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 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 42 26
Rank change year-on-year +23 -16 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 824 533 831
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.36% 6.81% 8.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.83% 7.63% 9.27%
Number of salaries quoted 679 411 445
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £55,500 £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 £86,500 £92,500 £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 9,328 6,982 8,962
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 89.17% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 7,169 4,074 5,367
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 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £81,450
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +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 11 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 11 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 +20 479 £70,500 +0.71% 90
Lancashire +63 162 £73,805 +47.61% 16
Merseyside +26 89 £63,217 -9.69% 15
Cheshire +18 57 £55,000 -8.33% 31
Cumbria -4 33 £60,000 +33.33% 14
Lead
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 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.

1 275 (33.37%) Agile
2 213 (25.85%) Mentoring
3 179 (21.72%) Azure
4 157 (19.05%) Coaching
5 149 (18.08%) Finance
6 143 (17.35%) Social Skills
7 122 (14.81%) AWS
8 103 (12.50%) SQL
9 99 (12.01%) Microsoft
9 99 (12.01%) Software Engineering
9 99 (12.01%) DevOps
10 92 (11.17%) Public Sector
11 82 (9.95%) Degree
12 81 (9.83%) .NET
13 79 (9.59%) Project Management
14 76 (9.22%) C#
15 75 (9.10%) Roadmaps
16 74 (8.98%) Java
17 72 (8.74%) Analytics
18 70 (8.50%) Security Cleared
18 70 (8.50%) Problem-Solving
19 62 (7.52%) CI/CD
20 52 (6.31%) JavaScript
21 51 (6.19%) TypeScript
22 50 (6.07%) Stakeholder Management
23 49 (5.95%) SC Cleared
24 47 (5.70%) Tableau
24 47 (5.70%) Python
24 47 (5.70%) Full Stack Development
24 47 (5.70%) 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 26 (3.16%) Confluence
2 23 (2.79%) Apache
3 17 (2.06%) SharePoint
4 12 (1.46%) Tuxedo
5 8 (0.97%) CMS
5 8 (0.97%) WebLogic
6 7 (0.85%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.61%) 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 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 11 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.97%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 6 (0.73%) SAP IBP
4 4 (0.49%) MIS ActiveH
4 4 (0.49%) 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
1 179 (21.72%) Azure
2 122 (14.81%) AWS
3 33 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (3.88%) Azure DevOps
4 32 (3.88%) Power Platform
5 29 (3.52%) GCP
6 24 (2.91%) SaaS
7 20 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (2.31%) Amazon Kinesis
9 17 (2.06%) Amazon S3
10 16 (1.94%) Amazon EC2
10 16 (1.94%) Serverless
11 14 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
12 13 (1.58%) PaaS
13 12 (1.46%) Amazon SQS
14 9 (1.09%) Amazon EKS
14 9 (1.09%) IaaS
15 7 (0.85%) dbt
16 6 (0.73%) Entra ID
16 6 (0.73%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 25 (3.03%) WAN
2 19 (2.31%) Firewall
2 19 (2.31%) SSL
3 16 (1.94%) DNS
4 15 (1.82%) LAN
4 15 (1.82%) SD-WAN
5 12 (1.46%) TCP/IP
6 11 (1.33%) VPN
7 9 (1.09%) BGP
8 8 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.85%) Network Security
9 7 (0.85%) Software-Defined Radio
10 5 (0.61%) DHCP
10 5 (0.61%) Internet
10 5 (0.61%) NAS
10 5 (0.61%) PPP
10 5 (0.61%) SAN
10 5 (0.61%) Wireless
11 4 (0.49%) 5G
11 4 (0.49%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (5.70%) Tableau
2 40 (4.85%) Data Warehouse
3 38 (4.61%) MySQL
4 35 (4.25%) SQL Server
5 32 (3.88%) Relational Database
6 27 (3.28%) Power BI
7 23 (2.79%) Amazon RDS
8 21 (2.55%) Amazon Redshift
8 21 (2.55%) RDBMS
9 18 (2.18%) DynamoDB
10 15 (1.82%) NoSQL
11 13 (1.58%) PostgreSQL
12 10 (1.21%) Oracle Database
13 9 (1.09%) MongoDB
14 7 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (0.85%) Data Vault
15 6 (0.73%) DB2
16 5 (0.61%) Airbyte
16 5 (0.61%) BigQuery
16 5 (0.61%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 33 (4.00%) JIRA
2 31 (3.76%) Git
3 17 (2.06%) GitLab
4 14 (1.70%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.58%) Postman
6 5 (0.61%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.61%) Spinnaker
7 4 (0.49%) Cucumber
7 4 (0.49%) Selenium
8 3 (0.36%) JUnit
9 2 (0.24%) Maven
10 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
10 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.12%) Subversion
10 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
10 1 (0.12%) TestCafe
10 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 149 (18.08%) Finance
2 143 (17.35%) Social Skills
3 92 (11.17%) Public Sector
4 32 (3.88%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (3.88%) Retail
5 25 (3.03%) Telecoms
6 24 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 23 (2.79%) Legal
8 15 (1.82%) Manufacturing
9 11 (1.33%) Law
10 10 (1.21%) Marketing
11 9 (1.09%) Banking
12 8 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (0.97%) Social Housing
13 7 (0.85%) Aerospace
13 7 (0.85%) Games
14 6 (0.73%) Back Office
14 6 (0.73%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (9.83%) .NET
2 47 (5.70%) React
3 42 (5.10%) Node.js
4 32 (3.88%) CSS
4 32 (3.88%) HTML
5 28 (3.40%) JSON
6 27 (3.28%) Spring
7 22 (2.67%) REST
7 22 (2.67%) Spring Boot
8 21 (2.55%) RESTful
9 19 (2.31%) Web Services
10 16 (1.94%) .NET Core
10 16 (1.94%) Apache NiFi
10 16 (1.94%) STL
11 15 (1.82%) XML
12 14 (1.70%) .NET Framework
13 13 (1.58%) RabbitMQ
14 11 (1.33%) AngularJS
14 11 (1.33%) GraphQL
15 9 (1.09%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 38 (4.61%) Management Information System
2 32 (3.88%) Cloud Native
3 24 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (2.43%) Product Ownership
5 17 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
6 15 (1.82%) Public Cloud
7 11 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
8 9 (1.09%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 9 (1.09%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (1.09%) Virtual Team
9 8 (0.97%) Data Structures
9 8 (0.97%) Mobile App
10 7 (0.85%) Video\Live Streaming
11 5 (0.61%) Housing Association
11 5 (0.61%) Mainframe
11 5 (0.61%) Security Operations Centre
12 4 (0.49%) Data Centre
12 4 (0.49%) Fibre Optics
12 4 (0.49%) FMCG
12 4 (0.49%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 44 (5.34%) Linux
2 32 (3.88%) Windows
3 14 (1.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 9 (1.09%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.97%) Apple iOS
6 7 (0.85%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (0.49%) 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
1 275 (33.37%) Agile
2 213 (25.85%) Mentoring
3 157 (19.05%) Coaching
4 99 (12.01%) DevOps
4 99 (12.01%) Software Engineering
5 79 (9.59%) Project Management
6 75 (9.10%) Roadmaps
7 72 (8.74%) Analytics
8 70 (8.50%) Problem-Solving
9 62 (7.52%) CI/CD
10 50 (6.07%) Stakeholder Management
11 47 (5.70%) Design Patterns
11 47 (5.70%) Full Stack Development
11 47 (5.70%) Product Roadmap
11 47 (5.70%) Project Delivery
12 46 (5.58%) Technical Leadership
13 42 (5.10%) Scrum
14 41 (4.98%) Supplier Management
14 41 (4.98%) TDD
15 40 (4.85%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 103 (12.50%) SQL
2 76 (9.22%) C#
3 74 (8.98%) Java
4 52 (6.31%) JavaScript
5 51 (6.19%) TypeScript
6 47 (5.70%) Python
7 32 (3.88%) PHP
8 31 (3.76%) C++
9 29 (3.52%) C
10 22 (2.67%) COBOL
10 22 (2.67%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 16 (1.94%) VB.NET
12 6 (0.73%) Go
13 5 (0.61%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.61%) Swift
14 3 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.36%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.36%) R
14 3 (0.36%) T-SQL
14 3 (0.36%) VB
Qualifications
1 82 (9.95%) Degree
2 70 (8.50%) Security Cleared
3 49 (5.95%) SC Cleared
4 27 (3.28%) Azure Certification
4 27 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 24 (2.91%) AWS Certification
6 23 (2.79%) CISM
7 15 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
8 14 (1.70%) CISA
8 14 (1.70%) CRISC
9 12 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
10 9 (1.09%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 9 (1.09%) CCSK
10 9 (1.09%) CCSP
10 9 (1.09%) CISSP
11 8 (0.97%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 7 (0.85%) DBS Check
13 6 (0.73%) CCNP
14 5 (0.61%) Citrix Certification
14 5 (0.61%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.16%) QA
2 22 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (2.31%) GDPR
4 18 (2.18%) SLA
5 15 (1.82%) NIST
6 14 (1.70%) GRC
7 10 (1.21%) Data Quality
8 7 (0.85%) PMO
9 6 (0.73%) 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%) Accessibility
11 2 (0.24%) NCSC
12 1 (0.12%) P3O
12 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 31 (3.76%) Docker
2 11 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.85%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (0.85%) Firmware
4 6 (0.73%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.61%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 31 (3.76%) Kubernetes
2 29 (3.52%) Terraform
3 9 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.61%) SCCM
5 4 (0.49%) 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 99 (12.01%) Microsoft
2 32 (3.88%) Oracle
3 22 (2.67%) Micro Focus
4 18 (2.18%) Google
5 15 (1.82%) SAP
5 15 (1.82%) VMware
6 14 (1.70%) Atlassian
7 8 (0.97%) IBM
7 8 (0.97%) Sparx
8 7 (0.85%) Cisco
8 7 (0.85%) Citrix
8 7 (0.85%) Databricks
9 6 (0.73%) Informatica
9 6 (0.73%) Red Hat
10 5 (0.61%) Teradata
10 5 (0.61%) Veeam
11 4 (0.49%) Snow
12 3 (0.36%) ServiceNow
13 2 (0.24%) Facebook
13 2 (0.24%) Twitter