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 leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 42 33
Rank change year-on-year +29 -9 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1,585 882 1,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.72% 6.80% 7.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.22% 7.65% 8.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,263 693 911
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,000 £41,503
25th Percentile £53,563 £53,750 £50,709
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - +12.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £84,919 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £92,500 £87,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +7.14%

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 15,505 11,528 18,453
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.12% 88.81% 96.29%
Number of salaries quoted 10,970 7,461 11,427
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,500 £28,189
25th Percentile £37,500 £39,000 £38,258
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +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 26 July 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 26 July 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 +32 815 £70,000 - 93
Yorkshire +25 583 £68,000 -2.86% 41
North East +26 191 £62,500 +26.26% 27
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 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.

1 481 (30.35%) Agile
2 452 (28.52%) Mentoring
3 336 (21.20%) Azure
4 289 (18.23%) Coaching
5 275 (17.35%) Social Skills
6 267 (16.85%) AWS
7 257 (16.21%) Finance
8 256 (16.15%) Software Engineering
9 248 (15.65%) Problem-Solving
10 204 (12.87%) Microsoft
11 184 (11.61%) DevOps
12 152 (9.59%) Public Sector
13 141 (8.90%) SQL
13 141 (8.90%) Roadmaps
14 133 (8.39%) Stakeholder Management
15 127 (8.01%) .NET
16 118 (7.44%) Project Management
17 114 (7.19%) Java
18 113 (7.13%) C#
19 107 (6.75%) CI/CD
20 97 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
21 96 (6.06%) Cybersecurity
22 94 (5.93%) User Experience
23 87 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
23 87 (5.49%) Data Engineering
24 83 (5.24%) Windows
25 81 (5.11%) Terraform
26 80 (5.05%) Analytical Skills
26 80 (5.05%) Security Cleared
27 79 (4.98%) Business Intelligence

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 34 (2.15%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.58%) Tuxedo
3 24 (1.51%) Confluence
4 17 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 16 (1.01%) Apache
6 14 (0.88%) CMS
7 12 (0.76%) WebLogic
8 8 (0.50%) Anypoint
8 8 (0.50%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 8 (0.50%) WebSphere
9 5 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.32%) IIS
10 4 (0.25%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.19%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.13%) SAS
12 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
Applications
1 23 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.25%) Chatbot
4 4 (0.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.25%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.063%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.76%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 6 (0.38%) Magento
3 6 (0.38%) SAP IBP
3 6 (0.38%) Shopify
4 4 (0.25%) SAP PP
4 4 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.19%) Primavera
6 2 (0.13%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.063%) Dynamics NAV
7 1 (0.063%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.063%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.063%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.063%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 336 (21.20%) Azure
2 267 (16.85%) AWS
3 87 (5.49%) Microsoft 365
4 75 (4.73%) GCP
5 66 (4.16%) Power Platform
6 48 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
7 43 (2.71%) Amazon Kinesis
8 36 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
9 32 (2.02%) GitHub
10 30 (1.89%) GitHub Actions
11 28 (1.77%) Serverless
12 27 (1.70%) Amazon S3
13 25 (1.58%) AWS Lambda
14 20 (1.26%) Amazon EC2
14 20 (1.26%) Entra ID
14 20 (1.26%) SaaS
15 16 (1.01%) Amazon SQS
15 16 (1.01%) dbt
15 16 (1.01%) PowerApps
16 14 (0.88%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 52 (3.28%) WAN
2 51 (3.22%) Firewall
3 34 (2.15%) LAN
4 26 (1.64%) DNS
5 24 (1.51%) SSL
5 24 (1.51%) TCP/IP
5 24 (1.51%) Wi-Fi
6 23 (1.45%) Wireless
7 22 (1.39%) SD-WAN
8 19 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
9 18 (1.14%) Network Security
10 13 (0.82%) BGP
11 12 (0.76%) Software-Defined Radio
12 10 (0.63%) Ethernet
12 10 (0.63%) Internet
12 10 (0.63%) VPN
13 7 (0.44%) Intranet
14 6 (0.38%) DHCP
15 5 (0.32%) MPLS
15 5 (0.32%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.28%) Amazon RDS
2 50 (3.15%) Power BI
3 47 (2.97%) Relational Database
4 46 (2.90%) SQL Server
5 44 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
6 39 (2.46%) MySQL
7 36 (2.27%) DynamoDB
8 35 (2.21%) Tableau
9 32 (2.02%) PostgreSQL
10 31 (1.96%) NoSQL
11 29 (1.83%) RDBMS
12 23 (1.45%) Amazon Redshift
13 19 (1.20%) Amazon Aurora
14 15 (0.95%) Data Vault
15 14 (0.88%) Data Lake
15 14 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 12 (0.76%) Oracle Database
17 10 (0.63%) DB2
17 10 (0.63%) MongoDB
17 10 (0.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 47 (2.97%) JIRA
2 40 (2.52%) Git
3 30 (1.89%) CircleCI
4 17 (1.07%) Postman
5 12 (0.76%) GitLab
6 11 (0.69%) JUnit
7 7 (0.44%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.32%) JMeter
8 5 (0.32%) Selenium
9 3 (0.19%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.13%) Appium
10 2 (0.13%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.13%) Maven
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle APEX
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.13%) SpecFlow
11 1 (0.063%) Jasmine
11 1 (0.063%) Karma Test Runner
11 1 (0.063%) Sonatype Nexus
11 1 (0.063%) TestCafe
General
1 275 (17.35%) Social Skills
2 257 (16.21%) Finance
3 152 (9.59%) Public Sector
4 97 (6.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 80 (5.05%) Analytical Skills
6 77 (4.86%) Retail
7 54 (3.41%) Law
8 38 (2.40%) Organisational Skills
9 35 (2.21%) Manufacturing
10 27 (1.70%) Legal
11 20 (1.26%) Marketing
12 18 (1.14%) Telecoms
13 14 (0.88%) Games
14 13 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
15 11 (0.69%) Aerospace
16 10 (0.63%) Back Office
16 10 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
16 10 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
17 8 (0.50%) Local Government
18 6 (0.38%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (8.01%) .NET
2 70 (4.42%) React
3 53 (3.34%) .NET Core
4 52 (3.28%) RESTful
5 50 (3.15%) Node.js
6 49 (3.09%) HTML
7 47 (2.97%) CSS
8 45 (2.84%) Spring
9 36 (2.27%) JSON
9 36 (2.27%) REST
10 35 (2.21%) Spring Boot
11 32 (2.02%) AngularJS
12 30 (1.89%) Web Services
13 27 (1.70%) GraphQL
14 19 (1.20%) http4s
14 19 (1.20%) RabbitMQ
14 19 (1.20%) Scalaz
15 17 (1.07%) .NET Framework
16 13 (0.82%) STL
16 13 (0.82%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (4.35%) Cyberattack
2 65 (4.10%) Distributed Systems
3 60 (3.79%) Public Cloud
4 56 (3.53%) Management Information System
5 47 (2.97%) Cloud Native
6 42 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
7 31 (1.96%) Media Streaming
8 28 (1.77%) Product Ownership
9 22 (1.39%) Data Centre
10 19 (1.20%) Blog
11 17 (1.07%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
12 15 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (0.95%) Mobile App
13 13 (0.82%) Data Structures
14 11 (0.69%) Onboarding
15 10 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
16 9 (0.57%) IoT
16 9 (0.57%) Operational Technology
17 8 (0.50%) Client/Server
18 6 (0.38%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 83 (5.24%) Windows
2 41 (2.59%) Windows Server
3 36 (2.27%) Linux
4 20 (1.26%) Windows 10
4 20 (1.26%) Windows Server 2016
4 20 (1.26%) Windows Server 2019
5 19 (1.20%) Windows Server 2012
6 13 (0.82%) Apple iOS
6 13 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.32%) Windows 7
8 3 (0.19%) Android
8 3 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
9 2 (0.13%) Mac OS X
9 2 (0.13%) VMS
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Vista
10 1 (0.063%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 481 (30.35%) Agile
2 452 (28.52%) Mentoring
3 289 (18.23%) Coaching
4 256 (16.15%) Software Engineering
5 248 (15.65%) Problem-Solving
6 184 (11.61%) DevOps
7 141 (8.90%) Roadmaps
8 133 (8.39%) Stakeholder Management
9 118 (7.44%) Project Management
10 107 (6.75%) CI/CD
11 96 (6.06%) Cybersecurity
12 94 (5.93%) User Experience
13 87 (5.49%) Data Engineering
14 79 (4.98%) Business Intelligence
14 79 (4.98%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 78 (4.92%) Customer Service
15 78 (4.92%) Machine Learning
16 76 (4.79%) Design Patterns
17 74 (4.67%) Infrastructure as Code
17 74 (4.67%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 141 (8.90%) SQL
2 114 (7.19%) Java
3 113 (7.13%) C#
4 67 (4.23%) Python
5 60 (3.79%) JavaScript
6 56 (3.53%) TypeScript
7 52 (3.28%) PHP
8 50 (3.15%) COBOL
8 50 (3.15%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 44 (2.78%) Scala
10 40 (2.52%) C++
11 31 (1.96%) C
12 15 (0.95%) Kotlin
13 13 (0.82%) T-SQL
14 10 (0.63%) VB.NET
15 7 (0.44%) Swift
16 4 (0.25%) Objective-C
16 4 (0.25%) PowerShell
16 4 (0.25%) XAML
17 3 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 80 (5.05%) Security Cleared
2 70 (4.42%) Degree
3 65 (4.10%) SC Cleared
4 41 (2.59%) Azure Certification
5 31 (1.96%) AWS Certification
5 31 (1.96%) CISM
6 29 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (1.39%) Cisco Certification
8 17 (1.07%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 17 (1.07%) CCSK
8 17 (1.07%) CCSP
8 17 (1.07%) CISSP
9 14 (0.88%) CISA
9 14 (0.88%) CRISC
10 12 (0.76%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 11 (0.69%) CHECK Team Leader
11 11 (0.69%) HNC
11 11 (0.69%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (0.57%) HND
13 7 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (2.90%) SLA
2 36 (2.27%) QA
3 30 (1.89%) Data Quality
4 23 (1.45%) GDPR
5 22 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 20 (1.26%) NIST
7 15 (0.95%) GRC
8 9 (0.57%) PMO
9 7 (0.44%) Accessibility
10 6 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.19%) NCSC
11 3 (0.19%) PCI DSS
12 2 (0.13%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.13%) Software Quality Assurance
13 1 (0.063%) Automotive SPICE
13 1 (0.063%) IFRS
13 1 (0.063%) ISO/IEC 15288
13 1 (0.063%) P3O
System Software
1 75 (4.73%) Docker
2 33 (2.08%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.51%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.25%) Firmware
6 3 (0.19%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 81 (5.11%) Terraform
2 78 (4.92%) Kubernetes
3 23 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.44%) SysTrack
6 6 (0.38%) Grafana
6 6 (0.38%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.32%) SCCM
8 3 (0.19%) Ansible
9 2 (0.13%) Autotask
10 1 (0.063%) Istio
10 1 (0.063%) Kiali
10 1 (0.063%) Kibana
10 1 (0.063%) Nessus
Vendors
1 204 (12.87%) Microsoft
2 65 (4.10%) Oracle
3 50 (3.15%) Micro Focus
4 43 (2.71%) VMware
5 35 (2.21%) Google
6 30 (1.89%) Citrix
7 27 (1.70%) SAP
8 22 (1.39%) Databricks
9 20 (1.26%) IBM
10 14 (0.88%) Atlassian
10 14 (0.88%) ServiceNow
11 13 (0.82%) Informatica
12 12 (0.76%) Cisco
12 12 (0.76%) Sparx
13 8 (0.50%) MuleSoft
13 8 (0.50%) Salesforce
13 8 (0.50%) Snow
14 5 (0.32%) Sophos
14 5 (0.32%) Ubiquiti
15 4 (0.25%) HubSpot