The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Sheffield 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 24 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 Sheffield region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Developer
Rank 44 57 60
Rank change year-on-year
+13 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 13 6 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 2.481% 0.977% 0.348%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.559% 1.015% 0.357%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 2
Average salary £100,000 £43,750 £35,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+128.57% +22.37%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Job Titles
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
508 591 561
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 96.95% 96.25% 97.57%
Number of salaries quoted 444 509 477
Average salary £34,500 £34,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.47% +3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Lead Developer
South Yorkshire

Lead Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Lead Developer Salary Trend

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lead Developer across the Sheffield region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Sheffield Lead Developer Salary Histogram

Lead Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 19 (76.00%) TDD
2 12 (48.00%) Java
3 11 (44.00%) PHP
4 10 (40.00%) Mac OS X
4 10 (40.00%) Project Management
4 10 (40.00%) Linux
4 10 (40.00%) Ubuntu
4 10 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
4 10 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
5 8 (32.00%) QA
6 7 (28.00%) Spring
6 7 (28.00%) UML
6 7 (28.00%) EJB
6 7 (28.00%) JavaBeans
7 6 (24.00%) Internet
8 5 (20.00%) J2EE
9 4 (16.00%) Time Management
10 2 (8.000%) Silverlight
10 2 (8.000%) Symfony
10 2 (8.000%) PHPUnit
10 2 (8.000%) Microsoft
11 1 (4.000%) CSS
11 1 (4.000%) XML
11 1 (4.000%) Legal
11 1 (4.000%) SQL Server
11 1 (4.000%) ASP
11 1 (4.000%) ASP.NET
11 1 (4.000%) COM
11 1 (4.000%) CRM
11 1 (4.000%) SharePoint

Lead Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 7 (28.00%) Spring
1 7 (28.00%) EJB
1 7 (28.00%) JavaBeans
2 5 (20.00%) J2EE
3 2 (8.000%) Silverlight
3 2 (8.000%) Symfony
4 1 (4.000%) CSS
4 1 (4.000%) XML
4 1 (4.000%) ASP
4 1 (4.000%) ASP.NET
4 1 (4.000%) COM
4 1 (4.000%) .NET
4 1 (4.000%) HTML
4 1 (4.000%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.000%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (24.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.000%) SQL Server
1 1 (4.000%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (8.000%) PHPUnit
General
1 1 (4.000%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.000%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (40.00%) Mac OS X
1 10 (40.00%) Linux
1 10 (40.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (76.00%) TDD
2 10 (40.00%) Project Management
2 10 (40.00%) Continuous Integration
2 10 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
3 7 (28.00%) UML
4 4 (16.00%) Time Management
5 1 (4.000%) CRM
5 1 (4.000%) Resource Management
5 1 (4.000%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (48.00%) Java
2 11 (44.00%) PHP
3 1 (4.000%) VB
3 1 (4.000%) VB.NET
3 1 (4.000%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.000%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (4.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (32.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (8.000%) Microsoft