Lead Developer Jobs in England

Lead Developer
UK > England

The median Lead Developer salary in England is £72,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 252 330 311
Rank change year-on-year +78 -19 -83
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 996 909 1,789
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.15% 1.03% 1.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% 1.12% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 912 739 1,092
10th Percentile £50,000 £52,500 £51,250
25th Percentile £56,250 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £91,250 £97,500 £100,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,236 £120,000
UK median annual salary £70,750 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -11.56% +6.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,786 81,001 131,568
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 91.55% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 60,839 51,644 75,317
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in England

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Lead Developer in England

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in England

Lead Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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
London +65 373 £90,000 -2.70% 92
North of England +119 262 £62,500 -10.71% 26
North West +74 163 £70,000 -3.45% 12
South East 0 127 £75,000 - 35
Midlands +43 117 £60,000 - 17
West Midlands +79 97 £65,000 +8.33% 8
South West -4 76 £60,000 -11.11% 8
Yorkshire +92 72 £57,500 -17.86% 10
East of England +7 37 £65,000 +13.04% 4
North East +12 27 £70,000 +46.84% 4
East Midlands -29 20 £52,500 -12.50% 8
Lead Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Lead Developer 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 England region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 296 (29.72%) Agile
2 290 (29.12%) C#
3 284 (28.51%) .NET
4 262 (26.31%) JavaScript
5 257 (25.80%) AWS
6 225 (22.59%) Azure
7 210 (21.08%) Mentoring
8 196 (19.68%) Finance
9 189 (18.98%) Full Stack Development
10 185 (18.57%) Java
11 174 (17.47%) TypeScript
12 160 (16.06%) React
12 160 (16.06%) Software Engineering
13 157 (15.76%) SQL
14 132 (13.25%) DevOps
15 122 (12.25%) Degree
16 116 (11.65%) Python
17 110 (11.04%) Microsoft
18 108 (10.84%) HTML
19 107 (10.74%) CSS
20 106 (10.64%) Social Skills
21 96 (9.64%) Microservices
22 91 (9.14%) SQL Server
23 90 (9.04%) Web Development
24 88 (8.84%) Problem-Solving
25 87 (8.73%) Docker
26 84 (8.43%) TDD
27 81 (8.13%) Banking
28 79 (7.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
29 75 (7.53%) Computer Science

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 70 (7.03%) Apache
2 52 (5.22%) Apache Airflow
3 36 (3.61%) SharePoint
4 30 (3.01%) CMS
5 24 (2.41%) Drupal
6 20 (2.01%) IIS
7 12 (1.20%) WordPress
8 11 (1.10%) Appian
9 7 (0.70%) Apache Pig
10 5 (0.50%) Confluence
10 5 (0.50%) Mendix
11 3 (0.30%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.30%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.30%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.20%) Ethereum
12 2 (0.20%) Hyperledger
12 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.10%) Mule
Applications
1 7 (0.70%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 13 (1.31%) Shopify
2 4 (0.40%) Magento
2 4 (0.40%) Visualfiles
3 3 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
4 2 (0.20%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.20%) R3 Corda
5 1 (0.10%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 257 (25.80%) AWS
2 225 (22.59%) Azure
3 75 (7.53%) GCP
4 54 (5.42%) dbt
5 51 (5.12%) Snowflake
6 49 (4.92%) SaaS
7 48 (4.82%) Power Platform
8 39 (3.92%) Serverless
9 35 (3.51%) Azure DevOps
10 30 (3.01%) Power Automate
10 30 (3.01%) PowerApps
11 26 (2.61%) Microsoft 365
12 23 (2.31%) AWS Lambda
13 22 (2.21%) GitHub
14 15 (1.51%) Dynamics 365
15 14 (1.41%) PaaS
16 12 (1.20%) Amazon ECS
17 10 (1.00%) Azure Data Factory
18 9 (0.90%) Amazon S3
19 8 (0.80%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.91%) DNS
1 19 (1.91%) Firewall
1 19 (1.91%) SSL
1 19 (1.91%) TCP/IP
2 9 (0.90%) Intranet
3 7 (0.70%) Network Security
4 6 (0.60%) HTTP
4 6 (0.60%) Internet
5 3 (0.30%) MQTT
6 1 (0.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (9.14%) SQL Server
2 66 (6.63%) NoSQL
3 58 (5.82%) MySQL
4 52 (5.22%) Amazon Athena
4 52 (5.22%) Apache Arrow
4 52 (5.22%) Apache Ignite
4 52 (5.22%) Dremio
5 49 (4.92%) Data Lake
6 34 (3.41%) Power BI
7 24 (2.41%) Tableau
8 22 (2.21%) Redis
9 17 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
10 15 (1.51%) DynamoDB
10 15 (1.51%) MongoDB
11 12 (1.20%) Big Data
12 9 (0.90%) Amazon RDS
12 9 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
12 9 (0.90%) Relational Database
13 8 (0.80%) Hadoop
14 7 (0.70%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 56 (5.62%) Git
2 27 (2.71%) Visual Studio
3 14 (1.41%) NUnit
4 12 (1.20%) TeamCity
5 11 (1.10%) GitLab
5 11 (1.10%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.90%) Selenium
6 9 (0.90%) Visual Studio Code
7 7 (0.70%) Checkstyle
7 7 (0.70%) Jasmine
7 7 (0.70%) JUnit
7 7 (0.70%) Maven
7 7 (0.70%) SonarQube
7 7 (0.70%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.50%) gulp
8 5 (0.50%) JIRA
8 5 (0.50%) Postman
9 4 (0.40%) MSTest
10 3 (0.30%) Gradle
10 3 (0.30%) Moq
General
1 196 (19.68%) Finance
2 106 (10.64%) Social Skills
3 81 (8.13%) Banking
4 74 (7.43%) Front Office
5 55 (5.52%) Investment Banking
6 53 (5.32%) Public Sector
7 35 (3.51%) Games
8 32 (3.21%) Marketing
9 25 (2.51%) Analytical Skills
10 23 (2.31%) Law
11 19 (1.91%) Tech for Good
12 14 (1.41%) Retail
13 12 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (0.90%) Advertising
14 9 (0.90%) Police
15 8 (0.80%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.60%) Health Technology
17 5 (0.50%) iGaming
17 5 (0.50%) Telecoms
18 3 (0.30%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 284 (28.51%) .NET
2 160 (16.06%) React
3 108 (10.84%) HTML
4 107 (10.74%) CSS
5 74 (7.43%) AngularJS
6 68 (6.83%) REST
7 67 (6.73%) Vue
8 66 (6.63%) .NET Core
9 63 (6.33%) ASP.NET
10 60 (6.02%) RESTful
11 55 (5.52%) Laravel
12 54 (5.42%) NumPy
12 54 (5.42%) Pandas
13 52 (5.22%) gRPC
13 52 (5.22%) Protocol Buffers
13 52 (5.22%) SciPy
14 47 (4.72%) Web Services
15 42 (4.22%) .NET Framework
16 41 (4.12%) jQuery
17 36 (3.61%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 79 (7.93%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 68 (6.83%) Hedge funds
3 65 (6.53%) Derivative
4 62 (6.22%) Fixed Income
5 60 (6.02%) Equities
6 33 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
7 29 (2.91%) Client/Server
8 28 (2.81%) Management Information System
8 28 (2.81%) Product Ownership
9 23 (2.31%) Mobile App
10 22 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
11 18 (1.81%) Cloud Native
12 16 (1.61%) Digital Media
13 14 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (1.10%) Algorithms
14 11 (1.10%) Low-Code
14 11 (1.10%) Public Cloud
15 10 (1.00%) Data Structures
15 10 (1.00%) IoT
15 10 (1.00%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 45 (4.52%) Linux
2 40 (4.02%) Windows
3 15 (1.51%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.10%) Android
5 8 (0.80%) Unix
6 3 (0.30%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.10%) VMS
7 1 (0.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (29.72%) Agile
2 210 (21.08%) Mentoring
3 189 (18.98%) Full Stack Development
4 160 (16.06%) Software Engineering
5 132 (13.25%) DevOps
6 96 (9.64%) Microservices
7 90 (9.04%) Web Development
8 88 (8.84%) Problem-Solving
9 84 (8.43%) TDD
10 75 (7.53%) Computer Science
11 74 (7.43%) Line Management
12 71 (7.13%) Code Quality
13 64 (6.43%) Design Patterns
13 64 (6.43%) Front End Development
14 63 (6.33%) Asset Management
14 63 (6.33%) CI/CD
15 61 (6.12%) Technical Leadership
16 60 (6.02%) Roadmaps
17 59 (5.92%) Fintech
18 57 (5.72%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 290 (29.12%) C#
2 262 (26.31%) JavaScript
3 185 (18.57%) Java
4 174 (17.47%) TypeScript
5 157 (15.76%) SQL
6 116 (11.65%) Python
7 63 (6.33%) PHP
8 45 (4.52%) C++
9 22 (2.21%) C
10 19 (1.91%) Scala
10 19 (1.91%) XAML
11 18 (1.81%) Kotlin
11 18 (1.81%) Ruby
12 16 (1.61%) PowerShell
12 16 (1.61%) T-SQL
13 11 (1.10%) Swift
14 10 (1.00%) Rust
15 9 (0.90%) VB.NET
16 8 (0.80%) Bicep
17 5 (0.50%) Ada
Qualifications
1 122 (12.25%) Degree
2 47 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 27 (2.71%) Security Cleared
4 18 (1.81%) Azure Certification
5 11 (1.10%) AWS Certification
6 10 (1.00%) Master's Degree
7 7 (0.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (0.70%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.40%) AWS Certified Developer
8 4 (0.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.20%) BC Cleared
9 2 (0.20%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.20%) SnowPro
10 1 (0.10%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.10%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (5.42%) QA
2 6 (0.60%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.40%) WCAG
4 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 87 (8.73%) Docker
2 9 (0.90%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.70%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 60 (6.02%) Kubernetes
2 22 (2.21%) Terraform
3 7 (0.70%) MIIS
4 2 (0.20%) Ansible
5 1 (0.10%) Kiali
5 1 (0.10%) Kibana
Vendors
1 110 (11.04%) Microsoft
2 27 (2.71%) ServiceNow
3 13 (1.31%) Aderant
3 13 (1.31%) iManage
4 8 (0.80%) Databricks
4 8 (0.80%) Google
4 8 (0.80%) Salesforce
5 5 (0.50%) Oracle
6 4 (0.40%) SAP
7 3 (0.30%) Hotjar
7 3 (0.30%) Mercator
7 3 (0.30%) Northgate
8 2 (0.20%) Adobe
8 2 (0.20%) Computacenter
8 2 (0.20%) Zend
9 1 (0.10%) Cloudera
9 1 (0.10%) IBM
9 1 (0.10%) Murex
9 1 (0.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.10%) Xamarin