Lead Jobs in the North East

Leader
England > North East

The median Leader salary in the North East is £54,145 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 27 34 47
Rank change year-on-year +7 +13 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 31 74 66
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 6.01% 6.85% 5.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.28% 7.16% 5.49%
Number of salaries quoted 28 40 53
10th Percentile £39,525 £46,450 £30,200
25th Percentile £45,475 £52,306 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,145 £68,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.24% +25.00% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £85,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,875 £87,625 £72,500
England median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% +7.14% +3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 494 1,034 1,203
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.74% 95.74% 92.47%
Number of salaries quoted 424 646 939
10th Percentile £28,297 £30,000 £25,950
25th Percentile £36,750 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year - +14.94% -3.33%
75th Percentile £61,445 £69,725 £57,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £68,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%

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 1 December 2023.

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 1 December 2023. 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 +6 19 £65,000 -13.33% 25
Durham +10 10 £50,000 - 13
Northumberland - 1 £57,500 -
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 December 2023, 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 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Agile
3 6 (19.35%) JavaScript
3 6 (19.35%) QA
4 5 (16.13%) Azure
4 5 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (16.13%) .NET
4 5 (16.13%) Python
4 5 (16.13%) Service Management
4 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (16.13%) SDLC
5 4 (12.90%) Project Delivery
5 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (12.90%) Service Delivery
5 4 (12.90%) ITIL
5 4 (12.90%) TDD
5 4 (12.90%) C#
5 4 (12.90%) Java
5 4 (12.90%) Test Automation
5 4 (12.90%) Mentoring
6 3 (9.68%) AngularJS
6 3 (9.68%) BDD
6 3 (9.68%) Degree
6 3 (9.68%) Performance Testing
6 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
6 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
6 3 (9.68%) Software Engineering
6 3 (9.68%) Project Management
6 3 (9.68%) SQL
6 3 (9.68%) User Research

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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (16.13%) Azure
2 1 (3.23%) AWS
2 1 (3.23%) dbt
2 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.23%) GCP
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.23%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.23%) PowerApps
2 1 (3.23%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
2 1 (3.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.45%) Firewall
1 2 (6.45%) Network Security
2 1 (3.23%) DHCP
2 1 (3.23%) DMZ
2 1 (3.23%) DNS
2 1 (3.23%) Internet
2 1 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (3.23%) MPLS
2 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.23%) VPN
2 1 (3.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) BigQuery
1 1 (3.23%) Data Lake
1 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.23%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Selenium
General
1 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 3 (9.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.45%) Finance
4 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Marketing
4 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.23%) Retail
4 1 (3.23%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.13%) .NET
2 3 (9.68%) AngularJS
3 1 (3.23%) ASP.NET
3 1 (3.23%) React
3 1 (3.23%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Blog
1 2 (6.45%) Educational Technology
1 2 (6.45%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (6.45%) NHS
2 1 (3.23%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.23%) Operational Technology
2 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) Agile
2 5 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (16.13%) SDLC
2 5 (16.13%) Service Management
2 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (12.90%) ITIL
3 4 (12.90%) Mentoring
3 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (12.90%) Project Delivery
3 4 (12.90%) Service Delivery
3 4 (12.90%) TDD
3 4 (12.90%) Test Automation
4 3 (9.68%) BDD
4 3 (9.68%) Performance Testing
4 3 (9.68%) Project Management
4 3 (9.68%) Software Engineering
4 3 (9.68%) User Research
5 2 (6.45%) CI/CD
5 2 (6.45%) Customer Service
5 2 (6.45%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) JavaScript
2 5 (16.13%) Python
3 4 (12.90%) C#
3 4 (12.90%) Java
4 3 (9.68%) SQL
5 1 (3.23%) C
5 1 (3.23%) C++
5 1 (3.23%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) Degree
1 3 (9.68%) SC Cleared
1 3 (9.68%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.23%) CCNP
2 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.23%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.23%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) QA
2 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.23%) NCSC
3 1 (3.23%) NIST
3 1 (3.23%) PMO
3 1 (3.23%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (3.23%) Cisco
1 1 (3.23%) Google
1 1 (3.23%) Microsoft
1 1 (3.23%) Salesforce
1 1 (3.23%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
1 1 (3.23%) ServiceNow
1 1 (3.23%) SolarWinds
1 1 (3.23%) Veeam