Lead Jobs in Manchester

Leader
North West > Manchester

The median Leader salary in Manchester is £70,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 34 23
Rank change year-on-year +17 -11 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 499 383 569
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 9.23% 8.19% 9.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.76% 8.90% 10.27%
Number of salaries quoted 412 281 316
10th Percentile £47,500 £51,833 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,400 £60,000 £52,434
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,500 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.71% +12.00% -
75th Percentile £84,919 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £86,250
North West median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 5,115 4,304 5,539
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.58% 92.06% 96.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3,925 2,573 3,614
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,588
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,874 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,159 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.55% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,150 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Lead
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead in Manchester

Lead
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Lead in Manchester

Lead
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead in Manchester over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead in Manchester

Lead
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 28 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
Stockport +30 8 £42,500 +112.50% 3
Salford +16 7 £58,800 -9.54% 6
Bolton - 6 £38,750 - 4
Bury - 5 £68,750 - 5
Altrincham -11 4 - - 2
Rochdale - 3 £41,000 - 1
Wigan - 1 £28,500 - 1
Lead
North West

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Manchester region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 169 (33.87%) Agile
2 127 (25.45%) Mentoring
3 122 (24.45%) Azure
4 97 (19.44%) AWS
5 90 (18.04%) Social Skills
6 89 (17.84%) Finance
7 86 (17.23%) Software Engineering
8 74 (14.83%) Coaching
9 72 (14.43%) DevOps
10 64 (12.83%) SQL
10 64 (12.83%) Microsoft
11 51 (10.22%) Java
11 51 (10.22%) TypeScript
12 49 (9.82%) .NET
13 48 (9.62%) CI/CD
14 46 (9.22%) Problem-Solving
14 46 (9.22%) Public Sector
15 45 (9.02%) Project Management
16 42 (8.42%) JavaScript
16 42 (8.42%) C#
17 39 (7.82%) TDD
18 38 (7.62%) Linux
19 37 (7.41%) Degree
20 35 (7.01%) React
21 34 (6.81%) Full Stack Development
21 34 (6.81%) Design Patterns
22 33 (6.61%) Python
23 32 (6.41%) Node.js
23 32 (6.41%) Technical Leadership
24 30 (6.01%) Cybersecurity

Lead Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 21 (4.21%) Apache
2 17 (3.41%) Confluence
3 6 (1.20%) CMS
3 6 (1.20%) Tuxedo
4 5 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (1.00%) Apache Spark
4 5 (1.00%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.80%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.60%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.40%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.20%) BizTalk Server
8 1 (0.20%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 9 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.60%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.20%) Magento
4 1 (0.20%) Primavera
4 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 122 (24.45%) Azure
2 97 (19.44%) AWS
3 24 (4.81%) GCP
4 23 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (3.61%) Power Platform
6 16 (3.21%) Amazon Kinesis
7 15 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
8 14 (2.81%) Serverless
9 13 (2.61%) SaaS
10 12 (2.40%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (1.60%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (1.40%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (1.40%) dbt
13 6 (1.20%) Amazon S3
14 5 (1.00%) Amazon EKS
14 5 (1.00%) Entra ID
14 5 (1.00%) Google Analytics
14 5 (1.00%) PaaS
14 5 (1.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.81%) WAN
2 10 (2.00%) Firewall
2 10 (2.00%) SSL
3 8 (1.60%) LAN
4 6 (1.20%) DNS
4 6 (1.20%) Network Security
4 6 (1.20%) SD-WAN
4 6 (1.20%) TCP/IP
4 6 (1.20%) VPN
5 5 (1.00%) BGP
5 5 (1.00%) NAS
5 5 (1.00%) SAN
6 4 (0.80%) Software-Defined Radio
7 3 (0.60%) Wireless
8 2 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.20%) DSL
9 1 (0.20%) Intranet
9 1 (0.20%) Intrusion Detection
9 1 (0.20%) OSPF
9 1 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.01%) NoSQL
2 19 (3.81%) MySQL
3 18 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (3.61%) Power BI
4 16 (3.21%) SQL Server
5 12 (2.40%) DynamoDB
6 11 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
6 11 (2.20%) Relational Database
6 11 (2.20%) Tableau
7 10 (2.00%) Amazon Redshift
8 8 (1.60%) Amazon Aurora
8 8 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
8 8 (1.60%) RDBMS
9 5 (1.00%) Airbyte
9 5 (1.00%) BigQuery
9 5 (1.00%) Looker
9 5 (1.00%) MongoDB
10 4 (0.80%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 19 (3.81%) JIRA
2 9 (1.80%) Jenkins
3 8 (1.60%) Git
4 6 (1.20%) GitLab
5 4 (0.80%) Postman
6 3 (0.60%) Cypress.io
6 3 (0.60%) Spinnaker
7 2 (0.40%) Maven
8 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.20%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.20%) Selenium
8 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.20%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.20%) Team Foundation Server
8 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 90 (18.04%) Social Skills
2 89 (17.84%) Finance
3 46 (9.22%) Public Sector
4 17 (3.41%) Analytical Skills
5 16 (3.21%) Telecoms
6 15 (3.01%) Retail
7 14 (2.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 11 (2.20%) Law
9 8 (1.60%) Games
10 7 (1.40%) Legal
11 6 (1.20%) Banking
12 4 (0.80%) Back Office
12 4 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.80%) Manufacturing
12 4 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.40%) Marketing
13 2 (0.40%) Tech for Good
14 1 (0.20%) Investment Banking
14 1 (0.20%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (9.82%) .NET
2 35 (7.01%) React
3 32 (6.41%) Node.js
4 21 (4.21%) REST
5 20 (4.01%) Web Services
6 18 (3.61%) HTML
7 17 (3.41%) GraphQL
8 16 (3.21%) Apache NiFi
8 16 (3.21%) CSS
8 16 (3.21%) STL
9 15 (3.01%) .NET Framework
10 14 (2.81%) .NET Core
11 12 (2.40%) RESTful
11 12 (2.40%) Spring
12 11 (2.20%) AngularJS
13 10 (2.00%) RabbitMQ
14 9 (1.80%) Kafka
14 9 (1.80%) Spring Boot
15 8 (1.60%) Redux
15 8 (1.60%) Scalaz
Miscellaneous
1 21 (4.21%) Cloud Native
2 17 (3.41%) Greenfield Project
3 16 (3.21%) Management Information System
4 14 (2.81%) Distributed Systems
4 14 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.00%) Mobile App
5 10 (2.00%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.60%) Blog
6 8 (1.60%) Media Streaming
7 7 (1.40%) Public Cloud
7 7 (1.40%) Video\Live Streaming
8 5 (1.00%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
8 5 (1.00%) Mainframe
9 4 (0.80%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.80%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.60%) Algorithms
10 3 (0.60%) Legacy Code
10 3 (0.60%) Virtual Team
11 2 (0.40%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 38 (7.62%) Linux
2 28 (5.61%) Windows
3 10 (2.00%) Apple iOS
3 10 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 6 (1.20%) Embedded Linux
4 6 (1.20%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.80%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.40%) Android
6 2 (0.40%) Windows Vista
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 169 (33.87%) Agile
2 127 (25.45%) Mentoring
3 86 (17.23%) Software Engineering
4 74 (14.83%) Coaching
5 72 (14.43%) DevOps
6 48 (9.62%) CI/CD
7 46 (9.22%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (9.02%) Project Management
9 39 (7.82%) TDD
10 34 (6.81%) Design Patterns
10 34 (6.81%) Full Stack Development
11 32 (6.41%) Technical Leadership
12 30 (6.01%) Cybersecurity
13 29 (5.81%) Project Delivery
14 28 (5.61%) Analytics
14 28 (5.61%) Roadmaps
15 27 (5.41%) User Experience
16 26 (5.21%) Business Intelligence
16 26 (5.21%) Continuous Integration
17 25 (5.01%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 64 (12.83%) SQL
2 51 (10.22%) Java
2 51 (10.22%) TypeScript
3 42 (8.42%) C#
3 42 (8.42%) JavaScript
4 33 (6.61%) Python
5 22 (4.41%) C
6 21 (4.21%) C++
7 10 (2.00%) COBOL
7 10 (2.00%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 10 (2.00%) Scala
8 7 (1.40%) PHP
9 6 (1.20%) Go
9 6 (1.20%) Swift
10 4 (0.80%) Objective-C
11 3 (0.60%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.60%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.60%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.60%) VB
12 2 (0.40%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 37 (7.41%) Degree
2 28 (5.61%) Security Cleared
3 18 (3.61%) Azure Certification
4 16 (3.21%) AWS Certification
4 16 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (3.21%) SC Cleared
5 12 (2.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 11 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.20%) CCNP
8 5 (1.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 5 (1.00%) CCSK
8 5 (1.00%) CCSP
8 5 (1.00%) CISM
8 5 (1.00%) CISSP
8 5 (1.00%) Citrix Certification
8 5 (1.00%) JNCIA
8 5 (1.00%) VCAP
8 5 (1.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (0.80%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 4 (0.80%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.21%) QA
2 8 (1.60%) SLA
3 7 (1.40%) NIST
4 4 (0.80%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.60%) GDPR
5 3 (0.60%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.40%) NCSC
6 2 (0.40%) PMO
7 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.20%) P3O
System Software
1 23 (4.61%) Docker
2 11 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.20%) Embedded Firmware
3 6 (1.20%) Firmware
4 5 (1.00%) Active Directory
4 5 (1.00%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (4.61%) Kubernetes
2 14 (2.81%) Terraform
3 5 (1.00%) SCCM
3 5 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.60%) SysTrack
6 2 (0.40%) Ansible
6 2 (0.40%) Autotask
7 1 (0.20%) Kiali
7 1 (0.20%) Kibana
7 1 (0.20%) Nessus
7 1 (0.20%) Podman
Vendors
1 64 (12.83%) Microsoft
2 15 (3.01%) Oracle
3 14 (2.81%) VMware
4 12 (2.40%) Google
5 10 (2.00%) Micro Focus
6 7 (1.40%) Atlassian
6 7 (1.40%) Citrix
7 6 (1.20%) Cisco
7 6 (1.20%) Red Hat
8 5 (1.00%) IBM
8 5 (1.00%) Teradata
8 5 (1.00%) Veeam
9 4 (0.80%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.80%) Snow
9 4 (0.80%) Sparx
10 3 (0.60%) Databricks
11 2 (0.40%) Cognos
11 2 (0.40%) Datto
11 2 (0.40%) Juniper
12 1 (0.20%) Dell