Lead Developer Jobs in Leeds

Lead Developer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Lead Developer salary in Leeds is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 140 150
Rank change year-on-year +27 +10 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 23 46 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 1.01% 1.49% 1.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.56% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 23 38 38
10th Percentile £47,350 £51,833 £52,500
25th Percentile £50,625 £66,563 £54,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.86% +3.70% +22.73%
75th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £97,328 £72,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £70,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -21.43% +12.00% +13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 2,174 2,940 3,665
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.90% 95.18% 97.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,558 1,766 2,560
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £86,250 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +6.06%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in Leeds

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in Leeds

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

Salary trend for Lead Developer in Leeds

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in Leeds over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 Leeds region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 12 (52.17%) .NET
2 11 (47.83%) Agile
3 10 (43.48%) Finance
4 9 (39.13%) Software Engineering
4 9 (39.13%) C#
4 9 (39.13%) OAuth
4 9 (39.13%) SQL
4 9 (39.13%) Azure
4 9 (39.13%) API Development
5 8 (34.78%) RESTful
6 7 (30.43%) SOLID
6 7 (30.43%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
7 6 (26.09%) Microservices
7 6 (26.09%) AWS
7 6 (26.09%) Waterfall
7 6 (26.09%) REST
7 6 (26.09%) MVC
7 6 (26.09%) OO
7 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
8 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (21.74%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (21.74%) Mentoring
8 5 (21.74%) People Management
8 5 (21.74%) Azure Service Bus
8 5 (21.74%) Code Quality
9 4 (17.39%) Full Stack Development
9 4 (17.39%) React
10 3 (13.04%) User Experience
10 3 (13.04%) Vue

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 3 (13.04%) IIS
2 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (39.13%) Azure
2 6 (26.09%) AWS
3 5 (21.74%) Azure Service Bus
4 2 (8.70%) SaaS
5 1 (4.35%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) DNS
1 3 (13.04%) Firewall
1 3 (13.04%) SSL
1 3 (13.04%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (21.74%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (43.48%) Finance
2 7 (30.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (52.17%) .NET
2 9 (39.13%) OAuth
3 8 (34.78%) RESTful
4 6 (26.09%) REST
5 4 (17.39%) React
6 3 (13.04%) AngularJS
6 3 (13.04%) ASP.NET
6 3 (13.04%) ASP.NET MVC
6 3 (13.04%) CSS
6 3 (13.04%) HTML
6 3 (13.04%) jQuery
6 3 (13.04%) OpenID
6 3 (13.04%) Tailwind CSS
6 3 (13.04%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 3 (13.04%) Vue
6 3 (13.04%) Web Services
6 3 (13.04%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
1 3 (13.04%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (8.70%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
2 2 (8.70%) Android
2 2 (8.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Agile
2 9 (39.13%) API Development
2 9 (39.13%) Software Engineering
3 7 (30.43%) Collaborative Working
3 7 (30.43%) SOLID
4 6 (26.09%) Microservices
4 6 (26.09%) MVC
4 6 (26.09%) OO
4 6 (26.09%) Waterfall
5 5 (21.74%) Code Quality
5 5 (21.74%) Mentoring
5 5 (21.74%) People Management
5 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (17.39%) Full Stack Development
7 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (13.04%) DevSecOps
7 3 (13.04%) Information Governance
7 3 (13.04%) Integration Patterns
7 3 (13.04%) Technical Leadership
7 3 (13.04%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 9 (39.13%) C#
1 9 (39.13%) SQL
2 3 (13.04%) XAML
3 2 (8.70%) Kotlin
3 2 (8.70%) Swift
4 1 (4.35%) Java
4 1 (4.35%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) QA
System Software
1 6 (26.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) Microsoft