Lead Jobs in West Yorkshire

Leader
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Leader salary in West Yorkshire is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 33 32
Rank change year-on-year +19 -1 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 313 439 358
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 10.39% 8.38% 7.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.82% 8.98% 7.94%
Number of salaries quoted 272 276 284
10th Percentile £42,750 £49,750 £38,388
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £108,683 £81,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - +12.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,893 4,886 4,507
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.02% 93.30% 96.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,117 2,359 3,162
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £82,500
Yorkshire median annual salary £49,136 £54,882 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.47% +9.76% +5.26%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in West Yorkshire

Lead
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Lead in West Yorkshire

Lead
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in West Yorkshire

Lead
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 27 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
Leeds +9 252 £70,000 - 50
Bradford +26 33 £56,500 -1.74% 4
Castleford +28 7 £31,500 -
Pontefract - 5 £31,000 -
Hebden Bridge - 5 £24,000 -
Halifax +14 3 £95,000 +13.23% 1
Wakefield +13 3 £59,500 +7.40% 2
Sowerby Bridge - 2 £95,000 -
Lead
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 27 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 111 (35.46%) Agile
2 96 (30.67%) Azure
3 91 (29.07%) Finance
4 85 (27.16%) Social Skills
5 76 (24.28%) Mentoring
6 69 (22.04%) AWS
7 57 (18.21%) Coaching
8 49 (15.65%) DevOps
8 49 (15.65%) Roadmaps
9 38 (12.14%) CI/CD
9 38 (12.14%) Microsoft
10 36 (11.50%) Firewall
11 35 (11.18%) SQL
11 35 (11.18%) Problem-Solving
12 33 (10.54%) Cybersecurity
12 33 (10.54%) Windows
13 32 (10.22%) Public Sector
14 31 (9.90%) Project Management
15 28 (8.95%) Git
15 28 (8.95%) Line Management
16 27 (8.63%) SIEM
16 27 (8.63%) Stakeholder Management
16 27 (8.63%) Collaborative Culture
17 26 (8.31%) Migration
17 26 (8.31%) C#
17 26 (8.31%) Software Engineering
17 26 (8.31%) Continuous Improvement
17 26 (8.31%) Microsoft 365
18 25 (7.99%) RESTful
19 24 (7.67%) PHP

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 17 (5.43%) Confluence
2 7 (2.24%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.92%) IIS
4 4 (1.28%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.64%) SAS
6 2 (0.64%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.64%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.32%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.32%) Primavera
3 1 (0.32%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 96 (30.67%) Azure
2 69 (22.04%) AWS
3 26 (8.31%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (7.03%) GCP
5 19 (6.07%) Cloud Computing
6 15 (4.79%) GitHub
7 14 (4.47%) Power Platform
8 13 (4.15%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (3.83%) Dynamics 365
10 11 (3.51%) Azure Sentinel
10 11 (3.51%) GitHub Actions
11 10 (3.19%) Entra ID
12 9 (2.88%) PowerApps
12 9 (2.88%) Serverless
13 8 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
13 8 (2.56%) Slack
14 7 (2.24%) OneDrive
15 6 (1.92%) BlazeMeter
15 6 (1.92%) BrowserStack
15 6 (1.92%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 36 (11.50%) Firewall
2 17 (5.43%) Intrusion Detection
3 15 (4.79%) TCP/IP
4 14 (4.47%) WAN
5 13 (4.15%) LAN
6 10 (3.19%) DNS
7 7 (2.24%) Network Security
7 7 (2.24%) SSL
8 6 (1.92%) Wireshark
9 5 (1.60%) NAS
9 5 (1.60%) SAN
9 5 (1.60%) VLAN
10 4 (1.28%) BGP
11 3 (0.96%) Intranet
11 3 (0.96%) Software-Defined Radio
11 3 (0.96%) Wireless
12 2 (0.64%) Internet
13 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.07%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (3.19%) Power BI
2 10 (3.19%) Relational Database
3 8 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (2.56%) Data Lake
3 8 (2.56%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.56%) RDBMS
4 7 (2.24%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.60%) MySQL
6 4 (1.28%) Amazon Redshift
6 4 (1.28%) Oracle Database
6 4 (1.28%) QualityStage
7 2 (0.64%) Metadata
7 2 (0.64%) SAS EBI
8 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (8.95%) Git
2 20 (6.39%) JIRA
3 19 (6.07%) CircleCI
4 14 (4.47%) Selenium
5 10 (3.19%) Cucumber
6 9 (2.88%) GitLab
7 8 (2.56%) Jenkins
7 8 (2.56%) JUnit
8 6 (1.92%) Appium
8 6 (1.92%) JMeter
9 4 (1.28%) Bitbucket
9 4 (1.28%) Postman
10 3 (0.96%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.96%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.64%) SpecFlow
12 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 91 (29.07%) Finance
2 85 (27.16%) Social Skills
3 32 (10.22%) Public Sector
4 24 (7.67%) Law
5 19 (6.07%) Banking
6 17 (5.43%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (2.24%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.24%) Marketing
9 6 (1.92%) Retail
10 5 (1.60%) Manufacturing
10 5 (1.60%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.28%) Back Office
11 4 (1.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.28%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (1.28%) Local Government
12 3 (0.96%) Police
12 3 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.64%) Automotive
13 2 (0.64%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (7.99%) RESTful
2 23 (7.35%) .NET
3 20 (6.39%) React
4 9 (2.88%) AngularJS
4 9 (2.88%) HTML
4 9 (2.88%) OAuth
5 8 (2.56%) jQuery
5 8 (2.56%) JSON
5 8 (2.56%) REST
5 8 (2.56%) Spring Boot
6 6 (1.92%) Laravel
7 5 (1.60%) .NET Core
7 5 (1.60%) CSS
7 5 (1.60%) PySpark
7 5 (1.60%) Web Services
8 4 (1.28%) ASP.NET
8 4 (1.28%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (1.28%) Spring
8 4 (1.28%) Vue
9 3 (0.96%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.11%) Management Information System
1 16 (5.11%) Public Cloud
2 15 (4.79%) Product Ownership
3 13 (4.15%) Mobile App
4 11 (3.51%) Cloud Native
4 11 (3.51%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (2.88%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.88%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.92%) Security Operations Centre
7 4 (1.28%) IoT
7 4 (1.28%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.96%) Blog
8 3 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.96%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (0.96%) Security Posture
8 3 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.64%) Cyberattack
9 2 (0.64%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.32%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 33 (10.54%) Windows
2 18 (5.75%) Linux
3 12 (3.83%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.51%) Android
4 11 (3.51%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.96%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.64%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (35.46%) Agile
2 76 (24.28%) Mentoring
3 57 (18.21%) Coaching
4 49 (15.65%) DevOps
4 49 (15.65%) Roadmaps
5 38 (12.14%) CI/CD
6 35 (11.18%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (10.54%) Cybersecurity
8 31 (9.90%) Project Management
9 28 (8.95%) Line Management
10 27 (8.63%) Collaborative Culture
10 27 (8.63%) SIEM
10 27 (8.63%) Stakeholder Management
11 26 (8.31%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (8.31%) Migration
11 26 (8.31%) Software Engineering
12 23 (7.35%) Cryptography
13 22 (7.03%) Microservices
14 19 (6.07%) Containerisation
14 19 (6.07%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 35 (11.18%) SQL
2 26 (8.31%) C#
3 24 (7.67%) PHP
4 23 (7.35%) Python
5 15 (4.79%) JavaScript
6 10 (3.19%) Java
7 9 (2.88%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.60%) COBOL
8 5 (1.60%) Kotlin
8 5 (1.60%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 5 (1.60%) Swift
9 3 (0.96%) C
9 3 (0.96%) C++
9 3 (0.96%) Ruby
9 3 (0.96%) XAML
10 2 (0.64%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.32%) Bicep
11 1 (0.32%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (5.11%) Security Cleared
2 15 (4.79%) Degree
2 15 (4.79%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
4 10 (3.19%) CEH
4 10 (3.19%) SSCP
5 7 (2.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 7 (2.24%) CCSP
5 7 (2.24%) CISSP
6 6 (1.92%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.92%) SANS
7 5 (1.60%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.28%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.28%) CCNA
8 4 (1.28%) CompTIA Security+
8 4 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (1.28%) MCSE
8 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.28%) OSCP
9 2 (0.64%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (4.79%) QA
2 12 (3.83%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.56%) GDPR
3 8 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.56%) PSD2
3 8 (2.56%) SLA
4 7 (2.24%) NIST
5 6 (1.92%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.64%) Automotive SPICE
7 1 (0.32%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.32%) IFRS
7 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 16 (5.11%) Active Directory
1 16 (5.11%) Docker
2 9 (2.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (2.88%) vSphere
3 6 (1.92%) Virtual Desktop
3 6 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (7.03%) Terraform
2 17 (5.43%) Kubernetes
3 9 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.92%) FortiGate
4 6 (1.92%) Nagios
4 6 (1.92%) Nmap
5 3 (0.96%) Puppet
6 2 (0.64%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.64%) Grafana
7 1 (0.32%) Istio
7 1 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.32%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 38 (12.14%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.83%) Splunk
2 12 (3.83%) VMware
3 11 (3.51%) Databricks
4 8 (2.56%) Duck Creek
4 8 (2.56%) Google
4 8 (2.56%) Oracle
5 7 (2.24%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.92%) CheckPoint
6 6 (1.92%) IBM
6 6 (1.92%) Qualys
6 6 (1.92%) Rapid7
6 6 (1.92%) Thycotic
6 6 (1.92%) Veeam
7 5 (1.60%) Atlassian
7 5 (1.60%) Micro Focus
8 4 (1.28%) Cisco
8 4 (1.28%) Computacenter
8 4 (1.28%) Sparx
9 3 (0.96%) Citrix