Lead Developer Jobs in England

Lead Developer
UK > England

The median Lead Developer salary in England is £72,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 335 307
Rank change year-on-year +86 -28 -78
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 978 965 1,735
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.15% 1.04% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.22% 1.13% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 899 778 1,085
10th Percentile £52,084 £51,833 £51,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.38% +3.23% +10.71%
75th Percentile £91,250 £96,250 £100,000
90th Percentile £112,500 £117,236 £119,500
UK median annual salary £72,500 £80,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -9.38% +6.67% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 80,117 85,349 125,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.55% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 59,992 53,990 75,607
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in England

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Lead Developer in England

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in England

Lead Developer
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
London +76 370 £90,000 - 63
North of England +127 252 £62,500 -10.71% 26
North West +89 162 £70,000 -3.45% 15
South East +25 129 £72,500 - 13
Midlands +57 116 £61,250 +2.08% 9
West Midlands +85 96 £65,000 +8.33% 7
South West -9 72 £60,000 - 6
Yorkshire +94 65 £57,500 -17.86% 6
East of England +8 34 £65,000 +13.04% 5
North East +9 25 £66,250 +38.97% 5
East Midlands -20 20 £52,500 -8.70% 2
Lead Developer
UK

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 England region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 291 (29.75%) C#
2 285 (29.14%) .NET
3 283 (28.94%) Agile
4 253 (25.87%) JavaScript
4 253 (25.87%) AWS
5 234 (23.93%) Azure
6 214 (21.88%) Mentoring
7 190 (19.43%) Full Stack Development
8 186 (19.02%) Finance
9 175 (17.89%) Java
10 168 (17.18%) React
11 162 (16.56%) TypeScript
12 155 (15.85%) SQL
13 148 (15.13%) Software Engineering
14 136 (13.91%) DevOps
15 133 (13.60%) Degree
16 117 (11.96%) Social Skills
17 113 (11.55%) Microsoft
18 110 (11.25%) HTML
19 108 (11.04%) CSS
20 107 (10.94%) Microservices
21 99 (10.12%) Python
22 96 (9.82%) SQL Server
23 95 (9.71%) Docker
24 92 (9.41%) TDD
24 92 (9.41%) Web Development
25 87 (8.90%) Problem-Solving
26 83 (8.49%) AngularJS
27 78 (7.98%) Computer Science
28 73 (7.46%) REST

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

Application Platforms
1 54 (5.52%) Apache
2 36 (3.68%) Apache Airflow
3 34 (3.48%) SharePoint
4 32 (3.27%) CMS
5 23 (2.35%) Drupal
6 20 (2.04%) IIS
7 12 (1.23%) WordPress
8 11 (1.12%) Appian
9 8 (0.82%) Apache Pig
10 5 (0.51%) Confluence
10 5 (0.51%) Mendix
11 3 (0.31%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.31%) Ethereum
11 3 (0.31%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.31%) Hyperledger
11 3 (0.31%) Tomcat
12 2 (0.20%) Mule
13 1 (0.10%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.72%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 13 (1.33%) Shopify
2 4 (0.41%) Magento
2 4 (0.41%) Visualfiles
3 3 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
3 3 (0.31%) R3 Corda
4 2 (0.20%) Distributed Ledger
4 2 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.10%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 253 (25.87%) AWS
2 234 (23.93%) Azure
3 64 (6.54%) GCP
4 50 (5.11%) SaaS
5 49 (5.01%) Power Platform
6 42 (4.29%) Serverless
7 38 (3.89%) dbt
8 36 (3.68%) Azure DevOps
9 35 (3.58%) Snowflake
10 33 (3.37%) PowerApps
11 32 (3.27%) Power Automate
12 27 (2.76%) GitHub
12 27 (2.76%) Microsoft 365
13 23 (2.35%) AWS Lambda
14 16 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
15 14 (1.43%) PaaS
16 12 (1.23%) Amazon ECS
17 9 (0.92%) Amazon S3
17 9 (0.92%) Azure Data Factory
18 8 (0.82%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.94%) DNS
1 19 (1.94%) Firewall
1 19 (1.94%) SSL
1 19 (1.94%) TCP/IP
2 9 (0.92%) Intranet
3 7 (0.72%) Network Security
4 6 (0.61%) HTTP
5 5 (0.51%) Internet
6 3 (0.31%) MQTT
7 1 (0.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (9.82%) SQL Server
2 63 (6.44%) NoSQL
3 58 (5.93%) MySQL
4 36 (3.68%) Amazon Athena
4 36 (3.68%) Apache Arrow
4 36 (3.68%) Apache Ignite
4 36 (3.68%) Dremio
5 33 (3.37%) Data Lake
5 33 (3.37%) Power BI
6 30 (3.07%) Tableau
7 22 (2.25%) Redis
8 18 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
9 16 (1.64%) MongoDB
10 15 (1.53%) DynamoDB
11 13 (1.33%) Big Data
12 11 (1.12%) Relational Database
13 10 (1.02%) PostgreSQL
14 9 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
14 9 (0.92%) Hadoop
15 8 (0.82%) Apache Hive
Development Applications
1 61 (6.24%) Git
2 28 (2.86%) Visual Studio
3 15 (1.53%) NUnit
4 13 (1.33%) TeamCity
5 11 (1.12%) GitLab
5 11 (1.12%) Jenkins
6 9 (0.92%) Selenium
7 8 (0.82%) Checkstyle
7 8 (0.82%) JUnit
7 8 (0.82%) SonarQube
8 7 (0.72%) Jasmine
8 7 (0.72%) Maven
8 7 (0.72%) Team Foundation Server
8 7 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
9 5 (0.51%) Gradle
9 5 (0.51%) gulp
9 5 (0.51%) JIRA
9 5 (0.51%) Postman
10 3 (0.31%) MSTest
10 3 (0.31%) Subversion
General
1 186 (19.02%) Finance
2 117 (11.96%) Social Skills
3 66 (6.75%) Banking
4 60 (6.13%) Front Office
5 50 (5.11%) Public Sector
6 39 (3.99%) Investment Banking
7 35 (3.58%) Games
8 32 (3.27%) Marketing
9 24 (2.45%) Analytical Skills
10 23 (2.35%) Law
11 19 (1.94%) Tech for Good
12 16 (1.64%) Retail
13 13 (1.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 9 (0.92%) Advertising
14 9 (0.92%) Police
15 8 (0.82%) Manufacturing
16 6 (0.61%) Health Technology
17 5 (0.51%) iGaming
18 4 (0.41%) Telecoms
19 3 (0.31%) Aviation
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 285 (29.14%) .NET
2 168 (17.18%) React
3 110 (11.25%) HTML
4 108 (11.04%) CSS
5 83 (8.49%) AngularJS
6 73 (7.46%) REST
6 73 (7.46%) Vue
7 66 (6.75%) ASP.NET
7 66 (6.75%) RESTful
8 65 (6.65%) .NET Core
9 54 (5.52%) Laravel
10 50 (5.11%) Web Services
11 41 (4.19%) .NET Framework
12 40 (4.09%) jQuery
12 40 (4.09%) Node.js
12 40 (4.09%) Spring
13 38 (3.89%) gRPC
13 38 (3.89%) NumPy
13 38 (3.89%) Pandas
14 36 (3.68%) Protocol Buffers
Miscellaneous
1 66 (6.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 61 (6.24%) Hedge funds
3 54 (5.52%) Derivative
3 54 (5.52%) Fixed Income
4 47 (4.81%) Equities
5 34 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
6 30 (3.07%) Client/Server
7 29 (2.97%) Product Ownership
8 27 (2.76%) Management Information System
9 24 (2.45%) Greenfield Project
10 23 (2.35%) Mobile App
11 18 (1.84%) Cloud Native
12 16 (1.64%) Digital Media
12 16 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (1.43%) Public Cloud
14 12 (1.23%) Low-Code
15 10 (1.02%) Algorithms
15 10 (1.02%) Data Structures
15 10 (1.02%) Private Cloud
16 9 (0.92%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 45 (4.60%) Linux
2 40 (4.09%) Windows
3 15 (1.53%) Apple iOS
4 11 (1.12%) Android
5 5 (0.51%) Unix
6 3 (0.31%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.10%) VMS
7 1 (0.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (28.94%) Agile
2 214 (21.88%) Mentoring
3 190 (19.43%) Full Stack Development
4 148 (15.13%) Software Engineering
5 136 (13.91%) DevOps
6 107 (10.94%) Microservices
7 92 (9.41%) TDD
7 92 (9.41%) Web Development
8 87 (8.90%) Problem-Solving
9 78 (7.98%) Computer Science
10 69 (7.06%) CI/CD
10 69 (7.06%) Code Quality
11 68 (6.95%) Front End Development
12 66 (6.75%) Technical Leadership
13 62 (6.34%) Design Patterns
14 61 (6.24%) Fintech
15 59 (6.03%) Analytics
15 59 (6.03%) SOLID
16 57 (5.83%) Line Management
16 57 (5.83%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 291 (29.75%) C#
2 253 (25.87%) JavaScript
3 175 (17.89%) Java
4 162 (16.56%) TypeScript
5 155 (15.85%) SQL
6 99 (10.12%) Python
7 63 (6.44%) PHP
8 45 (4.60%) C++
9 21 (2.15%) C
10 19 (1.94%) XAML
11 18 (1.84%) Kotlin
11 18 (1.84%) Ruby
12 17 (1.74%) PowerShell
13 16 (1.64%) Scala
13 16 (1.64%) T-SQL
14 11 (1.12%) Swift
15 9 (0.92%) VB.NET
16 8 (0.82%) Bicep
16 8 (0.82%) Rust
17 5 (0.51%) Ada
Qualifications
1 133 (13.60%) Degree
2 50 (5.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 25 (2.56%) Security Cleared
4 17 (1.74%) Azure Certification
5 13 (1.33%) Master's Degree
6 10 (1.02%) AWS Certification
7 7 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (0.72%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.41%) AWS Certified Developer
8 4 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 2 (0.20%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.10%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.10%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.10%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (5.93%) QA
2 6 (0.61%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.41%) WCAG
4 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 95 (9.71%) Docker
2 9 (0.92%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.82%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 67 (6.85%) Kubernetes
2 25 (2.56%) Terraform
3 7 (0.72%) MIIS
4 2 (0.20%) Ansible
5 1 (0.10%) Kiali
5 1 (0.10%) Kibana
Vendors
1 113 (11.55%) Microsoft
2 27 (2.76%) ServiceNow
3 13 (1.33%) Aderant
3 13 (1.33%) iManage
4 8 (0.82%) Databricks
5 7 (0.72%) Google
6 6 (0.61%) Oracle
6 6 (0.61%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.41%) SAP
8 3 (0.31%) Hotjar
8 3 (0.31%) Mercator
8 3 (0.31%) Northgate
9 2 (0.20%) Adobe
9 2 (0.20%) Computacenter
10 1 (0.10%) Cloudera
10 1 (0.10%) IBM
10 1 (0.10%) Murex
10 1 (0.10%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 1 (0.10%) Xamarin
10 1 (0.10%) Zend