Lead Jobs in West Yorkshire

Leader
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Leader salary in West Yorkshire is £67,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 31 32
Rank change year-on-year +21 +1 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 344 411 364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 11.35% 8.26% 7.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.79% 8.88% 7.83%
Number of salaries quoted 300 271 281
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £54,688 £57,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £90,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £100,114 £81,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £64,000
% change year-on-year - +9.38% +16.36%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 2,917 4,627 4,650
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.24% 92.97% 96.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,148 2,273 3,121
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +9.62% +0.35%
75th Percentile £67,617 £72,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £81,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £48,750 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.88% +7.00% +5.26%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in West Yorkshire

Lead
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Lead in West Yorkshire

Lead
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in West Yorkshire

Lead
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 23 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
Leeds +13 280 £68,000 -2.86% 37
Bradford +28 34 £56,500 -1.74% 4
Castleford +28 7 £31,500 -
Pontefract - 5 £31,000 -
Hebden Bridge - 5 £24,000 -
Halifax +21 3 £95,000 +13.23%
Wakefield +7 3 £59,500 +7.40% 2
Sowerby Bridge - 2 £95,000 -
Lead
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 112 (32.56%) Agile
2 101 (29.36%) Azure
3 88 (25.58%) Social Skills
4 87 (25.29%) Finance
5 80 (23.26%) Mentoring
6 73 (21.22%) AWS
7 56 (16.28%) Coaching
8 55 (15.99%) DevOps
9 48 (13.95%) Roadmaps
10 41 (11.92%) CI/CD
11 40 (11.63%) Public Sector
11 40 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
12 38 (11.05%) Microsoft
13 37 (10.76%) Firewall
14 34 (9.88%) Stakeholder Management
15 33 (9.59%) Cybersecurity
16 32 (9.30%) C#
16 32 (9.30%) SQL
16 32 (9.30%) Windows
17 31 (9.01%) Project Management
17 31 (9.01%) Software Engineering
18 30 (8.72%) .NET
19 29 (8.43%) GCP
20 28 (8.14%) SIEM
20 28 (8.14%) Microsoft 365
20 28 (8.14%) Migration
20 28 (8.14%) RESTful
20 28 (8.14%) Git
21 27 (7.85%) PHP
22 26 (7.56%) Line Management

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 17 (4.94%) Confluence
2 9 (2.62%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.45%) IIS
4 4 (1.16%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.58%) SAS
5 2 (0.58%) Tuxedo
Applications
1 4 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.87%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.29%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.29%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.29%) Primavera
3 1 (0.29%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 101 (29.36%) Azure
2 73 (21.22%) AWS
3 29 (8.43%) GCP
4 28 (8.14%) Microsoft 365
5 21 (6.10%) GitHub
6 19 (5.52%) Cloud Computing
7 17 (4.94%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (3.78%) Dynamics 365
8 13 (3.78%) Power Platform
9 12 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (3.20%) Azure Sentinel
10 11 (3.20%) PowerApps
11 10 (2.91%) Entra ID
12 9 (2.62%) Slack
13 8 (2.33%) Serverless
14 7 (2.03%) AWS Lambda
14 7 (2.03%) OneDrive
15 6 (1.74%) BlazeMeter
15 6 (1.74%) BrowserStack
15 6 (1.74%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (10.76%) Firewall
2 18 (5.23%) Intrusion Detection
3 15 (4.36%) TCP/IP
3 15 (4.36%) WAN
4 14 (4.07%) LAN
5 10 (2.91%) DNS
6 7 (2.03%) Network Security
6 7 (2.03%) SSL
7 6 (1.74%) Wireshark
8 5 (1.45%) NAS
8 5 (1.45%) SAN
8 5 (1.45%) VLAN
9 4 (1.16%) BGP
9 4 (1.16%) Wireless
10 3 (0.87%) Intranet
10 3 (0.87%) Software-Defined Radio
11 2 (0.58%) Internet
12 1 (0.29%) SD-WAN
12 1 (0.29%) Skype
12 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (5.52%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (2.91%) Relational Database
3 9 (2.62%) Power BI
4 8 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
4 8 (2.33%) Data Lake
4 8 (2.33%) NoSQL
4 8 (2.33%) RDBMS
5 6 (1.74%) SQL Server
6 5 (1.45%) MySQL
7 4 (1.16%) Amazon Redshift
7 4 (1.16%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.87%) QualityStage
9 2 (0.58%) Metadata
9 2 (0.58%) SAS EBI
10 1 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 28 (8.14%) Git
2 25 (7.27%) CircleCI
3 20 (5.81%) JIRA
4 14 (4.07%) Selenium
5 10 (2.91%) Cucumber
6 9 (2.62%) GitLab
7 8 (2.33%) Jenkins
7 8 (2.33%) JUnit
8 6 (1.74%) Appium
8 6 (1.74%) JMeter
9 4 (1.16%) Postman
10 3 (0.87%) Cypress.io
11 2 (0.58%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.58%) SpecFlow
12 1 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
12 1 (0.29%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 88 (25.58%) Social Skills
2 87 (25.29%) Finance
3 40 (11.63%) Public Sector
4 25 (7.27%) Law
5 20 (5.81%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (5.81%) Organisational Skills
6 17 (4.94%) Banking
7 10 (2.91%) Marketing
8 7 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
8 7 (2.03%) Retail
9 5 (1.45%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.45%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.16%) Back Office
10 4 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.16%) Local Government
11 3 (0.87%) Police
11 3 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.58%) Aviation
12 2 (0.58%) Games
12 2 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.72%) .NET
2 28 (8.14%) RESTful
3 24 (6.98%) React
4 12 (3.49%) AngularJS
5 11 (3.20%) HTML
6 10 (2.91%) JSON
7 9 (2.62%) OAuth
7 9 (2.62%) REST
8 8 (2.33%) .NET Core
8 8 (2.33%) jQuery
8 8 (2.33%) Spring Boot
9 7 (2.03%) CSS
10 6 (1.74%) Laravel
10 6 (1.74%) Web Services
11 4 (1.16%) ASP.NET
11 4 (1.16%) PySpark
11 4 (1.16%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (1.16%) Spring
11 4 (1.16%) Vue
12 3 (0.87%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.40%) Public Cloud
2 17 (4.94%) Distributed Systems
3 16 (4.65%) Management Information System
4 15 (4.36%) Product Ownership
5 13 (3.78%) Mobile App
6 11 (3.20%) Cloud Native
7 9 (2.62%) Data Centre
7 9 (2.62%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.74%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (1.16%) IoT
9 4 (1.16%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.87%) Blog
10 3 (0.87%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.58%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.58%) Cyberattack
11 2 (0.58%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.58%) NHS
11 2 (0.58%) Security Posture
12 1 (0.29%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 32 (9.30%) Windows
2 15 (4.36%) Linux
3 12 (3.49%) Windows Server
4 11 (3.20%) Android
4 11 (3.20%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.58%) Mac OS X
6 2 (0.58%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.58%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (32.56%) Agile
2 80 (23.26%) Mentoring
3 56 (16.28%) Coaching
4 55 (15.99%) DevOps
5 48 (13.95%) Roadmaps
6 41 (11.92%) CI/CD
7 40 (11.63%) Problem-Solving
8 34 (9.88%) Stakeholder Management
9 33 (9.59%) Cybersecurity
10 31 (9.01%) Project Management
10 31 (9.01%) Software Engineering
11 28 (8.14%) Migration
11 28 (8.14%) SIEM
12 26 (7.56%) Collaborative Culture
12 26 (7.56%) Line Management
13 25 (7.27%) Containerisation
13 25 (7.27%) Microservices
14 24 (6.98%) Cryptography
15 23 (6.69%) Continuous Improvement
16 20 (5.81%) Incident Response
Programming Languages
1 32 (9.30%) C#
1 32 (9.30%) SQL
2 27 (7.85%) PHP
3 22 (6.40%) Python
4 16 (4.65%) JavaScript
5 13 (3.78%) Java
6 8 (2.33%) PowerShell
7 5 (1.45%) COBOL
7 5 (1.45%) Kotlin
7 5 (1.45%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 5 (1.45%) Swift
8 4 (1.16%) Scala
9 3 (0.87%) C
9 3 (0.87%) C++
9 3 (0.87%) TypeScript
9 3 (0.87%) XAML
10 1 (0.29%) Bicep
10 1 (0.29%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 16 (4.65%) Degree
1 16 (4.65%) Security Cleared
2 15 (4.36%) SC Cleared
3 10 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (2.62%) CEH
4 9 (2.62%) SSCP
5 7 (2.03%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 7 (2.03%) CCSP
5 7 (2.03%) CISSP
6 6 (1.74%) Azure Certification
6 6 (1.74%) SANS
7 5 (1.45%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.87%) CCNA
9 3 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
9 3 (0.87%) MCSE
9 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.87%) OSCP
10 2 (0.58%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.07%) QA
2 12 (3.49%) Data Quality
3 10 (2.91%) GDPR
4 8 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.33%) PSD2
4 8 (2.33%) SLA
5 7 (2.03%) NIST
6 6 (1.74%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.58%) Automotive SPICE
8 1 (0.29%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.29%) IFRS
8 1 (0.29%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (6.40%) Docker
2 18 (5.23%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.62%) vSphere
4 8 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (1.74%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (1.45%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 26 (7.56%) Terraform
2 23 (6.69%) Kubernetes
3 9 (2.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 6 (1.74%) FortiGate
4 6 (1.74%) Nagios
4 6 (1.74%) Nmap
5 4 (1.16%) Grafana
6 2 (0.58%) CSIRT
6 2 (0.58%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.29%) Istio
7 1 (0.29%) Puppet
7 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.29%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 38 (11.05%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.49%) Splunk
3 11 (3.20%) VMware
4 10 (2.91%) Databricks
5 8 (2.33%) Duck Creek
5 8 (2.33%) Google
5 8 (2.33%) Oracle
6 6 (1.74%) CheckPoint
6 6 (1.74%) IBM
6 6 (1.74%) Qualys
6 6 (1.74%) Rapid7
6 6 (1.74%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.74%) Thycotic
6 6 (1.74%) Veeam
7 5 (1.45%) Atlassian
7 5 (1.45%) Micro Focus
8 4 (1.16%) Computacenter
8 4 (1.16%) Sparx
9 3 (0.87%) CA
9 3 (0.87%) SAP