Lead Job Trends in Ellesmere Port

Leader
Cheshire > Ellesmere Port

The median Leader salary in Ellesmere Port is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 4 - 3
Rank change year-on-year - - +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Ellesmere Port 14.29% - 25.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 14.29% - 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £78,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -32.20%
75th Percentile £86,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £72,500 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +31.82% -8.33% -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Ellesmere Port

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Ellesmere Port. 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 Ellesmere Port with a recognized job title 7 16 4
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 3 15 4
10th Percentile £38,600 - £43,875
25th Percentile £44,000 £31,250 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £50,750
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% +6.84%
75th Percentile £72,625 £54,375 £54,500
90th Percentile £80,800 £57,932 £58,550
Cheshire median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% -6.25% +6.67%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Ellesmere Port

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Ellesmere Port.

Lead job vacancy trend in Ellesmere Port

Lead
Salary Trend in Ellesmere Port

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Ellesmere Port.

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Ellesmere Port

Lead Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ellesmere Port

For the 6 months to 23 October 2025, Lead job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Ellesmere Port region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Ellesmere Port by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Modbus
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Operational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Network Segmentation
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC