Lead Jobs in the North of England

Leader
England > North of England

The median Leader salary in the North of England is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 41 31
Rank change year-on-year +28 -10 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1,666 1,195 1,367
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.52% 6.98% 7.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.03% 7.79% 7.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,437 834 889
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,081 £37,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,608 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £83,759 £83,688 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £86,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 16,612 15,336 17,476
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.96% 89.55% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 12,860 8,134 11,009
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £27,975
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,544 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the North of England

Lead
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead in the North of England.

Salary trend for Lead in the North of England

Lead
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in the North of England over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in the North of England

Lead
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 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
North West +24 827 £70,000 - 184
Yorkshire +28 617 £70,000 - 102
North East +38 222 £70,000 +40.00% 49
Lead
England

Lead Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 14 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 North of England region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 567 (34.03%) Agile
2 528 (31.69%) Mentoring
3 383 (22.99%) Coaching
4 376 (22.57%) Azure
5 365 (21.91%) Social Skills
6 355 (21.31%) Finance
7 284 (17.05%) AWS
8 212 (12.73%) Public Sector
9 207 (12.42%) SQL
10 202 (12.12%) Roadmaps
11 190 (11.40%) Microsoft
12 187 (11.22%) Problem-Solving
13 172 (10.32%) DevOps
14 161 (9.66%) Project Management
15 154 (9.24%) Software Engineering
16 145 (8.70%) .NET
17 134 (8.04%) C#
18 131 (7.86%) CI/CD
19 128 (7.68%) Stakeholder Management
20 127 (7.62%) Degree
21 117 (7.02%) Java
22 113 (6.78%) Continuous Improvement
23 108 (6.48%) JavaScript
24 106 (6.36%) Windows
24 106 (6.36%) Product Roadmap
25 105 (6.30%) Cybersecurity
26 104 (6.24%) Analytics
27 103 (6.18%) Python
28 101 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
29 98 (5.88%) Supplier Management

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 66 (3.96%) Confluence
2 35 (2.10%) SharePoint
3 31 (1.86%) Tuxedo
4 23 (1.38%) Apache
5 15 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
7 12 (0.72%) WebLogic
8 10 (0.60%) CMS
9 8 (0.48%) Anypoint
9 8 (0.48%) IIS
9 8 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 8 (0.48%) WebSphere
10 7 (0.42%) Apache Spark
11 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.18%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.12%) SAS
12 2 (0.12%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.060%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.060%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.66%) Chatbot
4 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.060%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.72%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 6 (0.36%) SAP IBP
3 6 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.24%) MIS ActiveH
5 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.18%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.12%) Primavera
7 1 (0.060%) Magento
7 1 (0.060%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.060%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.060%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.060%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.060%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.060%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.060%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.060%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.060%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 376 (22.57%) Azure
2 284 (17.05%) AWS
3 101 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
4 73 (4.38%) Power Platform
5 71 (4.26%) GCP
6 55 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (2.76%) Dynamics 365
7 46 (2.76%) SaaS
8 36 (2.16%) Amazon S3
9 33 (1.98%) Serverless
10 32 (1.92%) Amazon Kinesis
11 31 (1.86%) Cloud Computing
12 30 (1.80%) AWS Lambda
13 28 (1.68%) GitHub
14 24 (1.44%) Entra ID
15 20 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
16 17 (1.02%) Azure Sentinel
16 17 (1.02%) dbt
16 17 (1.02%) PowerApps
17 16 (0.96%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 66 (3.96%) Firewall
2 49 (2.94%) WAN
3 28 (1.68%) LAN
3 28 (1.68%) TCP/IP
4 27 (1.62%) DNS
5 26 (1.56%) SD-WAN
5 26 (1.56%) SSL
6 25 (1.50%) Network Security
7 20 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
8 16 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (0.78%) BGP
9 13 (0.78%) Software-Defined Radio
10 12 (0.72%) VPN
11 11 (0.66%) Internet
12 10 (0.60%) NAS
12 10 (0.60%) SAN
12 10 (0.60%) Wireless
13 7 (0.42%) Intranet
14 6 (0.36%) DHCP
14 6 (0.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (4.02%) Data Warehouse
1 67 (4.02%) SQL Server
2 66 (3.96%) Tableau
3 61 (3.66%) Power BI
4 55 (3.30%) MySQL
5 53 (3.18%) Relational Database
6 45 (2.70%) Amazon RDS
7 34 (2.04%) Amazon Redshift
8 29 (1.74%) RDBMS
9 26 (1.56%) NoSQL
10 24 (1.44%) DynamoDB
11 22 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
12 19 (1.14%) Data Lake
13 17 (1.02%) DB2
14 15 (0.90%) Oracle Database
15 12 (0.72%) MongoDB
16 10 (0.60%) BigQuery
17 9 (0.54%) Redis
18 8 (0.48%) Data Vault
19 7 (0.42%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 86 (5.16%) JIRA
2 73 (4.38%) Git
3 28 (1.68%) GitLab
4 25 (1.50%) Jenkins
5 23 (1.38%) CircleCI
6 19 (1.14%) Selenium
7 17 (1.02%) Postman
8 14 (0.84%) Cucumber
9 12 (0.72%) JUnit
10 9 (0.54%) JMeter
11 8 (0.48%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.36%) Appium
13 5 (0.30%) Maven
13 5 (0.30%) Spinnaker
14 3 (0.18%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.18%) Gradle
14 3 (0.18%) LoadRunner
14 3 (0.18%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.18%) TeamCity
15 2 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 365 (21.91%) Social Skills
2 355 (21.31%) Finance
3 212 (12.73%) Public Sector
4 80 (4.80%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (3.42%) Retail
6 56 (3.36%) Law
7 40 (2.40%) Manufacturing
8 38 (2.28%) Legal
9 35 (2.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 35 (2.10%) Telecoms
10 33 (1.98%) Banking
11 27 (1.62%) Games
12 26 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
13 25 (1.50%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.38%) Marketing
15 13 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (0.66%) Back Office
17 10 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
18 8 (0.48%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 145 (8.70%) .NET
2 94 (5.64%) React
3 68 (4.08%) RESTful
4 56 (3.36%) HTML
5 55 (3.30%) Node.js
6 53 (3.18%) CSS
7 39 (2.34%) .NET Core
7 39 (2.34%) JSON
8 36 (2.16%) Spring
9 34 (2.04%) REST
10 33 (1.98%) Spring Boot
11 27 (1.62%) AngularJS
11 27 (1.62%) Web Services
12 22 (1.32%) .NET Framework
13 19 (1.14%) XML
14 17 (1.02%) RabbitMQ
15 16 (0.96%) ASP.NET
15 16 (0.96%) Laravel
15 16 (0.96%) OAuth
15 16 (0.96%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 75 (4.50%) Management Information System
2 46 (2.76%) Cloud Native
2 46 (2.76%) Product Ownership
3 45 (2.70%) Public Cloud
4 43 (2.58%) Enterprise Software
5 33 (1.98%) Data Centre
6 25 (1.50%) Onboarding
7 24 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
7 24 (1.44%) Mobile App
8 21 (1.26%) Self-Motivation
9 20 (1.20%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 19 (1.14%) Client/Server
10 19 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
11 14 (0.84%) Data Structures
12 13 (0.78%) NHS
12 13 (0.78%) Security Operations Centre
12 13 (0.78%) Virtual Team
13 12 (0.72%) Online Games
14 9 (0.54%) IoT
15 8 (0.48%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 106 (6.36%) Windows
2 73 (4.38%) Linux
3 46 (2.76%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.14%) Apple iOS
5 18 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (1.08%) Windows Server 2012
6 16 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
7 15 (0.90%) Windows 10
7 15 (0.90%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (0.78%) Android
9 8 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.12%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Vista
13 1 (0.060%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 567 (34.03%) Agile
2 528 (31.69%) Mentoring
3 383 (22.99%) Coaching
4 202 (12.12%) Roadmaps
5 187 (11.22%) Problem-Solving
6 172 (10.32%) DevOps
7 161 (9.66%) Project Management
8 154 (9.24%) Software Engineering
9 131 (7.86%) CI/CD
10 128 (7.68%) Stakeholder Management
11 113 (6.78%) Continuous Improvement
12 106 (6.36%) Product Roadmap
13 105 (6.30%) Cybersecurity
14 104 (6.24%) Analytics
15 98 (5.88%) Supplier Management
16 95 (5.70%) Scrum
17 94 (5.64%) Kanban
18 89 (5.34%) Project Delivery
19 87 (5.22%) Decision-Making
20 80 (4.80%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 207 (12.42%) SQL
2 134 (8.04%) C#
3 117 (7.02%) Java
4 108 (6.48%) JavaScript
5 103 (6.18%) Python
6 79 (4.74%) PHP
7 63 (3.78%) TypeScript
8 56 (3.36%) COBOL
8 56 (3.36%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 47 (2.82%) C++
10 46 (2.76%) C
11 17 (1.02%) VB.NET
12 15 (0.90%) PowerShell
13 12 (0.72%) T-SQL
14 10 (0.60%) Swift
15 8 (0.48%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.36%) Go
17 5 (0.30%) Ada
18 4 (0.24%) Scala
18 4 (0.24%) XAML
Qualifications
1 127 (7.62%) Degree
2 95 (5.70%) Security Cleared
3 73 (4.38%) SC Cleared
4 50 (3.00%) Azure Certification
5 39 (2.34%) AWS Certification
6 36 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (2.04%) CISM
8 32 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (1.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 26 (1.56%) CCSP
9 26 (1.56%) CISSP
10 20 (1.20%) CCSK
11 17 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (0.84%) CISA
12 14 (0.84%) CRISC
13 13 (0.78%) DBS Check
13 13 (0.78%) HNC
14 12 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (0.60%) CEH
15 10 (0.60%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (3.06%) SLA
2 50 (3.00%) QA
3 39 (2.34%) Data Quality
4 35 (2.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 34 (2.04%) GDPR
6 33 (1.98%) NIST
7 15 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
8 14 (0.84%) GRC
8 14 (0.84%) PMO
9 9 (0.54%) NCSC
9 9 (0.54%) PCI DSS
10 8 (0.48%) PSD2
11 5 (0.30%) Accessibility
12 3 (0.18%) COSO
12 3 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.18%) ISO 31000
13 2 (0.12%) Automotive SPICE
13 2 (0.12%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.060%) IFRS
14 1 (0.060%) P3O
System Software
1 69 (4.14%) Docker
2 39 (2.34%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.20%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.54%) Firmware
5 9 (0.54%) vSphere
6 8 (0.48%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
8 5 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 68 (4.08%) Kubernetes
2 59 (3.54%) Terraform
3 28 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.42%) SysTrack
6 6 (0.36%) Ansible
6 6 (0.36%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.36%) Nagios
6 6 (0.36%) Nmap
7 5 (0.30%) SCCM
8 3 (0.18%) Grafana
9 2 (0.12%) Autotask
9 2 (0.12%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.12%) Packer
9 2 (0.12%) Puppet
10 1 (0.060%) Istio
10 1 (0.060%) Kiali
10 1 (0.060%) Kibana
10 1 (0.060%) Nessus
10 1 (0.060%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 190 (11.40%) Microsoft
2 77 (4.62%) Oracle
3 56 (3.36%) Micro Focus
4 47 (2.82%) Google
5 44 (2.64%) VMware
6 35 (2.10%) Atlassian
7 33 (1.98%) IBM
8 28 (1.68%) Citrix
9 26 (1.56%) SAP
10 25 (1.50%) Cisco
11 18 (1.08%) Databricks
12 15 (0.90%) ServiceNow
13 12 (0.72%) Sparx
13 12 (0.72%) Splunk
14 11 (0.66%) Veeam
15 9 (0.54%) Juniper
15 9 (0.54%) MuleSoft
16 8 (0.48%) Duck Creek
16 8 (0.48%) Snow
17 7 (0.42%) Informatica