Lead Jobs in Cheshire

Leader
North West > Cheshire

The median Leader salary in Cheshire is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 May 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 57 19
Rank change year-on-year +10 -38 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 58 35 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.65% 3.88% 10.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.77% 4.36% 11.16%
Number of salaries quoted 41 29 34
10th Percentile - £41,250 -
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,250 £85,000
North West median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title 1,537 803 1,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.67% 89.12% 93.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,152 472 551
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,267 £24,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,848 £88,750 £71,250
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Cheshire

Lead
Salary Trend in Cheshire

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

Salary trend for Lead in Cheshire

Lead
Salary Histogram in Cheshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Cheshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in Cheshire

Lead
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 23 May 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
Warrington -5 29 £40,000 -5.88% 11
Northwich - 11 £75,000 -
Chester +10 9 £57,500 -11.54% 7
Wilmslow - 1 £62,500 -
Lead
North West

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 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 Cheshire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 15 (25.86%) Information Security
1 15 (25.86%) SC Cleared
1 15 (25.86%) Security Cleared
2 14 (24.14%) Customer Engagement
2 14 (24.14%) Data Protection
2 14 (24.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (24.14%) CRISC
2 14 (24.14%) CISA
2 14 (24.14%) CISM
2 14 (24.14%) GDPR
2 14 (24.14%) GRC
3 11 (18.97%) SharePoint
4 8 (13.79%) ERP
5 7 (12.07%) Microsoft
5 7 (12.07%) C#
5 7 (12.07%) Manufacturing
5 7 (12.07%) Public Sector
6 6 (10.34%) Retail
6 6 (10.34%) SAP
6 6 (10.34%) AWS
7 5 (8.62%) QA
7 5 (8.62%) Change Control
7 5 (8.62%) Finance
7 5 (8.62%) Power Platform
7 5 (8.62%) Social Skills
8 4 (6.90%) Risk Register
8 4 (6.90%) Roadmaps
8 4 (6.90%) Pharmaceutical
8 4 (6.90%) Risk Management
8 4 (6.90%) Supplier Management

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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 11 (18.97%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.45%) Apache
2 2 (3.45%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.72%) IIS
3 1 (1.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.17%) SAP IBP
1 3 (5.17%) SAP PP
1 3 (5.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.34%) AWS
2 5 (8.62%) Power Platform
3 4 (6.90%) Azure
3 4 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (5.17%) Power Automate
4 3 (5.17%) PowerApps
5 2 (3.45%) Amazon S3
5 2 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (3.45%) Serverless
6 1 (1.72%) BrowserStack
6 1 (1.72%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.17%) Intranet
2 1 (1.72%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) Relational Database
1 3 (5.17%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.45%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (3.45%) Apache Cassandra
2 2 (3.45%) Data Lake
2 2 (3.45%) Power BI
2 2 (3.45%) Tableau
3 1 (1.72%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.72%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.72%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.72%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Cucumber
1 1 (1.72%) Selenium
1 1 (1.72%) TestCafe
General
1 7 (12.07%) Manufacturing
1 7 (12.07%) Public Sector
2 6 (10.34%) Retail
3 5 (8.62%) Finance
3 5 (8.62%) Social Skills
4 4 (6.90%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (5.17%) Police
6 2 (3.45%) Back Office
7 1 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.90%) .NET
2 3 (5.17%) ASP.NET
2 3 (5.17%) ASP.NET Web API
2 3 (5.17%) JSON
2 3 (5.17%) RESTful
2 3 (5.17%) SAP TM
2 3 (5.17%) Web Services
2 3 (5.17%) WinForms
2 3 (5.17%) WPF
2 3 (5.17%) XML
3 2 (3.45%) ActiveMQ
3 2 (3.45%) EDI
3 2 (3.45%) Pandas
4 1 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.17%) FMCG
1 3 (5.17%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.45%) AS400
2 2 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
3 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (25.86%) Information Security
2 14 (24.14%) Customer Engagement
2 14 (24.14%) Data Protection
3 8 (13.79%) ERP
4 5 (8.62%) Change Control
5 4 (6.90%) Business Transformation
5 4 (6.90%) CAPA
5 4 (6.90%) QMS
5 4 (6.90%) Quality Management
5 4 (6.90%) Risk Management
5 4 (6.90%) Risk Register
5 4 (6.90%) Roadmaps
5 4 (6.90%) Supplier Management
6 3 (5.17%) Analytical Thinking
6 3 (5.17%) Budget Management
6 3 (5.17%) Knowledge Transfer
6 3 (5.17%) Logistics
6 3 (5.17%) Programme Delivery
6 3 (5.17%) Project Delivery
6 3 (5.17%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (12.07%) C#
2 3 (5.17%) T-SQL
2 3 (5.17%) VB.NET
3 2 (3.45%) Python
4 1 (1.72%) C++
4 1 (1.72%) Java
4 1 (1.72%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.72%) PHP
4 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.72%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (25.86%) SC Cleared
1 15 (25.86%) Security Cleared
2 14 (24.14%) CISA
2 14 (24.14%) CISM
2 14 (24.14%) CRISC
3 2 (3.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (24.14%) GDPR
1 14 (24.14%) GRC
1 14 (24.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (8.62%) QA
3 3 (5.17%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.72%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.34%) SAP
3 1 (1.72%) Cisco
3 1 (1.72%) Fortinet
3 1 (1.72%) Oracle