Lead Developer Jobs in Sheffield

Lead Developer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Lead Developer salary in Sheffield is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 June 2024.

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

6 months to
17 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 78 98 83
Rank change year-on-year +20 -15 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 12 2 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 0.94% 0.23% 1.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.97% 0.26% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 12 2 11
10th Percentile - £50,250 -
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,625 £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £52,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.81% -25.00% +30.23%
75th Percentile £82,500 £55,625 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,250 £56,750 -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £67,500 £52,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +28.57% -25.00% +55.56%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sheffield. 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 Sheffield with a recognized job title 1,232 767 886
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.17% 88.36% 98.66%
Number of salaries quoted 967 424 486
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £29,900
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,500 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,250 £70,000 £82,500
South Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% -10.00% +5.26%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in Sheffield

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in Sheffield

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

Salary trend for Lead Developer in Sheffield

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in Sheffield over the 6 months to 17 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in Sheffield

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield

For the 6 months to 17 June 2024, 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 Sheffield region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) JavaScript
2 8 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 7 (58.33%) AWS
3 7 (58.33%) Microservices
4 6 (50.00%) Mentoring
4 6 (50.00%) React
5 5 (41.67%) SOLID
5 5 (41.67%) Technical Leadership
5 5 (41.67%) Technical Debt
5 5 (41.67%) Tailwind CSS
5 5 (41.67%) Product Roadmap
5 5 (41.67%) Azure
5 5 (41.67%) Laravel
5 5 (41.67%) PHP
5 5 (41.67%) HTML
5 5 (41.67%) CSS
5 5 (41.67%) OOP
5 5 (41.67%) Ada
5 5 (41.67%) TDD
6 4 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
7 3 (25.00%) Java
7 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
7 3 (25.00%) Law
7 3 (25.00%) Node.js
7 3 (25.00%) TypeScript
7 3 (25.00%) Conversational UI
7 3 (25.00%) Chatbot
8 2 (16.67%) Spring Boot
8 2 (16.67%) Vue
8 2 (16.67%) Full Stack Development

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) AWS
2 5 (41.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (25.00%) Law
2 1 (8.33%) Banking
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (50.00%) React
2 5 (41.67%) CSS
2 5 (41.67%) HTML
2 5 (41.67%) Laravel
2 5 (41.67%) Tailwind CSS
3 3 (25.00%) Node.js
4 2 (16.67%) AngularJS
4 2 (16.67%) Kafka
4 2 (16.67%) Spring
4 2 (16.67%) Spring Boot
4 2 (16.67%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 7 (58.33%) Microservices
3 6 (50.00%) Mentoring
4 5 (41.67%) OOP
4 5 (41.67%) Product Roadmap
4 5 (41.67%) SOLID
4 5 (41.67%) TDD
4 5 (41.67%) Technical Debt
4 5 (41.67%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence
6 3 (25.00%) Conversational UI
7 2 (16.67%) Full Stack Development
8 1 (8.33%) Fintech
8 1 (8.33%) Front End Development
8 1 (8.33%) Machine Learning
8 1 (8.33%) SDLC
8 1 (8.33%) Software Engineering
8 1 (8.33%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (91.67%) JavaScript
2 5 (41.67%) Ada
2 5 (41.67%) PHP
3 3 (25.00%) Java
3 3 (25.00%) TypeScript
4 2 (16.67%) Python
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) Kubernetes