Lead Developer Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Lead Developer
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Lead Developer salary in Hertfordshire is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 November 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 83 68
Rank change year-on-year +10 -15 +53
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 4 14 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Hertfordshire 0.43% 0.99% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 1.08% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 2
10th Percentile - £73,750 -
25th Percentile - £80,938 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £95,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +18.75% -15.79%
75th Percentile - - £82,500
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% -12.50% +23.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 846 1,301 683
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.97% 92.20% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 587 625 474
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,100 £28,860
25th Percentile £32,500 £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
East of England median annual salary £45,000 £52,795 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.76% +0.56% +1.94%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Lead Developer job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution trend for Lead Developer job vacancies in Hertfordshire.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Developer job vacancies in Hertfordshire

Lead Developer
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 4 November 2025. 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
Stevenage +7 2 £65,000 - 4
Hemel Hempstead - 1 - - 1
Lead Developer
East of England

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Big Data
1 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (25.00%) Data Management
1 1 (25.00%) ETL
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (25.00%) SQL

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (25.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Big Data
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Database
General
1 1 (25.00%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (25.00%) Data Management
1 1 (25.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle