Lead Software Developer Jobs in Cardiff

Lead Software Developer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Lead Software Developer salary in Cardiff is £47,307 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 30 63 -
Rank change year-on-year +33 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Developer 1 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.55% 0.30% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 0.32% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £69,625 -
25th Percentile £43,449 £74,688 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,307 £83,750 -
Median % change year-on-year -43.51% - -
75th Percentile £51,165 £92,188 -
90th Percentile - £96,875 -
South Wales median annual salary £47,307 £83,750 -
% change year-on-year -43.51% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 175 619 525
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.69% 93.79% 90.99%
Number of salaries quoted 124 539 400
10th Percentile £25,436 £27,157 £30,738
25th Percentile £35,438 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,205
Median % change year-on-year - -0.41% -4.37%
75th Percentile £65,344 £65,766 £67,070
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £52,000 £45,000 £45,496
% change year-on-year +15.56% -1.09% -9.01%

Lead Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Software Developer in Cardiff

Lead Software Developer
Salary Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Software Developer in Cardiff.

Salary trend for Lead Software Developer in Cardiff

Lead Software Developer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Lead Software Developer 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 Cardiff region featuring Lead Software Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Java EE
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Artifactory
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) SonarQube
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
1 1 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership

Lead Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 1 (100.00%) Amazon ECS
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Artifactory
1 1 (100.00%) SonarQube
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Java EE
1 1 (100.00%) Node.js
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) BDD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform