Lead Developer Jobs in the North West

Lead Developer
England > North West

The median Lead Developer salary in the North West is £68,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 231 226
Rank change year-on-year +96 -5 -51
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 168 75 108
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.71% 0.96% 1.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.81% 1.08% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 162 68 78
10th Percentile £52,084 £57,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £72,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +20.83% -
75th Percentile £78,688 £86,250 £76,520
90th Percentile £86,250 £93,250 £87,875
England median annual salary £72,500 £80,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year -9.38% +3.23% +10.71%

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 9,301 6,970 8,953
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 89.02% 95.94%
Number of salaries quoted 7,150 4,060 5,370
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £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 Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in the North West

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Lead Developer in the North West

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in the North West

Lead 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 Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 9 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
Manchester +43 91 £73,250 +1.03% 10
Lancashire - 34 £52,084 -
Cheshire +1 18 £59,500 -8.46%
Merseyside - 17 £70,000 - 2
Cumbria - 8 £90,000 -
Lead Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 North West region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 48 (28.57%) .NET
2 47 (27.98%) C#
3 43 (25.60%) Degree
4 40 (23.81%) Social Skills
5 37 (22.02%) Azure
6 35 (20.83%) SQL
7 34 (20.24%) Agile
8 31 (18.45%) Analytics
9 30 (17.86%) JavaScript
10 29 (17.26%) Full Stack Development
11 28 (16.67%) Business Forecasting
11 28 (16.67%) Innovative Thinking
11 28 (16.67%) Tableau
11 28 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
12 25 (14.88%) Mentoring
13 24 (14.29%) TypeScript
14 23 (13.69%) DevOps
15 21 (12.50%) AWS
16 18 (10.71%) TDD
16 18 (10.71%) React
16 18 (10.71%) REST
16 18 (10.71%) Design Patterns
17 17 (10.12%) Problem-Solving
17 17 (10.12%) C++
17 17 (10.12%) Web Services
18 16 (9.52%) CSS
18 16 (9.52%) Apache
18 16 (9.52%) HTML
18 16 (9.52%) STL
18 16 (9.52%) Apache NiFi

Lead 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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (9.52%) Apache
2 7 (4.17%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.38%) CMS
4 3 (1.79%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.60%) IIS
5 1 (0.60%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.60%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 3 (1.79%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.60%) Magento
2 1 (0.60%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 37 (22.02%) Azure
2 21 (12.50%) AWS
3 7 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (4.17%) GCP
4 6 (3.57%) SaaS
5 4 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (1.79%) Power Automate
6 3 (1.79%) Power Platform
6 3 (1.79%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.19%) Amazon ElastiCache
7 2 (1.19%) PaaS
8 1 (0.60%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.60%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.60%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.60%) npm
8 1 (0.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.79%) Intranet
2 1 (0.60%) DNS
2 1 (0.60%) Firewall
2 1 (0.60%) SSL
2 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (16.67%) Tableau
2 12 (7.14%) MySQL
2 12 (7.14%) NoSQL
3 11 (6.55%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.98%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.19%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (1.19%) Git
1 2 (1.19%) GitLab
1 2 (1.19%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.60%) Maven
2 1 (0.60%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 40 (23.81%) Social Skills
2 9 (5.36%) Public Sector
3 8 (4.76%) Finance
3 8 (4.76%) Marketing
4 5 (2.98%) Games
4 5 (2.98%) Retail
5 3 (1.79%) Police
6 2 (1.19%) Back Office
6 2 (1.19%) Banking
6 2 (1.19%) Tech for Good
7 1 (0.60%) Electronics
7 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (28.57%) .NET
2 18 (10.71%) React
2 18 (10.71%) REST
3 17 (10.12%) Web Services
4 16 (9.52%) Apache NiFi
4 16 (9.52%) CSS
4 16 (9.52%) HTML
4 16 (9.52%) STL
5 13 (7.74%) .NET Framework
6 10 (5.95%) .NET Core
7 8 (4.76%) RESTful
8 7 (4.17%) AngularJS
8 7 (4.17%) Spring
9 6 (3.57%) MobX
9 6 (3.57%) Node.js
9 6 (3.57%) Redux
9 6 (3.57%) WPF
10 5 (2.98%) ASP.NET
10 5 (2.98%) Laravel
10 5 (2.98%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.36%) Cloud Native
2 8 (4.76%) Mobile App
3 7 (4.17%) Video\Live Streaming
4 4 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.79%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.19%) e-Health
6 2 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.19%) Legacy Code
7 1 (0.60%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.60%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.60%) FPGA
7 1 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.60%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.60%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (5.95%) Linux
1 10 (5.95%) Windows
2 8 (4.76%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.19%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (20.24%) Agile
2 31 (18.45%) Analytics
3 29 (17.26%) Full Stack Development
4 28 (16.67%) Business Forecasting
4 28 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
4 28 (16.67%) Innovative Thinking
5 25 (14.88%) Mentoring
6 23 (13.69%) DevOps
7 18 (10.71%) Design Patterns
7 18 (10.71%) TDD
8 17 (10.12%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (7.74%) Software Engineering
10 12 (7.14%) CI/CD
10 12 (7.14%) Web Development
11 11 (6.55%) Technical Leadership
12 10 (5.95%) Code Quality
12 10 (5.95%) Scrum
13 9 (5.36%) Microservices
13 9 (5.36%) Performance Optimisation
14 8 (4.76%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 47 (27.98%) C#
2 35 (20.83%) SQL
3 30 (17.86%) JavaScript
4 24 (14.29%) TypeScript
5 17 (10.12%) C++
6 12 (7.14%) Java
7 7 (4.17%) PHP
8 5 (2.98%) Swift
9 3 (1.79%) C
9 3 (1.79%) Objective-C
9 3 (1.79%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.79%) T-SQL
9 3 (1.79%) VB.NET
10 2 (1.19%) Kotlin
10 2 (1.19%) Python
11 1 (0.60%) VB
11 1 (0.60%) XAML
Qualifications
1 43 (25.60%) Degree
2 7 (4.17%) AWS Certification
2 7 (4.17%) Azure Certification
2 7 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (2.38%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.19%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 9 (5.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.98%) Terraform
2 3 (1.79%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.60%) Ansible
3 1 (0.60%) Kiali
3 1 (0.60%) Kibana
Vendors
1 13 (7.74%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.19%) Oracle