Lead Java Engineer Job Trends in Middlesbrough

Lead Java Engineer
North Yorkshire > Middlesbrough

The median Lead Java Engineer salary in Middlesbrough is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Java Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Middlesbrough 1.08% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £68,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 - -
75th Percentile £76,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North Yorkshire median annual salary £72,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Middlesbrough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Middlesbrough. 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 Middlesbrough with a recognized job title 91 29 65
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.85% 100.00% 98.48%
Number of salaries quoted 28 25 64
10th Percentile £27,500 £23,500 £24,325
25th Percentile £30,000 £25,500 £28,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% +12.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £71,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £80,000 £67,500
North Yorkshire median annual salary £35,750 £47,500 £49,500
% change year-on-year -24.74% -4.04% -1.00%

Lead Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Middlesbrough

For the 6 months to 16 December 2025, Lead Java Engineer 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 Middlesbrough region featuring Lead Java Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Solr
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (100.00%) Headless CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) MACH
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript

Lead Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Middlesbrough 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Solr
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Headless CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (100.00%) MACH
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript