Lead Job Trends in Penrith

Leader
Cumbria > Penrith

The median Leader salary in Penrith is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 November 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 6 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 4 8 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Penrith 18.18% 29.63% -
As % of the Job Titles category 18.18% 29.63% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 0
10th Percentile £44,750 £21,360 -
25th Percentile £48,125 £52,215 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £73,750 -
Median % change year-on-year -32.20% - -
75th Percentile £56,250 £83,750 -
90th Percentile £67,500 - -
Cumbria median annual salary £45,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% - +11.11%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Penrith

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Penrith. 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 Penrith with a recognized job title 22 27 8
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 13 27 0
10th Percentile £38,770 £21,360 -
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile - £65,000 -
90th Percentile - £83,000 -
Cumbria median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £34,250
% change year-on-year -8.00% +45.99% -12.18%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Penrith

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Penrith.

Lead job vacancy trend in Penrith

Lead
Salary Trend in Penrith

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Penrith.

Salary distribution trend for Lead job vacancies in Penrith

Lead
Salary Histogram in Penrith

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Penrith over the 6 months to 27 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead in Penrith

Lead Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Penrith

For the 6 months to 27 November 2025, 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 Penrith region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Bash
3 1 (25.00%) Bicep
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
3 1 (25.00%) GitHub
3 1 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (25.00%) IaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) PaaS
3 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Terraform
3 1 (25.00%) Windows

Lead Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Penrith 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 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub
2 1 (25.00%) GitHub Actions
2 1 (25.00%) IaaS
2 1 (25.00%) PaaS
2 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (25.00%) DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Bash
1 1 (25.00%) Bicep
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) DBS Check
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft