Lead Job Trends in Leeds

Leader
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Leader salary in Leeds is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 August 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 17 7
Rank change year-on-year +9 -10 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 287 91 261
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 9.79% 9.53% 13.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.33% 9.97% 14.55%
Number of salaries quoted 219 70 232
10th Percentile £56,000 £63,625 £47,000
25th Percentile £66,495 £65,438 £55,235
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,750 £68,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.97% +6.99% -2.86%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £90,000 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £80,000 £70,500 £68,000
% change year-on-year +13.48% +3.68% -2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 2,779 913 1,794
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 95.60% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,166 631 1,300
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £69,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £82,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Lead job vacancy trend in Leeds

Lead
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Leeds

Lead
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Leeds over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Lead in Leeds

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 10 August 2026, 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 Leeds region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 57 (19.86%) Azure
2 52 (18.12%) Mentoring
3 50 (17.42%) Agile
4 37 (12.89%) AI
5 33 (11.50%) Platform Engineering
6 31 (10.80%) Oracle
6 31 (10.80%) Roadmaps
7 28 (9.76%) Technical Leadership
8 26 (9.06%) DevOps
8 26 (9.06%) Java
9 24 (8.36%) Analytics
10 22 (7.67%) SQL
11 20 (6.97%) Software Engineering
12 19 (6.62%) AWS
12 19 (6.62%) CI/CD
13 18 (6.27%) Stakeholder Management
13 18 (6.27%) TypeScript
14 17 (5.92%) Coaching
14 17 (5.92%) React
15 16 (5.57%) Decision-Making
15 16 (5.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 15 (5.23%) Python
17 14 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
17 14 (4.88%) JavaScript
17 14 (4.88%) OCI
18 13 (4.53%) Data Engineering
18 13 (4.53%) Data Quality
18 13 (4.53%) Full-Stack Development
18 13 (4.53%) User Experience
19 12 (4.18%) Continuous Improvement

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.05%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.35%) Apache
2 1 (0.35%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.35%) JBoss
2 1 (0.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.70%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.35%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.35%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (3.14%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.35%) iTrent
3 1 (0.35%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 57 (19.86%) Azure
2 19 (6.62%) AWS
3 14 (4.88%) OCI
4 12 (4.18%) GCP
5 11 (3.83%) Azure Data Factory
6 9 (3.14%) Power Platform
7 8 (2.79%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 8 (2.79%) SaaS
8 4 (1.39%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (1.39%) Serverless
9 3 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (1.05%) Azure Machine Learning
9 3 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.05%) PaaS
9 3 (1.05%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.70%) Amazon ECS
10 2 (0.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (0.70%) GitHub
10 2 (0.70%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.09%) Broadband
2 4 (1.39%) Internet
3 2 (0.70%) CTI
3 2 (0.70%) VoIP
4 1 (0.35%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (2.44%) Amazon Redshift
2 7 (2.44%) BigQuery
3 6 (2.09%) Metadata
3 6 (2.09%) Power BI
4 4 (1.39%) Spark SQL
5 3 (1.05%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.05%) MySQL
5 3 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.70%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.70%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.35%) Amazon QuickSight
7 1 (0.35%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.35%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.35%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.35%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (1.05%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.70%) GitLab
2 2 (0.70%) JIRA
3 1 (0.35%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.35%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.35%) Git
3 1 (0.35%) Maven
3 1 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.35%) Selenium
3 1 (0.35%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 57 (19.86%) Finance
2 33 (11.50%) Social Skills
3 14 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (3.14%) Retail
5 8 (2.79%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.09%) Games
7 5 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (1.39%) Aviation
8 4 (1.39%) Marketing
9 3 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.70%) Advertising
10 2 (0.70%) Automotive
10 2 (0.70%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.35%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.92%) React
2 6 (2.09%) AngularJS
2 6 (2.09%) Node.js
2 6 (2.09%) Spring
2 6 (2.09%) XML
3 5 (1.74%) PySpark
3 5 (1.74%) XBRL
4 4 (1.39%) Next.js
4 4 (1.39%) Vue
5 3 (1.05%) Flutter
5 3 (1.05%) JSON
5 3 (1.05%) Redux
5 3 (1.05%) RESTful
6 2 (0.70%) CSS
7 1 (0.35%) .NET
7 1 (0.35%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.35%) Drools
7 1 (0.35%) Gherkin
7 1 (0.35%) Hibernate
7 1 (0.35%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.83%) Mobile App
2 9 (3.14%) Analytical Mindset
3 8 (2.79%) Onboarding
3 8 (2.79%) Product Ownership
4 5 (1.74%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.39%) Media Streaming
6 3 (1.05%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.05%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.05%) Taxonomies
7 2 (0.70%) IVR
7 2 (0.70%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.35%) AI Agents
8 1 (0.35%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.35%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.35%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.35%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.35%) FMCG
8 1 (0.35%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.09%) Android
1 6 (2.09%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (18.12%) Mentoring
2 50 (17.42%) Agile
3 37 (12.89%) AI
4 33 (11.50%) Platform Engineering
5 31 (10.80%) Roadmaps
6 28 (9.76%) Technical Leadership
7 26 (9.06%) DevOps
8 24 (8.36%) Analytics
9 20 (6.97%) Software Engineering
10 19 (6.62%) CI/CD
11 18 (6.27%) Stakeholder Management
12 17 (5.92%) Coaching
13 16 (5.57%) Decision-Making
13 16 (5.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 14 (4.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
15 13 (4.53%) Data Engineering
15 13 (4.53%) Full-Stack Development
15 13 (4.53%) User Experience
16 12 (4.18%) Continuous Improvement
16 12 (4.18%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 26 (9.06%) Java
2 22 (7.67%) SQL
3 18 (6.27%) TypeScript
4 15 (5.23%) Python
5 14 (4.88%) JavaScript
6 8 (2.79%) C#
7 6 (2.09%) Scala
8 3 (1.05%) Go
9 2 (0.70%) Bash
9 2 (0.70%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.35%) ABAP
10 1 (0.35%) C
10 1 (0.35%) C++
10 1 (0.35%) Dart
10 1 (0.35%) Embedded C
10 1 (0.35%) Groovy
10 1 (0.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (2.79%) Degree
2 3 (1.05%) CREST Certified
2 3 (1.05%) SC Cleared
2 3 (1.05%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (0.70%) CBAP
3 2 (0.70%) DBS Check
3 2 (0.70%) IIBA
4 1 (0.35%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Developer
4 1 (0.35%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.35%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.53%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.48%) Accessibility
2 10 (3.48%) QA
3 1 (0.35%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (1.39%) Docker
2 1 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
2 1 (0.35%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 6 (2.09%) Terraform
2 3 (1.05%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.70%) MOM
4 1 (0.35%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 31 (10.80%) Oracle
2 11 (3.83%) Databricks
3 10 (3.48%) Microsoft
4 3 (1.05%) SAP
4 3 (1.05%) TOWER Software
5 2 (0.70%) Avaya
5 2 (0.70%) Cisco
5 2 (0.70%) Genesys
5 2 (0.70%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.35%) Google