Lead Software Developer Jobs in the South East

Lead Software Developer
England > South East

The median Lead Software Developer salary in the South East is £76,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 347 387 466
Rank change year-on-year +40 +79 -117
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Developer 54 23 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.32% 0.15% 0.071%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.17% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 54 23 3
10th Percentile £62,375 £64,000 £74,000
25th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £74,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £75,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.67% -6.25% +52.38%
75th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £100,000
90th Percentile - - £109,000
England median annual salary £90,000 £77,500 £85,000
% change year-on-year +16.13% -8.82% +21.43%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 15,633 13,568 19,141
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.86% 90.53% 96.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,320 8,524 12,657
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%

Lead Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Software Developer in the South East

Lead Software Developer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Software Developer in the South East.

Salary trend for Lead Software Developer in the South East

Lead Software Developer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Software Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Software Developer in the South East

Lead Software Developer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Software Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Thames Valley +42 31 £105,000 -4.55% 1
Berkshire +45 27 £105,000 -4.55% 1
Hampshire +3 23 £70,000 -6.67% 1
Oxfordshire +20 4 £57,500 -37.84%
Lead Software Developer
England

Lead Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Lead Software 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 South East region featuring Lead Software Developer in the job title.

1 47 (87.04%) C#
2 43 (79.63%) .NET
2 43 (79.63%) Agile
3 28 (51.85%) Docker
3 28 (51.85%) JavaScript
3 28 (51.85%) Kubernetes
4 25 (46.30%) Propensity Modelling
5 21 (38.89%) React
5 21 (38.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 21 (38.89%) Artificial Intelligence
5 21 (38.89%) Computer Science
5 21 (38.89%) Degree
5 21 (38.89%) TypeScript
5 21 (38.89%) NoSQL
6 20 (37.04%) Software Engineering
6 20 (37.04%) Finance
7 19 (35.19%) Visual Studio
8 18 (33.33%) Multithreading
9 13 (24.07%) Unit Testing
10 12 (22.22%) C++
10 12 (22.22%) Anti-Money Laundering
11 11 (20.37%) Windows
11 11 (20.37%) Microsoft
11 11 (20.37%) JSON
11 11 (20.37%) Digital Media
12 10 (18.52%) Azure
12 10 (18.52%) .NET Core
13 9 (16.67%) Microservices
13 9 (16.67%) Test Automation
13 9 (16.67%) DevOps

Lead Software Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (18.52%) Azure
2 8 (14.81%) AWS
3 7 (12.96%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (12.96%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.96%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (38.89%) NoSQL
2 9 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (35.19%) Visual Studio
2 7 (12.96%) Git
2 7 (12.96%) Jasmine
2 7 (12.96%) NUnit
2 7 (12.96%) Selenium
2 7 (12.96%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (12.96%) TeamCity
2 7 (12.96%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 20 (37.04%) Finance
2 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
3 2 (3.70%) Aerospace
4 1 (1.85%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (79.63%) .NET
2 21 (38.89%) React
3 11 (20.37%) JSON
4 10 (18.52%) .NET Core
5 8 (14.81%) ASP.NET
6 7 (12.96%) .NET Framework
6 7 (12.96%) ARM Templates
6 7 (12.96%) CSS
6 7 (12.96%) Entity Framework
6 7 (12.96%) HTML
6 7 (12.96%) HTML5
6 7 (12.96%) OpenID
6 7 (12.96%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.37%) Digital Media
2 2 (3.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (20.37%) Windows
2 2 (3.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (79.63%) Agile
2 25 (46.30%) Propensity Modelling
3 21 (38.89%) Artificial Intelligence
3 21 (38.89%) Computer Science
4 20 (37.04%) Software Engineering
5 18 (33.33%) Multithreading
6 13 (24.07%) Unit Testing
7 12 (22.22%) Anti-Money Laundering
8 9 (16.67%) DevOps
8 9 (16.67%) Microservices
8 9 (16.67%) Test Automation
9 7 (12.96%) Infrastructure as Code
9 7 (12.96%) OWASP
9 7 (12.96%) Scrum
9 7 (12.96%) SOA
9 7 (12.96%) Trade Surveillance
9 7 (12.96%) Web Development
10 6 (11.11%) Mentoring
11 5 (9.26%) Product Management
11 5 (9.26%) Thought Leadership
Programming Languages
1 47 (87.04%) C#
2 28 (51.85%) JavaScript
3 21 (38.89%) TypeScript
4 12 (22.22%) C++
5 9 (16.67%) C
6 7 (12.96%) Bicep
7 5 (9.26%) Java
8 4 (7.41%) Python
9 2 (3.70%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 21 (38.89%) Computer Science Degree
1 21 (38.89%) Degree
2 4 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 2 (3.70%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 28 (51.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 28 (51.85%) Kubernetes
2 7 (12.96%) MIIS
2 7 (12.96%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (20.37%) Microsoft