Lead Developer Job Trends in England

Lead Developer
UK > England

The median Lead Developer salary in England is £84,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 October 2026.

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

6 months to
20 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 321 378 255
Rank change year-on-year +57 -123 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 589 266 663
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.56% 0.63% 1.07%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.69% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 472 187 526
10th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 -
25th Percentile £70,000 £65,625 £47,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £84,250 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.33% +7.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £142,500 £142,500
UK median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £69,250
% change year-on-year +6.67% +8.30% -13.44%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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.

6 months to
20 Oct 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 97,657 38,503 58,950
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 90.60% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 67,864 23,241 33,739
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,853 £53,688 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.48% -6.63% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £52,500 £56,000
% change year-on-year +12.38% -6.25% -6.67%

Lead Developer Job Vacancy Trend in 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 England.

Lead Developer job vacancy trend in England

Lead Developer Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Lead Developer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Developer job vacancies in England

Lead Developer Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in England over the 6 months to 20 October 2026.

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 20 October 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
London -7 197 £95,000 -9.52% 75
North of England -10 127 £75,000 +7.14% 28
Midlands +18 106 £70,000 -3.45% 17
South East +22 102 £90,000 +22.03% 15
West Midlands -24 63 £70,000 -3.45% 12
North West -19 58 £72,500 +3.57% 7
Yorkshire -14 46 £75,000 +9.09% 18
East Midlands -4 43 £70,000 -6.67% 5
East of England -17 28 £85,000 +29.77% 10
North East -57 23 £100,000 +45.99% 4
South West -73 22 £70,000 +55.56% 7
Lead Developer
UK

Lead Developer Skill Set Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 October 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 England region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1Technical Leadership24.4%144
2Full-Stack Development23.4%138
3C#23.1%136
4Azure22.4%132
5.NET20.9%123
6JavaScript20.4%120
7AWS20.0%118
8Mentoring19.5%115
9TypeScript18.3%108
10AI15.3%90
11CI/CD14.9%88
12Node.js14.4%85
13SaaS13.9%82
14Software Engineering13.1%77
15SQL12.7%75
16Python12.2%72
17Microsoft11.2%66
18DevOps10.4%61
19Continuous Improvement10.2%60
20Microservices9.8%58
21Agile9.7%57
22SQL Server9.3%55
23Dynamics 3659.0%53
24React8.3%49
24Roadmaps8.3%49
26Power Platform7.3%43
27Event-Driven6.8%40
28Docker6.6%39
29Problem-Solving6.5%38
29RESTful6.5%38

Lead Developer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

RankJob TitleShareJob Ads
1Lead Software Developer31.7%187
2Software Developer31.4%185
3Lead Full-Stack Developer17.0%100
4Lead .NET Developer8.8%52
5Lead Dynamics 365 Developer7.8%46
6Lead Python Developer7.6%45
7Lead C# Developer7.3%43
8Artificial Intelligence Developer3.7%22
8C# .NET Developer3.7%22
8React Developer3.7%22
11Lead Java Developer3.6%21
12Automation Developer3.2%19
12Power Platform Developer3.2%19
14Integration Developer3.1%18
14Senior Developer3.1%18
16MuleSoft Developer2.9%17
16Team Leader2.9%17
18.NET Developer - Fintech2.7%16
19Developer/Software Engineer2.5%15
19Lead Software Engineer2.5%15
162 Lead Developer jobs in England