Lead Software Developer Jobs in the North West

Lead Software Developer
England > North West

The median Lead Software Developer salary in the North West is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 265 290 294
Rank change year-on-year +25 +4 -63
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Developer 23 5 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.24% 0.063% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.071% 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 20 4 22
10th Percentile £51,000 £63,250 -
25th Percentile £65,938 £64,375 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £38,667
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% +74.57% -44.76%
75th Percentile - £72,500 £57,901
90th Percentile £83,125 - £66,875
England median annual salary £87,500 £77,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +12.90% -8.82% +21.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 9,216 7,067 9,056
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 89.06% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7,079 4,118 5,475
10th Percentile £27,200 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,550 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Lead Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Software Developer in the North West

Lead Software Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Software Developer in the North West.

Salary trend for Lead Software Developer in the North West

Lead Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Software Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Software Developer in the North West

Lead Software Developer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Software Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Merseyside - 12 £70,000 - 2
Manchester +33 11 £70,000 - 3
Lead Software Developer
England

Lead Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Lead Software 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 North West region featuring Lead Software Developer in the job title.

1 15 (65.22%) C#
1 15 (65.22%) SQL
2 12 (52.17%) .NET
2 12 (52.17%) Azure
3 9 (39.13%) Agile
4 7 (30.43%) JavaScript
4 7 (30.43%) Full Stack Development
5 6 (26.09%) DevOps
5 6 (26.09%) Java
6 5 (21.74%) Design Patterns
7 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
7 4 (17.39%) Software Engineering
7 4 (17.39%) Test Automation
7 4 (17.39%) NoSQL
8 3 (13.04%) REST
8 3 (13.04%) AngularJS
8 3 (13.04%) Release Management
8 3 (13.04%) SaaS
8 3 (13.04%) Spring
8 3 (13.04%) TDD
8 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
8 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (13.04%) Cloud Native
8 3 (13.04%) SOLID
8 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
8 3 (13.04%) Microservices
8 3 (13.04%) Cloud Security
9 2 (8.70%) Code Quality
9 2 (8.70%) Tech for Good
9 2 (8.70%) Architectural Patterns

Lead Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 12 (52.17%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) SaaS
3 1 (4.35%) AWS
3 1 (4.35%) npm
3 1 (4.35%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) NoSQL
2 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
3 2 (8.70%) MySQL
3 2 (8.70%) Relational Database
4 1 (4.35%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (8.70%) Git
2 1 (4.35%) GitLab
2 1 (4.35%) Maven
2 1 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Banking
2 2 (8.70%) Finance
2 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
2 2 (8.70%) Tech for Good
3 1 (4.35%) Electronics
3 1 (4.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (52.17%) .NET
2 3 (13.04%) AngularJS
2 3 (13.04%) REST
2 3 (13.04%) Spring
3 2 (8.70%) CSS
3 2 (8.70%) EJB
3 2 (8.70%) JavaBeans
3 2 (8.70%) Vue
4 1 (4.35%) Django
4 1 (4.35%) Express.js
4 1 (4.35%) HTML
4 1 (4.35%) Kafka
4 1 (4.35%) Node.js
4 1 (4.35%) Nunjucks
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Cloud Native
2 2 (8.70%) e-Health
2 2 (8.70%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (8.70%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.35%) Cyber Defence
3 1 (4.35%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (39.13%) Agile
2 7 (30.43%) Full Stack Development
3 6 (26.09%) DevOps
4 5 (21.74%) Design Patterns
5 4 (17.39%) Software Engineering
5 4 (17.39%) Test Automation
6 3 (13.04%) Cloud Security
6 3 (13.04%) Mentoring
6 3 (13.04%) Microservices
6 3 (13.04%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (13.04%) Release Management
6 3 (13.04%) SOLID
6 3 (13.04%) TDD
7 2 (8.70%) Architectural Patterns
7 2 (8.70%) Code Quality
7 2 (8.70%) Data Privacy
7 2 (8.70%) E-Procurement
7 2 (8.70%) Fintech
7 2 (8.70%) Kanban
7 2 (8.70%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 15 (65.22%) C#
1 15 (65.22%) SQL
2 7 (30.43%) JavaScript
3 6 (26.09%) Java
4 1 (4.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.35%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.70%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.35%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Ansible
1 1 (4.35%) Kiali
1 1 (4.35%) Kibana
1 1 (4.35%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Oracle