Lead Jobs in Manchester

Leader
North West > Manchester

The median Leader salary in Manchester is £70,500 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 17 35 22
Rank change year-on-year +18 -13 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 488 392 576
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 9.21% 8.20% 10.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.75% 8.89% 10.44%
Number of salaries quoted 407 291 321
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,833 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,400 £59,375 £52,434
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +12.00% -
75th Percentile £84,919 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £86,250
North West median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 5,005 4,408 5,518
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.49% 92.22% 96.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,860 2,598 3,616
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £85,000
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 Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Manchester

Lead
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Lead in Manchester

Lead
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for Lead in Manchester

Lead
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Manchester 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
Stockport +34 8 £42,500 +112.50% 2
Salford +16 7 £58,800 -9.54% 7
Bolton - 6 £38,750 - 4
Bury - 5 £68,750 - 2
Altrincham -10 4 - - 3
Rochdale - 3 £41,000 -
Wigan - 1 £28,500 -
Lead
North West

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

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 Manchester region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 169 (34.63%) Agile
2 125 (25.61%) Azure
2 125 (25.61%) Mentoring
3 94 (19.26%) AWS
4 89 (18.24%) Finance
5 88 (18.03%) Social Skills
6 85 (17.42%) Software Engineering
7 73 (14.96%) DevOps
8 72 (14.75%) Coaching
9 66 (13.52%) SQL
10 64 (13.11%) Microsoft
11 51 (10.45%) Java
12 50 (10.25%) TypeScript
13 49 (10.04%) .NET
14 48 (9.84%) CI/CD
15 46 (9.43%) Public Sector
16 45 (9.22%) Problem-Solving
16 45 (9.22%) Project Management
17 44 (9.02%) JavaScript
18 43 (8.81%) C#
19 38 (7.79%) Linux
20 37 (7.58%) TDD
20 37 (7.58%) Degree
21 35 (7.17%) Python
21 35 (7.17%) React
22 34 (6.97%) Full Stack Development
22 34 (6.97%) Design Patterns
23 31 (6.35%) Technical Leadership
23 31 (6.35%) Node.js
24 29 (5.94%) Security Cleared

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 21 (4.30%) Apache
2 18 (3.69%) Confluence
3 6 (1.23%) CMS
3 6 (1.23%) Tuxedo
4 5 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.02%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.02%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.82%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.61%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.41%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.82%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.61%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.20%) Magento
4 1 (0.20%) Primavera
4 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 125 (25.61%) Azure
2 94 (19.26%) AWS
3 25 (5.12%) GCP
4 23 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (3.69%) Power Platform
6 15 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
7 14 (2.87%) Amazon Kinesis
7 14 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (2.87%) Serverless
8 13 (2.66%) SaaS
9 12 (2.46%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (1.64%) Amazon SQS
11 7 (1.43%) Amazon EC2
11 7 (1.43%) dbt
12 6 (1.23%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.02%) Amazon EKS
13 5 (1.02%) Entra ID
13 5 (1.02%) GitHub
13 5 (1.02%) PaaS
13 5 (1.02%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.87%) WAN
2 10 (2.05%) Firewall
2 10 (2.05%) SSL
3 8 (1.64%) LAN
4 6 (1.23%) DNS
4 6 (1.23%) Network Security
4 6 (1.23%) SD-WAN
4 6 (1.23%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.23%) VPN
5 5 (1.02%) BGP
5 5 (1.02%) NAS
5 5 (1.02%) SAN
6 4 (0.82%) Software-Defined Radio
7 3 (0.61%) Wireless
8 2 (0.41%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.20%) DSL
9 1 (0.20%) Intranet
9 1 (0.20%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.20%) OSPF
9 1 (0.20%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.69%) Data Warehouse
1 18 (3.69%) NoSQL
1 18 (3.69%) Power BI
2 17 (3.48%) MySQL
3 16 (3.28%) SQL Server
4 11 (2.25%) Amazon RDS
4 11 (2.25%) Relational Database
4 11 (2.25%) Tableau
5 10 (2.05%) Amazon Redshift
5 10 (2.05%) DynamoDB
6 8 (1.64%) RDBMS
7 7 (1.43%) MongoDB
8 6 (1.23%) Amazon Aurora
8 6 (1.23%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (1.02%) Airbyte
9 5 (1.02%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.02%) Looker
10 4 (0.82%) Metadata
10 4 (0.82%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.61%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 20 (4.10%) JIRA
2 12 (2.46%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.64%) Git
4 6 (1.23%) GitLab
5 5 (1.02%) Cypress.io
6 4 (0.82%) Postman
6 4 (0.82%) Spinnaker
7 3 (0.61%) Cucumber
7 3 (0.61%) Selenium
8 2 (0.41%) Maven
9 1 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 89 (18.24%) Finance
2 88 (18.03%) Social Skills
3 46 (9.43%) Public Sector
4 16 (3.28%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (3.28%) Telecoms
5 15 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (2.87%) Retail
7 11 (2.25%) Law
8 8 (1.64%) Games
9 7 (1.43%) Banking
10 6 (1.23%) Legal
11 4 (0.82%) Back Office
11 4 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.82%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.41%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.41%) Marketing
12 2 (0.41%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.20%) Aviation
13 1 (0.20%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (10.04%) .NET
2 35 (7.17%) React
3 31 (6.35%) Node.js
4 19 (3.89%) REST
5 18 (3.69%) HTML
5 18 (3.69%) Web Services
6 16 (3.28%) Apache NiFi
6 16 (3.28%) CSS
6 16 (3.28%) STL
7 15 (3.07%) .NET Framework
7 15 (3.07%) GraphQL
8 14 (2.87%) .NET Core
9 12 (2.46%) RESTful
9 12 (2.46%) Spring
10 11 (2.25%) AngularJS
11 10 (2.05%) RabbitMQ
12 9 (1.84%) Kafka
12 9 (1.84%) Spring Boot
13 8 (1.64%) Redux
14 7 (1.43%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (4.51%) Cloud Native
2 17 (3.48%) Greenfield Project
3 16 (3.28%) Management Information System
4 12 (2.46%) Distributed Systems
4 12 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (2.25%) Product Ownership
6 10 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.64%) Mobile App
8 7 (1.43%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.43%) Video\Live Streaming
9 6 (1.23%) Blog
9 6 (1.23%) Media Streaming
10 5 (1.02%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 5 (1.02%) Mainframe
11 4 (0.82%) Data Centre
11 4 (0.82%) Private Cloud
12 3 (0.61%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.61%) Legacy Code
12 3 (0.61%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.41%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 38 (7.79%) Linux
2 28 (5.74%) Windows
3 10 (2.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 8 (1.64%) Apple iOS
5 6 (1.23%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (1.23%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.82%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.41%) Android
7 2 (0.41%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (34.63%) Agile
2 125 (25.61%) Mentoring
3 85 (17.42%) Software Engineering
4 73 (14.96%) DevOps
5 72 (14.75%) Coaching
6 48 (9.84%) CI/CD
7 45 (9.22%) Problem-Solving
7 45 (9.22%) Project Management
8 37 (7.58%) TDD
9 34 (6.97%) Design Patterns
9 34 (6.97%) Full Stack Development
10 31 (6.35%) Technical Leadership
11 29 (5.94%) Project Delivery
11 29 (5.94%) Roadmaps
12 28 (5.74%) Analytics
12 28 (5.74%) Cybersecurity
13 26 (5.33%) Business Intelligence
13 26 (5.33%) User Experience
14 25 (5.12%) Continuous Integration
14 25 (5.12%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 66 (13.52%) SQL
2 51 (10.45%) Java
3 50 (10.25%) TypeScript
4 44 (9.02%) JavaScript
5 43 (8.81%) C#
6 35 (7.17%) Python
7 23 (4.71%) C++
8 22 (4.51%) C
9 10 (2.05%) COBOL
9 10 (2.05%) Micro Focus COBOL
10 7 (1.43%) PHP
11 6 (1.23%) Go
11 6 (1.23%) Scala
12 5 (1.02%) Swift
13 3 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.61%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.61%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.61%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.61%) VB
14 2 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 37 (7.58%) Degree
2 29 (5.94%) Security Cleared
3 18 (3.69%) Azure Certification
4 16 (3.28%) AWS Certification
4 16 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (3.28%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.23%) CCNP
8 5 (1.02%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (1.02%) CCSK
8 5 (1.02%) CCSP
8 5 (1.02%) CISM
8 5 (1.02%) CISSP
8 5 (1.02%) Citrix Certification
8 5 (1.02%) JNCIA
8 5 (1.02%) VCAP
8 5 (1.02%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (0.82%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.82%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.28%) QA
2 8 (1.64%) SLA
3 7 (1.43%) NIST
4 5 (1.02%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.61%) GDPR
5 3 (0.61%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.41%) NCSC
6 2 (0.41%) PMO
7 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 25 (5.12%) Docker
2 11 (2.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.23%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (1.23%) Firmware
4 5 (1.02%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.02%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (5.12%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.87%) Terraform
3 5 (1.02%) SCCM
3 5 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.61%) SysTrack
6 2 (0.41%) Ansible
6 2 (0.41%) Autotask
7 1 (0.20%) Kiali
7 1 (0.20%) Kibana
7 1 (0.20%) Nessus
7 1 (0.20%) Podman
Vendors
1 64 (13.11%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.07%) Oracle
3 14 (2.87%) VMware
4 13 (2.66%) Google
5 10 (2.05%) Micro Focus
6 7 (1.43%) Atlassian
6 7 (1.43%) Citrix
7 6 (1.23%) Cisco
7 6 (1.23%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.02%) IBM
8 5 (1.02%) Teradata
8 5 (1.02%) Veeam
9 4 (0.82%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.82%) Snow
9 4 (0.82%) Sparx
10 3 (0.61%) Databricks
11 2 (0.41%) Cognos
11 2 (0.41%) Datto
11 2 (0.41%) Juniper
12 1 (0.20%) Dell