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 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 19 43 28
Rank change year-on-year +24 -15 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead 854 511 819
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 8.31% 6.74% 8.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.78% 7.55% 8.88%
Number of salaries quoted 698 388 430
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,875 £50,709
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -
75th Percentile £84,629 £82,500 £76,520
90th Percentile £87,500 £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 9,728 6,766 9,218
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.70% 89.26% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 7,455 4,001 5,425
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,396 £40,250 £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 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.65% +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 28 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 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
Manchester +17 499 £70,500 +0.71% 112
Lancashire +59 164 £73,805 +47.61% 36
Merseyside +30 97 £65,000 -7.14% 17
Cheshire +7 60 £55,000 -8.33% 36
Cumbria -5 31 £61,000 +35.56% 13
Lead
England

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

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 North West region featuring Lead in the job title.

1 286 (33.49%) Agile
2 216 (25.29%) Mentoring
3 182 (21.31%) Azure
4 159 (18.62%) Coaching
5 150 (17.56%) Finance
6 138 (16.16%) Social Skills
7 131 (15.34%) AWS
8 112 (13.11%) Software Engineering
9 107 (12.53%) SQL
10 104 (12.18%) DevOps
11 102 (11.94%) Microsoft
12 92 (10.77%) Public Sector
13 84 (9.84%) .NET
14 80 (9.37%) Java
14 80 (9.37%) Project Management
15 79 (9.25%) C#
16 74 (8.67%) Roadmaps
17 71 (8.31%) Problem-Solving
18 69 (8.08%) Security Cleared
19 68 (7.96%) Degree
20 64 (7.49%) CI/CD
21 63 (7.38%) Analytics
22 52 (6.09%) TypeScript
23 50 (5.85%) JavaScript
23 50 (5.85%) SC Cleared
24 48 (5.62%) Cybersecurity
24 48 (5.62%) Stakeholder Management
24 48 (5.62%) Technical Leadership
24 48 (5.62%) Full Stack Development
24 48 (5.62%) 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 24 (2.81%) Confluence
2 23 (2.69%) Apache
3 17 (1.99%) SharePoint
4 12 (1.41%) Tuxedo
5 8 (0.94%) CMS
5 8 (0.94%) WebLogic
6 7 (0.82%) Apache Spark
7 5 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.35%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.23%) IIS
9 2 (0.23%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.12%) BizTalk Server
10 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.12%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 6 (0.70%) SAP IBP
4 4 (0.47%) MIS ActiveH
4 4 (0.47%) SAP PP
4 4 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.35%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.12%) Magento
6 1 (0.12%) Primavera
6 1 (0.12%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.12%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 182 (21.31%) Azure
2 131 (15.34%) AWS
3 35 (4.10%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (3.98%) Power Platform
5 33 (3.86%) Microsoft 365
6 28 (3.28%) GCP
7 25 (2.93%) Amazon Kinesis
8 24 (2.81%) SaaS
9 19 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (1.99%) Amazon S3
11 16 (1.87%) Amazon EC2
11 16 (1.87%) Serverless
12 14 (1.64%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (1.52%) PaaS
14 12 (1.41%) Amazon SQS
15 9 (1.05%) Amazon EKS
15 9 (1.05%) IaaS
16 8 (0.94%) dbt
17 7 (0.82%) PowerApps
18 6 (0.70%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 26 (3.04%) WAN
2 20 (2.34%) Firewall
3 19 (2.22%) SSL
4 16 (1.87%) DNS
4 16 (1.87%) LAN
5 15 (1.76%) SD-WAN
6 12 (1.41%) TCP/IP
7 11 (1.29%) VPN
8 9 (1.05%) BGP
8 9 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.82%) Network Security
9 7 (0.82%) Software-Defined Radio
10 6 (0.70%) Wireless
11 5 (0.59%) DHCP
11 5 (0.59%) Internet
11 5 (0.59%) NAS
11 5 (0.59%) PPP
11 5 (0.59%) SAN
12 4 (0.47%) 5G
12 4 (0.47%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (4.80%) MySQL
2 40 (4.68%) Data Warehouse
3 36 (4.22%) SQL Server
4 34 (3.98%) Tableau
5 32 (3.75%) Relational Database
6 27 (3.16%) Power BI
7 24 (2.81%) Amazon RDS
7 24 (2.81%) DynamoDB
8 21 (2.46%) Amazon Redshift
8 21 (2.46%) NoSQL
8 21 (2.46%) RDBMS
9 19 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
10 10 (1.17%) Data Vault
10 10 (1.17%) Oracle Database
11 8 (0.94%) Amazon Aurora
11 8 (0.94%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (0.82%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.70%) DB2
14 5 (0.59%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.59%) Looker
Development Applications
1 34 (3.98%) JIRA
2 32 (3.75%) Git
3 17 (1.99%) GitLab
4 13 (1.52%) Postman
5 11 (1.29%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.94%) JUnit
7 3 (0.35%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.35%) Spinnaker
8 2 (0.23%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.23%) Maven
8 2 (0.23%) Selenium
9 1 (0.12%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.12%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.12%) Subversion
9 1 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
9 1 (0.12%) TestCafe
9 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 150 (17.56%) Finance
2 138 (16.16%) Social Skills
3 92 (10.77%) Public Sector
4 34 (3.98%) Analytical Skills
4 34 (3.98%) Retail
5 24 (2.81%) Legal
6 23 (2.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 22 (2.58%) Telecoms
8 16 (1.87%) Manufacturing
9 11 (1.29%) Law
10 10 (1.17%) Marketing
11 8 (0.94%) Games
11 8 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
11 8 (0.94%) Social Housing
12 7 (0.82%) Aerospace
12 7 (0.82%) Banking
13 6 (0.70%) Back Office
14 5 (0.59%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (9.84%) .NET
2 47 (5.50%) React
3 43 (5.04%) Node.js
4 37 (4.33%) CSS
4 37 (4.33%) HTML
5 32 (3.75%) Spring
6 28 (3.28%) JSON
6 28 (3.28%) REST
7 26 (3.04%) Web Services
8 22 (2.58%) Spring Boot
9 21 (2.46%) RESTful
10 18 (2.11%) .NET Core
11 17 (1.99%) GraphQL
12 16 (1.87%) Apache NiFi
12 16 (1.87%) STL
13 15 (1.76%) .NET Framework
13 15 (1.76%) XML
14 14 (1.64%) RabbitMQ
15 11 (1.29%) AngularJS
16 9 (1.05%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 38 (4.45%) Management Information System
2 30 (3.51%) Cloud Native
3 24 (2.81%) Enterprise Software
4 18 (2.11%) Product Ownership
5 17 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
5 17 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
6 15 (1.76%) Public Cloud
7 14 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
8 11 (1.29%) Data Structures
9 10 (1.17%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.05%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
10 9 (1.05%) Virtual Team
11 8 (0.94%) Blog
11 8 (0.94%) Media Streaming
12 7 (0.82%) Video\Live Streaming
13 5 (0.59%) Housing Association
13 5 (0.59%) Mainframe
13 5 (0.59%) Security Operations Centre
14 4 (0.47%) Data Centre
14 4 (0.47%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 43 (5.04%) Linux
2 32 (3.75%) Windows
3 14 (1.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (1.17%) Apple iOS
5 9 (1.05%) Windows Server
6 7 (0.82%) Embedded Linux
7 4 (0.47%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.23%) Android
8 2 (0.23%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (33.49%) Agile
2 216 (25.29%) Mentoring
3 159 (18.62%) Coaching
4 112 (13.11%) Software Engineering
5 104 (12.18%) DevOps
6 80 (9.37%) Project Management
7 74 (8.67%) Roadmaps
8 71 (8.31%) Problem-Solving
9 64 (7.49%) CI/CD
10 63 (7.38%) Analytics
11 48 (5.62%) Cybersecurity
11 48 (5.62%) Design Patterns
11 48 (5.62%) Full Stack Development
11 48 (5.62%) Stakeholder Management
11 48 (5.62%) Technical Leadership
12 46 (5.39%) Product Roadmap
13 45 (5.27%) Project Delivery
13 45 (5.27%) Scrum
14 43 (5.04%) Information Security
14 43 (5.04%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 107 (12.53%) SQL
2 80 (9.37%) Java
3 79 (9.25%) C#
4 52 (6.09%) TypeScript
5 50 (5.85%) JavaScript
6 46 (5.39%) Python
7 33 (3.86%) PHP
8 29 (3.40%) C
8 29 (3.40%) C++
9 22 (2.58%) COBOL
9 22 (2.58%) Micro Focus COBOL
10 16 (1.87%) VB.NET
11 10 (1.17%) Scala
12 6 (0.70%) Go
12 6 (0.70%) Swift
13 5 (0.59%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.47%) Objective-C
14 4 (0.47%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 3 (0.35%) VB
Qualifications
1 69 (8.08%) Security Cleared
2 68 (7.96%) Degree
3 50 (5.85%) SC Cleared
4 28 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (3.16%) Azure Certification
6 24 (2.81%) AWS Certification
7 23 (2.69%) CISM
8 15 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
9 14 (1.64%) CISA
9 14 (1.64%) CRISC
10 12 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (1.05%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 9 (1.05%) CCSK
11 9 (1.05%) CCSP
11 9 (1.05%) CISSP
12 8 (0.94%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 7 (0.82%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.70%) CCNP
15 5 (0.59%) Citrix Certification
15 5 (0.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (3.04%) QA
2 22 (2.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 19 (2.22%) GDPR
3 19 (2.22%) SLA
4 15 (1.76%) NIST
5 14 (1.64%) GRC
6 12 (1.41%) Data Quality
7 7 (0.82%) PMO
8 6 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.35%) COSO
9 3 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (0.35%) ISO 31000
9 3 (0.35%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.23%) NCSC
11 1 (0.12%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.12%) P3O
11 1 (0.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 30 (3.51%) Docker
2 11 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.82%) Embedded Firmware
3 7 (0.82%) Firmware
4 6 (0.70%) Active Directory
5 5 (0.59%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (3.40%) Kubernetes
1 29 (3.40%) Terraform
2 9 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (0.59%) SCCM
4 4 (0.47%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.35%) Ansible
5 3 (0.35%) SysTrack
6 2 (0.23%) Autotask
7 1 (0.12%) Kiali
7 1 (0.12%) Kibana
7 1 (0.12%) Nessus
7 1 (0.12%) Podman
Vendors
1 102 (11.94%) Microsoft
2 34 (3.98%) Oracle
3 22 (2.58%) Micro Focus
4 17 (1.99%) Google
4 17 (1.99%) VMware
5 16 (1.87%) SAP
6 14 (1.64%) Atlassian
7 11 (1.29%) Databricks
8 9 (1.05%) Informatica
9 8 (0.94%) IBM
9 8 (0.94%) Sparx
10 7 (0.82%) Cisco
10 7 (0.82%) Citrix
11 6 (0.70%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.59%) Teradata
12 5 (0.59%) Veeam
13 4 (0.47%) ServiceNow
13 4 (0.47%) Snow
14 2 (0.23%) Datto
14 2 (0.23%) Facebook