The first table below looks at the demand for the Lead Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Lead Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Lead Software Developer
Rank 819 844 829
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Developer 39 52 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.036% 0.043% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.045% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 33 40 33
Average salary £43,250 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.61% -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,250 £37,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,500 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-5.55% -
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101791 114576 116360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.44% 94.74% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84727 98303 98213
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Lead Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lead Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Lead Software Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Lead Software Developer within the UK.

Lead Software Developer Salary Trend

Lead Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lead Software Developer over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Lead Software Developer Salary Histogram

Lead Software Developer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Software Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +17 36 £44,000 -16.19%
East of England -1 14 £43,750 -16.66%
Ipswich - 7 £42,500 -
Suffolk - 7 £42,500 -
Cambridgeshire - 7 £55,000 -
South East -5 6 £46,250 +2.77%
London +30 4 £52,500 -13.22%
South West +6 4 £40,000 -11.11%
West Midlands - 4 - -
Berkshire -6 2 £61,250 +36.11%
Yorkshire -18 2 £40,000 -11.11%
North East - 2 £36,750 -
West Yorkshire - 2 £40,000 -
Bristol - 2 £40,000 -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 2 £36,750 -
Tyne and Wear - 2 £36,750 -
Scotland - 2 £35,000 -
North West +1 1 £40,000 +2.56%
Reading -3 1 £47,500 +5.55%
Somerset -11 1 £50,000 +11.11%
City of London - 1 £65,000 -
Wiltshire - 1 £37,500 -
West Sussex - 1 £40,000 -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £50,500 -
Hampshire - 1 £44,000 -
East Sussex - 1 £45,000 -
Cheshire - 1 £40,000 -
Wakefield - 1 £42,500 -
Pulborough - 1 £40,000 -
Petersfield - 1 £44,000 -

Lead Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Lead Software 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 Software Developer in their job title.

1 65 (80.25%) C#
2 62 (76.54%) .NET
3 42 (51.85%) SQL
4 35 (43.21%) ASP.NET
5 33 (40.74%) OO
6 32 (39.51%) WCF
7 28 (34.57%) SQL Server
8 23 (28.40%) Agile Software Development
9 22 (27.16%) MVC
9 22 (27.16%) CSS
9 22 (27.16%) XML
10 19 (23.46%) TDD
10 19 (23.46%) Enterprise Software
11 18 (22.22%) HTML5
12 17 (20.99%) NHibernate
13 15 (18.52%) SOA
14 14 (17.28%) JavaScript
15 13 (16.05%) Java
15 13 (16.05%) Web Services
15 13 (16.05%) Degree
15 13 (16.05%) Scrum
15 13 (16.05%) jQuery
15 13 (16.05%) Security Cleared
16 12 (14.81%) .NET Framework
16 12 (14.81%) WinForms
17 11 (13.58%) Spring
17 11 (13.58%) Microsoft
17 11 (13.58%) SC Cleared
17 11 (13.58%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
18 10 (12.35%) HTTP

Lead Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Lead Software 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 Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 62 (76.54%) .NET
2 35 (43.21%) ASP.NET
3 32 (39.51%) WCF
4 22 (27.16%) CSS
4 22 (27.16%) XML
5 18 (22.22%) HTML5
6 17 (20.99%) NHibernate
7 13 (16.05%) Web Services
7 13 (16.05%) jQuery
8 12 (14.81%) .NET Framework
8 12 (14.81%) WinForms
9 11 (13.58%) Spring
9 11 (13.58%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 10 (12.35%) Ajax
11 8 (9.877%) HTML
11 8 (9.877%) ASP.NET MVC
11 8 (9.877%) CSS3
12 7 (8.642%) ASP.NET MVC 3
13 5 (6.173%) XSLT
14 4 (4.938%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 5 (6.173%) Tomcat
2 3 (3.704%) WebSphere Application Server
2 3 (3.704%) IIS
2 3 (3.704%) Apache
3 2 (2.469%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.235%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (1.235%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.235%) MS Project Server
4 1 (1.235%) GlassFish
4 1 (1.235%) Windows Azure
4 1 (1.235%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 3 (3.704%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.235%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.35%) HTTP
2 1 (1.235%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (34.57%) SQL Server
2 8 (9.877%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 6 (7.407%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (7.407%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (4.938%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (4.938%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (4.938%) Crystal Reports
5 3 (3.704%) SQL Server 2012
6 2 (2.469%) MySQL
7 1 (1.235%) MS Access
7 1 (1.235%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (7.407%) Team Foundation Server
2 5 (6.173%) StarTeam
3 2 (2.469%) JUnit
3 2 (2.469%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.469%) NUnit
3 2 (2.469%) Maven
3 2 (2.469%) Jenkins
4 1 (1.235%) Selenium
4 1 (1.235%) Git (software)
4 1 (1.235%) Hudson
4 1 (1.235%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 6 (7.407%) Finance
2 2 (2.469%) Publishing
2 2 (2.469%) Games
2 2 (2.469%) Banking
2 2 (2.469%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.235%) Electronics
3 1 (1.235%) Retail
3 1 (1.235%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 19 (23.46%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (4.938%) Open Source
3 3 (3.704%) 3D Graphics
4 2 (2.469%) Social Media
4 2 (2.469%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.469%) Computer Science
4 2 (2.469%) Visualisation
5 1 (1.235%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.235%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.235%) STB
5 1 (1.235%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.235%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.235%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 10 (12.35%) Windows
2 6 (7.407%) Linux
2 6 (7.407%) Android
2 6 (7.407%) Apple iOS
3 4 (4.938%) Windows Mobile
4 2 (2.469%) UNIX
5 1 (1.235%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (40.74%) OO
2 23 (28.40%) Agile Software Development
3 22 (27.16%) MVC
4 19 (23.46%) TDD
5 15 (18.52%) SOA
6 13 (16.05%) Scrum
7 9 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (8.642%) Continuous Integration
8 7 (8.642%) Automated Testing
9 6 (7.407%) Configuration Management
10 5 (6.173%) Software Architecture
11 4 (4.938%) Systems Analysis
12 3 (3.704%) Project Management
12 3 (3.704%) B2B
12 3 (3.704%) Web Application Development
13 2 (2.469%) Cyber Security
13 2 (2.469%) ITIL
13 2 (2.469%) UML
13 2 (2.469%) OOP
13 2 (2.469%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 65 (80.25%) C#
2 42 (51.85%) SQL
3 14 (17.28%) JavaScript
4 13 (16.05%) Java
5 10 (12.35%) C++
6 9 (11.11%) C
7 7 (8.642%) T-SQL
8 5 (6.173%) VB.NET
9 3 (3.704%) VB
9 3 (3.704%) VB6
9 3 (3.704%) Groovy
10 2 (2.469%) PHP
10 2 (2.469%) VBA
11 1 (1.235%) Python
11 1 (1.235%) Embedded C
11 1 (1.235%) Embedded C++
11 1 (1.235%) XQuery
11 1 (1.235%) Assembly Language
11 1 (1.235%) XAML
11 1 (1.235%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (16.05%) Degree
1 13 (16.05%) Security Cleared
2 11 (13.58%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.407%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.235%) PhD
4 1 (1.235%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.235%) Sun Certification
4 1 (1.235%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.407%) QA
2 1 (1.235%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (1.235%) Forefront TMG
Vendors
1 11 (13.58%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.173%) Oracle
3 4 (4.938%) JBoss
3 4 (4.938%) Pega
4 3 (3.704%) IBM
4 3 (3.704%) Sun
5 2 (2.469%) Twitter
6 1 (1.235%) Appcelerator
6 1 (1.235%) Calypso
6 1 (1.235%) Epicor
6 1 (1.235%) Apple
6 1 (1.235%) Infragistics
6 1 (1.235%) Zend
6 1 (1.235%) Progress
6 1 (1.235%) SAP
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