Lead Developer Jobs in Preston

Lead Developer
Lancashire > Preston

The median Lead Developer salary in Preston is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 August 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 0.41% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £75,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Preston

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Preston. 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 Preston with a recognized job title 232 177 224
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.27% 86.34% 84.53%
Number of salaries quoted 193 146 160
10th Percentile - £25,250 £23,500
25th Percentile £47,683 £35,000 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £48,000 £44,011
Median % change year-on-year +4.28% +9.06% +15.82%
75th Percentile £55,000 £56,938 £57,813
90th Percentile £59,816 £70,000 £68,875
Lancashire median annual salary £50,055 £48,000 £48,271
% change year-on-year +4.28% -0.56% +7.27%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in Preston

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in Preston

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Developer in Preston.

Salary trend for Lead Developer in Preston

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston

For the 6 months to 1 August 2025, Lead 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 Preston region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
1 1 (100.00%) WFM
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby on Rails
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Ruby