Lead Jobs in the North of England

Leader
England > North of England

The median Leader salary in the North of England is £70,000 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 14 39 31
Rank change year-on-year +25 -8 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1,635 1,241 1,380
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.47% 7.12% 7.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.97% 7.96% 7.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,408 865 900
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £37,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £83,759 £83,750 £76,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,403 15,591 17,334
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.02% 89.42% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 12,681 8,240 11,134
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,720
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the North of England

Lead
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Lead in the North of England

Lead
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in the North of England

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 Lead within the North of England 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
North West +25 822 £70,000 - 167
Yorkshire +25 599 £70,000 - 97
North East +39 216 £70,500 +41.00% 43
Lead
England

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

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 North of England region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 563 (34.43%) Agile
2 524 (32.05%) Mentoring
3 381 (23.30%) Coaching
4 367 (22.45%) Social Skills
5 363 (22.20%) Azure
6 362 (22.14%) Finance
7 279 (17.06%) AWS
8 205 (12.54%) SQL
8 205 (12.54%) Public Sector
9 204 (12.48%) Roadmaps
10 183 (11.19%) Microsoft
11 181 (11.07%) Problem-Solving
12 167 (10.21%) DevOps
13 163 (9.97%) Project Management
14 147 (8.99%) Software Engineering
15 132 (8.07%) .NET
16 130 (7.95%) Stakeholder Management
17 127 (7.77%) CI/CD
18 125 (7.65%) Degree
19 121 (7.40%) C#
19 121 (7.40%) Continuous Improvement
20 109 (6.67%) Java
21 107 (6.54%) Product Roadmap
22 105 (6.42%) JavaScript
22 105 (6.42%) Python
23 104 (6.36%) Windows
24 103 (6.30%) Analytics
25 102 (6.24%) Cybersecurity
26 98 (5.99%) Supplier Management
27 95 (5.81%) Security Cleared

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 65 (3.98%) Confluence
2 31 (1.90%) Tuxedo
3 29 (1.77%) SharePoint
4 23 (1.41%) Apache
5 14 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
6 12 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.73%) WebLogic
7 11 (0.67%) CMS
8 8 (0.49%) Anypoint
8 8 (0.49%) IIS
8 8 (0.49%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 8 (0.49%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.43%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.18%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.12%) SAS
12 1 (0.061%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.061%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.61%) Chatbot
4 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.061%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.73%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 7 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.37%) SAP IBP
5 4 (0.24%) MIS ActiveH
6 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.18%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.12%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.12%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.12%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.061%) Magento
8 1 (0.061%) Primavera
8 1 (0.061%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.061%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.061%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.061%) SAP WM
8 1 (0.061%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 363 (22.20%) Azure
2 279 (17.06%) AWS
3 94 (5.75%) Microsoft 365
4 73 (4.46%) Power Platform
5 66 (4.04%) GCP
6 52 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (2.81%) SaaS
8 41 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
9 36 (2.20%) Amazon S3
10 33 (2.02%) Serverless
11 32 (1.96%) Amazon Kinesis
12 31 (1.90%) AWS Lambda
12 31 (1.90%) Cloud Computing
13 24 (1.47%) GitHub
14 22 (1.35%) Entra ID
15 20 (1.22%) Amazon EC2
16 19 (1.16%) dbt
17 17 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
18 16 (0.98%) Amazon SQS
19 15 (0.92%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 72 (4.40%) Firewall
2 49 (3.00%) WAN
3 28 (1.71%) LAN
3 28 (1.71%) TCP/IP
4 27 (1.65%) DNS
5 26 (1.59%) SD-WAN
5 26 (1.59%) SSL
6 25 (1.53%) Network Security
7 20 (1.22%) Intrusion Detection
8 15 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (0.80%) BGP
9 13 (0.80%) Software-Defined Radio
10 12 (0.73%) NAS
10 12 (0.73%) SAN
10 12 (0.73%) VPN
11 11 (0.67%) Internet
11 11 (0.67%) Wireless
12 7 (0.43%) Intranet
13 6 (0.37%) DHCP
13 6 (0.37%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (4.22%) SQL Server
2 68 (4.16%) Data Warehouse
3 66 (4.04%) Tableau
4 63 (3.85%) Power BI
5 56 (3.43%) MySQL
6 53 (3.24%) Relational Database
7 43 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
8 34 (2.08%) Amazon Redshift
9 29 (1.77%) RDBMS
10 24 (1.47%) DynamoDB
11 23 (1.41%) NoSQL
12 22 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
13 19 (1.16%) Data Lake
14 17 (1.04%) DB2
15 15 (0.92%) Oracle Database
16 12 (0.73%) MongoDB
17 10 (0.61%) BigQuery
18 9 (0.55%) Redis
19 7 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
19 7 (0.43%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 83 (5.08%) JIRA
2 74 (4.53%) Git
3 28 (1.71%) GitLab
4 26 (1.59%) Jenkins
5 19 (1.16%) CircleCI
5 19 (1.16%) Selenium
6 17 (1.04%) Postman
7 14 (0.86%) Cucumber
8 9 (0.55%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.55%) JMeter
8 9 (0.55%) JUnit
9 6 (0.37%) Appium
10 5 (0.31%) Maven
10 5 (0.31%) Spinnaker
11 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 3 (0.18%) Gradle
12 3 (0.18%) LoadRunner
12 3 (0.18%) SpecFlow
12 3 (0.18%) TeamCity
General
1 367 (22.45%) Social Skills
2 362 (22.14%) Finance
3 205 (12.54%) Public Sector
4 78 (4.77%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (3.55%) Retail
6 53 (3.24%) Law
7 39 (2.39%) Manufacturing
8 38 (2.32%) Legal
9 37 (2.26%) Banking
9 37 (2.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 36 (2.20%) Telecoms
11 27 (1.65%) Games
11 27 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
12 21 (1.28%) Marketing
13 20 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
15 10 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
16 9 (0.55%) Back Office
16 9 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
17 8 (0.49%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (8.07%) .NET
2 91 (5.57%) React
3 66 (4.04%) RESTful
4 55 (3.36%) Node.js
5 49 (3.00%) HTML
6 46 (2.81%) CSS
7 37 (2.26%) JSON
8 35 (2.14%) REST
9 33 (2.02%) Spring
9 33 (2.02%) Spring Boot
10 31 (1.90%) .NET Core
11 26 (1.59%) Web Services
12 25 (1.53%) AngularJS
13 21 (1.28%) .NET Framework
14 19 (1.16%) XML
15 17 (1.04%) RabbitMQ
16 16 (0.98%) Apache NiFi
16 16 (0.98%) ASP.NET
16 16 (0.98%) Laravel
16 16 (0.98%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 76 (4.65%) Management Information System
2 49 (3.00%) Product Ownership
3 44 (2.69%) Cloud Native
3 44 (2.69%) Public Cloud
4 43 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
5 34 (2.08%) Data Centre
6 27 (1.65%) Onboarding
7 24 (1.47%) Mobile App
8 21 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
9 20 (1.22%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 20 (1.22%) Distributed Systems
10 19 (1.16%) Client/Server
10 19 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
11 14 (0.86%) Virtual Team
12 12 (0.73%) Data Structures
12 12 (0.73%) NHS
12 12 (0.73%) Online Games
13 11 (0.67%) Security Operations Centre
14 9 (0.55%) IoT
15 8 (0.49%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 104 (6.36%) Windows
2 75 (4.59%) Linux
3 45 (2.75%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.16%) Apple iOS
5 18 (1.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (1.10%) Windows Server 2012
6 15 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (0.86%) Windows Server 2019
8 13 (0.80%) Android
8 13 (0.80%) Windows 10
9 8 (0.49%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.12%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Vista
13 1 (0.061%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 563 (34.43%) Agile
2 524 (32.05%) Mentoring
3 381 (23.30%) Coaching
4 204 (12.48%) Roadmaps
5 181 (11.07%) Problem-Solving
6 167 (10.21%) DevOps
7 163 (9.97%) Project Management
8 147 (8.99%) Software Engineering
9 130 (7.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 127 (7.77%) CI/CD
11 121 (7.40%) Continuous Improvement
12 107 (6.54%) Product Roadmap
13 103 (6.30%) Analytics
14 102 (6.24%) Cybersecurity
15 98 (5.99%) Supplier Management
16 94 (5.75%) Kanban
17 93 (5.69%) Scrum
18 89 (5.44%) Project Delivery
19 88 (5.38%) Decision-Making
20 85 (5.20%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 205 (12.54%) SQL
2 121 (7.40%) C#
3 109 (6.67%) Java
4 105 (6.42%) JavaScript
4 105 (6.42%) Python
5 79 (4.83%) PHP
6 61 (3.73%) TypeScript
7 56 (3.43%) COBOL
7 56 (3.43%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 47 (2.87%) C++
9 45 (2.75%) C
10 17 (1.04%) VB.NET
11 16 (0.98%) PowerShell
12 12 (0.73%) T-SQL
13 10 (0.61%) Swift
14 8 (0.49%) Kotlin
15 7 (0.43%) Go
16 5 (0.31%) Ada
17 4 (0.24%) Ruby
17 4 (0.24%) XAML
Qualifications
1 125 (7.65%) Degree
2 95 (5.81%) Security Cleared
3 76 (4.65%) SC Cleared
4 48 (2.94%) Azure Certification
5 38 (2.32%) AWS Certification
6 37 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (2.08%) CISM
8 33 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (1.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 26 (1.59%) CCSP
9 26 (1.59%) CISSP
10 20 (1.22%) CCSK
11 17 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (0.86%) CISA
12 14 (0.86%) CRISC
12 14 (0.86%) HNC
13 12 (0.73%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 12 (0.73%) DBS Check
14 10 (0.61%) CEH
14 10 (0.61%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (3.24%) QA
2 51 (3.12%) SLA
3 37 (2.26%) Data Quality
4 36 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 34 (2.08%) NIST
6 32 (1.96%) GDPR
7 15 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (0.86%) GRC
8 14 (0.86%) PMO
9 10 (0.61%) NCSC
10 9 (0.55%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.49%) PSD2
12 6 (0.37%) Accessibility
13 3 (0.18%) COSO
13 3 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 3 (0.18%) ISO 31000
14 2 (0.12%) Automotive SPICE
14 2 (0.12%) ISO 9001
15 1 (0.061%) IFRS
15 1 (0.061%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 66 (4.04%) Docker
2 38 (2.32%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 18 (1.10%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.55%) vSphere
6 8 (0.49%) Embedded Firmware
6 8 (0.49%) Firmware
7 6 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 64 (3.91%) Kubernetes
2 59 (3.61%) Terraform
3 26 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.43%) FortiGate
5 7 (0.43%) SysTrack
6 6 (0.37%) Ansible
6 6 (0.37%) Nagios
6 6 (0.37%) Nmap
7 5 (0.31%) SCCM
8 4 (0.24%) Puppet
9 3 (0.18%) Grafana
10 2 (0.12%) Autotask
10 2 (0.12%) CSIRT
10 2 (0.12%) Packer
11 1 (0.061%) Istio
11 1 (0.061%) Kibana
11 1 (0.061%) Podman
11 1 (0.061%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.061%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 183 (11.19%) Microsoft
2 76 (4.65%) Oracle
3 56 (3.43%) Micro Focus
4 47 (2.87%) Google
5 43 (2.63%) VMware
6 36 (2.20%) IBM
7 35 (2.14%) Atlassian
8 28 (1.71%) Cisco
9 26 (1.59%) Citrix
10 25 (1.53%) SAP
11 17 (1.04%) Databricks
12 15 (0.92%) ServiceNow
13 13 (0.80%) Splunk
14 12 (0.73%) Sparx
15 11 (0.67%) Juniper
15 11 (0.67%) Veeam
16 9 (0.55%) MuleSoft
17 8 (0.49%) Duck Creek
17 8 (0.49%) Snow
18 7 (0.43%) CheckPoint