Lead Jobs in the North East

Leader
England > North East

The median Leader salary in the North East is £48,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 July 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 12 40
Rank change year-on-year -29 +28 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 39 225 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 2.51% 11.71% 5.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.31% 12.31% 6.83%
Number of salaries quoted 28 206 44
10th Percentile £43,050 £35,000 £33,625
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,438 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £70,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.67% +40.50% -
75th Percentile £51,000 £84,964 £67,813
90th Percentile £78,775 £85,000 £77,050
England median annual salary £71,991 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +2.84% -3.45% -3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 1,178 1,828 835
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 75.80% 95.11% 80.06%
Number of salaries quoted 683 1,422 571
10th Percentile £25,084 £26,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £45,249 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.70% -9.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £52,905 £62,500 £61,473
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% -

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the North East

Lead
Salary Trend in the North East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead in the North East.

Salary trend for Lead in the North East

Lead
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in the North East over the 6 months to 17 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead in the North East

Lead
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the North East region over the 6 months to 17 July 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
Tyne and Wear -22 34 £48,000 -34.96% 37
Northumberland +2 3 £30,000 - 2
Durham -28 2 £72,442 +81.10% 6
Lead
England

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 17 July 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 North East region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 16 (41.03%) Mentoring
1 16 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 15 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (38.46%) Agile
3 12 (30.77%) Coaching
4 10 (25.64%) DBS Check
4 10 (25.64%) Social Media
4 10 (25.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (25.64%) Windows Vista
4 10 (25.64%) Windows
5 9 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (20.51%) Line Management
6 8 (20.51%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (20.51%) Finance
6 8 (20.51%) Change Management
6 8 (20.51%) Oracle
6 8 (20.51%) SAP
6 8 (20.51%) ERP
6 8 (20.51%) JD Edwards
6 8 (20.51%) Process Improvement
6 8 (20.51%) Concur
7 6 (15.38%) DevOps
8 5 (12.82%) AWS
9 4 (10.26%) .NET
10 3 (7.69%) Python
10 3 (7.69%) Risk Management
10 3 (7.69%) QA
10 3 (7.69%) Information Security
10 3 (7.69%) Degree

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (5.13%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (5.13%) Adobe Illustrator
Cloud Services
1 5 (12.82%) AWS
2 3 (7.69%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.56%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) Broadband
2 1 (2.56%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) NoSQL
1 1 (2.56%) RDBMS
1 1 (2.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Jaeger
1 1 (2.56%) Postman
General
1 16 (41.03%) Social Skills
2 9 (23.08%) Organisational Skills
3 8 (20.51%) Finance
4 3 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.56%) Games
6 1 (2.56%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.26%) .NET
2 1 (2.56%) .NET Core
2 1 (2.56%) .NET Framework
2 1 (2.56%) AngularJS
2 1 (2.56%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (2.56%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (2.56%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (25.64%) Social Media
2 8 (20.51%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (7.69%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (5.13%) ASTM
4 2 (5.13%) NHS
5 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
5 1 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (25.64%) Windows
1 10 (25.64%) Windows Vista
2 2 (5.13%) Linux
3 1 (2.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (41.03%) Mentoring
2 15 (38.46%) Agile
2 15 (38.46%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (30.77%) Coaching
4 10 (25.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 8 (20.51%) Change Management
6 8 (20.51%) ERP
6 8 (20.51%) Line Management
6 8 (20.51%) Process Improvement
7 6 (15.38%) DevOps
8 3 (7.69%) CI/CD
8 3 (7.69%) Information Security
8 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure as Code
8 3 (7.69%) Risk Management
9 2 (5.13%) Containerisation
9 2 (5.13%) Critical Thinking
9 2 (5.13%) Data Interpretation
9 2 (5.13%) Impact Assessments
9 2 (5.13%) Regulatory Compliance
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.69%) Python
2 2 (5.13%) Bash
2 2 (5.13%) C#
2 2 (5.13%) Java
2 2 (5.13%) Scala
3 1 (2.56%) Bicep
3 1 (2.56%) Go
3 1 (2.56%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.56%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (25.64%) DBS Check
2 3 (7.69%) Degree
3 1 (2.56%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.69%) QA
2 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.56%) NCSC
2 1 (2.56%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (2.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) Terraform
2 2 (5.13%) Kubernetes
3 1 (2.56%) Ansible
3 1 (2.56%) Argo
3 1 (2.56%) Kustomize
3 1 (2.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 8 (20.51%) Concur
1 8 (20.51%) JD Edwards
1 8 (20.51%) Oracle
1 8 (20.51%) SAP
2 2 (5.13%) Adobe
3 1 (2.56%) Google