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 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 41 33
Rank change year-on-year +27 -8 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1,662 1,199 1,361
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.49% 6.95% 7.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.00% 7.76% 7.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,435 837 884
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,162 £37,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £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 £83,500 £75,313
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 16,622 15,451 17,316
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.51% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 12,863 8,209 10,905
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £27,875
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 £69,000 £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 12 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 12 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 +22 824 £70,000 - 180
Yorkshire +27 616 £70,000 - 104
North East +42 222 £70,250 +40.50% 47
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 (34.12%) Agile
2 527 (31.71%) Mentoring
3 383 (23.04%) Coaching
4 374 (22.50%) Azure
5 364 (21.90%) Social Skills
6 354 (21.30%) Finance
7 284 (17.09%) AWS
8 212 (12.76%) Public Sector
9 207 (12.45%) SQL
10 202 (12.15%) Roadmaps
11 189 (11.37%) Microsoft
12 187 (11.25%) Problem-Solving
13 171 (10.29%) DevOps
14 161 (9.69%) Project Management
15 152 (9.15%) Software Engineering
16 145 (8.72%) .NET
17 134 (8.06%) C#
18 131 (7.88%) CI/CD
19 130 (7.82%) Stakeholder Management
20 128 (7.70%) Degree
21 115 (6.92%) Java
22 114 (6.86%) Continuous Improvement
23 108 (6.50%) JavaScript
24 106 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
24 106 (6.38%) Product Roadmap
25 105 (6.32%) Windows
26 103 (6.20%) Python
26 103 (6.20%) Analytics
27 100 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
28 98 (5.90%) 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 (3.97%) Confluence
2 35 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 31 (1.87%) 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
1 374 (22.50%) Azure
2 284 (17.09%) AWS
3 100 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
4 74 (4.45%) Power Platform
5 71 (4.27%) GCP
6 54 (3.25%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
7 46 (2.77%) SaaS
8 36 (2.17%) Amazon S3
9 33 (1.99%) Serverless
10 32 (1.93%) Amazon Kinesis
11 31 (1.87%) Cloud Computing
12 30 (1.81%) 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 67 (4.03%) Firewall
2 49 (2.95%) WAN
3 28 (1.68%) LAN
3 28 (1.68%) TCP/IP
4 27 (1.62%) DNS
5 26 (1.56%) Network Security
5 26 (1.56%) SD-WAN
5 26 (1.56%) SSL
6 20 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
7 16 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (0.78%) BGP
8 13 (0.78%) Software-Defined Radio
9 12 (0.72%) VPN
10 11 (0.66%) Internet
11 10 (0.60%) NAS
11 10 (0.60%) SAN
11 10 (0.60%) Wireless
12 7 (0.42%) Intranet
13 6 (0.36%) DHCP
13 6 (0.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
1 67 (4.03%) SQL Server
2 66 (3.97%) Tableau
3 62 (3.73%) Power BI
4 55 (3.31%) MySQL
5 53 (3.19%) Relational Database
6 44 (2.65%) Amazon RDS
7 34 (2.05%) 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 7 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
18 7 (0.42%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 85 (5.11%) JIRA
2 73 (4.39%) 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 11 (0.66%) 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
1 364 (21.90%) Social Skills
2 354 (21.30%) Finance
3 212 (12.76%) Public Sector
4 79 (4.75%) Analytical Skills
5 57 (3.43%) Law
5 57 (3.43%) Retail
6 40 (2.41%) Manufacturing
7 38 (2.29%) Legal
8 36 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 35 (2.11%) Telecoms
10 33 (1.99%) 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 (8.72%) .NET
2 94 (5.66%) React
3 68 (4.09%) RESTful
4 55 (3.31%) HTML
4 55 (3.31%) Node.js
5 52 (3.13%) CSS
6 39 (2.35%) .NET Core
6 39 (2.35%) JSON
7 35 (2.11%) Spring
8 34 (2.05%) REST
9 33 (1.99%) Spring Boot
10 27 (1.62%) AngularJS
10 27 (1.62%) Web Services
11 22 (1.32%) .NET Framework
12 19 (1.14%) XML
13 17 (1.02%) RabbitMQ
14 16 (0.96%) Apache NiFi
14 16 (0.96%) ASP.NET
14 16 (0.96%) Laravel
14 16 (0.96%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 75 (4.51%) Management Information System
2 46 (2.77%) Cloud Native
2 46 (2.77%) Product Ownership
3 45 (2.71%) Public Cloud
4 43 (2.59%) Enterprise Software
5 33 (1.99%) 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 13 (0.78%) Data Structures
11 13 (0.78%) NHS
11 13 (0.78%) Security Operations Centre
11 13 (0.78%) Virtual Team
12 12 (0.72%) Online Games
13 9 (0.54%) IoT
14 8 (0.48%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 105 (6.32%) Windows
2 73 (4.39%) Linux
3 45 (2.71%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.14%) Apple iOS
5 18 (1.08%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 17 (1.02%) Windows Server 2012
7 15 (0.90%) Windows 10
7 15 (0.90%) Windows Server 2019
8 14 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
9 13 (0.78%) Android
10 8 (0.48%) Embedded Linux
11 4 (0.24%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
13 2 (0.12%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.12%) Windows Vista
14 1 (0.060%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 567 (34.12%) Agile
2 527 (31.71%) Mentoring
3 383 (23.04%) Coaching
4 202 (12.15%) Roadmaps
5 187 (11.25%) Problem-Solving
6 171 (10.29%) DevOps
7 161 (9.69%) Project Management
8 152 (9.15%) Software Engineering
9 131 (7.88%) CI/CD
10 130 (7.82%) Stakeholder Management
11 114 (6.86%) Continuous Improvement
12 106 (6.38%) Cybersecurity
12 106 (6.38%) Product Roadmap
13 103 (6.20%) Analytics
14 98 (5.90%) Supplier Management
15 94 (5.66%) Kanban
15 94 (5.66%) Scrum
16 89 (5.35%) Project Delivery
17 87 (5.23%) Decision-Making
18 79 (4.75%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 207 (12.45%) SQL
2 134 (8.06%) C#
3 115 (6.92%) Java
4 108 (6.50%) JavaScript
5 103 (6.20%) Python
6 78 (4.69%) PHP
7 63 (3.79%) TypeScript
8 56 (3.37%) COBOL
8 56 (3.37%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 47 (2.83%) C++
10 46 (2.77%) 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
1 128 (7.70%) Degree
2 97 (5.84%) Security Cleared
3 74 (4.45%) SC Cleared
4 50 (3.01%) Azure Certification
5 39 (2.35%) AWS Certification
6 36 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (2.05%) CISM
8 32 (1.93%) 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
12 14 (0.84%) HNC
13 13 (0.78%) DBS Check
14 12 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 10 (0.60%) CEH
15 10 (0.60%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (3.01%) QA
1 50 (3.01%) SLA
2 38 (2.29%) Data Quality
3 36 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 34 (2.05%) GDPR
4 34 (2.05%) NIST
5 15 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
6 14 (0.84%) GRC
6 14 (0.84%) PMO
7 10 (0.60%) NCSC
8 9 (0.54%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.48%) PSD2
10 6 (0.36%) 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 (0.060%) IFRS
13 1 (0.060%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 69 (4.15%) Docker
2 39 (2.35%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 19 (1.14%) 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 (4.09%) Kubernetes
2 59 (3.55%) Terraform
3 27 (1.62%) 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%) Podman
10 1 (0.060%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 189 (11.37%) Microsoft
2 77 (4.63%) Oracle
3 56 (3.37%) Micro Focus
4 47 (2.83%) Google
5 43 (2.59%) VMware
6 35 (2.11%) Atlassian
7 33 (1.99%) IBM
8 27 (1.62%) Citrix
9 25 (1.50%) Cisco
9 25 (1.50%) SAP
10 17 (1.02%) Databricks
11 15 (0.90%) ServiceNow
12 12 (0.72%) Sparx
12 12 (0.72%) Splunk
13 11 (0.66%) Veeam
14 9 (0.54%) Juniper
14 9 (0.54%) MuleSoft
15 8 (0.48%) Duck Creek
15 8 (0.48%) Snow
16 6 (0.36%) Thycotic