Lead Developer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Lead Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Lead Developer salary in Work from Home is £75,000 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 241 267 260
Rank change year-on-year +26 -7 -100
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 445 547 986
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.32% 1.29% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 1.34% 1.49%
Number of salaries quoted 411 455 699
10th Percentile £48,750 £51,833 £50,000
25th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £90,000 £95,625 £95,000
90th Percentile £142,500 £117,236 £108,750
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
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 32,433 40,693 66,264
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 96.00% 97.39%
Number of salaries quoted 24,885 28,909 42,146
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,626 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Lead Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Lead Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Lead Developer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Lead Developer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Lead Developer.

Lead Developer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Lead Developer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Lead Developer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with remote work options featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 170 (38.20%) JavaScript
2 168 (37.75%) C#
3 156 (35.06%) .NET
4 150 (33.71%) Agile
5 143 (32.13%) AWS
6 127 (28.54%) Mentoring
7 117 (26.29%) Azure
8 116 (26.07%) SQL
9 110 (24.72%) TypeScript
10 104 (23.37%) Java
11 85 (19.10%) HTML
12 84 (18.88%) CSS
13 83 (18.65%) Finance
13 83 (18.65%) React
14 82 (18.43%) Full Stack Development
15 80 (17.98%) Software Engineering
16 73 (16.40%) Social Skills
17 64 (14.38%) Python
17 64 (14.38%) Microservices
18 60 (13.48%) DevOps
19 59 (13.26%) SQL Server
19 59 (13.26%) Degree
20 53 (11.91%) Web Development
20 53 (11.91%) .NET Core
20 53 (11.91%) Problem-Solving
21 51 (11.46%) GCP
21 51 (11.46%) RESTful
22 50 (11.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
23 49 (11.01%) Design Patterns
24 48 (10.79%) Vue

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 41 (9.21%) Apache
2 40 (8.99%) Apache Airflow
3 19 (4.27%) IIS
4 8 (1.80%) Appian
4 8 (1.80%) CMS
5 7 (1.57%) WordPress
6 4 (0.90%) SharePoint
7 3 (0.67%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.45%) Drupal
8 2 (0.45%) Ethereum
8 2 (0.45%) Hyperledger
9 1 (0.22%) Mendix
9 1 (0.22%) Mule
9 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 10 (2.25%) Shopify
2 9 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.45%) Distributed Ledger
3 2 (0.45%) R3 Corda
4 1 (0.22%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 143 (32.13%) AWS
2 117 (26.29%) Azure
3 51 (11.46%) GCP
4 40 (8.99%) dbt
5 37 (8.31%) Snowflake
6 28 (6.29%) SaaS
7 27 (6.07%) Azure DevOps
8 25 (5.62%) Serverless
9 14 (3.15%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (3.15%) Power Platform
10 8 (1.80%) Azure Service Bus
10 8 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
10 8 (1.80%) PaaS
10 8 (1.80%) PowerApps
11 7 (1.57%) GitHub
11 7 (1.57%) Pulumi
12 6 (1.35%) Amazon ECS
13 5 (1.12%) Amazon Kinesis
13 5 (1.12%) Amazon S3
13 5 (1.12%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.27%) DNS
1 19 (4.27%) Firewall
1 19 (4.27%) SSL
1 19 (4.27%) TCP/IP
2 7 (1.57%) Network Security
3 4 (0.90%) Internet
4 1 (0.22%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (13.26%) SQL Server
2 40 (8.99%) Amazon Athena
2 40 (8.99%) Apache Arrow
2 40 (8.99%) Apache Ignite
2 40 (8.99%) Dremio
3 36 (8.09%) Data Lake
4 28 (6.29%) MySQL
5 22 (4.94%) NoSQL
6 12 (2.70%) DynamoDB
7 11 (2.47%) Redis
8 9 (2.02%) MongoDB
9 7 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.35%) Power BI
10 6 (1.35%) Relational Database
11 5 (1.12%) Couchbase
11 5 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
12 3 (0.67%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.67%) Oracle Database
13 2 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
13 2 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 19 (4.27%) Git
1 19 (4.27%) Visual Studio
2 15 (3.37%) NUnit
3 10 (2.25%) Selenium
3 10 (2.25%) TeamCity
4 9 (2.02%) GitLab
5 8 (1.80%) Jenkins
6 7 (1.57%) Jasmine
6 7 (1.57%) Postman
6 7 (1.57%) Team Foundation Server
6 7 (1.57%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.90%) MSTest
8 3 (0.67%) Moq
8 3 (0.67%) SoapUI
8 3 (0.67%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.22%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.22%) Gradle
9 1 (0.22%) Maven
9 1 (0.22%) ReSharper
9 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 83 (18.65%) Finance
2 73 (16.40%) Social Skills
3 43 (9.66%) Banking
3 43 (9.66%) Investment Banking
4 42 (9.44%) Front Office
5 16 (3.60%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (3.37%) Games
6 15 (3.37%) Public Sector
7 7 (1.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (1.35%) Retail
8 6 (1.35%) Tech for Good
9 5 (1.12%) Health Technology
9 5 (1.12%) Marketing
10 3 (0.67%) Legal
11 2 (0.45%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (0.45%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.45%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.22%) Digital Healthcare
12 1 (0.22%) Social Housing
12 1 (0.22%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (35.06%) .NET
2 85 (19.10%) HTML
3 84 (18.88%) CSS
4 83 (18.65%) React
5 53 (11.91%) .NET Core
6 51 (11.46%) RESTful
7 48 (10.79%) Vue
8 42 (9.44%) AngularJS
8 42 (9.44%) ASP.NET
9 40 (8.99%) gRPC
9 40 (8.99%) NumPy
9 40 (8.99%) Pandas
9 40 (8.99%) Protocol Buffers
9 40 (8.99%) SciPy
10 39 (8.76%) .NET Framework
11 31 (6.97%) REST
12 27 (6.07%) ASP.NET MVC
13 26 (5.84%) jQuery
13 26 (5.84%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 25 (5.62%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 50 (11.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 46 (10.34%) Hedge funds
3 43 (9.66%) Fixed Income
4 42 (9.44%) Derivative
5 40 (8.99%) Equities
6 22 (4.94%) Client/Server
7 21 (4.72%) Self-Motivation
8 19 (4.27%) Mobile App
9 13 (2.92%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (2.47%) Greenfield Project
10 11 (2.47%) Product Ownership
11 9 (2.02%) Data Structures
11 9 (2.02%) Low-Code
11 9 (2.02%) Private Cloud
12 8 (1.80%) Cloud Native
13 7 (1.57%) Video\Live Streaming
14 6 (1.35%) Algorithms
14 6 (1.35%) NHS
15 5 (1.12%) IoT
16 4 (0.90%) Augmented Reality
Operating Systems
1 20 (4.49%) Windows
2 13 (2.92%) Android
3 12 (2.70%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.67%) Linux
5 1 (0.22%) VMS
5 1 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 150 (33.71%) Agile
2 127 (28.54%) Mentoring
3 82 (18.43%) Full Stack Development
4 80 (17.98%) Software Engineering
5 64 (14.38%) Microservices
6 60 (13.48%) DevOps
7 53 (11.91%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (11.91%) Web Development
8 49 (11.01%) Design Patterns
9 47 (10.56%) Line Management
10 46 (10.34%) Code Quality
11 45 (10.11%) Scrum
12 44 (9.89%) Technical Leadership
13 42 (9.44%) CI/CD
14 41 (9.21%) Continuous Improvement
15 40 (8.99%) Asset Management
15 40 (8.99%) Roadmaps
16 35 (7.87%) Coaching
17 34 (7.64%) Investment Management
17 34 (7.64%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 170 (38.20%) JavaScript
2 168 (37.75%) C#
3 116 (26.07%) SQL
4 110 (24.72%) TypeScript
5 104 (23.37%) Java
6 64 (14.38%) Python
7 24 (5.39%) PHP
8 19 (4.27%) XAML
9 18 (4.04%) Kotlin
10 12 (2.70%) Swift
11 10 (2.25%) C
12 7 (1.57%) Bicep
12 7 (1.57%) T-SQL
13 5 (1.12%) Ada
13 5 (1.12%) C++
14 4 (0.90%) Embedded C
14 4 (0.90%) Ruby
14 4 (0.90%) Scala
15 3 (0.67%) VB.NET
16 2 (0.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 59 (13.26%) Degree
2 19 (4.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (4.04%) Security Cleared
4 13 (2.92%) Azure Certification
5 7 (1.57%) AWS Certification
6 5 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (0.90%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.45%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.45%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (7.19%) QA
2 7 (1.57%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.90%) WCAG
System Software
1 41 (9.21%) Docker
2 10 (2.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (5.62%) Kubernetes
2 22 (4.94%) Terraform
3 7 (1.57%) MIIS
Vendors
1 45 (10.11%) Microsoft
2 14 (3.15%) ServiceNow
3 5 (1.12%) Oracle
4 4 (0.90%) Google
5 3 (0.67%) Northgate
6 2 (0.45%) SAP
7 1 (0.22%) Murex
7 1 (0.22%) Xamarin