Lead Developer Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Lead Developer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Lead Developer daily rate in Sheffield is £560, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 February 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
27 Feb 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Developer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.33% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £522 - -
25th Percentile £536 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 - -
75th Percentile £568 - -
90th Percentile £573 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £695 £525 -
% change year-on-year +32.38% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 805 209 315
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.84% 86.36% 90.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 554 135 199
10th Percentile £350 £214 £275
25th Percentile £413 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% -2.72% -6.55%
75th Percentile £544 £600 £588
90th Percentile £668 £660 £675
South Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.60% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £15.22 £10.90
Median hourly rate £25.15 £16.19 £17.63
Median % change year-on-year +55.34% -8.14% -29.50%
75th Percentile - £17.16 £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £16.19 £13.23
% change year-on-year +55.34% +22.37% -33.85%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Lead Developer job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Lead Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Developer job vacancies in Sheffield.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Developer job vacancies in Sheffield

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 27 February 2026, Lead Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Sheffield region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Confluence
2 2 (66.67%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) JIRA
2 2 (66.67%) Load Balancing
2 2 (66.67%) Middleware
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Secrets Management
2 2 (66.67%) Storage Management
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
3 1 (33.33%) Docker
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) Jest
3 1 (33.33%) Kafka
3 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Node.js
3 1 (33.33%) Spring Boot
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) The Twelve-Factor App

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Middleware
2 1 (33.33%) Jest
2 1 (33.33%) Kafka
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js
2 1 (33.33%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Public Cloud
1 2 (66.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Customer-Centricity
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (66.67%) Load Balancing
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Secrets Management
2 2 (66.67%) Storage Management
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) The Twelve-Factor App
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
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