Lead Software Engineer Jobs in Northampton

Lead Software Engineer
Northamptonshire > Northampton

The median Lead Software Engineer salary in Northampton is £78,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 54 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northampton 0.21% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £76,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,500 - -
75th Percentile £80,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northamptonshire median annual salary £78,500 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Northampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Northampton. 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 Northampton with a recognized job title 462 420 252
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.86% 98.36% 86.60%
Number of salaries quoted 176 347 172
10th Percentile £26,500 £24,807 £25,800
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £41,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.30% -21.90% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £52,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,400 £78,500
Northamptonshire median annual salary £47,683 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +19.21% -27.27% +10.00%

Lead Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Northampton

Job postings that featured Lead Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northampton.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Software Engineer in Northampton

Lead Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Northampton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Software Engineer in Northampton.

Salary trend for Lead Software Engineer in Northampton

Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton

For the 6 months to 23 May 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 Northampton region featuring Lead Software Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership

Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northampton 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) SQL