Lead Jobs in the North West

Leader
England > North West

The median Leader salary in the North West is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 September 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 35 37
Rank change year-on-year +21 +2 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 721 355 656
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.69% 7.03% 7.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.12% 7.49% 7.52%
Number of salaries quoted 417 277 436
10th Percentile £38,750 £50,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,399 £57,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% +8.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £95,000
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

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 7,906 4,737 8,728
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.28% 93.86% 96.22%
Number of salaries quoted 4,658 3,230 5,620
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,563 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +17 379 £70,000 - 92
Lancashire +45 171 £57,560 +15.12% 19
Merseyside +27 81 £65,000 -7.14% 16
Cumbria +9 46 £58,626 - 4
Cheshire +1 40 £50,000 -16.67% 22
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 September 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.

1 243 (33.70%) Agile
2 195 (27.05%) Mentoring
3 164 (22.75%) Software Engineering
4 132 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
5 126 (17.48%) Social Skills
6 117 (16.23%) Azure
7 116 (16.09%) AWS
8 109 (15.12%) DevOps
9 97 (13.45%) Coaching
10 96 (13.31%) Microsoft
11 81 (11.23%) Degree
12 76 (10.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 75 (10.40%) Finance
14 73 (10.12%) Machine Learning
15 69 (9.57%) Project Management
16 68 (9.43%) User Experience
17 64 (8.88%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 63 (8.74%) Data Engineering
19 62 (8.60%) Creative Thinking
20 60 (8.32%) Cyberattack
21 59 (8.18%) Java
21 59 (8.18%) .NET
22 58 (8.04%) SQL
23 55 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
23 55 (7.63%) Technical Leadership
24 50 (6.93%) Cybersecurity
25 45 (6.24%) Systems Engineering
26 44 (6.10%) Roadmaps
26 44 (6.10%) C#
27 42 (5.83%) Security Cleared

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 14 (1.94%) CMS
1 14 (1.94%) IIS
2 8 (1.11%) WebLogic
3 7 (0.97%) Confluence
3 7 (0.97%) SharePoint
4 6 (0.83%) Apache
5 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.28%) SAS
6 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.14%) OpenStack
Applications
1 14 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (0.83%) MS Visio
4 5 (0.69%) PTC Creo
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 14 (1.94%) Magento
1 14 (1.94%) Shopify
2 12 (1.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (1.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 5 (0.69%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.42%) Primavera
6 2 (0.28%) Infor LN
6 2 (0.28%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.14%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.14%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 117 (16.23%) Azure
2 116 (16.09%) AWS
3 31 (4.30%) Amazon Kinesis
3 31 (4.30%) Power Platform
4 28 (3.88%) GCP
5 20 (2.77%) Azure DevOps
6 15 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
7 13 (1.80%) SaaS
8 12 (1.66%) Amazon EC2
8 12 (1.66%) Amazon S3
9 9 (1.25%) Azure Data Factory
10 8 (1.11%) Amazon EKS
10 8 (1.11%) Amazon SQS
10 8 (1.11%) dbt
11 6 (0.83%) PaaS
11 6 (0.83%) PowerApps
12 5 (0.69%) Kong
12 5 (0.69%) OCI
13 4 (0.55%) Entra ID
13 4 (0.55%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.19%) SSL
2 17 (2.36%) Intrusion Detection
3 14 (1.94%) Internet
3 14 (1.94%) TCP/IP
4 13 (1.80%) DNS
5 11 (1.53%) Firewall
6 9 (1.25%) BGP
6 9 (1.25%) LAN
6 9 (1.25%) WAN
7 8 (1.11%) Wireless
8 7 (0.97%) Network Security
9 6 (0.83%) MPLS
10 5 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.55%) DHCP
11 4 (0.55%) NGFW
11 4 (0.55%) VLAN
11 4 (0.55%) VoIP
12 2 (0.28%) VPN
13 1 (0.14%) OSPF
13 1 (0.14%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (3.88%) Relational Database
2 26 (3.61%) NoSQL
3 25 (3.47%) DynamoDB
3 25 (3.47%) MySQL
4 23 (3.19%) PostgreSQL
5 22 (3.05%) Amazon RDS
6 21 (2.91%) Power BI
7 20 (2.77%) RDBMS
8 19 (2.64%) Amazon Aurora
9 17 (2.36%) Data Warehouse
10 14 (1.94%) Amazon Redshift
11 13 (1.80%) Tableau
12 12 (1.66%) Data Vault
13 11 (1.53%) SQL Server
14 8 (1.11%) Oracle Database
15 4 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 3 (0.42%) Data Lake
17 2 (0.28%) Airbyte
17 2 (0.28%) BigQuery
17 2 (0.28%) Looker
Development Applications
1 18 (2.50%) Git
1 18 (2.50%) JIRA
2 12 (1.66%) Postman
3 11 (1.53%) JUnit
4 4 (0.55%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.42%) GitLab
5 3 (0.42%) Vagrant
6 2 (0.28%) Selenium
7 1 (0.14%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.14%) Jasmine
7 1 (0.14%) Karma Test Runner
7 1 (0.14%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.14%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.14%) TestCafe
General
1 126 (17.48%) Social Skills
2 76 (10.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 75 (10.40%) Finance
4 55 (7.63%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (4.99%) Retail
6 23 (3.19%) Public Sector
7 20 (2.77%) Law
8 19 (2.64%) Manufacturing
9 16 (2.22%) Aerospace
10 15 (2.08%) Organisational Skills
11 12 (1.66%) Legal
12 11 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
13 8 (1.11%) Marketing
14 7 (0.97%) Telecoms
15 5 (0.69%) Aviation
15 5 (0.69%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (0.55%) Military
17 3 (0.42%) Aeronautics
17 3 (0.42%) Games
17 3 (0.42%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (8.18%) .NET
2 30 (4.16%) Spring
3 29 (4.02%) Web Services
4 25 (3.47%) .NET Core
4 25 (3.47%) CSS
4 25 (3.47%) HTML
5 22 (3.05%) GraphQL
6 20 (2.77%) Node.js
6 20 (2.77%) Spring Boot
7 19 (2.64%) http4s
7 19 (2.64%) REST
7 19 (2.64%) Scalaz
8 18 (2.50%) React
9 15 (2.08%) JSON
10 14 (1.94%) ASP.NET
11 13 (1.80%) AngularJS
12 11 (1.53%) Hibernate
12 11 (1.53%) RabbitMQ
13 6 (0.83%) .NET Framework
13 6 (0.83%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 60 (8.32%) Cyberattack
2 36 (4.99%) Management Information System
3 34 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (4.30%) Distributed Systems
4 31 (4.30%) Media Streaming
5 19 (2.64%) Blog
5 19 (2.64%) Cloud Native
6 14 (1.94%) Cyber Threat
7 13 (1.80%) Public Cloud
8 12 (1.66%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (1.25%) Mobile App
11 7 (0.97%) EPoS
11 7 (0.97%) Life Science
12 6 (0.83%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.69%) AS400
14 4 (0.55%) Algorithms
14 4 (0.55%) Operational Technology
14 4 (0.55%) Private Cloud
14 4 (0.55%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.85%) Windows
2 23 (3.19%) Linux
3 21 (2.91%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.11%) Apple iOS
4 8 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.14%) Android
5 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (33.70%) Agile
2 195 (27.05%) Mentoring
3 164 (22.75%) Software Engineering
4 132 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
5 109 (15.12%) DevOps
6 97 (13.45%) Coaching
7 73 (10.12%) Machine Learning
8 69 (9.57%) Project Management
9 68 (9.43%) User Experience
10 64 (8.88%) Site Reliability Engineering
11 63 (8.74%) Data Engineering
12 62 (8.60%) Creative Thinking
13 55 (7.63%) Technical Leadership
14 50 (6.93%) Cybersecurity
15 45 (6.24%) Systems Engineering
16 44 (6.10%) Roadmaps
17 41 (5.69%) Infrastructure as Code
18 40 (5.55%) Data Analysis
19 39 (5.41%) Continuous Improvement
19 39 (5.41%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (8.18%) Java
2 58 (8.04%) SQL
3 44 (6.10%) C#
4 37 (5.13%) Scala
5 26 (3.61%) Python
6 20 (2.77%) JavaScript
7 18 (2.50%) PHP
7 18 (2.50%) TypeScript
8 13 (1.80%) Kotlin
9 6 (0.83%) VBA
10 5 (0.69%) C
10 5 (0.69%) MATLAB
11 4 (0.55%) Bash
11 4 (0.55%) C++
11 4 (0.55%) Go
11 4 (0.55%) Objective-C
11 4 (0.55%) Swift
12 3 (0.42%) VB.NET
13 2 (0.28%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 81 (11.23%) Degree
2 42 (5.83%) Security Cleared
3 31 (4.30%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.19%) Azure Certification
5 22 (3.05%) Chartered Engineer
5 22 (3.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (2.36%) HND
7 11 (1.53%) CISA
7 11 (1.53%) CISM
7 11 (1.53%) CRISC
8 9 (1.25%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 7 (0.97%) DV Cleared
11 6 (0.83%) BC Cleared
12 5 (0.69%) CHECK Team Leader
13 3 (0.42%) HNC
13 3 (0.42%) Master's Degree
13 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.14%) CCIE
14 1 (0.14%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (3.05%) Data Quality
2 16 (2.22%) GDPR
2 16 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (1.94%) GRC
4 12 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 10 (1.39%) QA
6 5 (0.69%) Accessibility
6 5 (0.69%) SLA
7 4 (0.55%) EMIR
7 4 (0.55%) MiFID
7 4 (0.55%) NIST
7 4 (0.55%) PMO
8 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.28%) AQAP
9 2 (0.28%) MISRA
9 2 (0.28%) MISRA C
9 2 (0.28%) NCSC
9 2 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.14%) P3O
10 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
2 16 (2.22%) Docker
3 5 (0.69%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 41 (5.69%) Terraform
2 11 (1.53%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.42%) Packer
4 3 (0.42%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.14%) Ansible
5 1 (0.14%) CloudForms
5 1 (0.14%) Nessus
5 1 (0.14%) SCCM
5 1 (0.14%) vRealize
Vendors
1 96 (13.31%) Microsoft
2 15 (2.08%) Google
3 14 (1.94%) Databricks
4 13 (1.80%) Oracle
5 11 (1.53%) Informatica
6 9 (1.25%) SAP
7 8 (1.11%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.11%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.11%) Sparx
7 8 (1.11%) VMware
8 4 (0.55%) Bloomberg
8 4 (0.55%) BT
8 4 (0.55%) Ekahau
8 4 (0.55%) Genesys
8 4 (0.55%) HubSpot
8 4 (0.55%) IFS
8 4 (0.55%) Ruckus Wireless
8 4 (0.55%) Siemens
8 4 (0.55%) Verint
9 3 (0.42%) Computacenter