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 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 18 44 28
Rank change year-on-year +26 -16 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 901 505 819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.44% 6.83% 8.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.90% 7.66% 8.86%
Number of salaries quoted 714 383 414
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £35,045
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -
75th Percentile £84,919 £82,500 £76,520
90th Percentile £87,125 £92,250 £86,250
England median annual salary £70,000 £74,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.41% -1.33% +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 10,124 6,596 9,240
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.88% 89.24% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 7,670 3,972 5,398
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,138 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £40,791 £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 £78,525 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +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 1 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 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
Manchester +17 527 £70,500 +0.71% 115
Lancashire +60 180 £73,805 +47.61% 44
Merseyside +34 101 £65,000 -7.14% 21
Cheshire +10 60 £55,000 -8.33% 31
Cumbria -5 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 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 North West region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 316 (35.07%) Agile
2 245 (27.19%) Mentoring
3 184 (20.42%) Azure
4 161 (17.87%) Coaching
5 149 (16.54%) Finance
6 141 (15.65%) Software Engineering
7 136 (15.09%) AWS
7 136 (15.09%) Social Skills
8 112 (12.43%) SQL
9 109 (12.10%) DevOps
10 102 (11.32%) Microsoft
11 98 (10.88%) Problem-Solving
12 92 (10.21%) Public Sector
13 88 (9.77%) .NET
14 83 (9.21%) Java
15 81 (8.99%) C#
16 80 (8.88%) Project Management
17 74 (8.21%) Roadmaps
18 71 (7.88%) Security Cleared
19 66 (7.33%) CI/CD
20 65 (7.21%) Degree
21 61 (6.77%) Analytics
22 55 (6.10%) User Experience
23 52 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
23 52 (5.77%) TypeScript
24 51 (5.66%) Cybersecurity
24 51 (5.66%) JavaScript
25 50 (5.55%) SC Cleared
25 50 (5.55%) Full Stack Development
25 50 (5.55%) Design Patterns

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 (2.55%) Apache
1 23 (2.55%) Confluence
2 16 (1.78%) SharePoint
3 12 (1.33%) Tuxedo
4 8 (0.89%) CMS
4 8 (0.89%) WebLogic
5 7 (0.78%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.33%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.22%) IIS
8 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.11%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 13 (1.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.89%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 6 (0.67%) SAP IBP
4 4 (0.44%) MIS ActiveH
4 4 (0.44%) SAP PP
4 4 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.33%) 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
1 184 (20.42%) Azure
2 136 (15.09%) AWS
3 35 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (3.66%) Power Platform
5 32 (3.55%) Microsoft 365
6 27 (3.00%) GCP
7 26 (2.89%) Amazon Kinesis
8 25 (2.77%) SaaS
9 19 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (1.89%) Amazon S3
11 16 (1.78%) Amazon EC2
11 16 (1.78%) Serverless
12 15 (1.66%) PaaS
13 14 (1.55%) AWS Lambda
14 12 (1.33%) Amazon SQS
15 9 (1.00%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (1.00%) dbt
15 9 (1.00%) IaaS
16 6 (0.67%) Entra ID
16 6 (0.67%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.00%) WAN
2 20 (2.22%) Firewall
3 19 (2.11%) SSL
4 17 (1.89%) LAN
5 16 (1.78%) DNS
6 15 (1.66%) SD-WAN
7 12 (1.33%) TCP/IP
8 11 (1.22%) VPN
9 10 (1.11%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (1.00%) BGP
11 7 (0.78%) Network Security
11 7 (0.78%) Software-Defined Radio
11 7 (0.78%) Wireless
12 5 (0.55%) DHCP
12 5 (0.55%) Internet
12 5 (0.55%) NAS
12 5 (0.55%) PPP
12 5 (0.55%) SAN
13 4 (0.44%) 5G
13 4 (0.44%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (4.66%) MySQL
2 40 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
3 38 (4.22%) SQL Server
4 33 (3.66%) Relational Database
5 31 (3.44%) Tableau
6 27 (3.00%) Power BI
7 26 (2.89%) DynamoDB
8 24 (2.66%) Amazon RDS
9 23 (2.55%) NoSQL
10 21 (2.33%) Amazon Redshift
10 21 (2.33%) RDBMS
11 20 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
12 10 (1.11%) Data Vault
12 10 (1.11%) Oracle Database
13 9 (1.00%) Amazon Aurora
13 9 (1.00%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (0.78%) MongoDB
15 6 (0.67%) DB2
16 5 (0.55%) Looker
16 5 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 33 (3.66%) JIRA
2 32 (3.55%) Git
3 16 (1.78%) GitLab
4 13 (1.44%) Postman
5 10 (1.11%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.89%) JUnit
7 2 (0.22%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.22%) Cypress.io
7 2 (0.22%) Maven
7 2 (0.22%) Selenium
7 2 (0.22%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.11%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.11%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.11%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.11%) Subversion
8 1 (0.11%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.11%) TestCafe
8 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 149 (16.54%) Finance
2 136 (15.09%) Social Skills
3 92 (10.21%) Public Sector
4 52 (5.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 35 (3.88%) Retail
6 34 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (2.55%) Legal
8 22 (2.44%) Telecoms
9 17 (1.89%) Manufacturing
10 11 (1.22%) Law
11 10 (1.11%) Marketing
12 8 (0.89%) Games
12 8 (0.89%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (0.89%) Social Housing
13 7 (0.78%) Aerospace
14 6 (0.67%) Back Office
14 6 (0.67%) Banking
15 5 (0.55%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (9.77%) .NET
2 49 (5.44%) React
3 45 (4.99%) Node.js
4 37 (4.11%) CSS
4 37 (4.11%) HTML
5 33 (3.66%) Spring
6 29 (3.22%) REST
7 28 (3.11%) JSON
8 27 (3.00%) Web Services
9 22 (2.44%) Spring Boot
10 21 (2.33%) .NET Core
10 21 (2.33%) RESTful
11 17 (1.89%) GraphQL
12 16 (1.78%) Apache NiFi
12 16 (1.78%) STL
13 15 (1.66%) .NET Framework
13 15 (1.66%) XML
14 14 (1.55%) RabbitMQ
15 11 (1.22%) AngularJS
16 9 (1.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 38 (4.22%) Management Information System
2 30 (3.33%) Cloud Native
3 28 (3.11%) Cyberattack
4 24 (2.66%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (1.89%) Greenfield Project
7 16 (1.78%) Product Ownership
7 16 (1.78%) Public Cloud
8 15 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
9 11 (1.22%) Data Structures
10 10 (1.11%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.00%) Blog
11 9 (1.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 9 (1.00%) Media Streaming
11 9 (1.00%) Virtual Team
12 7 (0.78%) Video\Live Streaming
13 5 (0.55%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.55%) Housing Association
13 5 (0.55%) Mainframe
13 5 (0.55%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 43 (4.77%) Linux
2 32 (3.55%) Windows
3 14 (1.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (1.11%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.00%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.78%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (0.44%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.22%) Android
8 2 (0.22%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 316 (35.07%) Agile
2 245 (27.19%) Mentoring
3 161 (17.87%) Coaching
4 141 (15.65%) Software Engineering
5 109 (12.10%) DevOps
6 98 (10.88%) Problem-Solving
7 80 (8.88%) Project Management
8 74 (8.21%) Roadmaps
9 66 (7.33%) CI/CD
10 61 (6.77%) Analytics
11 55 (6.10%) User Experience
12 51 (5.66%) Cybersecurity
13 50 (5.55%) Design Patterns
13 50 (5.55%) Full Stack Development
14 49 (5.44%) Technical Leadership
15 48 (5.33%) Stakeholder Management
16 45 (4.99%) Product Roadmap
16 45 (4.99%) Project Delivery
16 45 (4.99%) Scrum
16 45 (4.99%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 112 (12.43%) SQL
2 83 (9.21%) Java
3 81 (8.99%) C#
4 52 (5.77%) TypeScript
5 51 (5.66%) JavaScript
6 49 (5.44%) Python
7 33 (3.66%) PHP
8 29 (3.22%) C
8 29 (3.22%) C++
9 22 (2.44%) COBOL
9 22 (2.44%) Micro Focus COBOL
10 16 (1.78%) VB.NET
11 12 (1.33%) Scala
12 6 (0.67%) Go
12 6 (0.67%) Swift
13 5 (0.55%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.55%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.44%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.33%) R
15 3 (0.33%) VB
Qualifications
1 71 (7.88%) Security Cleared
2 65 (7.21%) Degree
3 50 (5.55%) SC Cleared
4 28 (3.11%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.00%) Azure Certification
6 24 (2.66%) AWS Certification
7 23 (2.55%) CISM
8 15 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (1.55%) CISA
9 14 (1.55%) CRISC
10 12 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (1.00%) CCSK
11 9 (1.00%) CCSP
11 9 (1.00%) CISSP
12 8 (0.89%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (0.78%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.67%) BC Cleared
14 6 (0.67%) CCNP
15 5 (0.55%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (3.00%) QA
2 22 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (2.11%) GDPR
3 19 (2.11%) SLA
4 15 (1.66%) NIST
5 14 (1.55%) GRC
6 12 (1.33%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.78%) PMO
8 6 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.33%) COSO
9 3 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.33%) ISO 31000
9 3 (0.33%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.22%) 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 (3.44%) Docker
2 11 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (0.78%) Firmware
4 6 (0.67%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.55%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (3.33%) Terraform
2 29 (3.22%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.55%) SCCM
5 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.33%) Ansible
6 3 (0.33%) SysTrack
7 2 (0.22%) Autotask
8 1 (0.11%) Kiali
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) Nessus
8 1 (0.11%) Podman
Vendors
1 102 (11.32%) Microsoft
2 34 (3.77%) Oracle
3 22 (2.44%) Micro Focus
4 17 (1.89%) VMware
5 16 (1.78%) Google
5 16 (1.78%) SAP
6 14 (1.55%) Atlassian
7 12 (1.33%) Databricks
8 9 (1.00%) Informatica
9 8 (0.89%) IBM
9 8 (0.89%) Sparx
10 7 (0.78%) Cisco
10 7 (0.78%) Citrix
11 6 (0.67%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.55%) Teradata
12 5 (0.55%) Veeam
13 4 (0.44%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.44%) Snow
14 2 (0.22%) Ekahau
14 2 (0.22%) Ruckus Wireless