Lead Software Engineer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge
The median Lead Software Engineer salary in Cambridge is £77,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 December 2025.
The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
27 Dec 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
53 |
- |
- |
| Rank change year-on-year |
- |
- |
- |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge |
0.58% |
- |
- |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.64% |
- |
- |
| Number of salaries quoted |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£75,500 |
- |
- |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£77,000 |
- |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£78,500 |
- |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| Cambridgeshire median annual salary |
£77,000 |
- |
- |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title |
472 |
459 |
391 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
90.94% |
94.44% |
93.32% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
334 |
256 |
256 |
| 10th Percentile |
£30,000 |
£30,000 |
£29,734 |
| 25th Percentile |
£38,922 |
£47,500 |
£40,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£55,000 |
£60,000 |
£55,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-8.33% |
+9.09% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£75,000 |
£77,813 |
£77,813 |
| 90th Percentile |
£90,000 |
£85,000 |
£92,500 |
| Cambridgeshire median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
£54,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+1.85% |
-1.82% |
