Lead Software Engineer Jobs in Bristol

Lead Software Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Lead Software Engineer salary in Bristol is £66,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 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
29 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 165 179
Rank change year-on-year +20 +14 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer 18 4 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 0.58% 0.15% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.16% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 18 4 12
10th Percentile £53,750 £71,955 £49,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £89,887 £58,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £117,772 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year -43.75% +54.45% +17.31%
75th Percentile £75,000 £135,693 £88,000
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £65,000 £72,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.72% +30.91% -2.78%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 3,006 2,459 3,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.87% 92.79% 97.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,248 1,546 2,207
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,529 £42,710 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,810 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -0.54% +8.85% +14.22%
75th Percentile £71,250 £74,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £85,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +11.11%

Lead Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Software Engineer in Bristol

Lead Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Bristol

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Software Engineer in Bristol.

Salary trend for Lead Software Engineer in Bristol

Lead Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Software Engineer in Bristol over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Software Engineer in Bristol

Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Lead Software Engineer 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 Bristol region featuring Lead Software Engineer in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (38.89%) Security Cleared
3 6 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
4 5 (27.78%) Product Ownership
4 5 (27.78%) Project Management
4 5 (27.78%) Agile
4 5 (27.78%) Java
4 5 (27.78%) C++
5 4 (22.22%) HTML
5 4 (22.22%) CSS
5 4 (22.22%) OO
5 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
5 4 (22.22%) SQL
5 4 (22.22%) TDD
5 4 (22.22%) Spring
5 4 (22.22%) Fintech
5 4 (22.22%) Def Stans
5 4 (22.22%) MISRA C
5 4 (22.22%) MISRA
5 4 (22.22%) DevOps
5 4 (22.22%) Microservices
5 4 (22.22%) Spring Boot
5 4 (22.22%) API Development
5 4 (22.22%) RESTful
5 4 (22.22%) IEC 61508
5 4 (22.22%) BDD
5 4 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (22.22%) Code Quality

Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Aerospace
2 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) CSS
1 4 (22.22%) Hibernate
1 4 (22.22%) HTML
1 4 (22.22%) RESTful
1 4 (22.22%) Spring
1 4 (22.22%) Spring Boot
2 2 (11.11%) .NET
3 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET
3 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 5 (27.78%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 6 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 5 (27.78%) Agile
3 5 (27.78%) Project Management
4 4 (22.22%) API Development
4 4 (22.22%) BDD
4 4 (22.22%) Code Quality
4 4 (22.22%) Collaborative Culture
4 4 (22.22%) DevOps
4 4 (22.22%) Fintech
4 4 (22.22%) Microservices
4 4 (22.22%) OO
4 4 (22.22%) Project Delivery
4 4 (22.22%) TDD
5 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
5 1 (5.56%) Machine Learning
5 1 (5.56%) MVC
5 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.56%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (27.78%) C++
1 5 (27.78%) Java
2 4 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 4 (22.22%) SQL
3 2 (11.11%) C#
4 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Security Cleared
2 6 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) Def Stans
1 4 (22.22%) IEC 61508
1 4 (22.22%) MISRA
1 4 (22.22%) MISRA C
6 Lead Software Engineer jobs in the South West