Lead Developer Job Trends in the East of England

Lead Developer
England > East of England

The median Lead Developer salary in the East of England is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 159 134
Rank change year-on-year +15 -25 +55
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 11 19 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.26% 0.54% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.60% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 12
10th Percentile - £80,000 £55,125
25th Percentile - £83,750 £62,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £95,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +18.75% +25.98%
75th Percentile - - £82,500
90th Percentile £73,250 - -
England median annual salary £76,000 £67,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +12.59% -15.63% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 3,711 3,141 2,328
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.36% 89.41% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,253 1,409 1,764
10th Percentile £27,800 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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 East of England.

Lead Developer job vacancy trend in the East of England

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for Lead Developer job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Developer job vacancies in the East of England

Lead Developer
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Hertfordshire +8 10 £65,000 -31.58% 4
Cambridgeshire +15 1 £77,500 -3.13%
Lead Developer
England

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 13 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 East of England region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 1 (9.09%) .NET
1 1 (9.09%) Agile
1 1 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) C#
1 1 (9.09%) Coaching
1 1 (9.09%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (9.09%) Design Patterns
1 1 (9.09%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
1 1 (9.09%) Microservices
1 1 (9.09%) React
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
1 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
1 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) .NET
1 1 (9.09%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (9.09%) Agile
1 1 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (9.09%) Coaching
1 1 (9.09%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (9.09%) Design Patterns
1 1 (9.09%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (9.09%) Mentoring
1 1 (9.09%) Microservices
1 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
1 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) C#