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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Developer
Rank 28 45 38
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 9 6 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 3.114% 1.775% 0.361%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.383% 1.993% 0.372%
Number of salaries quoted 9 6 1
Average salary £48,000 £60,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% -7.69%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Job Titles
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
266 301 269
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 92.04% 89.05% 97.11%
Number of salaries quoted 239 279 255
Average salary £45,000 £37,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% -11.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £75,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Lead Developer
London

Lead Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Lead Developer Salary Trend

Lead Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 12 (100.00%) Java
2 9 (75.00%) E-Commerce
3 7 (58.33%) J2EE
4 6 (50.00%) CSS
4 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 6 (50.00%) HTML
4 6 (50.00%) Windows
4 6 (50.00%) ClearCase
5 5 (41.67%) Linux
6 4 (33.33%) XML
6 4 (33.33%) XSD
6 4 (33.33%) XSL
6 4 (33.33%) Configuration Management
6 4 (33.33%) QA
6 4 (33.33%) Waterfall
7 3 (25.00%) WebSphere
7 3 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
7 3 (25.00%) Java EE
7 3 (25.00%) SOA
7 3 (25.00%) Eclipse
7 3 (25.00%) zOS
7 3 (25.00%) Oracle
8 2 (16.67%) Apache
8 2 (16.67%) XHTML
8 2 (16.67%) PHP
8 2 (16.67%) SOAP
8 2 (16.67%) Web Services
8 2 (16.67%) MySQL
8 2 (16.67%) Ajax
8 2 (16.67%) LAMP

Lead Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 7 (58.33%) J2EE
2 6 (50.00%) CSS
2 6 (50.00%) HTML
3 4 (33.33%) XML
3 4 (33.33%) XSD
3 4 (33.33%) XSL
4 3 (25.00%) WebSphere
4 3 (25.00%) Java EE
5 2 (16.67%) XHTML
5 2 (16.67%) SOAP
5 2 (16.67%) Web Services
5 2 (16.67%) Ajax
5 2 (16.67%) LAMP
5 2 (16.67%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Apache
2 1 (8.333%) WordPress
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (50.00%) ClearCase
2 3 (25.00%) Eclipse
3 2 (16.67%) Subversion
General
1 1 (8.333%) Publishing
1 1 (8.333%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) iPhone
1 1 (8.333%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Linux
3 3 (25.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 4 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 3 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (25.00%) SOA
4 2 (16.67%) Web Development
5 1 (8.333%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) Java
2 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (16.67%) PHP
4 1 (8.333%) PHP5
4 1 (8.333%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (8.333%) Zend