Lead Java Engineer Job Trends in the North East

Lead Java Engineer
England > North East

As of 31 January 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Lead Java Engineer salary in the North East.

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Java Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.086% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
England median annual salary £95,000 £110,000 £87,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +25.71% -20.45%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 1,108 842 1,105
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.86% 95.90% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 779 337 955
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,250 £28,100
25th Percentile £31,750 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.24% +15.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,772
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Lead Java Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Lead Java Engineer job vacancy trend in the North East

Lead Java Engineer
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for Lead Java Engineer job vacancies in the North East.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Java Engineer job vacancies in the North East

Lead Java Engineer
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Java Engineer within the North East region over the 6 months to 31 January 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
Tyne and Wear - 1 - -
Lead Java Engineer
England

Lead Java Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 31 January 2026, 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 North East region featuring Lead Java Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

Lead Java Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) NoSQL
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Kafka
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Spring Boot
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes