Lead Software Engineer Job Trends in Middlesbrough

Lead Software Engineer
North Yorkshire > Middlesbrough

The median Lead Software Engineer salary in Middlesbrough is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Middlesbrough 1.05% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.09% - -
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 92 54 79
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.84% 98.18% 82.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25 49 63
10th Percentile £27,052 £25,500 £30,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% - -14.29%
75th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £60,000 £56,000 £64,750
North Yorkshire median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -22.22% -14.29% +5.00%

Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Middlesbrough

For the 6 months to 10 September 2025, Lead Software Engineer 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 Middlesbrough region featuring Lead Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Solr
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Apache Cassandra
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Sprint Review
1 1 (100.00%) Headless CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Middlesbrough 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 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%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
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