Lead Jobs in Yorkshire

Leader
England > Yorkshire

The median Leader salary in Yorkshire is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 July 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 11 36
Rank change year-on-year -29 +25 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 219 663 429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 5.42% 10.74% 6.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.48% 11.31% 7.77%
Number of salaries quoted 169 582 323
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £44,349
25th Percentile £49,371 £51,250 £53,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £68,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% -2.86% +4.73%
75th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £92,500
England median annual salary £71,996 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +2.85% -3.45% -3.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 3,382 5,862 5,523
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.65% 94.93% 89.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,727 4,247 3,303
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,990 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.98% -4.78% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £79,550 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,900 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.97% -11.83% -

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Yorkshire

Lead
Salary Trend in Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Lead in Yorkshire

Lead
Salary Histogram in Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 16 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead in Yorkshire

Lead
Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 July 2025. 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
West Yorkshire -25 118 £70,500 +3.68% 72
South Yorkshire -2 48 £55,000 -25.48% 35
North Yorkshire -28 28 £52,397 -4.73% 19
Humberside +1 6 £60,000 +20.00% 1
East Yorkshire -3 6 £55,000 +29.41% 7
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 July 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 Yorkshire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 68 (31.05%) Mentoring
2 51 (23.29%) Social Skills
3 47 (21.46%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (21.46%) Azure
4 43 (19.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 41 (18.72%) AWS
5 41 (18.72%) Finance
6 40 (18.26%) CI/CD
6 40 (18.26%) Roadmaps
7 35 (15.98%) DevOps
7 35 (15.98%) SQL
7 35 (15.98%) Agile
8 31 (14.16%) Software Engineering
9 28 (12.79%) Banking
10 27 (12.33%) JavaScript
10 27 (12.33%) Microsoft
10 27 (12.33%) Coaching
11 25 (11.42%) Kubernetes
11 25 (11.42%) C#
11 25 (11.42%) Python
12 24 (10.96%) Docker
12 24 (10.96%) Product Ownership
13 23 (10.50%) Microservices
13 23 (10.50%) Java
14 22 (10.05%) Windows
14 22 (10.05%) Analytics
15 21 (9.59%) Containerisation
16 20 (9.13%) .NET
17 18 (8.22%) Stakeholder Management
17 18 (8.22%) Distributed Systems

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 5 (2.28%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.83%) SAS
3 2 (0.91%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.46%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.83%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.83%) Infor LN
1 4 (1.83%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 47 (21.46%) Azure
2 41 (18.72%) AWS
3 18 (8.22%) GCP
4 17 (7.76%) SaaS
5 14 (6.39%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.74%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.74%) Serverless
7 5 (2.28%) Amazon EC2
7 5 (2.28%) AWS Fargate
7 5 (2.28%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (2.28%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.83%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (1.83%) GitHub
8 4 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (1.83%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (1.37%) OCI
10 2 (0.91%) Azure AKS
10 2 (0.91%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.94%) Firewall
2 9 (4.11%) LAN
2 9 (4.11%) VPN
2 9 (4.11%) WAN
3 7 (3.20%) Network Security
4 6 (2.74%) Internet
5 4 (1.83%) DKIM
5 4 (1.83%) DMARC
5 4 (1.83%) DNSSEC
5 4 (1.83%) SMTP
6 3 (1.37%) BGP
6 3 (1.37%) OSPF
6 3 (1.37%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.37%) VLAN
7 2 (0.91%) Broadband
7 2 (0.91%) DHCP
7 2 (0.91%) DNS
8 1 (0.46%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.46%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (0.46%) DAB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.48%) NoSQL
2 9 (4.11%) MongoDB
2 9 (4.11%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.28%) Tableau
4 4 (1.83%) Power BI
5 3 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.91%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.91%) MySQL
6 2 (0.91%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.46%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.46%) Looker
7 1 (0.46%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (4.11%) JIRA
2 8 (3.65%) Oracle Forms
3 6 (2.74%) GitLab
4 4 (1.83%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.37%) CircleCI
5 3 (1.37%) Git
6 1 (0.46%) JMeter
6 1 (0.46%) JUnit
6 1 (0.46%) Postman
6 1 (0.46%) Selenium
6 1 (0.46%) SonarQube
General
1 51 (23.29%) Social Skills
2 41 (18.72%) Finance
3 28 (12.79%) Banking
4 17 (7.76%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (5.02%) Marketing
7 10 (4.57%) Public Sector
8 8 (3.65%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.20%) Electronics
10 6 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.74%) Retail
11 4 (1.83%) Police
12 3 (1.37%) Advertising
12 3 (1.37%) Law
12 3 (1.37%) Legal
13 2 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.46%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.13%) .NET
2 14 (6.39%) Node.js
3 12 (5.48%) React
4 7 (3.20%) AngularJS
5 6 (2.74%) .NET Core
5 6 (2.74%) RESTful
6 4 (1.83%) Express.js
6 4 (1.83%) Kafka
7 3 (1.37%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.91%) .NET Framework
8 2 (0.91%) ASP.NET Web API
8 2 (0.91%) AWS CDK
9 1 (0.46%) Apache Cordova
9 1 (0.46%) ASP.NET Core
9 1 (0.46%) Blazor
9 1 (0.46%) Bootstrap
9 1 (0.46%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.46%) Ionic Framework
9 1 (0.46%) React Native
9 1 (0.46%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 24 (10.96%) Product Ownership
2 18 (8.22%) Distributed Systems
3 13 (5.94%) Cloud Native
4 11 (5.02%) Private Cloud
5 10 (4.57%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (4.57%) Onboarding
6 8 (3.65%) Data Centre
6 8 (3.65%) Management Information System
7 7 (3.20%) Public Cloud
8 4 (1.83%) Credit Risk
8 4 (1.83%) Hackathon
8 4 (1.83%) Market Risk
9 2 (0.91%) Marketing Technology
9 2 (0.91%) NHS
10 1 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.46%) Distributed Applications
10 1 (0.46%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.46%) Smart Meter
10 1 (0.46%) Tandem
10 1 (0.46%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 22 (10.05%) Windows
2 6 (2.74%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.83%) Linux
4 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.46%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (31.05%) Mentoring
2 47 (21.46%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (19.63%) Continuous Improvement
4 40 (18.26%) CI/CD
4 40 (18.26%) Roadmaps
5 35 (15.98%) Agile
5 35 (15.98%) DevOps
6 31 (14.16%) Software Engineering
7 27 (12.33%) Coaching
8 23 (10.50%) Microservices
9 22 (10.05%) Analytics
10 21 (9.59%) Containerisation
11 18 (8.22%) Stakeholder Management
12 17 (7.76%) Decision-Making
13 16 (7.31%) Project Management
14 15 (6.85%) Business Intelligence
14 15 (6.85%) Process Improvement
15 14 (6.39%) Infrastructure as Code
15 14 (6.39%) User Experience
16 13 (5.94%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 35 (15.98%) SQL
2 27 (12.33%) JavaScript
3 25 (11.42%) C#
3 25 (11.42%) Python
4 23 (10.50%) Java
5 10 (4.57%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.83%) PL/SQL
6 4 (1.83%) PowerShell
6 4 (1.83%) R
7 2 (0.91%) Bash
7 2 (0.91%) Kotlin
7 2 (0.91%) PHP
8 1 (0.46%) ABAP
8 1 (0.46%) Go
8 1 (0.46%) Scala
8 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (5.94%) BPSS Clearance
2 12 (5.48%) SC Cleared
2 12 (5.48%) Security Cleared
3 6 (2.74%) Degree
4 4 (1.83%) ACCA
4 4 (1.83%) CIMA
4 4 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (1.37%) AWS Certification
5 3 (1.37%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.91%) Azure Certification
6 2 (0.91%) MCITP
6 2 (0.91%) MCSE
7 1 (0.46%) APMG
7 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
7 1 (0.46%) CCNA
7 1 (0.46%) CCNP
7 1 (0.46%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (4.11%) QA
2 8 (3.65%) IFRS
2 8 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (3.20%) GDPR
4 6 (2.74%) NIST
5 5 (2.28%) Cyber Essentials
6 4 (1.83%) Basel II
6 4 (1.83%) Basel III
6 4 (1.83%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.83%) Dodd-Frank
6 4 (1.83%) GAAP
6 4 (1.83%) IFRS 9
6 4 (1.83%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.91%) PMO
8 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.46%) GRC
8 1 (0.46%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (10.96%) Docker
2 7 (3.20%) Hyper-V
3 5 (2.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (11.42%) Kubernetes
2 15 (6.85%) Ansible
2 15 (6.85%) Terraform
3 8 (3.65%) Grafana
4 7 (3.20%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.46%) SCCM
5 1 (0.46%) SCOM
5 1 (0.46%) WSUS
Vendors
1 27 (12.33%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.48%) Cisco
3 9 (4.11%) Oracle
4 8 (3.65%) Fortinet
4 8 (3.65%) Palo Alto
5 7 (3.20%) Aruba
5 7 (3.20%) Mellanox
5 7 (3.20%) NVIDIA
5 7 (3.20%) SAP
6 6 (2.74%) Databricks
6 6 (2.74%) VMware
7 4 (1.83%) Cognos
7 4 (1.83%) Infor
7 4 (1.83%) IronPort
7 4 (1.83%) Veritas
8 3 (1.37%) Google
9 2 (0.91%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.46%) CyberSource
10 1 (0.46%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.46%) Zoho