Lead Software Engineer Jobs in Bristol

Lead Software Engineer
South West > Bristol

The median Lead Software Engineer salary in Bristol is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2025.

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

 6 months to
2 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 145 169
Rank change year-on-year +58 +24 +17
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer 13 17 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 1.04% 0.55% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% 0.56% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 9 17 4
10th Percentile £75,750 £53,750 £71,955
25th Percentile £77,500 £60,000 £89,887
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £65,000 £117,772
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% -44.81% +54.45%
75th Percentile £122,500 £75,000 £135,693
90th Percentile £128,135 - -
South West median annual salary £83,750 £63,750 £72,000
% change year-on-year +31.37% -11.46% +30.91%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 1,191 3,010 2,450
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 96.97% 92.77%
Number of salaries quoted 813 2,250 1,531
10th Percentile £34,500 £33,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,510 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year - -0.54% +8.85%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £74,051
90th Percentile £87,250 £85,000 £87,500
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%

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 2 May 2025.

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 2 May 2025, 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 13 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (69.23%) AWS
3 8 (61.54%) Finance
3 8 (61.54%) Agile
4 6 (46.15%) Python
5 5 (38.46%) DevOps
5 5 (38.46%) React
5 5 (38.46%) CI/CD
6 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
6 4 (30.77%) Spring Boot
6 4 (30.77%) Java
6 4 (30.77%) Scrum
7 3 (23.08%) TDD
7 3 (23.08%) LAMP
7 3 (23.08%) Degree
7 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
7 3 (23.08%) PHP
7 3 (23.08%) React Native
7 3 (23.08%) SOLID
7 3 (23.08%) Fintech
7 3 (23.08%) Microservices
7 3 (23.08%) SaaS
7 3 (23.08%) BDD
7 3 (23.08%) Laravel
7 3 (23.08%) Test Automation
7 3 (23.08%) Azure
7 3 (23.08%) Full-Stack Development
7 3 (23.08%) Containerisation
7 3 (23.08%) Cloud Native
7 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree

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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) AWS
2 3 (23.08%) Azure
2 3 (23.08%) SaaS
2 3 (23.08%) Serverless
3 2 (15.38%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Git
General
1 8 (61.54%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Electronics
3 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
3 2 (15.38%) Marketing
3 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
3 2 (15.38%) Telecoms
4 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.69%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) React
2 4 (30.77%) Spring Boot
3 3 (23.08%) LAMP
3 3 (23.08%) Laravel
3 3 (23.08%) React Native
4 2 (15.38%) .NET
4 2 (15.38%) Django
4 2 (15.38%) Next.js
4 2 (15.38%) Node.js
4 2 (15.38%) Spring
5 1 (7.69%) .NET Core
5 1 (7.69%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Cloud Native
2 2 (15.38%) Reinsurance
3 1 (7.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.69%) Windows
1 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 8 (61.54%) Agile
3 5 (38.46%) CI/CD
3 5 (38.46%) DevOps
4 4 (30.77%) Mentoring
4 4 (30.77%) Scrum
5 3 (23.08%) BDD
5 3 (23.08%) Computer Science
5 3 (23.08%) Containerisation
5 3 (23.08%) Fintech
5 3 (23.08%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (23.08%) Microservices
5 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (23.08%) SOLID
5 3 (23.08%) TDD
5 3 (23.08%) Test Automation
6 2 (15.38%) Data Engineering
6 2 (15.38%) Data Science
6 2 (15.38%) DevSecOps
6 2 (15.38%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) Python
2 4 (30.77%) Java
3 3 (23.08%) PHP
4 2 (15.38%) C#
4 2 (15.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Docker
2 1 (7.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Kubernetes
1 2 (15.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) Databricks
1 2 (15.38%) SAP
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft
12 Lead Software Engineer jobs in the South West