Lead Jobs in the North West

Leader
England > North West

The median Leader salary in the North West is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 June 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
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 41 27
Rank change year-on-year +24 -14 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 948 508 839
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.62% 6.96% 8.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.07% 7.78% 8.97%
Number of salaries quoted 725 386 415
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £35,060
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £50,979
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -
75th Percentile £84,964 £82,188 £76,520
90th Percentile £86,250 £89,750 £86,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -3.33% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 10,449 6,528 9,353
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 89.44% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 7,816 3,979 5,438
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,138 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,688 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,255 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.87% +0.43% +9.09%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in the North West

Lead
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Lead in the North West

Lead
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in the North West over the 6 months to 6 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in the North West

Lead
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the North West region over the 6 months to 6 June 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
Manchester +15 551 £70,500 +0.71% 105
Lancashire +63 195 £75,000 +50.00% 33
Merseyside +33 106 £65,000 -7.14% 23
Cheshire +8 63 £55,000 -8.33% 33
Cumbria -4 30 £60,000 +33.33% 6
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 June 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 West region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 350 (36.92%) Agile
2 276 (29.11%) Mentoring
3 186 (19.62%) Azure
4 172 (18.14%) Software Engineering
5 163 (17.19%) Coaching
6 153 (16.14%) Finance
7 137 (14.45%) AWS
8 132 (13.92%) Social Skills
9 129 (13.61%) Problem-Solving
10 113 (11.92%) SQL
11 111 (11.71%) DevOps
12 103 (10.86%) Microsoft
13 92 (9.70%) Public Sector
14 90 (9.49%) .NET
15 86 (9.07%) User Experience
16 84 (8.86%) Java
17 82 (8.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 81 (8.54%) C#
19 80 (8.44%) Project Management
20 74 (7.81%) Roadmaps
21 71 (7.49%) Data Engineering
21 71 (7.49%) Security Cleared
22 66 (6.96%) CI/CD
23 62 (6.54%) Machine Learning
24 61 (6.43%) Creative Thinking
25 60 (6.33%) Degree
26 58 (6.12%) Site Reliability Engineering
26 58 (6.12%) Cyberattack
27 56 (5.91%) Analytics
28 55 (5.80%) Cybersecurity

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 23 (2.43%) Apache
2 22 (2.32%) Confluence
3 16 (1.69%) SharePoint
4 12 (1.27%) Tuxedo
5 8 (0.84%) CMS
5 8 (0.84%) WebLogic
6 7 (0.74%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.32%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.21%) IIS
9 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (0.32%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (1.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.84%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 6 (0.63%) SAP IBP
4 4 (0.42%) MIS ActiveH
4 4 (0.42%) SAP PP
4 4 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.11%) Magento
6 1 (0.11%) Primavera
6 1 (0.11%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.11%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 186 (19.62%) Azure
2 137 (14.45%) AWS
3 36 (3.80%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (3.48%) Power Platform
5 32 (3.38%) Microsoft 365
6 26 (2.74%) Amazon Kinesis
6 26 (2.74%) GCP
7 25 (2.64%) SaaS
8 19 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
9 17 (1.79%) Amazon S3
10 16 (1.69%) Amazon EC2
10 16 (1.69%) Serverless
11 15 (1.58%) PaaS
12 14 (1.48%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (1.27%) Amazon SQS
14 9 (0.95%) Amazon EKS
14 9 (0.95%) dbt
14 9 (0.95%) IaaS
15 6 (0.63%) OCI
15 6 (0.63%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 28 (2.95%) WAN
2 21 (2.22%) Firewall
3 19 (2.00%) SSL
4 18 (1.90%) LAN
5 16 (1.69%) DNS
6 15 (1.58%) SD-WAN
7 12 (1.27%) TCP/IP
8 11 (1.16%) VPN
8 11 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.95%) BGP
10 8 (0.84%) Network Security
10 8 (0.84%) Wireless
11 7 (0.74%) Software-Defined Radio
12 5 (0.53%) DHCP
12 5 (0.53%) Internet
12 5 (0.53%) NAS
12 5 (0.53%) PPP
12 5 (0.53%) SAN
13 4 (0.42%) 5G
13 4 (0.42%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (4.43%) MySQL
2 40 (4.22%) Data Warehouse
3 39 (4.11%) SQL Server
4 33 (3.48%) Relational Database
5 27 (2.85%) Power BI
6 26 (2.74%) DynamoDB
7 25 (2.64%) Tableau
8 24 (2.53%) Amazon RDS
9 23 (2.43%) NoSQL
10 21 (2.22%) Amazon Redshift
10 21 (2.22%) RDBMS
11 20 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
12 11 (1.16%) Data Vault
13 10 (1.05%) Oracle Database
14 9 (0.95%) Amazon Aurora
14 9 (0.95%) Azure SQL Database
15 7 (0.74%) MongoDB
16 6 (0.63%) DB2
16 6 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 5 (0.53%) Looker
Development Applications
1 33 (3.48%) JIRA
2 32 (3.38%) Git
3 16 (1.69%) GitLab
4 13 (1.37%) Postman
5 9 (0.95%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.95%) JUnit
6 2 (0.21%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.21%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.21%) Maven
6 2 (0.21%) Selenium
7 1 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.11%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.11%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.11%) Subversion
7 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.11%) TestCafe
7 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 153 (16.14%) Finance
2 132 (13.92%) Social Skills
3 92 (9.70%) Public Sector
4 82 (8.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 38 (4.01%) Retail
6 36 (3.80%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (2.43%) Legal
8 22 (2.32%) Telecoms
9 18 (1.90%) Manufacturing
10 12 (1.27%) Law
11 10 (1.05%) Marketing
12 8 (0.84%) Games
12 8 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (0.84%) Social Housing
13 7 (0.74%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.63%) Back Office
15 5 (0.53%) Banking
15 5 (0.53%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.53%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (9.49%) .NET
2 49 (5.17%) React
3 46 (4.85%) Node.js
4 38 (4.01%) CSS
4 38 (4.01%) HTML
5 34 (3.59%) Spring
6 29 (3.06%) REST
7 28 (2.95%) JSON
8 27 (2.85%) Web Services
9 23 (2.43%) .NET Core
10 22 (2.32%) Spring Boot
11 21 (2.22%) RESTful
12 17 (1.79%) GraphQL
13 16 (1.69%) Apache NiFi
13 16 (1.69%) STL
14 15 (1.58%) .NET Framework
14 15 (1.58%) XML
15 14 (1.48%) RabbitMQ
16 11 (1.16%) AngularJS
17 9 (0.95%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 58 (6.12%) Cyberattack
2 38 (4.01%) Management Information System
3 29 (3.06%) Cloud Native
4 24 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (1.90%) Public Cloud
5 18 (1.90%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
7 15 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
7 15 (1.58%) Product Ownership
8 12 (1.27%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.05%) Mobile App
10 9 (0.95%) Blog
10 9 (0.95%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 9 (0.95%) Media Streaming
10 9 (0.95%) Virtual Team
11 7 (0.74%) Data Centre
11 7 (0.74%) Video\Live Streaming
12 5 (0.53%) AS400
12 5 (0.53%) Mainframe
12 5 (0.53%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 43 (4.54%) Linux
2 32 (3.38%) Windows
3 14 (1.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (1.05%) Apple iOS
5 9 (0.95%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.74%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.21%) Android
8 2 (0.21%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 350 (36.92%) Agile
2 276 (29.11%) Mentoring
3 172 (18.14%) Software Engineering
4 163 (17.19%) Coaching
5 129 (13.61%) Problem-Solving
6 111 (11.71%) DevOps
7 86 (9.07%) User Experience
8 80 (8.44%) Project Management
9 74 (7.81%) Roadmaps
10 71 (7.49%) Data Engineering
11 66 (6.96%) CI/CD
12 62 (6.54%) Machine Learning
13 61 (6.43%) Creative Thinking
14 58 (6.12%) Site Reliability Engineering
15 56 (5.91%) Analytics
16 55 (5.80%) Cybersecurity
17 52 (5.49%) Design Patterns
18 50 (5.27%) Full Stack Development
18 50 (5.27%) Technical Leadership
19 48 (5.06%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 113 (11.92%) SQL
2 84 (8.86%) Java
3 81 (8.54%) C#
4 53 (5.59%) TypeScript
5 51 (5.38%) JavaScript
6 49 (5.17%) Python
7 33 (3.48%) PHP
8 29 (3.06%) C
8 29 (3.06%) C++
9 22 (2.32%) COBOL
9 22 (2.32%) Micro Focus COBOL
10 16 (1.69%) VB.NET
11 12 (1.27%) Scala
12 6 (0.63%) Go
12 6 (0.63%) Swift
13 5 (0.53%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.53%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.42%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 71 (7.49%) Security Cleared
2 60 (6.33%) Degree
3 50 (5.27%) SC Cleared
4 28 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (2.85%) Azure Certification
6 24 (2.53%) AWS Certification
7 23 (2.43%) CISM
8 15 (1.58%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (1.48%) CISA
9 14 (1.48%) CRISC
10 12 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (0.95%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (0.95%) CCSK
11 9 (0.95%) CCSP
11 9 (0.95%) CISSP
12 8 (0.84%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (0.74%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.63%) BC Cleared
14 6 (0.63%) CCNP
15 5 (0.53%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (2.85%) QA
2 22 (2.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (2.00%) GDPR
3 19 (2.00%) SLA
4 15 (1.58%) NIST
5 14 (1.48%) GRC
6 12 (1.27%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.74%) PMO
8 6 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.32%) COSO
9 3 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.32%) ISO 31000
9 3 (0.32%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.21%) NCSC
11 1 (0.11%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.11%) P3O
11 1 (0.11%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 31 (3.27%) Docker
2 11 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.74%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (0.74%) Firmware
4 6 (0.63%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.53%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (3.16%) Terraform
2 29 (3.06%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.53%) SCCM
5 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.32%) Ansible
6 3 (0.32%) SysTrack
7 2 (0.21%) Autotask
8 1 (0.11%) Kiali
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) Nessus
8 1 (0.11%) Podman
Vendors
1 103 (10.86%) Microsoft
2 35 (3.69%) Oracle
3 22 (2.32%) Micro Focus
4 17 (1.79%) VMware
5 16 (1.69%) SAP
6 15 (1.58%) Google
7 14 (1.48%) Atlassian
8 13 (1.37%) Databricks
9 10 (1.05%) Informatica
10 8 (0.84%) IBM
10 8 (0.84%) Sparx
11 7 (0.74%) Cisco
11 7 (0.74%) Citrix
12 6 (0.63%) Red Hat
13 5 (0.53%) Teradata
13 5 (0.53%) Veeam
14 4 (0.42%) ServiceNow
14 4 (0.42%) Snow
15 3 (0.32%) Ekahau
15 3 (0.32%) Ruckus Wireless