Lead Developer Jobs in Manchester

Lead Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Lead Developer salary in Manchester is £73,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 173 170
Rank change year-on-year +37 -3 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 91 68 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.75% 1.39% 1.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.86% 1.52% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 86 61 62
10th Percentile £55,625 £53,750 £50,000
25th Percentile £61,875 £65,000 £52,434
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,250 £72,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.03% +16.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £76,520
90th Percentile £86,250 £95,000 £87,500
North West median annual salary £68,750 £72,500 £58,750
% change year-on-year -5.17% +23.40% -2.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,904 4,476 5,417
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 91.68% 96.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3,784 2,634 3,604
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.22% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,941 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.99% +4.65% +10.53%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in Manchester

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Lead Developer in Manchester

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in Manchester over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in Manchester

Lead Developer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Altrincham - 2 - - 1
Salford +17 1 £60,000 -
Lead Developer
North West

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 Manchester region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 29 (31.87%) Agile
1 29 (31.87%) .NET
2 26 (28.57%) C#
2 26 (28.57%) Azure
3 23 (25.27%) JavaScript
3 23 (25.27%) TypeScript
4 22 (24.18%) DevOps
5 21 (23.08%) AWS
6 20 (21.98%) Mentoring
7 18 (19.78%) SQL
8 17 (18.68%) React
9 16 (17.58%) Apache NiFi
9 16 (17.58%) Design Patterns
9 16 (17.58%) Full Stack Development
9 16 (17.58%) C++
9 16 (17.58%) HTML
9 16 (17.58%) STL
9 16 (17.58%) Apache
9 16 (17.58%) TDD
10 15 (16.48%) Degree
10 15 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (15.38%) CSS
12 13 (14.29%) Software Engineering
12 13 (14.29%) .NET Framework
13 12 (13.19%) NoSQL
13 12 (13.19%) REST
13 12 (13.19%) CI/CD
14 11 (12.09%) Web Services
15 10 (10.99%) Windows
15 10 (10.99%) Linux

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 16 (17.58%) Apache
2 4 (4.40%) CMS
3 3 (3.30%) Apache Solr
4 1 (1.10%) IIS
4 1 (1.10%) Umbraco
Business Applications
1 3 (3.30%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.10%) Magento
2 1 (1.10%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 26 (28.57%) Azure
2 21 (23.08%) AWS
3 7 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (7.69%) GCP
4 4 (4.40%) Dynamics 365
4 4 (4.40%) SaaS
5 2 (2.20%) Amazon ElastiCache
5 2 (2.20%) PaaS
6 1 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.10%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.10%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.10%) Azure Storage
6 1 (1.10%) npm
6 1 (1.10%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.10%) DNS
1 1 (1.10%) Firewall
1 1 (1.10%) SSL
1 1 (1.10%) TCP/IP
1 1 (1.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (13.19%) NoSQL
2 10 (10.99%) MySQL
3 8 (8.79%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (2.20%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (2.20%) GitLab
1 2 (2.20%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.10%) Maven
2 1 (1.10%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (10.99%) Social Skills
2 5 (5.49%) Finance
2 5 (5.49%) Games
3 4 (4.40%) Retail
4 2 (2.20%) Back Office
4 2 (2.20%) Marketing
4 2 (2.20%) Public Sector
4 2 (2.20%) Tech for Good
5 1 (1.10%) Banking
5 1 (1.10%) Electronics
5 1 (1.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (31.87%) .NET
2 17 (18.68%) React
3 16 (17.58%) Apache NiFi
3 16 (17.58%) HTML
3 16 (17.58%) STL
4 14 (15.38%) CSS
5 13 (14.29%) .NET Framework
6 12 (13.19%) REST
7 11 (12.09%) Web Services
8 8 (8.79%) .NET Core
9 7 (7.69%) AngularJS
10 6 (6.59%) MobX
10 6 (6.59%) Node.js
10 6 (6.59%) Redux
11 5 (5.49%) RabbitMQ
11 5 (5.49%) RESTful
11 5 (5.49%) Spring
12 4 (4.40%) jQuery
12 4 (4.40%) SOAP
12 4 (4.40%) Spring Cloud
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.89%) Cloud Native
2 8 (8.79%) Mobile App
3 7 (7.69%) Video\Live Streaming
4 2 (2.20%) Legacy Code
4 2 (2.20%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.10%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.10%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (1.10%) FPGA
5 1 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.10%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.10%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (10.99%) Linux
1 10 (10.99%) Windows
2 8 (8.79%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.20%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (31.87%) Agile
2 22 (24.18%) DevOps
3 20 (21.98%) Mentoring
4 16 (17.58%) Design Patterns
4 16 (17.58%) Full Stack Development
4 16 (17.58%) TDD
5 15 (16.48%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (14.29%) Software Engineering
7 12 (13.19%) CI/CD
8 10 (10.99%) Scrum
9 9 (9.89%) Microservices
9 9 (9.89%) Performance Optimisation
10 8 (8.79%) Code Quality
10 8 (8.79%) Mobile Application Development
10 8 (8.79%) Software Testing
10 8 (8.79%) Technical Leadership
11 7 (7.69%) Architectural Patterns
11 7 (7.69%) Computer Science
11 7 (7.69%) OOP
11 7 (7.69%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 26 (28.57%) C#
2 23 (25.27%) JavaScript
2 23 (25.27%) TypeScript
3 18 (19.78%) SQL
4 16 (17.58%) C++
5 9 (9.89%) Java
6 5 (5.49%) Swift
7 3 (3.30%) C
7 3 (3.30%) Objective-C
7 3 (3.30%) PowerShell
8 2 (2.20%) Kotlin
8 2 (2.20%) PHP
8 2 (2.20%) Python
9 1 (1.10%) VB
9 1 (1.10%) XAML
Qualifications
1 15 (16.48%) Degree
2 7 (7.69%) AWS Certification
2 7 (7.69%) Azure Certification
2 7 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.40%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.20%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.59%) QA
System Software
1 9 (9.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.49%) Terraform
2 3 (3.30%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.10%) Ansible
3 1 (1.10%) Kiali
3 1 (1.10%) Kibana
Vendors
1 7 (7.69%) Microsoft