Lead Jobs in Yorkshire

Leader
England > Yorkshire

The median Leader salary in Yorkshire is £69,018 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 12 39
Rank change year-on-year -20 +27 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 171 602 626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Yorkshire 6.40% 10.45% 7.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.81% 10.96% 8.32%
Number of salaries quoted 132 530 402
10th Percentile £32,250 £41,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,023 £53,750 £53,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,018 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% - +8.53%
75th Percentile £80,313 £83,759 £84,056
90th Percentile £112,500 £85,000 £97,328
England median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% -

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 2,510 5,491 7,526
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.90% 95.30% 91.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,348 4,235 3,552
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,000 £31,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £49,500 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year - -9.81% +9.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £83,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,567
% change year-on-year +7.48% -11.67% +0.95%

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 30 April 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 30 April 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 -15 94 £71,991 +6.65% 37
South Yorkshire -9 27 £65,000 -11.93% 20
North Yorkshire -32 17 £52,397 -17.81% 9
Humberside -7 6 £60,000 +20.00% 2
East Yorkshire +2 5 - - 6
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 30 April 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 56 (32.75%) Social Skills
2 55 (32.16%) Finance
3 54 (31.58%) Mentoring
4 43 (25.15%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (22.22%) Banking
6 35 (20.47%) CI/CD
7 33 (19.30%) Roadmaps
7 33 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (18.71%) DevOps
9 31 (18.13%) Azure
10 30 (17.54%) Agile
10 30 (17.54%) SQL
10 30 (17.54%) Kubernetes
10 30 (17.54%) Analytics
11 27 (15.79%) Microsoft
12 26 (15.20%) Software Engineering
12 26 (15.20%) Coaching
13 25 (14.62%) Microservices
14 24 (14.04%) SaaS
15 23 (13.45%) Containerisation
15 23 (13.45%) Product Ownership
16 22 (12.87%) Docker
17 21 (12.28%) Distributed Systems
18 20 (11.70%) Stakeholder Management
18 20 (11.70%) JavaScript
18 20 (11.70%) C#
18 20 (11.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 18 (10.53%) AWS
19 18 (10.53%) Project Management
19 18 (10.53%) GCP

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 12 (7.02%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (4.09%) SAS
3 3 (1.75%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.58%) Confluence
4 1 (0.58%) IIS
4 1 (0.58%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 4 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (2.34%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (2.34%) Infor LN
1 4 (2.34%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.58%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (18.13%) Azure
2 24 (14.04%) SaaS
3 18 (10.53%) AWS
3 18 (10.53%) GCP
4 10 (5.85%) Microsoft Purview
5 9 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
6 7 (4.09%) Azure AKS
7 6 (3.51%) Power Platform
8 5 (2.92%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.34%) GitHub
9 4 (2.34%) GitHub Actions
10 3 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (1.75%) Serverless
11 2 (1.17%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (1.17%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (1.17%) AWS Fargate
11 2 (1.17%) AWS Lambda
11 2 (1.17%) Google Analytics
11 2 (1.17%) IaaS
12 1 (0.58%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.85%) DKIM
1 10 (5.85%) DMARC
1 10 (5.85%) DNSSEC
1 10 (5.85%) Internet
1 10 (5.85%) SMTP
2 5 (2.92%) Firewall
3 4 (2.34%) DAB
3 4 (2.34%) LAN
3 4 (2.34%) VPN
3 4 (2.34%) WAN
4 2 (1.17%) Network Security
5 1 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.58%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.58%) DHCP
5 1 (0.58%) DNS
5 1 (0.58%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.85%) Tableau
2 7 (4.09%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.92%) Power BI
4 3 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.75%) SQL Server
5 2 (1.17%) BigQuery
5 2 (1.17%) Metadata
6 1 (0.58%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.58%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.58%) Looker
6 1 (0.58%) MySQL
6 1 (0.58%) Redis
6 1 (0.58%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 11 (6.43%) JIRA
2 10 (5.85%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (2.34%) CircleCI
3 4 (2.34%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.75%) GitLab
5 2 (1.17%) Git
5 2 (1.17%) JUnit
5 2 (1.17%) Selenium
6 1 (0.58%) Gradle
6 1 (0.58%) JMeter
6 1 (0.58%) Maven
6 1 (0.58%) Postman
6 1 (0.58%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.58%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.58%) Spinnaker
6 1 (0.58%) TestNG
General
1 56 (32.75%) Social Skills
2 55 (32.16%) Finance
3 38 (22.22%) Banking
4 14 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.19%) Public Sector
5 11 (6.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (5.85%) Law
7 8 (4.68%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (3.51%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.92%) Marketing
10 4 (2.34%) Legal
10 4 (2.34%) Police
11 3 (1.75%) Advertising
11 3 (1.75%) Retail
12 1 (0.58%) Back Office
12 1 (0.58%) Electronics
12 1 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.58%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.77%) React
2 14 (8.19%) .NET
3 13 (7.60%) Node.js
4 6 (3.51%) .NET Core
4 6 (3.51%) Express.js
4 6 (3.51%) Kafka
5 4 (2.34%) AngularJS
5 4 (2.34%) Bootstrap
5 4 (2.34%) Redux
6 2 (1.17%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.17%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.58%) Apache Cordova
7 1 (0.58%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.58%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.58%) Flask
7 1 (0.58%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.58%) RESTful
7 1 (0.58%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.58%) WPF
7 1 (0.58%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (13.45%) Product Ownership
2 21 (12.28%) Distributed Systems
3 14 (8.19%) Cloud Native
4 11 (6.43%) Management Information System
4 11 (6.43%) Private Cloud
5 8 (4.68%) Animation
5 8 (4.68%) Credit Risk
5 8 (4.68%) Market Risk
5 8 (4.68%) Photography
5 8 (4.68%) Podcast
6 7 (4.09%) Public Cloud
7 6 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
8 4 (2.34%) Data Centre
8 4 (2.34%) Hackathon
8 4 (2.34%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (1.75%) Onboarding
10 1 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
10 1 (0.58%) Tandem
10 1 (0.58%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.94%) Windows
2 4 (2.34%) Linux
3 3 (1.75%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (31.58%) Mentoring
2 43 (25.15%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (20.47%) CI/CD
4 33 (19.30%) Continuous Improvement
4 33 (19.30%) Roadmaps
5 32 (18.71%) DevOps
6 30 (17.54%) Agile
6 30 (17.54%) Analytics
7 26 (15.20%) Coaching
7 26 (15.20%) Software Engineering
8 25 (14.62%) Microservices
9 23 (13.45%) Containerisation
10 20 (11.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 20 (11.70%) Stakeholder Management
11 18 (10.53%) Project Management
12 16 (9.36%) Decision-Making
13 15 (8.77%) Risk Management
13 15 (8.77%) User Experience
14 14 (8.19%) Business Intelligence
15 12 (7.02%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 30 (17.54%) SQL
2 20 (11.70%) C#
2 20 (11.70%) JavaScript
3 16 (9.36%) Java
3 16 (9.36%) Python
4 15 (8.77%) TypeScript
5 7 (4.09%) R
6 6 (3.51%) PL/SQL
7 4 (2.34%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.17%) Bash
8 2 (1.17%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.58%) ABAP
9 1 (0.58%) C
9 1 (0.58%) C++
9 1 (0.58%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.58%) Go
9 1 (0.58%) PHP
9 1 (0.58%) Scala
9 1 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (9.36%) BPSS Clearance
2 7 (4.09%) Degree
3 4 (2.34%) ACCA
3 4 (2.34%) CIMA
4 3 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.17%) AWS Certification
5 2 (1.17%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.17%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.17%) MCITP
5 2 (1.17%) MCSE
5 2 (1.17%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.17%) PMP
5 2 (1.17%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.17%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.58%) CCNA
6 1 (0.58%) CCNP
6 1 (0.58%) CCSA
6 1 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.58%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.02%) IFRS
2 11 (6.43%) GDPR
3 8 (4.68%) Basel III
3 8 (4.68%) IFRS 9
4 7 (4.09%) Basel II
4 7 (4.09%) Dodd-Frank
4 7 (4.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (4.09%) PCI DSS
5 6 (3.51%) Data Quality
6 5 (2.92%) Cyber Essentials
7 4 (2.34%) GAAP
7 4 (2.34%) NIST
8 2 (1.17%) GRC
8 2 (1.17%) PMO
8 2 (1.17%) QA
9 1 (0.58%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.58%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (12.87%) Docker
2 4 (2.34%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.75%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.58%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 30 (17.54%) Kubernetes
2 8 (4.68%) Terraform
3 4 (2.34%) Ansible
4 1 (0.58%) Grafana
4 1 (0.58%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 27 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.60%) Cisco
3 10 (5.85%) IronPort
3 10 (5.85%) Oracle
3 10 (5.85%) Veritas
4 8 (4.68%) SAP
5 4 (2.34%) Cognos
5 4 (2.34%) Infor
6 3 (1.75%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.75%) Google
6 3 (1.75%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.75%) VMware
7 2 (1.17%) Aruba
7 2 (1.17%) Databricks
7 2 (1.17%) Mellanox
7 2 (1.17%) NVIDIA
7 2 (1.17%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.17%) Zoho
8 1 (0.58%) CyberSource
8 1 (0.58%) Sage