Lead Developer Jobs in South London

Lead Developer
London > South London

The median Lead Developer salary in South London is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 93 134
Rank change year-on-year +7 +41 -51
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 6 1 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 0.67% 0.13% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.71% 0.14% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 8
10th Percentile £59,250 - -
25th Percentile £61,625 £77,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £85,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% +36.00% -13.79%
75th Percentile £81,500 £92,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,250 - £65,250
London median annual salary £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in South London. 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 South London with a recognized job title 848 702 1,166
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.07% 91.76% 95.97%
Number of salaries quoted 416 391 681
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £40,000 £35,207
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -14.53%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £80,000
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in South London

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in South London

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

Salary trend for Lead Developer in South London

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in South London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in South London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in South London

Lead Developer
Job Locations in South London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the South London region over the 6 months to 4 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
Kingston Upon Thames - 4 £77,000 -
Croydon - 2 £59,500 -
Lead Developer
London

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 South London region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 4 (66.67%) Product Ownership
1 4 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
1 4 (66.67%) TDD
1 4 (66.67%) AWS
1 4 (66.67%) Docker
2 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 2 (33.33%) Coaching
2 2 (33.33%) People Management
2 2 (33.33%) Microservices
2 2 (33.33%) Data Structures
2 2 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 2 (33.33%) Doctrine
2 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (33.33%) SOLID
2 2 (33.33%) .NET Core
2 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Symfony
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) PHP
2 2 (33.33%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) OOP
2 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
2 2 (33.33%) B2B
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South London 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 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (33.33%) Power Automate
2 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (33.33%) PowerApps
2 2 (33.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
General
1 2 (33.33%) Police
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) .NET
1 2 (33.33%) .NET Core
1 2 (33.33%) Doctrine
1 2 (33.33%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 2 (33.33%) Algorithms
2 2 (33.33%) Client/Server
2 2 (33.33%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) TDD
1 4 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) B2B
2 2 (33.33%) Coaching
2 2 (33.33%) Code Quality
2 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 2 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 2 (33.33%) Microservices
2 2 (33.33%) Multithreading
2 2 (33.33%) OOP
2 2 (33.33%) People Management
2 2 (33.33%) SOLID
2 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) C#
1 2 (33.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft