Lead Java Developer Jobs in the North of England

Lead Java Developer
England > North of England

The median Lead Java Developer salary in the North of England is £97,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

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

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 339 391 421
Rank change year-on-year +52 +30 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Java Developer 2 6 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.017% 0.034% 0.053%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.036% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 7
10th Percentile £90,750 £26,250 £56,500
25th Percentile £91,875 £39,688 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £97,500 £90,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +28.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £106,875 £100,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £110,250 - £81,000
England median annual salary £90,000 £92,500 £95,000
% change year-on-year -2.70% -2.63% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 10,621 16,613 15,344
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.08% 94.96% 89.57%
Number of salaries quoted 5,732 12,861 8,142
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £39,629
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.98% +7.50%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Lead Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Java Developer in the North of England

Lead Java Developer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Java Developer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Lead Java Developer in the North of England

Lead Java Developer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Java Developer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. 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
North West -6 1 £105,000 +16.67%
Yorkshire - 1 £90,000 - 1
Lead Java Developer
England

Lead Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Lead Java 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 North of England region featuring Lead Java Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Kafka
2 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) Docker
2 1 (50.00%) DevOps
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Microservices
2 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Kotlin
2 1 (50.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery

Lead Java Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Amazon EKS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (50.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Microservices
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) Software Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Kotlin
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes