The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire 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 24 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Developer
Rank - 50 46
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 0 14 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire - 2.550% 1.818%
As % of the Job Titles category - 2.692% 1.872%
Number of salaries quoted 0 14 7
Average salary - £31,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -3.07%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Job Titles
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
457 520 374
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 94.03% 94.72% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 408 475 319
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £21,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,900 £42,500
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 Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Lead Developer Salary Trend

Lead Developer
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 6 (75.00%) C#
2 6 (75.00%) ASP.NET
3 5 (62.50%) SharePoint
3 5 (62.50%) Visual Studio
3 5 (62.50%) Workflow
3 5 (62.50%) Scrum
3 5 (62.50%) TDD
3 5 (62.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (62.50%) .NET Framework
3 5 (62.50%) WCF
3 5 (62.50%) WF
3 5 (62.50%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (62.50%) Team Foundation Server
3 5 (62.50%) SharePoint 2010
3 5 (62.50%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (25.00%) SQL
4 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (25.00%) X++
5 1 (12.50%) XML Schema
5 1 (12.50%) XML
5 1 (12.50%) XSLT

Lead Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 8 (100.00%) .NET
2 6 (75.00%) ASP.NET
3 5 (62.50%) .NET Framework
3 5 (62.50%) WCF
3 5 (62.50%) WF
4 1 (12.50%) XML Schema
4 1 (12.50%) XML
4 1 (12.50%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) SharePoint
1 5 (62.50%) SharePoint 2010
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Dynamics AX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (62.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (62.50%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (62.50%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Visual Studio
1 5 (62.50%) Team Foundation Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Workflow
1 5 (62.50%) Scrum
1 5 (62.50%) TDD
2 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C#
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) X++
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft