Lead Developer Jobs in Reading

Lead Developer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Lead Developer salary in Reading is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 117 121 108
Rank change year-on-year +4 -13 -38
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 7 15 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.41% 0.93% 1.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.99% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 7 9 18
10th Percentile £56,250 £75,500 £66,000
25th Percentile £61,875 £77,500 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £98,750 £82,500 £78,438
90th Percentile £115,000 - £82,875
Berkshire median annual salary £105,000 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +31.25% +6.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,621 1,510 1,696
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 93.56% 97.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,037 809 1,020
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £73,863
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in Reading

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Lead Developer in Reading

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in Reading over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 26 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 Reading region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Mentoring
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
3 4 (57.14%) C#
3 4 (57.14%) .NET
3 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
3 4 (57.14%) DevOps
4 3 (42.86%) TypeScript
4 3 (42.86%) Azure
4 3 (42.86%) AWS
4 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
4 3 (42.86%) Java
5 2 (28.57%) Unit Testing
5 2 (28.57%) Banking
5 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
5 2 (28.57%) Linux
5 2 (28.57%) Finance
5 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
5 2 (28.57%) Kafka
5 2 (28.57%) AngularJS
5 2 (28.57%) SQL
5 2 (28.57%) Line Management
5 2 (28.57%) Microservices
5 2 (28.57%) React
5 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
5 2 (28.57%) Impact Analysis
5 2 (28.57%) SDLC
5 2 (28.57%) Kotlin
5 2 (28.57%) .NET Core
5 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (28.57%) Sprint Retrospective

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 3 (42.86%) AWS
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) GitLab
General
1 2 (28.57%) Banking
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) .NET Core
2 2 (28.57%) AngularJS
2 2 (28.57%) Kafka
2 2 (28.57%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Mentoring
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
3 4 (57.14%) DevOps
4 2 (28.57%) Architectural Design
4 2 (28.57%) Containerisation
4 2 (28.57%) Impact Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Line Management
4 2 (28.57%) Microservices
4 2 (28.57%) SDLC
4 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 2 (28.57%) Sprint Planning
4 2 (28.57%) Sprint Retrospective
4 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
4 2 (28.57%) Unit Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Code Quality
5 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (14.29%) Full Stack Development
5 1 (14.29%) Open Source
5 1 (14.29%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) TypeScript
3 2 (28.57%) Kotlin
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared