Lead Jobs in Durham

Leader
North East > Durham

The median Leader salary in Durham is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 34 23
Rank change year-on-year +23 -11 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 53 13 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Durham 11.47% 4.63% 9.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 12.41% 6.57% 10.32%
Number of salaries quoted 50 9 22
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £36,264
25th Percentile £35,625 £42,500 £46,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 -
90th Percentile £75,250 £85,000 -
North East median annual salary £70,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +40.00% - -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Durham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Durham. 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 Durham with a recognized job title 427 198 252
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 70.46% 91.30%
Number of salaries quoted 295 118 175
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,125 £19,313
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £28,832
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £37,731
Median % change year-on-year - +19.27% +1.98%
75th Percentile £58,750 £55,920 £43,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £66,625 £50,000
North East median annual salary £46,419 £47,672 £40,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +19.18% -11.11%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Durham

Lead
Salary Trend in Durham

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead in Durham.

Salary trend for Lead in Durham

Lead
Salary Histogram in Durham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Durham over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in Durham

Lead
Job Locations in Durham

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Durham region over the 6 months to 1 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
Stockton-on-Tees - 20 £35,000 - 1
Darlington -3 12 £58,800 +30.67%
Billingham +3 3 £75,000 -6.25% 3
Newton Aycliffe - 3 £55,000 -
Hartlepool -10 1 £70,000 +55.56% 1
Lead
North East

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 Durham region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 14 (26.42%) Mentoring
2 13 (24.53%) Agile
3 10 (18.87%) Social Skills
4 9 (16.98%) Finance
4 9 (16.98%) User Experience
5 8 (15.09%) DevOps
5 8 (15.09%) Degree
6 7 (13.21%) Scrum
6 7 (13.21%) Retail
6 7 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (13.21%) UX Design
6 7 (13.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (11.32%) CI/CD
7 6 (11.32%) SC Cleared
7 6 (11.32%) Security Cleared
7 6 (11.32%) AWS
7 6 (11.32%) Linux
8 5 (9.43%) Java
8 5 (9.43%) .NET
8 5 (9.43%) JIRA
8 5 (9.43%) Software Engineering
8 5 (9.43%) QA
8 5 (9.43%) User Stories
8 5 (9.43%) Roadmaps
8 5 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (7.55%) Project Delivery
9 4 (7.55%) Backlog Management
9 4 (7.55%) Product Backlog
9 4 (7.55%) Product Strategy
9 4 (7.55%) Server Management

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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 4 (7.55%) Confluence
2 3 (5.66%) Anypoint
2 3 (5.66%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 3 (5.66%) Tomcat
2 3 (5.66%) WebSphere
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.32%) AWS
2 4 (7.55%) Cloud Computing
3 3 (5.66%) dbt
4 1 (1.89%) Azure
4 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.89%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.89%) DMZ
1 1 (1.89%) Firewall
1 1 (1.89%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.66%) MySQL
1 3 (5.66%) NoSQL
1 3 (5.66%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.89%) Power BI
2 1 (1.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (9.43%) JIRA
2 3 (5.66%) Gradle
2 3 (5.66%) Maven
3 1 (1.89%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (18.87%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.98%) Finance
3 7 (13.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (13.21%) Retail
4 4 (7.55%) Banking
5 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.43%) .NET
2 4 (7.55%) .NET Core
2 4 (7.55%) .NET Framework
2 4 (7.55%) CSS
2 4 (7.55%) Entity Framework
2 4 (7.55%) HTML
3 3 (5.66%) XML
4 2 (3.77%) Node.js
5 1 (1.89%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.89%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.89%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 1 (1.89%) Django
5 1 (1.89%) jQuery
5 1 (1.89%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) Operational Technology
2 3 (5.66%) Cloud Native
2 3 (5.66%) Mobile App
2 3 (5.66%) NHS
2 3 (5.66%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.77%) Cyberattack
4 1 (1.89%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.32%) Linux
2 3 (5.66%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (26.42%) Mentoring
2 13 (24.53%) Agile
3 9 (16.98%) User Experience
4 8 (15.09%) DevOps
5 7 (13.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (13.21%) Scrum
5 7 (13.21%) UX Design
6 6 (11.32%) CI/CD
7 5 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (9.43%) Roadmaps
7 5 (9.43%) Software Engineering
7 5 (9.43%) User Stories
8 4 (7.55%) Computer Science
8 4 (7.55%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (7.55%) Fintech
8 4 (7.55%) Front End Development
8 4 (7.55%) Kanban
8 4 (7.55%) Microservices
8 4 (7.55%) Mobile First
8 4 (7.55%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.43%) Java
2 4 (7.55%) C#
2 4 (7.55%) JavaScript
2 4 (7.55%) SQL
3 3 (5.66%) PHP
3 3 (5.66%) Python
3 3 (5.66%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.89%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (15.09%) Degree
2 6 (11.32%) SC Cleared
2 6 (11.32%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.89%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.89%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.43%) QA
2 1 (1.89%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.89%) NCSC
2 1 (1.89%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (7.55%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.89%) Ansible
1 1 (1.89%) Packer
1 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (5.66%) IBM
1 3 (5.66%) MuleSoft
1 3 (5.66%) Northgate
1 3 (5.66%) Oracle
2 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow