The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the North West 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 17 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Developer
Rank 170 179 178
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 78 73 63
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.094% 1.035% 0.918%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.146% 1.079% 0.961%
Number of salaries quoted 71 55 57
Average salary £44,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £31,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,500 £47,800 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6808 6765 6558
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.48% 95.94% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 5756 5975 5797
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £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
England

Lead Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Lead Developer Salary Trend

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lead Developer across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Manchester +1 53 £45,000 +20.00%
Cheshire +9 22 £40,000 -15.78%
Merseyside +27 2 £37,250 -12.35%
Lead Developer
England

Lead Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 174 (84.88%) .NET
2 158 (77.07%) C#
3 134 (65.37%) ASP.NET
4 107 (52.20%) SQL Server
5 72 (35.12%) MVC
6 69 (33.66%) SQL
7 59 (28.78%) OO
8 52 (25.37%) Web Services
9 51 (24.88%) JavaScript
9 51 (24.88%) TDD
10 48 (23.41%) CSS
11 44 (21.46%) HTML
12 43 (20.98%) UML
12 43 (20.98%) WCF
13 40 (19.51%) Internet
14 36 (17.56%) C
15 35 (17.07%) W3C
15 35 (17.07%) ASP.NET MVC
16 34 (16.59%) .NET Framework
16 34 (16.59%) E-Commerce
17 32 (15.61%) Project Management
18 31 (15.12%) Agile Software Development
19 29 (14.15%) Java
19 29 (14.15%) SQL Server 2008
20 27 (13.17%) Web Development
20 27 (13.17%) Visual Studio
21 24 (11.71%) Scrum
21 24 (11.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
22 23 (11.22%) Unit Testing
23 22 (10.73%) Configuration Management

Lead Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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
1 174 (84.88%) .NET
2 134 (65.37%) ASP.NET
3 52 (25.37%) Web Services
4 48 (23.41%) CSS
5 44 (21.46%) HTML
6 43 (20.98%) WCF
7 35 (17.07%) ASP.NET MVC
8 34 (16.59%) .NET Framework
9 21 (10.24%) XML
10 20 (9.756%) HTML5
11 19 (9.268%) jQuery
12 18 (8.780%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
12 18 (8.780%) WPF
13 15 (7.317%) XSLT
14 14 (6.829%) LINQ
15 10 (4.878%) CSS3
15 10 (4.878%) SOAP
16 9 (4.390%) XHTML
17 7 (3.415%) ASP
17 7 (3.415%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 12 (5.854%) SharePoint
1 12 (5.854%) SharePoint 2010
2 7 (3.415%) Windows Azure
3 6 (2.927%) IIS
4 4 (1.951%) ExpressionEngine
4 4 (1.951%) CMS
5 2 (0.976%) Orchard CMS
5 2 (0.976%) Drupal
6 1 (0.488%) ActiveMQ
6 1 (0.488%) Apache
6 1 (0.488%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 8 (3.902%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (4.390%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (0.976%) Bond Adapt
3 1 (0.488%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 40 (19.51%) Internet
2 6 (2.927%) SSL
3 4 (1.951%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 107 (52.20%) SQL Server
2 29 (14.15%) SQL Server 2008
3 24 (11.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 10 (4.878%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 9 (4.390%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 7 (3.415%) SQL Server 2005
7 6 (2.927%) MySQL
8 5 (2.439%) SQL Server 2012
9 4 (1.951%) SQL Server 2000
10 2 (0.976%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.976%) RavenDB
10 2 (0.976%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.488%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.488%) DTS
11 1 (0.488%) RDBMS
11 1 (0.488%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 27 (13.17%) Visual Studio
2 11 (5.366%) Team Foundation Server
3 8 (3.902%) MorphX
4 4 (1.951%) Subversion
5 3 (1.463%) Rhino Mocks
6 2 (0.976%) NUnit
6 2 (0.976%) Oracle APEX
6 2 (0.976%) Git (software)
7 1 (0.488%) JIRA
7 1 (0.488%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.488%) Hudson
General
1 17 (8.293%) Finance
2 12 (5.854%) Retail
3 10 (4.878%) Marketing
4 6 (2.927%) Law
4 6 (2.927%) Manufacturing
5 5 (2.439%) Banking
6 4 (1.951%) Games
7 2 (0.976%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (0.488%) Back Office
8 1 (0.488%) Advertising
8 1 (0.488%) Vietnamese Language
Miscellaneous
1 35 (17.07%) W3C
2 14 (6.829%) Mobile App
3 10 (4.878%) N-Tier
4 4 (1.951%) Computer Science
4 4 (1.951%) iPhone
5 3 (1.463%) iPad
5 3 (1.463%) Handset
6 1 (0.488%) PKI
6 1 (0.488%) Blackberry
6 1 (0.488%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.756%) Windows
2 11 (5.366%) Apple iOS
3 10 (4.878%) Android
4 9 (4.390%) Linux
5 2 (0.976%) UNIX
6 1 (0.488%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (35.12%) MVC
2 59 (28.78%) OO
3 51 (24.88%) TDD
4 43 (20.98%) UML
5 34 (16.59%) E-Commerce
6 32 (15.61%) Project Management
7 31 (15.12%) Agile Software Development
8 27 (13.17%) Web Development
9 24 (11.71%) Scrum
10 23 (11.22%) Unit Testing
11 22 (10.73%) Configuration Management
12 15 (7.317%) Enterprise Architecture
13 13 (6.341%) Business Analysis
14 8 (3.902%) Digital Marketing
14 8 (3.902%) Continuous Integration
14 8 (3.902%) Time Management
15 7 (3.415%) Logistics
16 6 (2.927%) Business Intelligence
17 5 (2.439%) Workflow
17 5 (2.439%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 158 (77.07%) C#
2 69 (33.66%) SQL
3 51 (24.88%) JavaScript
4 36 (17.56%) C
5 29 (14.15%) Java
6 19 (9.268%) VB.NET
7 17 (8.293%) PHP
8 16 (7.805%) C++
9 13 (6.341%) VB
10 10 (4.878%) X++
11 9 (4.390%) T-SQL
12 5 (2.439%) VB6
12 5 (2.439%) Python
13 4 (1.951%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.488%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 14 (6.829%) Degree
2 2 (0.976%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.415%) SLA
2 2 (0.976%) QA
Vendors
1 14 (6.829%) Microsoft
2 10 (4.878%) TIBCO
3 7 (3.415%) Zend
4 3 (1.463%) Oracle
5 1 (0.488%) Business Objects
5 1 (0.488%) SAP
5 1 (0.488%) JBoss
5 1 (0.488%) Telerik
Manchester, Lancashire
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Verticality Ltd
Salary: £45000 to £50000 per annum - Bonus + Benefits Package
Posted: 13 May 2013
Warrington, Liverpool, Manchester, North West
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Jagger Talent Commercial Recruiters
Salary: £55,000 - £70,000 per year
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Software & Applications Development - Lead Developer - ASP.net / C# / .Net / Visual Studio/ SQL / SSRS - ManchesterLead Developer - ASP.net / C# / .Net / Visual Studio/ SQL / SSRS/ SSAS/ XML / XHTML / HTML5 - Define...
Amoria Bond
Salary: £36000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Chester, North West
C#.Net Web Services Automated Testing including Unit, Integration and Acceptance Tests Understanding of usability issues and experience on user interface design WinForms SQL SSRS Object Oriented Programming...
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £43000 per annum + Pension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, North West
You will be responsible for design, development, deployment, and production support for a transactional middle tier, XML service layer, batch file import and extract, and browser based applications.....
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
Near Chester Leading manufacturer requires experienced Delphi, SQL Developer to join established team working on a variety of web and database driven business applications, web systems and mobile...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £34000 - £40000 per annum + neg + Great Benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Derker Street, Oldham, Manchester OL1 4EQ
Design and develop new applications for distribution, warehousing, production and sales order processing Develop integrations between internal and third-party business applications Maintenance and improvement of existing applications,...
Innovative Technology
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 18 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the following: Object orientated programming Microsoft .Net framework C# or VB.NET SQL Server Visual Studio/Visual SourceSafe/SVN Desirable...
Pertemps IT
Salary: £45000
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
LEAD APPLICATION SUPPORT DEVELOPER - Manchester City Centre - .Net - C# - MVC... Key Requirements: -Knowledge of Web services including SOAP... -Excellent knowledge of CSS, XHTML, DHTML, development, Javascript, JSon, Ajax &...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £46000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Liverpool, Merseyside
Implementing object-oriented code (PHP, JavaScript / jQuery) to enhance the User Experience and User Interface... Actively promote and ensure compliance to web standards, W3C validation and progressive enhancement.....
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, North West
The role involves developing against specifications outlining Customer requirements, which can have tight deadlines.You should be strong in mobile development technologies, particularly with knowledge and experience of...
Hudson
Salary: £34000 - £55000 per annum + bonus, benefits, flexi-time
Posted: 17 May 2013