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 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 12 37 34
Rank change year-on-year +25 -3 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 1,823 1,107 1,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 9.67% 6.86% 7.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.15% 7.69% 7.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,534 779 859
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £84,919 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £92,500 £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 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 17,953 14,401 17,753
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.20% 89.25% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 13,711 7,947 10,940
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £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 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,627 £80,000
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 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 1 June 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 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
North West +26 901 £70,000 - 213
Yorkshire +32 675 £70,000 - 110
North East +37 249 £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 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 of England region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 617 (33.85%) Agile
2 572 (31.38%) Mentoring
3 389 (21.34%) Coaching
4 386 (21.17%) Azure
5 360 (19.75%) Social Skills
6 359 (19.69%) Finance
7 303 (16.62%) AWS
8 227 (12.45%) Problem-Solving
9 217 (11.90%) Public Sector
9 217 (11.90%) SQL
10 207 (11.35%) Software Engineering
11 201 (11.03%) Roadmaps
12 197 (10.81%) Microsoft
13 188 (10.31%) DevOps
14 162 (8.89%) Project Management
15 160 (8.78%) .NET
16 142 (7.79%) C#
17 140 (7.68%) CI/CD
18 131 (7.19%) Stakeholder Management
19 127 (6.97%) Java
20 119 (6.53%) Cybersecurity
21 112 (6.14%) Degree
22 111 (6.09%) Continuous Improvement
23 108 (5.92%) Windows
24 105 (5.76%) Python
24 105 (5.76%) JavaScript
25 103 (5.65%) Microsoft 365
25 103 (5.65%) Product Roadmap
26 99 (5.43%) Security Cleared
27 98 (5.38%) 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 63 (3.46%) Confluence
2 35 (1.92%) SharePoint
3 31 (1.70%) Tuxedo
4 23 (1.26%) Apache
5 14 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
5 14 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
6 12 (0.66%) WebLogic
7 10 (0.55%) CMS
8 8 (0.44%) Anypoint
8 8 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 8 (0.44%) WebSphere
9 7 (0.38%) Apache Spark
9 7 (0.38%) IIS
10 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.16%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.11%) SAS
11 2 (0.11%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.055%) BizTalk Server
12 1 (0.055%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.49%) Chatbot
4 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.66%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 6 (0.33%) SAP IBP
4 5 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.22%) MIS ActiveH
5 4 (0.22%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (0.11%) Primavera
7 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.055%) Magento
8 1 (0.055%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.055%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.055%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.055%) SAP SD
8 1 (0.055%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 386 (21.17%) Azure
2 303 (16.62%) AWS
3 103 (5.65%) Microsoft 365
4 77 (4.22%) GCP
5 74 (4.06%) Power Platform
6 57 (3.13%) Azure DevOps
7 46 (2.52%) SaaS
8 45 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
9 39 (2.14%) Amazon Kinesis
10 36 (1.97%) Amazon S3
11 33 (1.81%) Serverless
12 32 (1.76%) Cloud Computing
13 30 (1.65%) AWS Lambda
14 28 (1.54%) GitHub
15 24 (1.32%) Entra ID
16 21 (1.15%) dbt
17 20 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
18 19 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
18 19 (1.04%) PowerApps
19 16 (0.88%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 70 (3.84%) Firewall
2 54 (2.96%) WAN
3 33 (1.81%) LAN
4 29 (1.59%) TCP/IP
5 28 (1.54%) DNS
6 26 (1.43%) SD-WAN
6 26 (1.43%) SSL
7 25 (1.37%) Network Security
8 22 (1.21%) Intrusion Detection
9 19 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (0.77%) Wireless
11 13 (0.71%) BGP
11 13 (0.71%) Software-Defined Radio
11 13 (0.71%) VPN
12 11 (0.60%) Internet
12 11 (0.60%) NAS
12 11 (0.60%) SAN
13 7 (0.38%) DHCP
13 7 (0.38%) Intranet
14 6 (0.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (3.78%) SQL Server
2 67 (3.68%) Data Warehouse
3 62 (3.40%) Power BI
4 59 (3.24%) MySQL
5 54 (2.96%) Relational Database
6 50 (2.74%) Tableau
7 48 (2.63%) Amazon RDS
8 34 (1.87%) Amazon Redshift
8 34 (1.87%) NoSQL
9 32 (1.76%) DynamoDB
10 29 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
10 29 (1.59%) RDBMS
11 21 (1.15%) Data Lake
12 17 (0.93%) DB2
13 15 (0.82%) Oracle Database
14 10 (0.55%) BigQuery
14 10 (0.55%) Data Vault
14 10 (0.55%) MongoDB
15 9 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
15 9 (0.49%) Redis
Development Applications
1 84 (4.61%) JIRA
2 73 (4.00%) Git
3 27 (1.48%) CircleCI
3 27 (1.48%) GitLab
4 21 (1.15%) Jenkins
5 17 (0.93%) Postman
5 17 (0.93%) Selenium
6 16 (0.88%) JUnit
7 12 (0.66%) Cucumber
8 9 (0.49%) JMeter
9 6 (0.33%) Appium
10 5 (0.27%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.27%) Maven
11 3 (0.16%) Gradle
11 3 (0.16%) LoadRunner
11 3 (0.16%) SpecFlow
11 3 (0.16%) TeamCity
12 2 (0.11%) Spinnaker
13 1 (0.055%) TestCafe
13 1 (0.055%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 360 (19.75%) Social Skills
2 359 (19.69%) Finance
3 217 (11.90%) Public Sector
4 84 (4.61%) Analytical Skills
5 70 (3.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 61 (3.35%) Retail
7 57 (3.13%) Law
8 41 (2.25%) Manufacturing
9 38 (2.08%) Legal
10 35 (1.92%) Telecoms
11 30 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
12 29 (1.59%) Banking
13 28 (1.54%) Games
14 25 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
15 24 (1.32%) Marketing
16 13 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
17 11 (0.60%) Back Office
17 11 (0.60%) Pharmaceutical
18 10 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
19 8 (0.44%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 160 (8.78%) .NET
2 97 (5.32%) React
3 70 (3.84%) RESTful
4 60 (3.29%) HTML
5 59 (3.24%) Node.js
6 57 (3.13%) CSS
7 46 (2.52%) .NET Core
8 42 (2.30%) REST
9 41 (2.25%) Spring
10 39 (2.14%) JSON
11 36 (1.97%) Web Services
12 33 (1.81%) Spring Boot
13 29 (1.59%) AngularJS
14 23 (1.26%) .NET Framework
15 19 (1.04%) XML
16 18 (0.99%) RabbitMQ
17 17 (0.93%) GraphQL
18 16 (0.88%) Apache NiFi
18 16 (0.88%) Laravel
18 16 (0.88%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 75 (4.11%) Management Information System
2 50 (2.74%) Public Cloud
3 46 (2.52%) Cloud Native
4 43 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
5 42 (2.30%) Product Ownership
6 34 (1.87%) Cyberattack
6 34 (1.87%) Data Centre
6 34 (1.87%) Distributed Systems
7 28 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
8 26 (1.43%) Mobile App
9 24 (1.32%) Onboarding
10 20 (1.10%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
11 19 (1.04%) Client/Server
11 19 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
12 16 (0.88%) Data Structures
13 14 (0.77%) NHS
14 13 (0.71%) Security Operations Centre
14 13 (0.71%) Virtual Team
15 12 (0.66%) Blog
15 12 (0.66%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 108 (5.92%) Windows
2 70 (3.84%) Linux
3 48 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 21 (1.15%) Apple iOS
5 18 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
5 18 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
6 17 (0.93%) Windows 10
6 17 (0.93%) Windows Server 2016
7 13 (0.71%) Android
8 8 (0.44%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.22%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.16%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.11%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.11%) VMS
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Vista
12 1 (0.055%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 617 (33.85%) Agile
2 572 (31.38%) Mentoring
3 389 (21.34%) Coaching
4 227 (12.45%) Problem-Solving
5 207 (11.35%) Software Engineering
6 201 (11.03%) Roadmaps
7 188 (10.31%) DevOps
8 162 (8.89%) Project Management
9 140 (7.68%) CI/CD
10 131 (7.19%) Stakeholder Management
11 119 (6.53%) Cybersecurity
12 111 (6.09%) Continuous Improvement
13 103 (5.65%) Product Roadmap
14 98 (5.38%) Supplier Management
15 97 (5.32%) Scrum
16 94 (5.16%) Kanban
17 91 (4.99%) Analytics
18 87 (4.77%) Decision-Making
18 87 (4.77%) Project Delivery
19 84 (4.61%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 217 (11.90%) SQL
2 142 (7.79%) C#
3 127 (6.97%) Java
4 105 (5.76%) JavaScript
4 105 (5.76%) Python
5 82 (4.50%) PHP
6 66 (3.62%) TypeScript
7 56 (3.07%) COBOL
7 56 (3.07%) Micro Focus COBOL
8 46 (2.52%) C
9 45 (2.47%) C++
10 19 (1.04%) Scala
11 17 (0.93%) VB.NET
12 14 (0.77%) PowerShell
12 14 (0.77%) T-SQL
13 11 (0.60%) Swift
14 7 (0.38%) Kotlin
15 6 (0.33%) Go
16 5 (0.27%) Ada
17 4 (0.22%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 112 (6.14%) Degree
2 99 (5.43%) Security Cleared
3 76 (4.17%) SC Cleared
4 50 (2.74%) Azure Certification
5 39 (2.14%) AWS Certification
6 35 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
7 34 (1.87%) CISM
7 34 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 26 (1.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 26 (1.43%) CCSP
8 26 (1.43%) CISSP
9 20 (1.10%) CCSK
10 17 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (0.77%) CISA
11 14 (0.77%) CRISC
11 14 (0.77%) DBS Check
12 12 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 11 (0.60%) HNC
14 9 (0.49%) CEH
14 9 (0.49%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (2.91%) SLA
2 52 (2.85%) QA
3 41 (2.25%) Data Quality
4 35 (1.92%) GDPR
4 35 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (1.81%) NIST
6 15 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (0.77%) GRC
7 14 (0.77%) PMO
8 9 (0.49%) NCSC
8 9 (0.49%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.44%) PSD2
10 5 (0.27%) Accessibility
11 3 (0.16%) COSO
11 3 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.16%) ISO 31000
12 2 (0.11%) Automotive SPICE
12 2 (0.11%) ISO 9001
13 1 (0.055%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 1 (0.055%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 74 (4.06%) Docker
2 42 (2.30%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.26%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.21%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.49%) Firmware
5 9 (0.49%) vSphere
6 8 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
7 6 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 72 (3.95%) Kubernetes
2 65 (3.57%) Terraform
3 29 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.38%) SysTrack
6 6 (0.33%) Ansible
6 6 (0.33%) FortiGate
6 6 (0.33%) Nagios
6 6 (0.33%) Nmap
7 5 (0.27%) Grafana
7 5 (0.27%) SCCM
8 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.11%) Autotask
9 2 (0.11%) CSIRT
9 2 (0.11%) Packer
10 1 (0.055%) Istio
10 1 (0.055%) Kiali
10 1 (0.055%) Kibana
10 1 (0.055%) Podman
10 1 (0.055%) Puppet
Vendors
1 197 (10.81%) Microsoft
2 79 (4.33%) Oracle
3 56 (3.07%) Micro Focus
4 48 (2.63%) VMware
5 45 (2.47%) Google
6 35 (1.92%) Atlassian
7 33 (1.81%) IBM
8 29 (1.59%) Citrix
8 29 (1.59%) SAP
9 25 (1.37%) Cisco
10 22 (1.21%) Databricks
11 16 (0.88%) ServiceNow
12 12 (0.66%) Sparx
13 11 (0.60%) Splunk
13 11 (0.60%) Veeam
14 9 (0.49%) Informatica
14 9 (0.49%) Juniper
14 9 (0.49%) MuleSoft
15 8 (0.44%) Duck Creek
15 8 (0.44%) Snow