Lead Developer Jobs in Scotland

Lead Developer
UK > Scotland

The median Lead Developer salary in Scotland is £65,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 255 207 179
Rank change year-on-year -48 -28 -55
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 29 21 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.43% 0.44% 1.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.44% 0.49% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 20 17 50
10th Percentile £54,625 £51,833 £54,375
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,500 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.77% -3.70% +17.39%
75th Percentile £82,125 £95,000 £79,688
90th Percentile £82,500 £117,236 £95,000
UK median annual salary £72,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -9.38% +6.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,527 4,263 5,539
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.90% 90.24% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,623 2,323 2,990
10th Percentile £27,800 £31,414 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in Scotland

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Lead Developer in Scotland

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in Scotland

Lead Developer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 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
Glasgow -92 19 £70,000 +7.69% 1
Edinburgh +33 6 £60,000 -7.69%
Lanarkshire -10 1 - - 1
Renfrewshire - 1 £52,500 -
Aberdeen - 1 £67,500 -
Dundee - 1 £60,000 -
Lead Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 Scotland region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 14 (48.28%) C#
2 11 (37.93%) DevOps
3 10 (34.48%) Mobile App
3 10 (34.48%) Mobile Application Development
4 9 (31.03%) JavaScript
5 8 (27.59%) .NET
5 8 (27.59%) ASP.NET
5 8 (27.59%) UX Design
5 8 (27.59%) Azure
5 8 (27.59%) Mentoring
5 8 (27.59%) User Experience
6 7 (24.14%) Vue
6 7 (24.14%) Docker
6 7 (24.14%) Agile
7 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
7 6 (20.69%) Web Development
7 6 (20.69%) Umbraco
7 6 (20.69%) Degree
7 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
7 6 (20.69%) ASP.NET Core
7 6 (20.69%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (20.69%) Deployment Automation
7 6 (20.69%) Server Management
7 6 (20.69%) Web Application Development
8 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (17.24%) Coaching
8 5 (17.24%) React
8 5 (17.24%) Power Platform
8 5 (17.24%) Greenfield Project

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 6 (20.69%) Umbraco
2 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (27.59%) Azure
2 6 (20.69%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (17.24%) AWS
3 5 (17.24%) Power Platform
4 4 (13.79%) SaaS
5 2 (6.90%) GCP
6 1 (3.45%) Power Automate
6 1 (3.45%) PowerApps
6 1 (3.45%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (10.34%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.45%) Power BI
2 1 (3.45%) RDBMS
2 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (20.69%) Social Skills
2 5 (17.24%) Finance
3 4 (13.79%) Tech for Good
4 3 (10.34%) Front Office
5 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Digital Healthcare
5 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (27.59%) .NET
1 8 (27.59%) ASP.NET
2 7 (24.14%) Vue
3 6 (20.69%) ASP.NET Core
4 5 (17.24%) React
5 4 (13.79%) Node.js
5 4 (13.79%) RESTful
6 2 (6.90%) REST
7 1 (3.45%) .NET Core
7 1 (3.45%) .NET Framework
7 1 (3.45%) AngularJS
7 1 (3.45%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (3.45%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (3.45%) CSS3
7 1 (3.45%) Entity Framework
7 1 (3.45%) HTML5
7 1 (3.45%) Laravel
7 1 (3.45%) Serverless Framework
7 1 (3.45%) Symfony
7 1 (3.45%) Yii
Miscellaneous
1 10 (34.48%) Mobile App
2 5 (17.24%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.79%) Android
1 4 (13.79%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.45%) Windows
2 1 (3.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (37.93%) DevOps
2 10 (34.48%) Mobile Application Development
3 8 (27.59%) Mentoring
3 8 (27.59%) User Experience
3 8 (27.59%) UX Design
4 7 (24.14%) Agile
5 6 (20.69%) Deployment Automation
5 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (20.69%) Server Management
5 6 (20.69%) Web Application Development
5 6 (20.69%) Web Development
6 5 (17.24%) Architectural Patterns
6 5 (17.24%) Coaching
6 5 (17.24%) Code Quality
6 5 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (17.24%) CRM
6 5 (17.24%) Design Patterns
7 4 (13.79%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (13.79%) Data Protection
7 4 (13.79%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (48.28%) C#
2 9 (31.03%) JavaScript
3 4 (13.79%) Kotlin
3 4 (13.79%) Swift
4 3 (10.34%) Java
4 3 (10.34%) TypeScript
5 2 (6.90%) PHP
5 2 (6.90%) Python
5 2 (6.90%) SQL
6 1 (3.45%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (20.69%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (3.45%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.45%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) QA
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Google