Lead and principal IT jobs in Manchester
Live lead and principal IT jobs in Manchester, observed on public careers and vacancy pages and updated hourly.
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We are currently tracking 13 live vacancies matching lead and principal IT jobs in Manchester, across 10 source domains. The source labels with the most observed roles in this slice are Answerdigital, Evergreen Life, OrderYOYO and 3Dheals. Every role links back to the public careers or vacancy page where it was observed.
Too few of these roles publish a salary for a reliable benchmark. Where a figure is quoted it appears on the listing; day and hourly rates are kept separate from annual salaries.
On working pattern, 57% of roles with a known arrangement are fully remote and 43% of roles with a known arrangement are hybrid. By seniority, 100% at lead or principal level. Filter by any of these on the left.
Engineering Manager
Software Delivery Manager - Manchester Office - 1575
Software Delivery Manager (Permanent)
Lead Data & AI Platform Engineer
Lead Software Engineer – Payments
Business Analyst/Case Manager Developer
AI Solutions Architect
CLOUD ARCHITECT
Principal Infrastructure Engineer
Lead Backend Developer
Meta: Optical 3D Printing Software System Engineering Manager
Lead Software Engineer
Lead Data Engineer
Job titles employers are advertising
The exact titles on the live vacancies in this search, most common first.
Questions about these roles
How many lead and principal IT jobs in Manchester are there right now?
We are tracking 13 live vacancies across 10 source domains. The crawler revisits public careers and vacancy pages continuously and roles disappear from this page as soon as they come down, so the count reflects what is genuinely open today.
Can these roles be done remotely?
57% are advertised as fully remote and 43% as hybrid. Based on 7 roles that state an arrangement; 6 unknowns are excluded.
Which sources list the most roles?
The most active source labels right now are Answerdigital, Evergreen Life, OrderYOYO, 3Dheals and N3Xtgate. Every vacancy links to its public source page — we are an aggregator, not the hiring company.
Can you work from home as a IT professional in Manchester?
7 of the 13 live adverts here offer home working in some form — 4 fully remote and 3 hybrid. Fully remote means the advert states no office requirement; hybrid means it names a split.
Are there entry-level or graduate IT professional jobs in Manchester?
Not right now — every live advert here signals mid-level experience or above. Graduate intakes are seasonal, so this is worth checking again rather than reading as a permanent state of the market.
What job titles are used for this role?
Employers on this page advertise it as Lead Data Engineer, Lead Software Engineer, Meta: Optical 3D Printing Software System Engineering Manager, Lead Backend Developer and Principal Infrastructure Engineer. Searching one wording and not another is the most common way people miss vacancies, which is why this page groups them.