Lead Jobs in Manchester

Leader
North West > Manchester

The median Leader salary in Manchester is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 15 33
Rank change year-on-year -17 +18 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 198 571 377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 8.59% 9.55% 8.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.42% 10.05% 9.10%
Number of salaries quoted 155 441 281
10th Percentile £50,200 £48,000 £52,500
25th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% +0.71% +12.00%
75th Percentile £97,500 £84,964 £84,056
90th Percentile £120,000 £87,500 £92,500
North West median annual salary £57,836 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -17.38% - +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,101 5,681 4,141
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.19% 95.00% 91.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,210 4,201 2,580
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,938 £67,968 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £80,000 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Manchester

Lead
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Lead in Manchester

Lead
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Manchester over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead in Manchester

Lead
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 13 June 2025. 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
Salford +12 7 £31,500 -46.43% 3
Bolton -7 4 £60,000 +54.84% 42
Altrincham -4 3 £32,500 - 15
Stockport +1 2 £75,000 +76.47% 2
Rochdale +6 1 £65,000 +58.54% 3
Bury 0 1 £60,000 -12.73% 12
Lead
North West

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 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 Manchester region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 76 (38.38%) AWS
2 72 (36.36%) Software Engineering
3 68 (34.34%) Agile
4 54 (27.27%) Social Skills
5 51 (25.76%) DevOps
5 51 (25.76%) Finance
6 48 (24.24%) Mentoring
7 44 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
7 44 (22.22%) JavaScript
8 41 (20.71%) Azure
9 39 (19.70%) Java
9 39 (19.70%) Roadmaps
10 37 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
11 34 (17.17%) Python
12 33 (16.67%) CI/CD
13 32 (16.16%) TypeScript
14 30 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
15 29 (14.65%) Banking
15 29 (14.65%) Terraform
16 27 (13.64%) Docker
16 27 (13.64%) React
17 26 (13.13%) Microservices
17 26 (13.13%) Kubernetes
17 26 (13.13%) .NET
18 25 (12.63%) SQL
19 24 (12.12%) Product Ownership
20 23 (11.62%) Coaching
21 22 (11.11%) C#
21 22 (11.11%) Kafka
21 22 (11.11%) Degree

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 3 (1.52%) CMS
2 2 (1.01%) nginx
3 1 (0.51%) Apache Solr
3 1 (0.51%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (4.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 3 (1.52%) Magento
1 3 (1.52%) Shopify
2 1 (0.51%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 76 (38.38%) AWS
2 41 (20.71%) Azure
3 21 (10.61%) GCP
4 14 (7.07%) Serverless
5 9 (4.55%) AWS Lambda
5 9 (4.55%) SaaS
6 8 (4.04%) Amazon EKS
6 8 (4.04%) Amazon SQS
7 7 (3.54%) AWS CloudFormation
7 7 (3.54%) Cloud Composer
8 5 (2.53%) Power Platform
9 4 (2.02%) GitHub
9 4 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.52%) Azure Service Bus
10 3 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.52%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.52%) PaaS
11 2 (1.01%) Amazon Cognito
11 2 (1.01%) AWS KMS
11 2 (1.01%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (0.51%) DNS
1 1 (0.51%) Firewall
1 1 (0.51%) HTTPS
1 1 (0.51%) Internet
1 1 (0.51%) IPsec
1 1 (0.51%) Network Security
1 1 (0.51%) Reverse Proxy
1 1 (0.51%) TCP/IP
1 1 (0.51%) VLAN
1 1 (0.51%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.59%) NoSQL
2 16 (8.08%) MongoDB
3 11 (5.56%) SQL Server
4 9 (4.55%) BigQuery
5 8 (4.04%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (2.53%) Power BI
7 4 (2.02%) MySQL
7 4 (2.02%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.02%) Tableau
8 2 (1.01%) Cloud Spanner
8 2 (1.01%) Metadata
9 1 (0.51%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.51%) Big Data
9 1 (0.51%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.51%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.51%) Electronic Patient Records
9 1 (0.51%) Hazelcast
9 1 (0.51%) Looker
Development Applications
1 14 (7.07%) Git
2 13 (6.57%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.54%) GitLab
3 7 (3.54%) JIRA
4 3 (1.52%) Selenium
5 2 (1.01%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (1.01%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.01%) Jasmine
5 2 (1.01%) JMeter
5 2 (1.01%) Karma Test Runner
5 2 (1.01%) LoadRunner
5 2 (1.01%) NeoLoad
5 2 (1.01%) REST Assured
5 2 (1.01%) WebDriver
6 1 (0.51%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.51%) Appium
6 1 (0.51%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.51%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.51%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.51%) Postman
General
1 54 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 51 (25.76%) Finance
3 29 (14.65%) Banking
4 20 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (5.56%) Law
6 8 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (3.54%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.53%) Electronics
8 5 (2.53%) Legal
8 5 (2.53%) Marketing
8 5 (2.53%) Retail
9 3 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.01%) Automotive
10 2 (1.01%) Local Government
10 2 (1.01%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.51%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.51%) French Language
11 1 (0.51%) Games
11 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (13.64%) React
2 26 (13.13%) .NET
3 22 (11.11%) Kafka
4 19 (9.60%) Node.js
5 15 (7.58%) CSS
6 13 (6.57%) HTML
7 11 (5.56%) .NET Core
7 11 (5.56%) AngularJS
8 10 (5.05%) Vue
9 8 (4.04%) Spring
10 7 (3.54%) Laravel
10 7 (3.54%) Spring Boot
11 6 (3.03%) RabbitMQ
12 5 (2.53%) ASP.NET
12 5 (2.53%) Blazor
12 5 (2.53%) HTML5
12 5 (2.53%) Playwright
12 5 (2.53%) React Native
13 4 (2.02%) GraphQL
13 4 (2.02%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 24 (12.12%) Product Ownership
2 9 (4.55%) Cloud Native
3 8 (4.04%) Algorithms
4 7 (3.54%) Distributed Systems
5 6 (3.03%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.53%) Management Information System
6 5 (2.53%) Social Media
7 4 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.02%) Clustering
7 4 (2.02%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (2.02%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (2.02%) Life Science
7 4 (2.02%) Mainframe
8 3 (1.52%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 3 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
8 3 (1.52%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.52%) Public Cloud
9 2 (1.01%) Cyber Defence
10 1 (0.51%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.04%) Windows
2 7 (3.54%) Android
3 6 (3.03%) Linux
4 4 (2.02%) Windows Vista
5 2 (1.01%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.51%) CentOS
6 1 (0.51%) Debian
6 1 (0.51%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (36.36%) Software Engineering
2 68 (34.34%) Agile
3 51 (25.76%) DevOps
4 48 (24.24%) Mentoring
5 44 (22.22%) Technical Leadership
6 39 (19.70%) Roadmaps
7 37 (18.69%) Problem-Solving
8 33 (16.67%) CI/CD
9 30 (15.15%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (13.13%) Microservices
11 23 (11.62%) Coaching
12 21 (10.61%) Full-Stack Development
12 21 (10.61%) ITIL
13 20 (10.10%) Decision-Making
14 17 (8.59%) TDD
15 16 (8.08%) Code Quality
15 16 (8.08%) Computer Science
15 16 (8.08%) Event-Driven
16 15 (7.58%) Analytics
16 15 (7.58%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 44 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 39 (19.70%) Java
3 34 (17.17%) Python
4 32 (16.16%) TypeScript
5 25 (12.63%) SQL
6 22 (11.11%) C#
7 10 (5.05%) PHP
8 8 (4.04%) Go
9 4 (2.02%) Bash
10 2 (1.01%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.51%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.51%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.51%) Swift
Qualifications
1 22 (11.11%) Degree
2 15 (7.58%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.53%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.02%) ACCA
4 4 (2.02%) CIMA
4 4 (2.02%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.01%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.01%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 2 (1.01%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.51%) GSEC
6 1 (0.51%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.53%) Accessibility
1 5 (2.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.02%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (2.02%) GDPR
2 4 (2.02%) IEC 62304
2 4 (2.02%) ISO 13485
2 4 (2.02%) NIST
2 4 (2.02%) QA
3 2 (1.01%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.01%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.01%) SLA
4 1 (0.51%) ITGC
4 1 (0.51%) NCSC
4 1 (0.51%) PERC
System Software
1 27 (13.64%) Docker
2 1 (0.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 29 (14.65%) Terraform
2 26 (13.13%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.02%) Ansible
4 1 (0.51%) Automic
4 1 (0.51%) Consul
4 1 (0.51%) Grafana
4 1 (0.51%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.51%) Proxmox
4 1 (0.51%) Puppet
4 1 (0.51%) Rancher
Vendors
1 21 (10.61%) Microsoft
2 12 (6.06%) ServiceNow
3 8 (4.04%) Google
4 5 (2.53%) Salesforce
5 4 (2.02%) Cognos
6 2 (1.01%) Hitachi
6 2 (1.01%) Oracle
6 2 (1.01%) Rapid7
6 2 (1.01%) Splunk
7 1 (0.51%) Adobe
7 1 (0.51%) Bloomberg
7 1 (0.51%) Cisco
7 1 (0.51%) Computacenter
7 1 (0.51%) Facebook
7 1 (0.51%) Hootsuite
7 1 (0.51%) IBM
7 1 (0.51%) Instagram
7 1 (0.51%) Pinterest
7 1 (0.51%) TikTok