Lead Software Engineer
North West > Cheshire
The median Lead Software Engineer salary in Cheshire is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 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 10 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 82 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire | 0.14% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.19% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £70,000 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £75,000 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| North West median annual salary | £106,500 | £70,000 | £75,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +52.14% | -6.67% | +26.05% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cheshire
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cheshire. 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 Cheshire with a recognized job title | 533 | 1,496 | 824 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 74.13% | 96.89% | 89.66% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 269 | 1,124 | 482 |
| 10th Percentile | £23,503 | £25,000 | £25,420 |
| 25th Percentile | £23,504 | £32,500 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £37,500 | £47,000 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.21% | -1.05% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £55,000 | £60,000 | £67,188 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,100 | £72,324 | £88,750 |
| North West median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -9.09% | +4.76% |
Lead Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings that featured Lead Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
Lead Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Cheshire
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Software Engineer in Cheshire.
Lead Software Engineer
Job Locations in Cheshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Software Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 10 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Permanent IT Job Ads |
Median Salary Past 6 Months |
Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| Knutsford | - | 1 | £75,000 | - | 1 |
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Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire
For the 6 months to 10 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 Cheshire region featuring Lead Software Engineer in the job title.
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Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:
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