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 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 31 24
Rank change year-on-year +15 -7 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 558 378 560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 9.50% 8.36% 9.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.00% 9.10% 9.96%
Number of salaries quoted 432 279 296
10th Percentile £47,550 £52,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,188 £61,125 £52,434
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +12.00% -
75th Percentile £84,964 £84,056 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,750 £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 5,581 4,152 5,620
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 91.88% 96.83%
Number of salaries quoted 4,140 2,577 3,621
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,588
25th Percentile £40,750 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £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 9 June 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 9 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
Stockport +30 12 £42,500 +112.50% 4
Salford +11 11 £58,800 -9.54% 2
Bolton +7 6 £38,750 -38.49%
Altrincham -10 6 - -
Bury - 5 £68,750 - 3
Ashton-under-Lyne - 4 - - 1
Sale - 4 - - 1
Oldham - 4 - -
Rochdale - 3 £41,000 - 1
Dukinfield - 3 - -
Wigan +9 1 £28,500 -50.43% 2
Lead
North West

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 Manchester region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 202 (36.20%) Agile
2 160 (28.67%) Mentoring
3 125 (22.40%) Azure
4 121 (21.68%) Software Engineering
5 107 (19.18%) AWS
6 93 (16.67%) Social Skills
7 88 (15.77%) Finance
8 78 (13.98%) Coaching
8 78 (13.98%) DevOps
9 75 (13.44%) Problem-Solving
10 67 (12.01%) SQL
11 65 (11.65%) Microsoft
12 58 (10.39%) User Experience
13 55 (9.86%) Java
14 54 (9.68%) .NET
15 53 (9.50%) TypeScript
16 50 (8.96%) CI/CD
17 47 (8.42%) Public Sector
18 45 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 45 (8.06%) Project Management
19 44 (7.89%) JavaScript
20 43 (7.71%) C#
21 42 (7.53%) TDD
22 40 (7.17%) Data Engineering
23 38 (6.81%) React
23 38 (6.81%) Linux
24 37 (6.63%) Degree
25 36 (6.45%) Python
25 36 (6.45%) Node.js
25 36 (6.45%) Full Stack Development

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 (3.76%) Apache
2 15 (2.69%) Confluence
3 6 (1.08%) CMS
3 6 (1.08%) Tuxedo
4 5 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.90%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.90%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.72%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.54%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.36%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.18%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.72%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.54%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.18%) Magento
4 1 (0.18%) Primavera
4 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 125 (22.40%) Azure
2 107 (19.18%) AWS
3 23 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
4 22 (3.94%) GCP
5 19 (3.41%) Amazon Kinesis
5 19 (3.41%) Power Platform
6 15 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (2.69%) Serverless
7 14 (2.51%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (2.33%) AWS Lambda
8 13 (2.33%) SaaS
9 8 (1.43%) Amazon SQS
9 8 (1.43%) dbt
10 7 (1.25%) Amazon EC2
11 6 (1.08%) Amazon S3
11 6 (1.08%) PaaS
12 5 (0.90%) Amazon EKS
12 5 (0.90%) Entra ID
12 5 (0.90%) Google Analytics
12 5 (0.90%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.51%) WAN
2 10 (1.79%) Firewall
2 10 (1.79%) SSL
3 8 (1.43%) LAN
4 6 (1.08%) DNS
4 6 (1.08%) Network Security
4 6 (1.08%) SD-WAN
4 6 (1.08%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.08%) VPN
5 5 (0.90%) BGP
5 5 (0.90%) NAS
5 5 (0.90%) SAN
6 4 (0.72%) Software-Defined Radio
7 3 (0.54%) Wireless
8 2 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.18%) DSL
9 1 (0.18%) Intranet
9 1 (0.18%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.18%) OSPF
9 1 (0.18%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (4.48%) NoSQL
2 21 (3.76%) MySQL
3 19 (3.41%) Power BI
4 18 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
5 17 (3.05%) DynamoDB
5 17 (3.05%) SQL Server
6 12 (2.15%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (2.15%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.97%) Amazon Aurora
7 11 (1.97%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (1.97%) Tableau
8 10 (1.79%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (1.43%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.90%) Airbyte
10 5 (0.90%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.90%) Looker
10 5 (0.90%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.72%) Oracle Database
11 4 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 4 (0.72%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 17 (3.05%) JIRA
2 8 (1.43%) Git
3 7 (1.25%) Jenkins
4 5 (0.90%) GitLab
5 4 (0.72%) Postman
6 2 (0.36%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.36%) Maven
7 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.18%) Selenium
7 1 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.18%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.18%) Spinnaker
7 1 (0.18%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.18%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 93 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 88 (15.77%) Finance
3 47 (8.42%) Public Sector
4 45 (8.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 18 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (3.05%) Retail
7 16 (2.87%) Telecoms
8 12 (2.15%) Law
9 8 (1.43%) Games
10 7 (1.25%) Legal
11 4 (0.72%) Back Office
11 4 (0.72%) Banking
11 4 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (0.72%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.36%) Aviation
12 2 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.36%) Local Government
12 2 (0.36%) Marketing
12 2 (0.36%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (9.68%) .NET
2 38 (6.81%) React
3 36 (6.45%) Node.js
4 24 (4.30%) REST
5 23 (4.12%) Web Services
6 19 (3.41%) GraphQL
7 18 (3.23%) .NET Core
7 18 (3.23%) HTML
8 16 (2.87%) Apache NiFi
8 16 (2.87%) CSS
8 16 (2.87%) STL
9 15 (2.69%) .NET Framework
10 13 (2.33%) Spring
11 12 (2.15%) RESTful
12 11 (1.97%) AngularJS
12 11 (1.97%) http4s
12 11 (1.97%) Scalaz
13 10 (1.79%) RabbitMQ
14 9 (1.61%) Kafka
14 9 (1.61%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.38%) Cyberattack
2 21 (3.76%) Cloud Native
3 17 (3.05%) Distributed Systems
3 17 (3.05%) Greenfield Project
3 17 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
4 16 (2.87%) Management Information System
5 11 (1.97%) Blog
5 11 (1.97%) Media Streaming
5 11 (1.97%) Mobile App
6 10 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.43%) Product Ownership
7 8 (1.43%) Public Cloud
8 7 (1.25%) Video\Live Streaming
9 5 (0.90%) Data Centre
9 5 (0.90%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 5 (0.90%) Mainframe
10 4 (0.72%) Private Cloud
11 3 (0.54%) Algorithms
11 3 (0.54%) Enterprise Cloud
11 3 (0.54%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.81%) Linux
2 28 (5.02%) Windows
3 11 (1.97%) Apple iOS
4 10 (1.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (1.08%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (1.08%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.72%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.36%) Android
7 2 (0.36%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 202 (36.20%) Agile
2 160 (28.67%) Mentoring
3 121 (21.68%) Software Engineering
4 78 (13.98%) Coaching
4 78 (13.98%) DevOps
5 75 (13.44%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (10.39%) User Experience
7 50 (8.96%) CI/CD
8 45 (8.06%) Project Management
9 42 (7.53%) TDD
10 40 (7.17%) Data Engineering
11 36 (6.45%) Design Patterns
11 36 (6.45%) Full Stack Development
12 33 (5.91%) Cybersecurity
12 33 (5.91%) Technical Leadership
13 32 (5.73%) Machine Learning
14 31 (5.56%) Continuous Integration
14 31 (5.56%) Creative Thinking
15 30 (5.38%) Site Reliability Engineering
16 29 (5.20%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 67 (12.01%) SQL
2 55 (9.86%) Java
3 53 (9.50%) TypeScript
4 44 (7.89%) JavaScript
5 43 (7.71%) C#
6 36 (6.45%) Python
7 22 (3.94%) C
8 21 (3.76%) C++
9 15 (2.69%) Scala
10 10 (1.79%) COBOL
10 10 (1.79%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 7 (1.25%) PHP
12 6 (1.08%) Go
12 6 (1.08%) Swift
13 4 (0.72%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.54%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.54%) VB
15 2 (0.36%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.36%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 37 (6.63%) Degree
2 31 (5.56%) Security Cleared
3 18 (3.23%) Azure Certification
4 17 (3.05%) SC Cleared
5 16 (2.87%) AWS Certification
5 16 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (2.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.08%) BC Cleared
8 6 (1.08%) CCNP
9 5 (0.90%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 5 (0.90%) CCSK
9 5 (0.90%) CCSP
9 5 (0.90%) CISM
9 5 (0.90%) CISSP
9 5 (0.90%) Citrix Certification
9 5 (0.90%) JNCIA
9 5 (0.90%) VCAP
9 5 (0.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 4 (0.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.05%) QA
2 8 (1.43%) SLA
3 7 (1.25%) NIST
4 3 (0.54%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.54%) GDPR
4 3 (0.54%) PCI DSS
5 2 (0.36%) NCSC
5 2 (0.36%) PMO
6 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.18%) P3O
6 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 24 (4.30%) Docker
2 11 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.08%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (1.08%) Firmware
4 5 (0.90%) Active Directory
4 5 (0.90%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (4.12%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.69%) Terraform
3 5 (0.90%) SCCM
3 5 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.54%) SysTrack
6 2 (0.36%) Ansible
6 2 (0.36%) Autotask
7 1 (0.18%) Kiali
7 1 (0.18%) Kibana
7 1 (0.18%) Nessus
7 1 (0.18%) Podman
Vendors
1 65 (11.65%) Microsoft
2 15 (2.69%) Oracle
3 14 (2.51%) VMware
4 10 (1.79%) Google
4 10 (1.79%) Micro Focus
5 7 (1.25%) Atlassian
5 7 (1.25%) Citrix
6 6 (1.08%) Cisco
6 6 (1.08%) Red Hat
7 5 (0.90%) IBM
7 5 (0.90%) Teradata
7 5 (0.90%) Veeam
8 4 (0.72%) Databricks
8 4 (0.72%) ServiceNow
8 4 (0.72%) Snow
8 4 (0.72%) Sparx
9 2 (0.36%) Cognos
9 2 (0.36%) Datto
9 2 (0.36%) Juniper
10 1 (0.18%) Dell