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 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 42 34
Rank change year-on-year +29 -8 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1,683 1,177 1,353
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.52% 6.99% 7.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.02% 7.80% 7.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,450 822 870
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,000 £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 £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 16,797 15,084 17,407
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.97% 89.54% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 12,988 8,071 10,891
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,544 £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 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +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 18 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 18 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 +25 832 £70,000 - 191
Yorkshire +29 624 £70,000 - 113
North East +38 227 £70,000 +40.00% 48
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 569 (33.81%) Agile
2 528 (31.37%) Mentoring
3 385 (22.88%) Coaching
4 377 (22.40%) Azure
5 365 (21.69%) Social Skills
6 354 (21.03%) Finance
7 286 (16.99%) AWS
8 213 (12.66%) Public Sector
9 208 (12.36%) SQL
10 201 (11.94%) Roadmaps
11 193 (11.47%) Microsoft
12 187 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
13 173 (10.28%) DevOps
14 162 (9.63%) Project Management
15 159 (9.45%) Software Engineering
16 147 (8.73%) .NET
17 135 (8.02%) C#
18 130 (7.72%) CI/CD
19 128 (7.61%) Stakeholder Management
20 124 (7.37%) Degree
21 119 (7.07%) Java
22 113 (6.71%) Continuous Improvement
23 108 (6.42%) JavaScript
24 107 (6.36%) Windows
24 107 (6.36%) Cybersecurity
25 105 (6.24%) Product Roadmap
26 103 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
26 103 (6.12%) Python
27 100 (5.94%) Analytics
28 98 (5.82%) 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 (3.92%) Confluence
2 36 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 31 (1.84%) Tuxedo
4 23 (1.37%) Apache
5 15 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
6 14 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
7 12 (0.71%) WebLogic
8 10 (0.59%) 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 (0.059%) BizTalk Server
13 1 (0.059%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (0.95%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (0.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.65%) Chatbot
4 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.059%) Trello
Business Applications
1 21 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.71%) 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 (0.059%) Magento
7 1 (0.059%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.059%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.059%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.059%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (0.059%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.059%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.059%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.059%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.059%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 377 (22.40%) Azure
2 286 (16.99%) AWS
3 103 (6.12%) Microsoft 365
4 74 (4.40%) Power Platform
5 71 (4.22%) GCP
6 54 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (2.73%) Dynamics 365
7 46 (2.73%) SaaS
8 36 (2.14%) Amazon S3
9 34 (2.02%) Amazon Kinesis
10 33 (1.96%) Serverless
11 31 (1.84%) Cloud Computing
12 30 (1.78%) AWS Lambda
13 28 (1.66%) GitHub
14 24 (1.43%) Entra ID
15 20 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
16 18 (1.07%) PowerApps
17 17 (1.01%) Azure Sentinel
17 17 (1.01%) dbt
18 16 (0.95%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 67 (3.98%) Firewall
2 50 (2.97%) WAN
3 29 (1.72%) LAN
3 29 (1.72%) TCP/IP
4 27 (1.60%) DNS
5 26 (1.54%) SD-WAN
5 26 (1.54%) SSL
6 25 (1.49%) Network Security
7 20 (1.19%) Intrusion Detection
8 16 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (0.77%) BGP
9 13 (0.77%) Software-Defined Radio
9 13 (0.77%) VPN
10 11 (0.65%) Internet
11 10 (0.59%) NAS
11 10 (0.59%) SAN
11 10 (0.59%) Wireless
12 7 (0.42%) Intranet
13 6 (0.36%) VLAN
13 6 (0.36%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (3.98%) Data Warehouse
1 67 (3.98%) SQL Server
2 62 (3.68%) Tableau
3 61 (3.62%) Power BI
4 55 (3.27%) MySQL
5 53 (3.15%) Relational Database
6 45 (2.67%) Amazon RDS
7 34 (2.02%) Amazon Redshift
8 29 (1.72%) RDBMS
9 28 (1.66%) NoSQL
10 26 (1.54%) DynamoDB
11 24 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
12 19 (1.13%) Data Lake
13 17 (1.01%) DB2
14 15 (0.89%) Oracle Database
15 12 (0.71%) MongoDB
16 10 (0.59%) BigQuery
17 9 (0.53%) Redis
18 8 (0.48%) Data Vault
19 7 (0.42%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 86 (5.11%) JIRA
2 73 (4.34%) Git
3 28 (1.66%) GitLab
4 25 (1.49%) Jenkins
5 23 (1.37%) CircleCI
6 19 (1.13%) Selenium
7 17 (1.01%) Postman
8 14 (0.83%) Cucumber
9 13 (0.77%) JUnit
10 9 (0.53%) 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%) Gradle
14 3 (0.18%) LoadRunner
14 3 (0.18%) SpecFlow
14 3 (0.18%) TeamCity
15 2 (0.12%) Bitbucket
16 1 (0.059%) Rational DOORS
General
1 365 (21.69%) Social Skills
2 354 (21.03%) Finance
3 213 (12.66%) Public Sector
4 81 (4.81%) Analytical Skills
5 58 (3.45%) Retail
6 57 (3.39%) Law
7 40 (2.38%) Manufacturing
8 38 (2.26%) Legal
9 35 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 35 (2.08%) Telecoms
10 32 (1.90%) Banking
11 27 (1.60%) Games
12 25 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
13 24 (1.43%) Marketing
14 13 (0.77%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (0.65%) Back Office
15 11 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
16 10 (0.59%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (0.48%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (8.73%) .NET
2 94 (5.59%) React
3 68 (4.04%) RESTful
4 57 (3.39%) HTML
5 55 (3.27%) Node.js
6 54 (3.21%) CSS
7 40 (2.38%) .NET Core
8 39 (2.32%) JSON
9 37 (2.20%) Spring
10 36 (2.14%) REST
11 33 (1.96%) Spring Boot
12 29 (1.72%) Web Services
13 27 (1.60%) AngularJS
14 22 (1.31%) .NET Framework
15 19 (1.13%) XML
16 17 (1.01%) RabbitMQ
17 16 (0.95%) ASP.NET
17 16 (0.95%) Laravel
17 16 (0.95%) OAuth
17 16 (0.95%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 75 (4.46%) Management Information System
2 46 (2.73%) Cloud Native
2 46 (2.73%) Product Ownership
3 45 (2.67%) Public Cloud
4 43 (2.55%) Enterprise Software
5 33 (1.96%) Data Centre
6 26 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
7 25 (1.49%) Onboarding
8 24 (1.43%) Mobile App
9 23 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
10 20 (1.19%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 19 (1.13%) Client/Server
11 19 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
12 14 (0.83%) Data Structures
12 14 (0.83%) NHS
13 13 (0.77%) Security Operations Centre
13 13 (0.77%) Virtual Team
14 12 (0.71%) Online Games
15 9 (0.53%) IoT
16 8 (0.48%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 107 (6.36%) Windows
2 72 (4.28%) Linux
3 46 (2.73%) Windows Server
4 19 (1.13%) Apple iOS
5 18 (1.07%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (1.07%) Windows Server 2012
6 17 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (0.95%) Windows 10
7 16 (0.95%) Windows Server 2016
8 13 (0.77%) 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 (0.059%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 569 (33.81%) Agile
2 528 (31.37%) Mentoring
3 385 (22.88%) Coaching
4 201 (11.94%) Roadmaps
5 187 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 173 (10.28%) DevOps
7 162 (9.63%) Project Management
8 159 (9.45%) Software Engineering
9 130 (7.72%) CI/CD
10 128 (7.61%) Stakeholder Management
11 113 (6.71%) Continuous Improvement
12 107 (6.36%) Cybersecurity
13 105 (6.24%) Product Roadmap
14 100 (5.94%) Analytics
15 98 (5.82%) Supplier Management
16 94 (5.59%) Kanban
16 94 (5.59%) Scrum
17 88 (5.23%) Project Delivery
18 87 (5.17%) Decision-Making
19 81 (4.81%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 208 (12.36%) SQL
2 135 (8.02%) C#
3 119 (7.07%) Java
4 108 (6.42%) JavaScript
5 103 (6.12%) Python
6 80 (4.75%) PHP
7 63 (3.74%) TypeScript
8 56 (3.33%) COBOL
8 56 (3.33%) Micro Focus COBOL
9 47 (2.79%) C++
10 46 (2.73%) C
11 17 (1.01%) VB.NET
12 14 (0.83%) PowerShell
13 12 (0.71%) T-SQL
14 10 (0.59%) Swift
15 8 (0.48%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.42%) Scala
17 6 (0.36%) Go
18 5 (0.30%) Ada
19 4 (0.24%) XAML
Qualifications
1 124 (7.37%) Degree
2 95 (5.64%) Security Cleared
3 73 (4.34%) SC Cleared
4 50 (2.97%) Azure Certification
5 39 (2.32%) AWS Certification
6 36 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (2.02%) CISM
8 33 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (1.54%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 26 (1.54%) CCSP
9 26 (1.54%) CISSP
10 20 (1.19%) CCSK
11 17 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
12 14 (0.83%) CISA
12 14 (0.83%) CRISC
12 14 (0.83%) DBS Check
13 12 (0.71%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 12 (0.71%) HNC
14 10 (0.59%) CEH
14 10 (0.59%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (3.03%) SLA
2 50 (2.97%) QA
3 39 (2.32%) Data Quality
4 35 (2.08%) GDPR
4 35 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (1.96%) NIST
6 15 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (0.83%) GRC
7 14 (0.83%) PMO
8 9 (0.53%) NCSC
8 9 (0.53%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.48%) PSD2
10 5 (0.30%) 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 68 (4.04%) Docker
2 41 (2.44%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (1.19%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.53%) Firmware
5 9 (0.53%) 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 67 (3.98%) Kubernetes
2 58 (3.45%) Terraform
3 28 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.19%) 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
10 1 (0.059%) Istio
10 1 (0.059%) Kiali
10 1 (0.059%) Nessus
10 1 (0.059%) Podman
10 1 (0.059%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.059%) Puppet
Vendors
1 193 (11.47%) Microsoft
2 79 (4.69%) Oracle
3 56 (3.33%) Micro Focus
4 47 (2.79%) Google
5 46 (2.73%) VMware
6 35 (2.08%) Atlassian
7 33 (1.96%) IBM
8 28 (1.66%) Citrix
9 27 (1.60%) SAP
10 26 (1.54%) Cisco
11 18 (1.07%) Databricks
12 14 (0.83%) ServiceNow
13 12 (0.71%) Sparx
13 12 (0.71%) Splunk
14 11 (0.65%) Veeam
15 9 (0.53%) Juniper
15 9 (0.53%) MuleSoft
16 8 (0.48%) Duck Creek
16 8 (0.48%) Snow
17 7 (0.42%) Informatica