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 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 12 42 33
Rank change year-on-year +30 -9 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1,708 1,161 1,365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.56% 6.90% 7.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.05% 7.71% 7.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,472 815 878
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,000 £37,310
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £83,759 £82,500 £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 16,989 15,062 17,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.04% 89.50% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 13,134 8,047 10,963
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,446 £80,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,550 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.57% +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 23 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 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
North West +25 837 £70,000 - 196
Yorkshire +30 635 £70,000 - 89
North East +42 237 £70,000 +40.00% 42
Lead
England

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

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 North of England region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 576 (33.72%) Agile
2 530 (31.03%) Mentoring
3 383 (22.42%) Coaching
4 378 (22.13%) Azure
5 362 (21.19%) Social Skills
6 355 (20.78%) Finance
7 291 (17.04%) AWS
8 215 (12.59%) Public Sector
9 210 (12.30%) SQL
10 200 (11.71%) Roadmaps
11 193 (11.30%) Microsoft
12 190 (11.12%) Problem-Solving
13 179 (10.48%) DevOps
14 166 (9.72%) Software Engineering
15 162 (9.48%) Project Management
16 151 (8.84%) .NET
17 139 (8.14%) C#
18 134 (7.85%) CI/CD
19 128 (7.49%) Stakeholder Management
20 120 (7.03%) Java
21 119 (6.97%) Degree
22 113 (6.62%) Continuous Improvement
23 109 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
24 106 (6.21%) JavaScript
24 106 (6.21%) Windows
25 105 (6.15%) Product Roadmap
26 103 (6.03%) Microsoft 365
26 103 (6.03%) Python
27 98 (5.74%) Supplier Management
28 97 (5.68%) Security Cleared

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 65 (3.81%) Confluence
2 36 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 31 (1.81%) Tuxedo
4 23 (1.35%) Apache
5 14 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.70%) WebLogic
7 10 (0.59%) CMS
8 8 (0.47%) Anypoint
8 8 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 8 (0.47%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.41%) Apache Spark
9 7 (0.41%) IIS
10 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.18%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.12%) SAS
11 2 (0.12%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.059%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.059%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.53%) Chatbot
4 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.059%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.059%) Trello
Business Applications
1 22 (1.29%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.70%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 6 (0.35%) SAP IBP
4 5 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.23%) MIS ActiveH
6 3 (0.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.18%) SAP PP
7 2 (0.12%) Primavera
8 1 (0.059%) Dynamics AX
8 1 (0.059%) Magento
8 1 (0.059%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.059%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.059%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.059%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.059%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.059%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 378 (22.13%) Azure
2 291 (17.04%) AWS
3 103 (6.03%) Microsoft 365
4 74 (4.33%) Power Platform
5 73 (4.27%) GCP
6 56 (3.28%) Azure DevOps
7 45 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
7 45 (2.63%) SaaS
8 36 (2.11%) Amazon Kinesis
8 36 (2.11%) Amazon S3
9 33 (1.93%) Serverless
10 31 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
11 30 (1.76%) AWS Lambda
12 29 (1.70%) GitHub
13 24 (1.41%) Entra ID
14 20 (1.17%) Amazon EC2
15 19 (1.11%) dbt
15 19 (1.11%) PowerApps
16 17 (1.00%) Azure Sentinel
16 17 (1.00%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 69 (4.04%) Firewall
2 51 (2.99%) WAN
3 30 (1.76%) LAN
4 29 (1.70%) TCP/IP
5 27 (1.58%) DNS
6 26 (1.52%) SD-WAN
6 26 (1.52%) SSL
7 25 (1.46%) Network Security
8 21 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
9 17 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
10 13 (0.76%) BGP
10 13 (0.76%) Software-Defined Radio
10 13 (0.76%) VPN
11 11 (0.64%) Internet
11 11 (0.64%) Wireless
12 10 (0.59%) NAS
12 10 (0.59%) SAN
13 7 (0.41%) Intranet
14 6 (0.35%) VLAN
14 6 (0.35%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
2 65 (3.81%) SQL Server
3 62 (3.63%) Power BI
4 58 (3.40%) Tableau
5 56 (3.28%) MySQL
6 53 (3.10%) Relational Database
7 46 (2.69%) Amazon RDS
8 34 (1.99%) Amazon Redshift
9 30 (1.76%) NoSQL
10 29 (1.70%) RDBMS
11 28 (1.64%) DynamoDB
12 26 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
13 20 (1.17%) Data Lake
14 17 (1.00%) DB2
15 15 (0.88%) Oracle Database
16 12 (0.70%) MongoDB
17 10 (0.59%) BigQuery
18 9 (0.53%) Data Vault
18 9 (0.53%) Redis
19 8 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 86 (5.04%) JIRA
2 74 (4.33%) Git
3 28 (1.64%) GitLab
4 25 (1.46%) CircleCI
4 25 (1.46%) Jenkins
5 19 (1.11%) Selenium
6 17 (1.00%) Postman
7 14 (0.82%) Cucumber
7 14 (0.82%) JUnit
8 9 (0.53%) JMeter
9 8 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.35%) Appium
11 5 (0.29%) Maven
12 4 (0.23%) Spinnaker
13 3 (0.18%) Gradle
13 3 (0.18%) LoadRunner
13 3 (0.18%) SpecFlow
13 3 (0.18%) TeamCity
14 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
15 1 (0.059%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 362 (21.19%) Social Skills
2 355 (20.78%) Finance
3 215 (12.59%) Public Sector
4 83 (4.86%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (3.45%) Retail
6 55 (3.22%) Law
7 39 (2.28%) Manufacturing
8 38 (2.22%) Legal
9 37 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 34 (1.99%) Telecoms
11 31 (1.81%) Banking
12 28 (1.64%) Games
13 27 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (1.41%) Marketing
16 13 (0.76%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (0.64%) Back Office
17 11 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
18 10 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
19 8 (0.47%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 151 (8.84%) .NET
2 93 (5.44%) React
3 69 (4.04%) RESTful
4 58 (3.40%) HTML
5 55 (3.22%) CSS
6 54 (3.16%) Node.js
7 42 (2.46%) .NET Core
8 39 (2.28%) JSON
8 39 (2.28%) REST
9 38 (2.22%) Spring
10 33 (1.93%) Spring Boot
10 33 (1.93%) Web Services
11 28 (1.64%) AngularJS
12 23 (1.35%) .NET Framework
13 19 (1.11%) XML
14 18 (1.05%) RabbitMQ
15 16 (0.94%) ASP.NET
15 16 (0.94%) Laravel
15 16 (0.94%) OAuth
15 16 (0.94%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 75 (4.39%) Management Information System
2 47 (2.75%) Public Cloud
3 45 (2.63%) Cloud Native
3 45 (2.63%) Product Ownership
4 43 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
5 33 (1.93%) Data Centre
6 29 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
7 25 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
8 24 (1.41%) Mobile App
8 24 (1.41%) Onboarding
9 20 (1.17%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 19 (1.11%) Client/Server
10 19 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
11 15 (0.88%) Data Structures
12 14 (0.82%) NHS
13 13 (0.76%) Security Operations Centre
13 13 (0.76%) Virtual Team
14 12 (0.70%) Online Games
15 9 (0.53%) Blog
15 9 (0.53%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 106 (6.21%) Windows
2 70 (4.10%) Linux
3 46 (2.69%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.11%) Apple iOS
5 18 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (1.00%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (0.94%) Windows 10
7 16 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (0.76%) Android
9 8 (0.47%) Embedded Linux
10 4 (0.23%) Mac OS
11 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.12%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.12%) Windows Vista
13 1 (0.059%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 576 (33.72%) Agile
2 530 (31.03%) Mentoring
3 383 (22.42%) Coaching
4 200 (11.71%) Roadmaps
5 190 (11.12%) Problem-Solving
6 179 (10.48%) DevOps
7 166 (9.72%) Software Engineering
8 162 (9.48%) Project Management
9 134 (7.85%) CI/CD
10 128 (7.49%) Stakeholder Management
11 113 (6.62%) Continuous Improvement
12 109 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
13 105 (6.15%) Product Roadmap
14 98 (5.74%) Supplier Management
15 97 (5.68%) Analytics
16 96 (5.62%) Scrum
17 94 (5.50%) Kanban
18 87 (5.09%) Decision-Making
18 87 (5.09%) Project Delivery
19 80 (4.68%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 210 (12.30%) SQL
2 139 (8.14%) C#
3 120 (7.03%) Java
4 106 (6.21%) JavaScript
5 103 (6.03%) Python
6 80 (4.68%) PHP
7 64 (3.75%) TypeScript
8 56 (3.28%) COBOL
8 56 (3.28%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 47 (2.75%) C++
10 46 (2.69%) C
11 17 (1.00%) VB.NET
12 14 (0.82%) PowerShell
13 13 (0.76%) T-SQL
14 10 (0.59%) Scala
14 10 (0.59%) Swift
15 8 (0.47%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.35%) Go
17 5 (0.29%) Ada
18 4 (0.23%) XAML
Qualifications
1 119 (6.97%) Degree
2 97 (5.68%) Security Cleared
3 75 (4.39%) SC Cleared
4 50 (2.93%) Azure Certification
5 39 (2.28%) AWS Certification
6 35 (2.05%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (1.99%) CISM
8 33 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 26 (1.52%) CCSP
9 26 (1.52%) CISSP
10 20 (1.17%) CCSK
11 16 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (0.82%) CISA
12 14 (0.82%) CRISC
12 14 (0.82%) DBS Check
13 12 (0.70%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 12 (0.70%) HNC
14 9 (0.53%) CEH
14 9 (0.53%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (2.99%) SLA
2 50 (2.93%) QA
3 40 (2.34%) Data Quality
4 35 (2.05%) GDPR
4 35 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (1.93%) NIST
6 15 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (0.82%) GRC
7 14 (0.82%) PMO
8 9 (0.53%) NCSC
8 9 (0.53%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.47%) PSD2
10 5 (0.29%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.18%) COSO
11 3 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.18%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.12%) Automotive SPICE
12 2 (0.12%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.059%) IFRS
13 1 (0.059%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 72 (4.22%) Docker
2 41 (2.40%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.17%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.53%) Firmware
5 9 (0.53%) vSphere
6 8 (0.47%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 70 (4.10%) Kubernetes
2 61 (3.57%) Terraform
3 28 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.41%) SysTrack
6 6 (0.35%) Ansible
6 6 (0.35%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.35%) Nagios
6 6 (0.35%) Nmap
7 5 (0.29%) SCCM
8 4 (0.23%) Grafana
9 2 (0.12%) Autotask
9 2 (0.12%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.12%) Packer
9 2 (0.12%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.059%) Istio
10 1 (0.059%) Kiali
10 1 (0.059%) Kibana
10 1 (0.059%) Podman
10 1 (0.059%) Puppet
Vendors
1 193 (11.30%) Microsoft
2 79 (4.63%) Oracle
3 56 (3.28%) Micro Focus
4 46 (2.69%) Google
5 45 (2.63%) VMware
6 35 (2.05%) Atlassian
7 33 (1.93%) IBM
8 27 (1.58%) Citrix
8 27 (1.58%) SAP
9 25 (1.46%) Cisco
10 20 (1.17%) Databricks
11 16 (0.94%) ServiceNow
12 12 (0.70%) Sparx
12 12 (0.70%) Splunk
13 11 (0.64%) Veeam
14 9 (0.53%) Juniper
14 9 (0.53%) MuleSoft
15 8 (0.47%) Duck Creek
15 8 (0.47%) Informatica
15 8 (0.47%) Snow