Help Desk Team Lead Job Trends in the North of England

Help Desk Team Lead
England > North of England

The median Help Desk Team Lead salary in the North of England is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 October 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 319 296
Rank change year-on-year +32 -23 +152
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Team Lead 6 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.063% 0.022% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.072% 0.023% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile - £31,500 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,875 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £29,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +18.64% -30.59%
75th Percentile £33,750 £38,125 £30,250
90th Percentile - £38,500 -
England median annual salary £32,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year -13.33% +7.14% -17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 8,337 12,913 8,182
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.33% 94.92% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4,284 7,282 6,228
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,250 £38,890 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,725 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Help Desk Team Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Help Desk Team Lead' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Help Desk Team Lead job vacancy trend in the North of England

Help Desk Team Lead
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Help Desk Team Lead job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Help Desk Team Lead job vacancies in the North of England

Help Desk Team Lead
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Help Desk Team Lead within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Yorkshire - 6 £32,500 -
Help Desk Team Lead
England

Help Desk Team Lead Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 1 October 2025, Help Desk Team 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 North of England region featuring Help Desk Team Lead in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Onboarding
1 5 (83.33%) Entra ID
1 5 (83.33%) Customer Service
1 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (83.33%) Hyper-V
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) VPN
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
1 5 (83.33%) VMware
1 5 (83.33%) Process Improvement
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (83.33%) Mentoring
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server
1 5 (83.33%) Client Onboarding
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Instagram
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience
2 1 (16.67%) Facebook
2 1 (16.67%) SLA
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (16.67%) Ticket Management

Help Desk Team Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Entra ID
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Firewall
1 5 (83.33%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Windows
1 5 (83.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Client Onboarding
1 5 (83.33%) Customer Service
1 5 (83.33%) Mentoring
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (83.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (16.67%) Ticket Management
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Hyper-V
1 5 (83.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
1 5 (83.33%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Facebook
2 1 (16.67%) Instagram