Lead Developer Job Trends in Peterborough

Lead Developer
Cambridgeshire > Peterborough

The median Lead Developer salary in Peterborough is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 October 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Peterborough 0.62% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £76,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 - -
75th Percentile £78,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £77,500 £70,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +10.71% -9.68% +14.81%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Peterborough

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Peterborough. 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 Peterborough with a recognized job title 152 166 73
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.41% 88.30% 98.65%
Number of salaries quoted 101 81 59
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £32,200 £32,000 £30,059
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £44,558
Median % change year-on-year - +0.99% +7.37%
75th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £56,750
90th Percentile £72,750 £65,272 £59,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +4.76% -

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Peterborough

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

Lead Developer job vacancy trend in Peterborough

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in Peterborough

Salary distribution trend for Lead Developer job vacancies in Peterborough.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Developer job vacancies in Peterborough

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough

For the 6 months to 30 October 2025, Lead Developer 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 Peterborough region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Peterborough 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
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Distributed Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#