Lead Developer Job Trends in Derbyshire

Lead Developer
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The median Lead Developer salary in Derbyshire is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 January 2026.

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire 0.20% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - -
75th Percentile £57,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% +3.85% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Derbyshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Derbyshire. 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 Derbyshire with a recognized job title 455 256 264
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 96.60% 96.00%
Number of salaries quoted 235 152 190
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,733 £23,113
25th Percentile £27,750 £35,000 £28,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% - -
75th Percentile £54,500 £61,250 £56,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £68,875
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £49,990
% change year-on-year -10.00% +0.02% -2.46%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Lead Developer job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in Derbyshire

Salary distribution trend for Lead Developer job vacancies in Derbyshire.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Developer job vacancies in Derbyshire

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire

For the 6 months to 14 January 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 Derbyshire region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AI Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAI
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Cognitive Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Data Factory
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) AI Transformation
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Presales
1 1 (100.00%) Resource Allocation
1 1 (100.00%) Retrieval-Augmented Generation
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) R
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) OpenAI