Lead Software Developer Contracts in London

Lead Software Developer
England > London

The median Lead Software Developer daily rate in London is £683, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 343 368 490
Rank change year-on-year +25 +122 +75
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Software Developer 10 23 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.080% 0.13% 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.14% 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 22 3
10th Percentile £476 - -
25th Percentile £626 £763 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £683 £825 £625
Median % change year-on-year -17.27% +32.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £699 £888 £638
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £683 £825 £625
% change year-on-year -17.27% +32.00% -3.85%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Lead Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Software Developer in London

Lead Software Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Lead Software Developer in London.

Daily rate trend for Lead Software Developer in London

Lead Software Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Lead Software Developer in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Lead Software Developer in London

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Lead Software Developer contract 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 contract job ads across the London region featuring Lead Software Developer in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 6 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (60.00%) AWS
2 6 (60.00%) Change Management
2 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (60.00%) Oracle
2 6 (60.00%) Linux
2 6 (60.00%) Python
2 6 (60.00%) SAS
2 6 (60.00%) Release Management
2 6 (60.00%) Unit Testing
2 6 (60.00%) Integration Testing
2 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) DV Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (60.00%) Oracle Database
2 6 (60.00%) DevOps
2 6 (60.00%) Mentoring
3 4 (40.00%) .NET
3 4 (40.00%) Azure
4 2 (20.00%) NoSQL
4 2 (20.00%) Node.js
4 2 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
4 2 (20.00%) API Development
4 2 (20.00%) Vue
4 2 (20.00%) Power BI
4 2 (20.00%) .NET Core
4 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET Core
4 2 (20.00%) Serverless
4 2 (20.00%) Azure Functions

Lead Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 6 (60.00%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) AWS
2 4 (40.00%) Azure
3 2 (20.00%) Azure Functions
3 2 (20.00%) Power Automate
3 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (20.00%) PowerApps
3 2 (20.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) Oracle Database
2 2 (20.00%) NoSQL
2 2 (20.00%) Power BI
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) .NET
2 2 (20.00%) .NET Core
2 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (20.00%) ASP.NET Core
2 2 (20.00%) CSS
2 2 (20.00%) HTML
2 2 (20.00%) Node.js
2 2 (20.00%) Vue
2 2 (20.00%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 6 (60.00%) Change Management
2 6 (60.00%) CI/CD
2 6 (60.00%) DevOps
2 6 (60.00%) Integration Testing
2 6 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 6 (60.00%) Release Management
2 6 (60.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (60.00%) Unit Testing
3 2 (20.00%) API Development
3 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (20.00%) OO
3 2 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 2 (20.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) C#
2 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft