Lead Jobs in Manchester

Leader
North West > Manchester

The median Leader salary in Manchester is £70,500 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 17 36 17
Rank change year-on-year +19 -19 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 479 412 599
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 9.38% 8.26% 10.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.89% 9.01% 10.90%
Number of salaries quoted 400 311 341
10th Percentile £46,750 £51,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,188 £58,000 £51,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +12.00% -
75th Percentile £84,919 £84,528 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £86,250
North West median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 4,841 4,575 5,495
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 91.68% 97.12%
Number of salaries quoted 3,748 2,668 3,712
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,334 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.51% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £83,750 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%

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 28 April 2024.

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 28 April 2024. 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
Stockport +33 8 £42,500 +112.50% 2
Salford +17 8 £58,800 -9.54% 4
Bolton - 6 £38,750 - 1
Bury - 5 £68,750 -
Rochdale - 3 £41,000 -
Wigan - 1 £28,500 -
Lead
North West

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

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 Manchester region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 166 (34.66%) Agile
2 129 (26.93%) Mentoring
3 120 (25.05%) Azure
4 95 (19.83%) Finance
5 88 (18.37%) Social Skills
6 85 (17.75%) AWS
7 77 (16.08%) Software Engineering
8 73 (15.24%) Coaching
9 68 (14.20%) DevOps
10 62 (12.94%) Microsoft
11 61 (12.73%) SQL
12 49 (10.23%) Java
12 49 (10.23%) TypeScript
13 47 (9.81%) Problem-Solving
14 46 (9.60%) Public Sector
15 44 (9.19%) Project Management
16 42 (8.77%) JavaScript
16 42 (8.77%) CI/CD
17 41 (8.56%) .NET
18 40 (8.35%) Linux
19 37 (7.72%) Technical Leadership
20 35 (7.31%) C#
20 35 (7.31%) TDD
20 35 (7.31%) Degree
20 35 (7.31%) React
21 34 (7.10%) Python
22 32 (6.68%) Full Stack Development
22 32 (6.68%) Roadmaps
22 32 (6.68%) Design Patterns
23 31 (6.47%) Node.js

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 21 (4.38%) Apache
2 18 (3.76%) Confluence
3 6 (1.25%) CMS
3 6 (1.25%) Tuxedo
4 5 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.04%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.84%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.84%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.63%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.21%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.21%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.84%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.63%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.21%) Magento
4 1 (0.21%) Shopify
4 1 (0.21%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 120 (25.05%) Azure
2 85 (17.75%) AWS
3 25 (5.22%) GCP
4 23 (4.80%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (3.55%) Power Platform
6 13 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
6 13 (2.71%) Dynamics 365
6 13 (2.71%) Serverless
7 12 (2.51%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (2.30%) SaaS
9 10 (2.09%) Amazon Kinesis
10 8 (1.67%) Amazon SQS
10 8 (1.67%) dbt
11 7 (1.46%) Amazon EC2
12 6 (1.25%) Amazon S3
12 6 (1.25%) GitHub
13 5 (1.04%) Collibra
13 5 (1.04%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.04%) Google Analytics
13 5 (1.04%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.92%) WAN
2 11 (2.30%) Firewall
3 10 (2.09%) SSL
4 8 (1.67%) LAN
5 6 (1.25%) DNS
5 6 (1.25%) Network Security
5 6 (1.25%) SD-WAN
5 6 (1.25%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.25%) VPN
6 5 (1.04%) BGP
6 5 (1.04%) NAS
6 5 (1.04%) SAN
7 4 (0.84%) Software-Defined Radio
8 3 (0.63%) Wireless
9 2 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.21%) DSL
10 1 (0.21%) HTTP
10 1 (0.21%) Intranet
10 1 (0.21%) MPLS
10 1 (0.21%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.76%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (3.55%) Power BI
3 15 (3.13%) MySQL
3 15 (3.13%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.30%) NoSQL
4 11 (2.30%) Relational Database
4 11 (2.30%) Tableau
5 10 (2.09%) Amazon RDS
5 10 (2.09%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (1.67%) RDBMS
7 7 (1.46%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.25%) DynamoDB
9 5 (1.04%) Airbyte
9 5 (1.04%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.04%) Looker
9 5 (1.04%) Metadata
10 4 (0.84%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.63%) DataStage
11 3 (0.63%) DB2
11 3 (0.63%) IBM InfoSphere
Development Applications
1 20 (4.18%) JIRA
2 12 (2.51%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.67%) Git
4 6 (1.25%) Cypress.io
4 6 (1.25%) GitLab
5 5 (1.04%) Spinnaker
6 4 (0.84%) Postman
7 3 (0.63%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.63%) Selenium
8 2 (0.42%) Maven
9 1 (0.21%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.21%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 95 (19.83%) Finance
2 88 (18.37%) Social Skills
3 46 (9.60%) Public Sector
4 19 (3.97%) Telecoms
5 17 (3.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (3.13%) Retail
7 11 (2.30%) Banking
7 11 (2.30%) Law
8 7 (1.46%) Games
9 6 (1.25%) Legal
10 4 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (0.84%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.42%) Back Office
12 2 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.42%) Marketing
12 2 (0.42%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.21%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.21%) Electronics
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (8.56%) .NET
2 35 (7.31%) React
3 31 (6.47%) Node.js
4 16 (3.34%) Apache NiFi
4 16 (3.34%) HTML
4 16 (3.34%) REST
4 16 (3.34%) STL
5 14 (2.92%) CSS
6 13 (2.71%) .NET Framework
7 12 (2.51%) Kafka
7 12 (2.51%) RESTful
7 12 (2.51%) Spring
7 12 (2.51%) Web Services
8 11 (2.30%) AngularJS
8 11 (2.30%) GraphQL
9 10 (2.09%) .NET Core
10 9 (1.88%) RabbitMQ
10 9 (1.88%) Spring Boot
11 8 (1.67%) Redux
12 7 (1.46%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.38%) Cloud Native
2 17 (3.55%) Greenfield Project
3 15 (3.13%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.13%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (2.09%) Public Cloud
5 9 (1.88%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (1.67%) Mobile App
6 8 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.25%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.25%) Video\Live Streaming
8 5 (1.04%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (1.04%) Mainframe
9 4 (0.84%) Private Cloud
9 4 (0.84%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.63%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.42%) Blog
11 2 (0.42%) FPGA
11 2 (0.42%) Kindle
11 2 (0.42%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 40 (8.35%) Linux
2 29 (6.05%) Windows
3 10 (2.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (1.67%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.25%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (1.25%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.84%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.42%) Android
7 2 (0.42%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (34.66%) Agile
2 129 (26.93%) Mentoring
3 77 (16.08%) Software Engineering
4 73 (15.24%) Coaching
5 68 (14.20%) DevOps
6 47 (9.81%) Problem-Solving
7 44 (9.19%) Project Management
8 42 (8.77%) CI/CD
9 37 (7.72%) Technical Leadership
10 35 (7.31%) TDD
11 32 (6.68%) Design Patterns
11 32 (6.68%) Full Stack Development
11 32 (6.68%) Roadmaps
12 30 (6.26%) Project Delivery
12 30 (6.26%) Stakeholder Management
13 29 (6.05%) Cybersecurity
14 27 (5.64%) Analytics
14 27 (5.64%) Continuous Improvement
14 27 (5.64%) User Experience
15 25 (5.22%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 61 (12.73%) SQL
2 49 (10.23%) Java
2 49 (10.23%) TypeScript
3 42 (8.77%) JavaScript
4 35 (7.31%) C#
5 34 (7.10%) Python
6 23 (4.80%) C++
7 22 (4.59%) C
8 10 (2.09%) COBOL
8 10 (2.09%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 8 (1.67%) PHP
10 6 (1.25%) Go
11 5 (1.04%) Swift
12 3 (0.63%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.63%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.63%) Objective-C
12 3 (0.63%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.63%) VB
13 2 (0.42%) Scala
13 2 (0.42%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 35 (7.31%) Degree
2 27 (5.64%) Security Cleared
3 17 (3.55%) Azure Certification
3 17 (3.55%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.13%) AWS Certification
4 15 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (2.51%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.30%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.25%) CCNP
8 5 (1.04%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (1.04%) CCSK
8 5 (1.04%) CCSP
8 5 (1.04%) CISM
8 5 (1.04%) CISSP
8 5 (1.04%) Citrix Certification
8 5 (1.04%) JNCIA
8 5 (1.04%) VCAP
8 5 (1.04%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 3 (0.63%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.55%) QA
2 8 (1.67%) SLA
3 7 (1.46%) NIST
4 5 (1.04%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.63%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.42%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.42%) GDPR
6 2 (0.42%) NCSC
7 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.21%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (5.01%) Docker
2 11 (2.30%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.25%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (1.25%) Firmware
4 5 (1.04%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.04%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 24 (5.01%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.92%) Terraform
3 5 (1.04%) SCCM
3 5 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.63%) SysTrack
6 2 (0.42%) Ansible
6 2 (0.42%) Autotask
7 1 (0.21%) Kiali
7 1 (0.21%) Kibana
7 1 (0.21%) Nessus
7 1 (0.21%) Podman
Vendors
1 62 (12.94%) Microsoft
2 14 (2.92%) Google
2 14 (2.92%) Oracle
2 14 (2.92%) VMware
3 10 (2.09%) Micro Focus
4 8 (1.67%) IBM
5 7 (1.46%) Atlassian
5 7 (1.46%) Citrix
6 6 (1.25%) Cisco
6 6 (1.25%) Red Hat
7 5 (1.04%) Teradata
7 5 (1.04%) Veeam
8 4 (0.84%) Snow
8 4 (0.84%) Sparx
9 3 (0.63%) Confluent
9 3 (0.63%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.42%) Cognos
10 2 (0.42%) Databricks
10 2 (0.42%) Datto
10 2 (0.42%) Juniper