Lead Jobs in Salford

Leader
Manchester > Salford

The median Leader salary in Salford is £31,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 May 2025.

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

 6 months to
31 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 21 36
Rank change year-on-year +14 +15 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 7 8 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Salford 16.67% 5.67% 5.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.95% 5.80% 6.30%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 7
10th Percentile - £55,000 £61,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £55,300 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £58,800 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -46.43% -9.54% +62.50%
75th Percentile £33,250 £62,200 £73,750
90th Percentile £49,653 £67,308 £75,000
Manchester median annual salary £75,000 £70,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +6.38% +0.71% +12.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Salford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Salford. 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 Salford with a recognized job title 39 138 127
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.86% 97.87% 83.55%
Number of salaries quoted 28 99 57
10th Percentile £29,750 £24,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £31,875 £35,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% -9.09% +19.57%
75th Percentile £74,258 £62,200 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,000 £76,250 £75,000
Manchester median annual salary £57,500 £53,503 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.47% -6.95% +4.55%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Salford

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Salford

Lead
Salary Trend in Salford

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead in Salford.

Salary trend for Lead in Salford

Lead
Salary Histogram in Salford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Salford over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead in Salford

Lead Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Salford

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 Salford region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) ITSM
1 6 (85.71%) Resource Management
1 6 (85.71%) ITIL
1 6 (85.71%) Process Improvement
1 6 (85.71%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) SABSA
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 1 (14.29%) NCSC
2 1 (14.29%) NIST
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) Network Security
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Information Assurance
2 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
2 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security Management
2 1 (14.29%) Security Management
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Salford 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
General
1 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Customer Service
1 6 (85.71%) ITIL
1 6 (85.71%) ITSM
1 6 (85.71%) Process Improvement
1 6 (85.71%) Resource Management
2 1 (14.29%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Information Assurance
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security Management
2 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
2 1 (14.29%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
2 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
2 1 (14.29%) SABSA
2 1 (14.29%) Security Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) Security Management
2 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (14.29%) NCSC
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
178 Lead jobs in Manchester