Lead Developer Jobs in Coventry

Lead Developer
West Midlands > Coventry

The median Lead Developer salary in Coventry is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 40 66
Rank change year-on-year -1 +26 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 1 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Coventry 0.33% 0.44% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.45% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -17.39% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £73,125
90th Percentile - - £81,000
West Midlands median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% +14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Coventry

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Coventry. 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 Coventry with a recognized job title 273 221 433
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.70% 97.36% 93.93%
Number of salaries quoted 46 171 310
10th Percentile £41,002 £30,000 £35,450
25th Percentile £53,750 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,750 £51,300 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.47% +2.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £64,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £68,750 £74,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Coventry

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in Coventry

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in Coventry

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

Salary trend for Lead Developer in Coventry

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Lead 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 Coventry region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) e-Learning
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Effects
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Reality

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Coventry 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
1 1 (100.00%) e-Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Metrics
1 1 (100.00%) Server Management
1 1 (100.00%) Visual Effects
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL