Lead Software Developer Job Trends in Crewe

Lead Software Developer
Cheshire > Crewe

The median Lead Software Developer salary in Crewe is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Developer 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Crewe 5.45% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.66% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
Cheshire median annual salary £55,000 - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Crewe

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Crewe. 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 Crewe with a recognized job title 53 41 46
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.36% 95.35% 97.87%
Number of salaries quoted 32 30 27
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,675 £24,400
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,625 £72,500
90th Percentile £70,375 £78,750 £79,850
Cheshire median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +5.56%

Lead Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Crewe

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Software Developer in Crewe

Lead Software Developer
Salary Trend in Crewe

Salary distribution trend for Lead Software Developer job vacancies in Crewe.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Software Developer job vacancies in Crewe

Lead Software Developer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Crewe

For the 6 months to 17 September 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 Crewe region featuring Lead Software Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Core
2 2 (66.67%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) RAD
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft

Lead Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Crewe 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) SQL Server
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) .NET
1 3 (100.00%) .NET Core
1 3 (100.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (66.67%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft