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 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 19 44 27
Rank change year-on-year +25 -17 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 832 524 820
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.34% 6.80% 8.72%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.81% 7.60% 9.08%
Number of salaries quoted 684 403 433
10th Percentile £40,375 £42,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -
75th Percentile £83,759 £82,500 £76,520
90th Percentile £87,125 £92,250 £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 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 9,439 6,893 9,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 89.48% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 7,252 4,020 5,351
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £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 £80,000 £81,250 £81,250
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 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 18 May 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 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
Manchester +18 484 £70,500 +0.71% 109
Lancashire +60 162 £73,805 +47.61% 26
Merseyside +30 90 £63,217 -9.69% 15
Cheshire +14 59 £55,000 -8.33% 26
Cumbria -2 33 £60,000 +33.33% 13
Lead
England

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

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 West region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 279 (33.53%) Agile
2 214 (25.72%) Mentoring
3 181 (21.75%) Azure
4 159 (19.11%) Coaching
5 149 (17.91%) Finance
6 142 (17.07%) Social Skills
7 124 (14.90%) AWS
8 105 (12.62%) Software Engineering
8 105 (12.62%) SQL
9 102 (12.26%) Microsoft
9 102 (12.26%) DevOps
10 92 (11.06%) Public Sector
11 82 (9.86%) .NET
12 80 (9.62%) Project Management
13 77 (9.25%) C#
13 77 (9.25%) Degree
14 76 (9.13%) Java
15 75 (9.01%) Roadmaps
16 70 (8.41%) Problem-Solving
16 70 (8.41%) Analytics
17 69 (8.29%) Security Cleared
18 62 (7.45%) CI/CD
19 52 (6.25%) JavaScript
20 51 (6.13%) TypeScript
21 50 (6.01%) Stakeholder Management
22 49 (5.89%) SC Cleared
23 47 (5.65%) Python
23 47 (5.65%) Full Stack Development
23 47 (5.65%) Design Patterns
23 47 (5.65%) Technical Leadership

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 26 (3.13%) Confluence
2 23 (2.76%) Apache
3 17 (2.04%) SharePoint
4 12 (1.44%) Tuxedo
5 8 (0.96%) CMS
5 8 (0.96%) WebLogic
6 7 (0.84%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.36%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.24%) IIS
9 2 (0.24%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 11 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.96%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 6 (0.72%) SAP IBP
4 4 (0.48%) MIS ActiveH
4 4 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.36%) Dynamics NAV
5 3 (0.36%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.24%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.12%) Magento
7 1 (0.12%) Primavera
7 1 (0.12%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 181 (21.75%) Azure
2 124 (14.90%) AWS
3 33 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
3 33 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (3.97%) Power Platform
4 29 (3.49%) GCP
5 24 (2.88%) SaaS
6 21 (2.52%) Amazon Kinesis
7 20 (2.40%) Dynamics 365
8 17 (2.04%) Amazon S3
9 16 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
9 16 (1.92%) Serverless
10 14 (1.68%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (1.56%) PaaS
12 12 (1.44%) Amazon SQS
13 9 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
13 9 (1.08%) IaaS
14 7 (0.84%) dbt
15 6 (0.72%) Entra ID
15 6 (0.72%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.00%) WAN
2 19 (2.28%) Firewall
2 19 (2.28%) SSL
3 16 (1.92%) DNS
4 15 (1.80%) LAN
4 15 (1.80%) SD-WAN
5 12 (1.44%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.32%) VPN
7 9 (1.08%) BGP
8 8 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.84%) Network Security
9 7 (0.84%) Software-Defined Radio
10 5 (0.60%) DHCP
10 5 (0.60%) Internet
10 5 (0.60%) NAS
10 5 (0.60%) PPP
10 5 (0.60%) SAN
10 5 (0.60%) Wireless
11 4 (0.48%) 5G
11 4 (0.48%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (5.17%) Tableau
2 40 (4.81%) Data Warehouse
3 38 (4.57%) MySQL
4 35 (4.21%) SQL Server
5 32 (3.85%) Relational Database
6 27 (3.25%) Power BI
7 23 (2.76%) Amazon RDS
8 21 (2.52%) Amazon Redshift
8 21 (2.52%) RDBMS
9 20 (2.40%) DynamoDB
10 17 (2.04%) NoSQL
11 15 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
12 10 (1.20%) Oracle Database
13 9 (1.08%) MongoDB
14 8 (0.96%) Data Vault
15 7 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
16 6 (0.72%) DB2
17 5 (0.60%) Airbyte
17 5 (0.60%) Looker
17 5 (0.60%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 34 (4.09%) JIRA
2 31 (3.73%) Git
3 17 (2.04%) GitLab
4 14 (1.68%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.56%) Postman
6 5 (0.60%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.60%) JUnit
6 5 (0.60%) Spinnaker
7 4 (0.48%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.48%) Selenium
8 2 (0.24%) Maven
9 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.12%) Subversion
9 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.12%) TestCafe
9 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 149 (17.91%) Finance
2 142 (17.07%) Social Skills
3 92 (11.06%) Public Sector
4 33 (3.97%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (3.97%) Retail
5 24 (2.88%) Telecoms
6 23 (2.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 23 (2.76%) Legal
7 15 (1.80%) Manufacturing
8 11 (1.32%) Law
9 10 (1.20%) Marketing
10 9 (1.08%) Banking
11 8 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (0.96%) Social Housing
12 7 (0.84%) Aerospace
12 7 (0.84%) Games
12 7 (0.84%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (0.72%) Back Office
14 5 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.60%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (9.86%) .NET
2 47 (5.65%) React
3 42 (5.05%) Node.js
4 34 (4.09%) CSS
4 34 (4.09%) HTML
5 29 (3.49%) Spring
6 28 (3.37%) JSON
7 24 (2.88%) REST
8 22 (2.64%) Spring Boot
9 21 (2.52%) RESTful
9 21 (2.52%) Web Services
10 17 (2.04%) .NET Core
11 16 (1.92%) Apache NiFi
11 16 (1.92%) STL
12 15 (1.80%) XML
13 14 (1.68%) .NET Framework
14 13 (1.56%) GraphQL
14 13 (1.56%) RabbitMQ
15 11 (1.32%) AngularJS
16 9 (1.08%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 38 (4.57%) Management Information System
2 32 (3.85%) Cloud Native
3 24 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (2.40%) Product Ownership
5 17 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
6 15 (1.80%) Public Cloud
7 13 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (1.32%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (1.08%) Data Structures
9 9 (1.08%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
9 9 (1.08%) Virtual Team
10 8 (0.96%) Mobile App
11 7 (0.84%) Video\Live Streaming
12 5 (0.60%) Housing Association
12 5 (0.60%) Mainframe
12 5 (0.60%) Security Operations Centre
13 4 (0.48%) Data Centre
13 4 (0.48%) Fibre Optics
13 4 (0.48%) Media Streaming
13 4 (0.48%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.29%) Linux
2 32 (3.85%) Windows
3 14 (1.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (1.08%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.96%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.84%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (0.48%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.24%) Android
8 2 (0.24%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 279 (33.53%) Agile
2 214 (25.72%) Mentoring
3 159 (19.11%) Coaching
4 105 (12.62%) Software Engineering
5 102 (12.26%) DevOps
6 80 (9.62%) Project Management
7 75 (9.01%) Roadmaps
8 70 (8.41%) Analytics
8 70 (8.41%) Problem-Solving
9 62 (7.45%) CI/CD
10 50 (6.01%) Stakeholder Management
11 47 (5.65%) Design Patterns
11 47 (5.65%) Full Stack Development
11 47 (5.65%) Product Roadmap
11 47 (5.65%) Technical Leadership
12 46 (5.53%) Project Delivery
13 43 (5.17%) Scrum
14 41 (4.93%) Information Security
14 41 (4.93%) Supplier Management
14 41 (4.93%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 105 (12.62%) SQL
2 77 (9.25%) C#
3 76 (9.13%) Java
4 52 (6.25%) JavaScript
5 51 (6.13%) TypeScript
6 47 (5.65%) Python
7 32 (3.85%) PHP
8 31 (3.73%) C++
9 29 (3.49%) C
10 22 (2.64%) COBOL
10 22 (2.64%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 16 (1.92%) VB.NET
12 6 (0.72%) Go
13 5 (0.60%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.60%) Swift
14 4 (0.48%) Scala
15 3 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.36%) Kotlin
15 3 (0.36%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 77 (9.25%) Degree
2 69 (8.29%) Security Cleared
3 49 (5.89%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.25%) Azure Certification
4 27 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (2.88%) AWS Certification
6 23 (2.76%) CISM
7 15 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (1.68%) CISA
8 14 (1.68%) CRISC
9 12 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.08%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 9 (1.08%) CCSK
10 9 (1.08%) CCSP
10 9 (1.08%) CISSP
11 8 (0.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (0.84%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.72%) CCNP
14 5 (0.60%) Citrix Certification
14 5 (0.60%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.13%) QA
2 22 (2.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (2.28%) GDPR
4 18 (2.16%) SLA
5 15 (1.80%) NIST
6 14 (1.68%) GRC
7 11 (1.32%) Data Quality
8 7 (0.84%) PMO
9 6 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.36%) COSO
10 3 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 3 (0.36%) ISO 31000
10 3 (0.36%) PCI DSS
11 2 (0.24%) NCSC
12 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
12 1 (0.12%) P3O
12 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (3.73%) Docker
2 11 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.84%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (0.84%) Firmware
4 6 (0.72%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.60%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (3.73%) Kubernetes
2 29 (3.49%) Terraform
3 9 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.60%) SCCM
5 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.36%) Ansible
6 3 (0.36%) SysTrack
7 2 (0.24%) Autotask
8 1 (0.12%) Kiali
8 1 (0.12%) Kibana
8 1 (0.12%) Nessus
8 1 (0.12%) Podman
Vendors
1 102 (12.26%) Microsoft
2 34 (4.09%) Oracle
3 22 (2.64%) Micro Focus
4 18 (2.16%) Google
5 16 (1.92%) VMware
6 15 (1.80%) SAP
7 14 (1.68%) Atlassian
8 8 (0.96%) Databricks
8 8 (0.96%) IBM
8 8 (0.96%) Sparx
9 7 (0.84%) Cisco
9 7 (0.84%) Citrix
9 7 (0.84%) Informatica
10 6 (0.72%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.60%) Teradata
11 5 (0.60%) Veeam
12 4 (0.48%) Snow
13 3 (0.36%) ServiceNow
14 2 (0.24%) Facebook
14 2 (0.24%) Fortinet