Lead Developer Job Trends in the City of Westminster

Lead Developer
Central London > City of Westminster

The median Lead Developer salary in the City of Westminster is £90,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 February 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - 14
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 1 0 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of Westminster 1.49% - 7.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% - 7.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 8
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £150,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +130.77%
Central London median annual salary £105,000 £86,250 £100,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% -13.75% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
City of Westminster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of Westminster. 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 the City of Westminster with a recognized job title 59 190 103
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.06% 81.55% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 35 55 91
10th Percentile - £47,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £19,750 £56,250 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £21,500 £62,500 £70,576
Median % change year-on-year -65.60% -11.44% +8.58%
75th Percentile £30,000 £68,750 £95,625
90th Percentile £72,816 £72,500 £150,000
Central London median annual salary £76,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% +3.45% -2.03%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster.

Lead Developer job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in the City of Westminster

Salary distribution trend for Lead Developer job vacancies in the City of Westminster.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Developer job vacancies in the City of Westminster

Lead Developer
Job Locations in the City of Westminster

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the City of Westminster region over the 6 months to 4 February 2026. 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
Soho - 1 £90,000 - 1
Lead Developer
Central London

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster

For the 6 months to 4 February 2026, Lead Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of Westminster region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAI
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Revolut
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) Stripe

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAI
1 1 (100.00%) Revolut