Lead Jobs in the North West

Leader
England > North West

The median Leader salary in the North West is £65,000 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 31 31 32
Rank change year-on-year 0 +1 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 309 726 664
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.48% 8.07% 7.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.77% 8.40% 8.13%
Number of salaries quoted 226 499 474
10th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £36,325
25th Percentile £52,084 £55,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +17.39% -4.17%
75th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,539 £95,000 £85,000
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 West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,977 8,642 8,167
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.27% 96.08% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,717 5,177 6,073
10th Percentile £30,500 £29,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,625 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £80,000
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the North West

Lead
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Lead in the North West

Lead
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in the North West over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Lead in the North West

Lead
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the North West 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
Manchester -4 202 £72,500 +3.57% 109
Merseyside +6 44 £65,000 +1.96% 19
Cheshire +26 30 £61,250 -5.77% 32
Lancashire +27 28 £52,084 -22.84% 15
Cumbria -5 8 £60,000 +21.21% 5
Lead
England

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

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 West region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 105 (33.98%) Social Skills
2 102 (33.01%) Agile
3 76 (24.60%) Azure
4 71 (22.98%) Finance
5 67 (21.68%) Mentoring
6 60 (19.42%) DevOps
7 57 (18.45%) Software Engineering
8 53 (17.15%) Analytics
9 47 (15.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 46 (14.89%) AWS
10 46 (14.89%) Python
11 45 (14.56%) SQL
11 45 (14.56%) Coaching
12 41 (13.27%) JavaScript
12 41 (13.27%) Degree
12 41 (13.27%) Security Cleared
12 41 (13.27%) Roadmaps
13 40 (12.94%) .NET
14 35 (11.33%) Kubernetes
14 35 (11.33%) Technical Leadership
15 34 (11.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 34 (11.00%) Software Delivery
16 33 (10.68%) Microsoft
17 31 (10.03%) Stakeholder Management
17 31 (10.03%) Docker
18 30 (9.71%) Banking
18 30 (9.71%) Retail
18 30 (9.71%) Product Ownership
19 29 (9.39%) C#
19 29 (9.39%) People Management

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (1.62%) Confluence
2 4 (1.29%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.65%) CMS
4 1 (0.32%) IIS
4 1 (0.32%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.32%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (2.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.59%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.65%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.65%) NetSuite
3 2 (0.65%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.65%) SAP PP
4 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.32%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.32%) SAP R/3
4 1 (0.32%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 76 (24.60%) Azure
2 46 (14.89%) AWS
3 22 (7.12%) GCP
4 20 (6.47%) SaaS
5 13 (4.21%) Azure DevOps
5 13 (4.21%) IaaS
5 13 (4.21%) PaaS
6 12 (3.88%) Power Platform
7 11 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (3.56%) OpenShift
8 7 (2.27%) Azure Storage
8 7 (2.27%) Entra ID
8 7 (2.27%) Serverless
9 6 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.29%) Azure App Service
10 4 (1.29%) Azure Cognitive Search
10 4 (1.29%) Azure Data Factory
10 4 (1.29%) Azure Service Bus
11 3 (0.97%) Collibra
11 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.83%) Firewall
2 10 (3.24%) VPN
3 9 (2.91%) IPv4
3 9 (2.91%) LAN
4 7 (2.27%) DNS
4 7 (2.27%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.94%) DHCP
5 6 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (1.62%) OSPF
6 5 (1.62%) VLAN
6 5 (1.62%) Wireless
7 4 (1.29%) IP Telephony
7 4 (1.29%) NAS
7 4 (1.29%) SAN
7 4 (1.29%) VoIP
8 3 (0.97%) HTTP
8 3 (0.97%) Internet
8 3 (0.97%) WAN
8 3 (0.97%) WLAN
9 2 (0.65%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.18%) Tableau
2 11 (3.56%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.27%) Elasticsearch
3 7 (2.27%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.94%) Power BI
5 5 (1.62%) Data Hub
6 4 (1.29%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.29%) DataStage
6 4 (1.29%) IBM InfoSphere
6 4 (1.29%) InterSystems Cache
6 4 (1.29%) MySQL
6 4 (1.29%) SAP BW
6 4 (1.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.97%) Metadata
7 3 (0.97%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.97%) SAP HANA
7 3 (0.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.65%) DTS
9 1 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 15 (4.85%) Jenkins
2 12 (3.88%) Git
3 9 (2.91%) Cypress.io
4 7 (2.27%) Cucumber
4 7 (2.27%) Selenium
5 6 (1.94%) JIRA
6 3 (0.97%) Spinnaker
7 2 (0.65%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.65%) Grunt
7 2 (0.65%) gulp
7 2 (0.65%) webpack
8 1 (0.32%) GitLab
General
1 105 (33.98%) Social Skills
2 71 (22.98%) Finance
3 34 (11.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 30 (9.71%) Banking
4 30 (9.71%) Retail
5 18 (5.83%) Law
6 12 (3.88%) Aerospace
7 11 (3.56%) Influencing Skills
8 10 (3.24%) Marketing
9 9 (2.91%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.94%) Analytical Skills
10 6 (1.94%) Back Office
10 6 (1.94%) Public Sector
11 5 (1.62%) Advertising
11 5 (1.62%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.29%) Billing
12 4 (1.29%) Games
12 4 (1.29%) Legal
13 3 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.97%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (12.94%) .NET
2 24 (7.77%) Node.js
3 22 (7.12%) React
4 10 (3.24%) HTML
5 9 (2.91%) CSS
6 7 (2.27%) .NET Core
6 7 (2.27%) Redux
7 6 (1.94%) MobX
8 5 (1.62%) Jest
8 5 (1.62%) JSON
8 5 (1.62%) Kafka
8 5 (1.62%) LESS
8 5 (1.62%) Middleware
8 5 (1.62%) Next.js
8 5 (1.62%) Sass
9 4 (1.29%) ARM Templates
9 4 (1.29%) ASP.NET
9 4 (1.29%) Velocity
9 4 (1.29%) YAML
10 3 (0.97%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 30 (9.71%) Product Ownership
2 18 (5.83%) Public Cloud
3 15 (4.85%) Cyberattack
4 13 (4.21%) Linux Command Line
5 10 (3.24%) Onboarding
5 10 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.91%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.27%) Cloud Native
8 6 (1.94%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (1.94%) IoT
8 6 (1.94%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.62%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.62%) e-Learning
9 5 (1.62%) Security Posture
10 4 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.29%) Smart Meter
11 3 (0.97%) Low-Code
12 2 (0.65%) iPhone
12 2 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.44%) Linux
2 17 (5.50%) Windows
3 8 (2.59%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.62%) Unix
5 4 (1.29%) Windows Server 2012
5 4 (1.29%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.65%) VMS
6 2 (0.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (33.01%) Agile
2 67 (21.68%) Mentoring
3 60 (19.42%) DevOps
4 57 (18.45%) Software Engineering
5 53 (17.15%) Analytics
6 47 (15.21%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (14.56%) Coaching
8 41 (13.27%) Roadmaps
9 35 (11.33%) Technical Leadership
10 34 (11.00%) Software Delivery
11 31 (10.03%) Stakeholder Management
12 29 (9.39%) People Management
13 28 (9.06%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 28 (9.06%) Thought Leadership
14 27 (8.74%) Machine Learning
15 26 (8.41%) Scrum
16 25 (8.09%) Microservices
17 24 (7.77%) CI/CD
18 23 (7.44%) Line Management
19 22 (7.12%) Presales
Programming Languages
1 46 (14.89%) Python
2 45 (14.56%) SQL
3 41 (13.27%) JavaScript
4 29 (9.39%) C#
4 29 (9.39%) TypeScript
5 24 (7.77%) Java
6 21 (6.80%) Go
7 16 (5.18%) PowerShell
8 11 (3.56%) Bash
9 9 (2.91%) C++
9 9 (2.91%) Rust
10 5 (1.62%) PHP
10 5 (1.62%) Scala
10 5 (1.62%) T-SQL
11 4 (1.29%) ABAP
12 2 (0.65%) C
12 2 (0.65%) Perl
13 1 (0.32%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.32%) Lua
13 1 (0.32%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 41 (13.27%) Degree
1 41 (13.27%) Security Cleared
2 15 (4.85%) SC Cleared
3 12 (3.88%) DV Cleared
4 10 (3.24%) AWS Certification
5 9 (2.91%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
5 9 (2.91%) AWS Certified Developer
5 9 (2.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 8 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (1.94%) Azure Certification
8 5 (1.62%) GIAC
8 5 (1.62%) RHCE
9 4 (1.29%) JNCIA
9 4 (1.29%) JNCIP
9 4 (1.29%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.65%) CISSP
11 2 (0.65%) HNC
11 2 (0.65%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (5.18%) QA
2 8 (2.59%) SLA
3 5 (1.62%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.29%) NIST
5 3 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.97%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.65%) NCSC
6 2 (0.65%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.65%) WCAG
7 1 (0.32%) GDPR
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 14001
7 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 31 (10.03%) Docker
2 15 (4.85%) Active Directory
3 6 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.29%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.65%) NFS
6 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (11.33%) Kubernetes
2 14 (4.53%) Terraform
3 11 (3.56%) Ansible
4 5 (1.62%) Puppet
5 4 (1.29%) Istio
5 4 (1.29%) SCCM
6 2 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 33 (10.68%) Microsoft
2 18 (5.83%) Google
3 16 (5.18%) SAP
4 7 (2.27%) Cisco
5 6 (1.94%) VMware
6 5 (1.62%) IBM
6 5 (1.62%) Oracle
6 5 (1.62%) Palo Alto
6 5 (1.62%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.29%) Confluent
7 4 (1.29%) Fortinet
7 4 (1.29%) Juniper
8 3 (0.97%) Adobe
8 3 (0.97%) Alteryx
8 3 (0.97%) OpenAI
8 3 (0.97%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.65%) Advent
9 2 (0.65%) Aruba
9 2 (0.65%) Jitterbit
9 2 (0.65%) Sitecore