The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire 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 21 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Developer
Rank 96 111 101
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 22 16 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.220% 0.817% 0.978%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.273% 0.855% 1.038%
Number of salaries quoted 21 12 16
Average salary £40,000 £47,500 £46,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.78% +3.26%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1728 1872 1542
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.84% 95.56% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1373 1646 1312
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Lead Developer
North West

Lead Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Lead Developer Salary Trend

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lead Developer across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cheshire Lead Developer Salary Histogram

Lead Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Macclesfield +2 9 £40,000 -20.00%
Warrington +19 2 £65,000 +121.25%
Knutsford +4 1 - -
Chester - 1 £37,000 -
Lead Developer
North West

Lead Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 60 (82.19%) .NET
2 57 (78.08%) C#
3 42 (57.53%) ASP.NET
4 35 (47.95%) Web Services
5 31 (42.47%) SQL
6 30 (41.10%) SQL Server
6 30 (41.10%) Project Management
7 25 (34.25%) MVC
8 24 (32.88%) W3C
9 23 (31.51%) Internet
10 21 (28.77%) WCF
11 20 (27.40%) JavaScript
12 19 (26.03%) SQL Server 2008
13 18 (24.66%) Unit Testing
13 18 (24.66%) OO
14 15 (20.55%) CSS
15 13 (17.81%) E-Commerce
16 12 (16.44%) Configuration Management
16 12 (16.44%) UML
16 12 (16.44%) C
17 10 (13.70%) XML
18 9 (12.33%) Degree
18 9 (12.33%) N-Tier
19 8 (10.96%) XSLT
19 8 (10.96%) SOAP
19 8 (10.96%) PHP
19 8 (10.96%) Agile Software Development
20 7 (9.589%) TDD
20 7 (9.589%) Java
20 7 (9.589%) jQuery

Lead Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 60 (82.19%) .NET
2 42 (57.53%) ASP.NET
3 35 (47.95%) Web Services
4 21 (28.77%) WCF
5 15 (20.55%) CSS
6 10 (13.70%) XML
7 8 (10.96%) XSLT
7 8 (10.96%) SOAP
8 7 (9.589%) jQuery
8 7 (9.589%) HTML5
9 6 (8.219%) .NET Framework
10 5 (6.849%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 4 (5.479%) ASP.NET MVC
11 4 (5.479%) WPF
11 4 (5.479%) Spring
12 3 (4.110%) HTML
13 2 (2.740%) RESTful
14 1 (1.370%) WinForms
14 1 (1.370%) Hibernate
14 1 (1.370%) Lucene
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.479%) ExpressionEngine
2 1 (1.370%) ActiveMQ
Communications & Networking
1 23 (31.51%) Internet
2 3 (4.110%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (41.10%) SQL Server
2 19 (26.03%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (6.849%) MySQL
4 3 (4.110%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (2.740%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (2.740%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (1.370%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.370%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.370%) DTS
6 1 (1.370%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (5.479%) Visual Studio
2 3 (4.110%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (2.740%) NUnit
4 1 (1.370%) Oracle APEX
General
1 5 (6.849%) Retail
1 5 (6.849%) Finance
2 4 (5.479%) Banking
3 2 (2.740%) Corporate Banking
4 1 (1.370%) Games
4 1 (1.370%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 24 (32.88%) W3C
2 9 (12.33%) N-Tier
3 5 (6.849%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.740%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.849%) Apple iOS
2 4 (5.479%) Windows
3 3 (4.110%) Android
4 2 (2.740%) Linux
4 2 (2.740%) UNIX
5 1 (1.370%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (41.10%) Project Management
2 25 (34.25%) MVC
3 18 (24.66%) Unit Testing
3 18 (24.66%) OO
4 13 (17.81%) E-Commerce
5 12 (16.44%) Configuration Management
5 12 (16.44%) UML
6 8 (10.96%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (9.589%) TDD
8 5 (6.849%) Integration Testing
9 3 (4.110%) OOP
9 3 (4.110%) MVVM
10 2 (2.740%) Continuous Integration
10 2 (2.740%) Scrum
11 1 (1.370%) Business Intelligence
11 1 (1.370%) SOA
11 1 (1.370%) RAD
11 1 (1.370%) Extreme Programming
11 1 (1.370%) Asset Management
11 1 (1.370%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 57 (78.08%) C#
2 31 (42.47%) SQL
3 20 (27.40%) JavaScript
4 12 (16.44%) C
5 8 (10.96%) PHP
6 7 (9.589%) Java
7 3 (4.110%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.370%) VB
8 1 (1.370%) VB.NET
8 1 (1.370%) Delphi
8 1 (1.370%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (12.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (4.110%) Microsoft
2 1 (1.370%) Oracle
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