The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lead Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Developer
Rank 47 49 66
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 20 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 3.546% 0.228% 0.360%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.597% 0.232% 0.372%
Number of salaries quoted 13 1 2
Average salary £44,000 £42,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.52% -10.52%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Job Titles
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
556 431 538
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 98.58% 98.18% 96.76%
Number of salaries quoted 490 404 501
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Lead Developer
South Wales

Lead Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Lead Developer across the Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cardiff Lead Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Lead Developer across the Cardiff region.

Cardiff Lead Developer Salary Trend

Lead Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff region that cited Lead Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Lead Developer in their job title.

1 25 (100.00%) .NET
2 24 (96.00%) C#
3 23 (92.00%) ASP.NET
4 22 (88.00%) Scrum
5 21 (84.00%) WCF
6 20 (80.00%) Microsoft
7 19 (76.00%) Visual Studio
8 16 (64.00%) SQL Server
8 16 (64.00%) .NET Framework
9 15 (60.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 13 (52.00%) MS Excel
11 7 (28.00%) JavaScript
11 7 (28.00%) Agile Software Development
11 7 (28.00%) Web Development
12 6 (24.00%) Team Foundation Server
13 5 (20.00%) CSS
13 5 (20.00%) XHTML
14 4 (16.00%) HTML
14 4 (16.00%) Degree
15 3 (12.00%) PHP
15 3 (12.00%) MySQL
15 3 (12.00%) Finance
16 2 (8.000%) Document Management
16 2 (8.000%) Penetration Testing
16 2 (8.000%) BCP
16 2 (8.000%) SOAP
16 2 (8.000%) XML
16 2 (8.000%) Data Warehouse
16 2 (8.000%) VoIP
16 2 (8.000%) Sitecore

Lead Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff region that cited Lead Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Lead Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (100.00%) .NET
2 23 (92.00%) ASP.NET
3 21 (84.00%) WCF
4 16 (64.00%) .NET Framework
5 15 (60.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 5 (20.00%) CSS
6 5 (20.00%) XHTML
7 4 (16.00%) HTML
8 2 (8.000%) SOAP
8 2 (8.000%) XML
9 1 (4.000%) Razor View Engine
9 1 (4.000%) ASP.NET MVC 3
9 1 (4.000%) jQuery
9 1 (4.000%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (4.000%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.000%) Umbraco
1 1 (4.000%) Sitecore CMS
1 1 (4.000%) SharePoint
1 1 (4.000%) BizTalk Server
1 1 (4.000%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (52.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.000%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (64.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (12.00%) MySQL
3 2 (8.000%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 19 (76.00%) Visual Studio
2 6 (24.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (12.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.000%) Computer Science
1 1 (4.000%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (88.00%) Scrum
2 7 (28.00%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (28.00%) Web Development
3 2 (8.000%) Document Management
3 2 (8.000%) Penetration Testing
3 2 (8.000%) BCP
3 2 (8.000%) MVC
3 2 (8.000%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (4.000%) Content Management
4 1 (4.000%) CRM
4 1 (4.000%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 24 (96.00%) C#
2 7 (28.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (12.00%) PHP
4 2 (8.000%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 4 (16.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.000%) MCP
2 1 (4.000%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 20 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.000%) Sitecore
3 1 (4.000%) Alterian
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Key technical skills: *.Net C# *WCF *Entity Framework *ASP.Net *Agile/Scrum experience As Lead Developer you must have the ability to forge strong working relationships with colleagues,...
CPS Group UK
Salary: excellent benefits and competitive salary
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
The Lead Developer will be responsible for mentoring and supporting a small team of developers, and will also be expected to take a hands-on approach on development...
networx
Salary: £42,000 depending on skills
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cardiff, South Glamorgan
Your responsibilities will include; *Management of stakeholders to ensure expectations are appropriately managed, *Embedding of SSDLC and coding standards as defined by the group architecture team Successful code...
ISL
Salary: £40.00 - £50.00 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013