Lead Software Developer
East of England > Essex
The median Lead Software Developer salary in Essex is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 4 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 48 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Developer | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex | 0.26% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.31% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £80,000 | - | - |
| East of England median annual salary | £80,000 | £60,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +33.33% | -7.69% | -1.89% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Essex
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Essex. 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 Essex with a recognized job title | 322 | 821 | 681 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 83.42% | 94.15% | 79.37% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 207 | 670 | 380 |
| 10th Percentile | £24,707 | £25,759 | £26,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £29,250 | £30,000 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £45,000 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -5.26% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £61,250 | £67,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £83,000 | £75,000 | £80,000 |
| East of England median annual salary | £50,967 | £47,500 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.30% | -13.64% | +10.00% |
Lead Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex
Job postings that featured Lead Software Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Essex.
Lead Software Developer
Salary Trend in Essex
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Software Developer in Essex.