.62% -4.74% +11.11%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Chorley

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Chorley

Lead
Salary Trend in Chorley

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

Salary trend for Lead in Chorley

Lead Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chorley

For the 6 months to 18 May 2025, 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 Chorley region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Chorley 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Selenium
1 1 (100.00%) SpecFlow
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Release Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Planning
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy