Lead Software Developer Job Trends in the South East

Lead Software Developer
England > South East

The median Lead Software Developer salary in the South East is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 280 299 279
Rank change year-on-year +19 -20 +188
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Developer 5 15 8
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.056% 0.13% 0.099%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.14% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 5 10 8
10th Percentile £65,500 £49,396 £78,250
25th Percentile £70,000 £52,047 £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £62,500 £92,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.00% -32.43% +13.85%
75th Percentile £100,000 £78,750 £97,500
90th Percentile - £88,250 £102,000
England median annual salary £87,500 £135,000 £68,750
% change year-on-year -35.19% +96.36% -11.29%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 8,083 11,084 7,634
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.10% 96.56% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 4,552 6,246 5,382
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £82,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -

Lead Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Lead Software Developer job vacancy trend in the South East

Lead Software Developer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Lead Software Developer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Software Developer job vacancies 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 23 October 2025.

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 23 October 2025. 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
Surrey +18 2 £67,500 +8.00% 3
Berkshire -4 2 £100,000 +17.65% 2
Thames Valley -5 2 £100,000 +54.56% 4
East Sussex - 1 £85,000 - 4
Lead Software Developer
England

Lead Software Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 23 October 2025, Lead Software 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 South East region featuring Lead Software Developer in the job title.

1 2 (40.00%) C
1 2 (40.00%) C++
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) HTML
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
1 2 (40.00%) PhD
1 2 (40.00%) Propensity Modelling
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (40.00%) Subversion
1 2 (40.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (20.00%) Physics

Lead Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Subversion
General
1 1 (20.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (20.00%) Military
1 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (40.00%) Propensity Modelling
1 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (20.00%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) C
1 2 (40.00%) C++
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
1 2 (40.00%) PhD
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared