Lead Developer Jobs in Ipswich

Lead Developer
Suffolk > Ipswich

The median Lead Developer salary in Ipswich is £53,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 29 26
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 1 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Ipswich 1.06% 1.32% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.08% 1.35% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,750 £53,346 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,173 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% -15.12% -13.33%
75th Percentile £55,250 £57,001 £70,000
90th Percentile - - -
Suffolk median annual salary £53,500 £55,173 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.03% -15.12% -13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Ipswich

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Ipswich. 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 Ipswich with a recognized job title 93 223 104
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.94% 98.24% 78.79%
Number of salaries quoted 81 172 66
10th Percentile £25,625 £25,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £29,222 £31,777
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -9.52% +13.51%
75th Percentile £57,000 £60,000 £68,438
90th Percentile £65,000 £77,500 £81,875
Suffolk median annual salary £60,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year +50.00% +3.90% -9.41%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Ipswich

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in Ipswich

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in Ipswich

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

Salary trend for Lead Developer in Ipswich

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Ipswich

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 Ipswich region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Power Query

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Power Query
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) ETL
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft