The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the London 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 18 June 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Developer
Rank 235 226 203
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 510 612 708
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 1.138% 1.153% 1.180%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.217% 1.224% 1.263%
Number of salaries quoted 464 571 643
Average salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
90% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £86,750 £75,000 £92,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
41903 50015 56050
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.48% 94.20% 93.40%
Number of salaries quoted 35296 43493 47398
Average salary £51,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Lead Developer
England

Lead Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London Lead Developer Salary Trend

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lead Developer across the London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London -26 100 £60,000 - 23
Ealing - 11 £60,000 -
Croydon +15 8 £48,000 -14.66%
Docklands, London +3 6 £92,500 +19.35%
Surbiton - 4 £35,000 -
Uxbridge - 1 £57,500 -
Sidcup - 1 £67,500 -
Lead Developer
England

Lead Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the London 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.

1 403 (36.21%) .NET
2 393 (35.31%) JavaScript
3 383 (34.41%) Java
4 377 (33.87%) C#
5 368 (33.06%) CSS
6 318 (28.57%) SQL
7 288 (25.88%) HTML
8 269 (24.17%) SQL Server
9 265 (23.81%) jQuery
10 262 (23.54%) HTML5
11 250 (22.46%) MVC
12 246 (22.10%) ASP.NET
13 245 (22.01%) Agile Software Development
13 245 (22.01%) TDD
14 222 (19.95%) OO
15 200 (17.97%) XML
16 192 (17.25%) PHP
17 190 (17.07%) E-Commerce
17 190 (17.07%) Finance
18 172 (15.45%) Web Services
19 170 (15.27%) Scrum
20 169 (15.18%) Microsoft
21 167 (15.00%) Ajax
22 154 (13.84%) CSS3
23 147 (13.21%) MySQL
24 145 (13.03%) Degree
25 138 (12.40%) Spring
26 125 (11.23%) JSON
27 120 (10.78%) Oracle
28 118 (10.60%) .NET Framework

Lead Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the London 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
1 403 (36.21%) .NET
2 368 (33.06%) CSS
3 288 (25.88%) HTML
4 265 (23.81%) jQuery
5 262 (23.54%) HTML5
6 246 (22.10%) ASP.NET
7 200 (17.97%) XML
8 172 (15.45%) Web Services
9 167 (15.00%) Ajax
10 154 (13.84%) CSS3
11 138 (12.40%) Spring
12 125 (11.23%) JSON
13 118 (10.60%) .NET Framework
14 116 (10.42%) REST
15 113 (10.15%) XHTML
16 100 (8.985%) WCF
17 98 (8.805%) Hibernate
18 85 (7.637%) ASP.NET MVC
19 77 (6.918%) J2EE
20 62 (5.571%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 98 (8.805%) CMS
2 89 (7.996%) Apache
3 42 (3.774%) WordPress
4 41 (3.684%) Drupal
5 39 (3.504%) Amazon AWS
6 32 (2.875%) Tomcat
7 25 (2.246%) SharePoint
7 25 (2.246%) Sitecore CMS
8 21 (1.887%) nginx
9 18 (1.617%) Magento
9 18 (1.617%) Umbraco
10 16 (1.438%) IIS
11 11 (0.988%) BizTalk Server
11 11 (0.988%) Oracle Coherence
12 9 (0.809%) TeamSite
12 9 (0.809%) Windows Azure
12 9 (0.809%) SharePoint 2010
13 8 (0.719%) Adobe CQ
13 8 (0.719%) Apache Solr
14 7 (0.629%) ESB
Applications
1 68 (6.110%) MS Excel
2 12 (1.078%) Adobe Illustrator
2 12 (1.078%) Photoshop
3 2 (0.180%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.090%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (0.898%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 7 (0.629%) Google Analytics
3 6 (0.539%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (0.539%) Oracle BPM
4 5 (0.449%) Cognos Planning
5 3 (0.270%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.270%) Oracle iProcurement
5 3 (0.270%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.270%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.180%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.180%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.180%) SAP Business One
7 1 (0.090%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.090%) Tridion
7 1 (0.090%) Endur
Communications & Networking
1 53 (4.762%) Internet
2 41 (3.684%) HTTP
3 18 (1.617%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.348%) DNS
5 11 (0.988%) Firewall
6 6 (0.539%) Intranet
7 5 (0.449%) LAN
7 5 (0.449%) WAN
8 3 (0.270%) SNMP
8 3 (0.270%) CTI
8 3 (0.270%) BSS
9 2 (0.180%) BGP
9 2 (0.180%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.180%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.090%) FTP
10 1 (0.090%) Broadband
10 1 (0.090%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 269 (24.17%) SQL Server
2 147 (13.21%) MySQL
3 69 (6.199%) Data Warehouse
4 61 (5.481%) SQL Server 2008
5 58 (5.211%) SQL Server 2005
6 56 (5.031%) NoSQL
7 55 (4.942%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 50 (4.492%) MongoDB
9 37 (3.324%) Big Data
10 36 (3.235%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 27 (2.426%) PostgreSQL
12 25 (2.246%) Hadoop
13 24 (2.156%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 23 (2.066%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
15 22 (1.977%) BusinessObjects XI
15 22 (1.977%) MarkLogic
16 19 (1.707%) BusinessObjects
17 16 (1.438%) SQL Server 2000
18 14 (1.258%) TOAD
19 11 (0.988%) Redis
Development Applications
1 99 (8.895%) Subversion
2 91 (8.176%) Git (software)
3 67 (6.020%) Visual Studio
4 52 (4.672%) Maven
5 37 (3.324%) JUnit
5 37 (3.324%) Cucumber
6 35 (3.145%) Jenkins
7 34 (3.055%) NUnit
8 27 (2.426%) Selenium
8 27 (2.426%) Rhino Mocks
9 23 (2.066%) Moq
10 20 (1.797%) Xcode
11 19 (1.707%) ReSharper
11 19 (1.707%) Team Foundation Server
11 19 (1.707%) TeamCity
11 19 (1.707%) Mockito
12 17 (1.527%) JIRA
13 16 (1.438%) CruiseControl
13 16 (1.438%) Eclipse
13 16 (1.438%) SpecFlow
General
1 190 (17.07%) Finance
2 81 (7.278%) Banking
3 71 (6.379%) Front Office
4 60 (5.391%) Publishing
5 57 (5.121%) Games
6 44 (3.953%) Investment Banking
7 36 (3.235%) Retail
8 29 (2.606%) Advertising
9 27 (2.426%) Marketing
10 19 (1.707%) Legal
11 14 (1.258%) Multimedia
12 9 (0.809%) Law
12 9 (0.809%) Back Office
13 3 (0.270%) General Ledger
14 2 (0.180%) German Language
14 2 (0.180%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.180%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.090%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.090%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.090%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 104 (9.344%) Computer Science
2 76 (6.828%) Mobile App
3 70 (6.289%) iPhone
4 65 (5.840%) Open Source
5 59 (5.301%) iPad
6 49 (4.403%) Social Media
7 47 (4.223%) Derivative
8 39 (3.504%) Fixed Income
9 35 (3.145%) Digital Media
10 34 (3.055%) Equities
11 32 (2.875%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 27 (2.426%) N-Tier
13 25 (2.246%) Blackberry
14 20 (1.797%) Client/Server
15 18 (1.617%) Blog
15 18 (1.617%) SaaS
16 16 (1.438%) Data Integration
16 16 (1.438%) Online Games
17 15 (1.348%) Social Network
18 14 (1.258%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 113 (10.15%) Apple iOS
2 109 (9.793%) Android
3 101 (9.075%) Windows
4 78 (7.008%) Linux
5 45 (4.043%) UNIX
6 20 (1.797%) Windows Mobile
7 18 (1.617%) Windows Server 2003
8 12 (1.078%) Windows Server 2008
9 10 (0.898%) Windows 2000 Server
9 10 (0.898%) Windows NT
9 10 (0.898%) Windows Phone
10 9 (0.809%) Windows Phone 7
11 6 (0.539%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 3 (0.270%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.270%) Windows Phone 8
13 2 (0.180%) Oracle Linux
13 2 (0.180%) Mac OS
14 1 (0.090%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.090%) CentOS
14 1 (0.090%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (22.46%) MVC
2 245 (22.01%) Agile Software Development
2 245 (22.01%) TDD
3 222 (19.95%) OO
4 190 (17.07%) E-Commerce
5 170 (15.27%) Scrum
6 109 (9.793%) BDD
7 93 (8.356%) Web Development
8 86 (7.727%) Business Intelligence
9 74 (6.649%) Project Management
10 69 (6.199%) OOP
11 68 (6.110%) Unit Testing
12 65 (5.840%) Multithreading
13 61 (5.481%) Continuous Integration
13 61 (5.481%) SOA
14 56 (5.031%) Data Modelling
14 56 (5.031%) Kanban
15 55 (4.942%) UML
16 53 (4.762%) ETL
17 48 (4.313%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 393 (35.31%) JavaScript
2 383 (34.41%) Java
3 377 (33.87%) C#
4 318 (28.57%) SQL
5 192 (17.25%) PHP
6 107 (9.614%) T-SQL
7 72 (6.469%) Objective-C
8 70 (6.289%) Ruby
9 55 (4.942%) C++
10 48 (4.313%) PHP5
11 38 (3.414%) VB.NET
12 33 (2.965%) C
13 31 (2.785%) Python
14 23 (2.066%) VBA
15 20 (1.797%) XQuery
16 17 (1.527%) VB
17 15 (1.348%) PL/SQL
18 14 (1.258%) Shell Script
19 13 (1.168%) Perl
19 13 (1.168%) Scala
Qualifications
1 145 (13.03%) Degree
2 9 (0.809%) PhD
3 8 (0.719%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (0.539%) MCSE
5 4 (0.359%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.180%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.090%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.090%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (3.684%) QA
2 8 (0.719%) WAI
3 4 (0.359%) MiFID
4 3 (0.270%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.180%) SLA
5 2 (0.180%) Basel III
6 1 (0.090%) 21 CFR Part 11
System Software
1 10 (0.898%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (0.539%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (0.270%) Varnish
4 1 (0.090%) Apache Flume
4 1 (0.090%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (1.887%) Puppet
2 4 (0.359%) Vagrant
3 1 (0.090%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 169 (15.18%) Microsoft
2 120 (10.78%) Oracle
3 71 (6.379%) Zend
4 43 (3.863%) Sybase
5 27 (2.426%) Business Objects
5 27 (2.426%) Sitecore
6 24 (2.156%) SAP
7 21 (1.887%) IBM
8 20 (1.797%) JBoss
8 20 (1.797%) Google
9 18 (1.617%) Facebook
10 14 (1.258%) Akamai
11 13 (1.168%) Adobe
12 12 (1.078%) Mercator
13 11 (0.988%) ATG
13 11 (0.988%) hybris
14 10 (0.898%) Twitter
14 10 (0.898%) TIBCO
14 10 (0.898%) VMware
14 10 (0.898%) Cognos
City, London
They already have an established iOS team and are looking to grow their Android presence. The Lead Android developer will initially have responsibility for one more junior Android...
Nicoll Curtin
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum + package
Posted: 17 June 2013
West London
An EPiServer lead developer is required by a multi-national E-commerce company, head offices located in Central London.The EPiServer lead developer will take charge of the...
Trent Pearce
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
West London
Strong technical skills in C#, WCF, PRISM, MVVM, Design patterns, ASP.net, Oracle, SQL Server... Developing solutions using Agile methodology would also be an advantage... We offer free...
Sky
Posted: 11 June 2013
West London
A lead .NET EPiServer developer is required by my E-Commerce client.The lead .NET EPiServer developer will still be hands-on on a day to day basis...
Trent Pearce
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
PHP/MySQL Developer working for an established travel company... You will need solid knowledge of PHP, MySQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Apache. Candidates with experience with OOP, MVC,...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
Salt
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
Annapurna HR
Salary: £45000 - £48000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Annapurna
Salary: From £45,000 to £48,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
FIRST POINT IT RESOURCING
Salary: £55000 - £70000 per annum + 20% bonus AND BENEFITS
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £70000 per annum + 20% bonus AND BENEFITS
Posted: 14 June 2013
Central London / West End
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 45,000 to 50,000
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
OPUS
Salary: GBP45000 to GBP47000 per annum + Benefits: Excellent benefits
Posted: 10 June 2013
Enfield, South East
Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 6 June 2013
West London
Trent Pearce
Salary: From £50,000 to £65,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
bridgenoble
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 9 June 2013
City, London
Informatiq Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £42500 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
North London
Trent Pearce
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: £55000 + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 14 June 2013
West London
Trent Pearce
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
KPRS
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 17 June 2013
West London
Trent Pearce
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Parallel Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
OPUS
Salary: GBP60000 to GBP70000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £60000 to £70000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013