Lead Developer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Lead Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Lead Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £65,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 280 365 368
Rank change year-on-year +85 +3 -147
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 683 502 634
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.97% 0.82% 0.89%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 0.92% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 645 396 490
10th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £40,350
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,520
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
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
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 66,718 54,726 68,124
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,226 31,089 43,036
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in the UK excluding London

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Developer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Lead Developer in the UK excluding London

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in the UK excluding London

Lead Developer
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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
North of England +125 257 £62,500 -10.71% 28
North West +93 165 £70,000 -3.45% 17
South East +24 133 £72,500 +1.75% 24
Midlands +66 116 £60,000 - 17
West Midlands +81 96 £65,000 +8.33% 10
South West -23 74 £60,000 -4.00% 5
Yorkshire +89 67 £57,500 -17.86% 7
Wales +42 37 £65,000 +6.12% 3
East of England +15 35 £65,000 +13.04% 7
Scotland -55 29 £65,500 +0.77% 3
North East +4 25 £66,250 +38.97% 4
East Midlands -20 20 £52,500 -8.70% 6
Northern Ireland +14 2 £100,000 +66.67% 2
Lead Developer
UK

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 5 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 UK excluding London region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 228 (33.38%) .NET
2 223 (32.65%) C#
3 197 (28.84%) Agile
4 169 (24.74%) JavaScript
5 160 (23.43%) Azure
6 144 (21.08%) Mentoring
7 121 (17.72%) React
8 112 (16.40%) AWS
9 110 (16.11%) SQL
10 104 (15.23%) Degree
11 103 (15.08%) TypeScript
12 99 (14.49%) Social Skills
12 99 (14.49%) Full Stack Development
13 97 (14.20%) Microsoft
14 96 (14.06%) Finance
15 94 (13.76%) HTML
16 93 (13.62%) CSS
17 89 (13.03%) DevOps
18 85 (12.45%) SQL Server
19 83 (12.15%) Web Development
20 79 (11.57%) Java
21 76 (11.13%) Microservices
22 68 (9.96%) Software Engineering
23 66 (9.66%) ASP.NET
24 65 (9.52%) Docker
25 61 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
26 60 (8.78%) REST
27 58 (8.49%) Coaching
28 57 (8.35%) Vue
29 56 (8.20%) TDD

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 33 (4.83%) SharePoint
2 20 (2.93%) IIS
3 17 (2.49%) Apache
4 14 (2.05%) CMS
5 12 (1.76%) WordPress
6 8 (1.17%) Appian
7 7 (1.02%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.73%) Drupal
9 3 (0.44%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.44%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.44%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.29%) Mule
11 1 (0.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (1.02%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 9 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (1.32%) Shopify
2 3 (0.44%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.29%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 160 (23.43%) Azure
2 112 (16.40%) AWS
3 39 (5.71%) SaaS
4 34 (4.98%) Azure DevOps
5 29 (4.25%) Power Platform
6 25 (3.66%) Serverless
7 20 (2.93%) AWS Lambda
8 18 (2.64%) PowerApps
9 14 (2.05%) Power Automate
10 13 (1.90%) GCP
10 13 (1.90%) PaaS
11 12 (1.76%) Amazon ECS
12 10 (1.46%) Dynamics 365
12 10 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
13 9 (1.32%) Amazon S3
14 8 (1.17%) Amazon EC2
15 7 (1.02%) Pulumi
16 6 (0.88%) GitHub
16 6 (0.88%) Google Analytics
17 5 (0.73%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.78%) DNS
1 19 (2.78%) Firewall
1 19 (2.78%) SSL
1 19 (2.78%) TCP/IP
2 9 (1.32%) Intranet
3 7 (1.02%) Network Security
4 6 (0.88%) Internet
5 3 (0.44%) HTTP
5 3 (0.44%) MQTT
6 1 (0.15%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 85 (12.45%) SQL Server
2 52 (7.61%) NoSQL
3 45 (6.59%) MySQL
4 30 (4.39%) Tableau
5 13 (1.90%) DynamoDB
6 12 (1.76%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (1.76%) MongoDB
6 12 (1.76%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (1.32%) Power BI
7 9 (1.32%) Redis
8 5 (0.73%) Couchbase
9 3 (0.44%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (0.44%) MariaDB
9 3 (0.44%) Oracle Database
9 3 (0.44%) PostgreSQL
10 2 (0.29%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.15%) BigQuery
11 1 (0.15%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 30 (4.39%) Visual Studio
2 27 (3.95%) Git
3 12 (1.76%) TeamCity
4 11 (1.61%) GitLab
4 11 (1.61%) NUnit
5 9 (1.32%) Visual Studio Code
6 8 (1.17%) Selenium
7 7 (1.02%) Jasmine
7 7 (1.02%) Team Foundation Server
8 5 (0.73%) gulp
8 5 (0.73%) Jenkins
8 5 (0.73%) Maven
9 4 (0.59%) Postman
10 3 (0.44%) Gradle
10 3 (0.44%) Subversion
11 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
12 1 (0.15%) GitKraken
12 1 (0.15%) JetBrains Rider
12 1 (0.15%) JIRA
12 1 (0.15%) ReSharper
General
1 99 (14.49%) Social Skills
2 96 (14.06%) Finance
3 55 (8.05%) Public Sector
4 25 (3.66%) Marketing
5 21 (3.07%) Banking
6 16 (2.34%) Games
7 14 (2.05%) Retail
8 13 (1.90%) Analytical Skills
9 11 (1.61%) Law
10 9 (1.32%) Police
10 9 (1.32%) Tech for Good
11 8 (1.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (0.88%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.73%) iGaming
14 4 (0.59%) Health Technology
14 4 (0.59%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.44%) Aviation
15 3 (0.44%) Front Office
16 2 (0.29%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 228 (33.38%) .NET
2 121 (17.72%) React
3 94 (13.76%) HTML
4 93 (13.62%) CSS
5 66 (9.66%) ASP.NET
6 60 (8.78%) REST
7 57 (8.35%) Vue
8 53 (7.76%) .NET Core
9 51 (7.47%) AngularJS
10 50 (7.32%) RESTful
11 48 (7.03%) Laravel
12 40 (5.86%) Web Services
13 39 (5.71%) Node.js
14 36 (5.27%) .NET Framework
15 33 (4.83%) jQuery
15 33 (4.83%) Tailwind CSS
16 28 (4.10%) OpenID
17 27 (3.95%) WPF
18 26 (3.81%) ASP.NET MVC
18 26 (3.81%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 32 (4.69%) Mobile App
2 26 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (3.66%) Management Information System
4 18 (2.64%) Cloud Native
5 16 (2.34%) Digital Media
5 16 (2.34%) Product Ownership
6 14 (2.05%) Greenfield Project
7 12 (1.76%) Low-Code
8 11 (1.61%) Client/Server
9 10 (1.46%) IoT
9 10 (1.46%) Private Cloud
10 9 (1.32%) Augmented Reality
11 7 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
11 7 (1.02%) Video\Live Streaming
12 6 (0.88%) Public Cloud
13 5 (0.73%) Virtual Reality
14 4 (0.59%) Algorithms
14 4 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
14 4 (0.59%) Kindle
15 3 (0.44%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 41 (6.00%) Windows
2 30 (4.39%) Linux
3 18 (2.64%) Apple iOS
4 13 (1.90%) Android
5 3 (0.44%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (28.84%) Agile
2 144 (21.08%) Mentoring
3 99 (14.49%) Full Stack Development
4 89 (13.03%) DevOps
5 83 (12.15%) Web Development
6 76 (11.13%) Microservices
7 68 (9.96%) Software Engineering
8 61 (8.93%) Problem-Solving
9 58 (8.49%) Coaching
10 56 (8.20%) TDD
11 55 (8.05%) Technical Leadership
12 51 (7.47%) Code Quality
12 51 (7.47%) MVC
13 49 (7.17%) CI/CD
14 47 (6.88%) Design Patterns
14 47 (6.88%) Scrum
15 42 (6.15%) Computer Science
15 42 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
15 42 (6.15%) Front End Development
16 40 (5.86%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 223 (32.65%) C#
2 169 (24.74%) JavaScript
3 110 (16.11%) SQL
4 103 (15.08%) TypeScript
5 79 (11.57%) Java
6 42 (6.15%) PHP
7 34 (4.98%) C++
8 29 (4.25%) Python
9 22 (3.22%) C
10 19 (2.78%) XAML
11 15 (2.20%) Swift
12 14 (2.05%) Kotlin
13 12 (1.76%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.32%) VB.NET
15 8 (1.17%) Bicep
16 7 (1.02%) PowerShell
17 5 (0.73%) Ada
18 4 (0.59%) Embedded C
19 3 (0.44%) Apex Code
19 3 (0.44%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 104 (15.23%) Degree
2 40 (5.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (3.51%) Security Cleared
4 11 (1.61%) AWS Certification
4 11 (1.61%) Azure Certification
5 6 (0.88%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.59%) AWS Certified Developer
6 4 (0.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.29%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.29%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.15%) BC Cleared
8 1 (0.15%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.15%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (6.44%) QA
2 4 (0.59%) Accessibility
2 4 (0.59%) WCAG
3 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 65 (9.52%) Docker
2 6 (0.88%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 49 (7.17%) Kubernetes
2 16 (2.34%) Terraform
3 7 (1.02%) MIIS
4 1 (0.15%) Ansible
4 1 (0.15%) Kiali
4 1 (0.15%) Kibana
Vendors
1 97 (14.20%) Microsoft
2 16 (2.34%) ServiceNow
3 11 (1.61%) Oracle
4 8 (1.17%) Google
5 3 (0.44%) Hotjar
5 3 (0.44%) Northgate
5 3 (0.44%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.29%) Computacenter
6 2 (0.29%) SAP
7 1 (0.15%) IBM
7 1 (0.15%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.15%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.15%) Zend