Lead Software Engineer Job Trends in Norfolk

Lead Software Engineer
East of England > Norfolk

The median Lead Software Engineer salary in Norfolk is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 September 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Norfolk 0.29% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - -
East of England median annual salary £76,500 £77,500 £81,250
% change year-on-year -1.29% -4.62% +35.42%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Norfolk

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Norfolk. 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 Norfolk with a recognized job title 641 180 387
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 97.30% 93.48%
Number of salaries quoted 439 121 284
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,000 £60,000 £70,000
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%

Lead Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Norfolk

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead Software Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Norfolk.

Lead Software Engineer job vacancy trend in Norfolk

Lead Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Norfolk

Salary distribution trend for Lead Software Engineer job vacancies in Norfolk.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Software Engineer job vacancies in Norfolk

Lead Software Engineer
Job Locations in Norfolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Software Engineer within the Norfolk region over the 6 months to 8 September 2026. 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
Norwich - 1 £80,000 - 3
Lead Software Engineer
East of England

Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Norfolk

For the 6 months to 8 September 2026, Lead Software 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 Norfolk region featuring Lead Software Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Automotive SPICE
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Functional Safety
2 1 (50.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) ISO 26262
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) MISRA
2 1 (50.00%) MISRA C
2 1 (50.00%) Product Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation

Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Norfolk 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Advertising
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (50.00%) Change Control
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (50.00%) Hardware-in-the-Loop
2 1 (50.00%) Integration Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Product Requirements
2 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Validation
2 1 (50.00%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Automotive SPICE
1 1 (50.00%) ISO 26262
1 1 (50.00%) MISRA
1 1 (50.00%) MISRA C
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft