Lead Software Engineer Jobs in Southampton

Lead Software Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Lead Software Engineer salary in Southampton is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 72 - 106
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer 6 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 0.70% - 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.72% - 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £69,000 - -
25th Percentile £75,000 - £59,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 - £61,000
75th Percentile £95,000 - £66,750
90th Percentile - - £69,000
Hampshire median annual salary £70,000 - £63,000
% change year-on-year - - -10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 831 726 1,175
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.08% 93.20% 96.23%
Number of salaries quoted 704 576 982
10th Percentile £28,325 £27,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £32,000 £37,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +16.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £80,000 £85,000
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +10.53%

Lead Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

Job postings that featured Lead Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Southampton.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Software Engineer in Southampton

Lead Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Southampton

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Software Engineer in Southampton.

Salary trend for Lead Software Engineer in Southampton

Lead Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Southampton

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Software Engineer in Southampton over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Software Engineer in Southampton

Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Lead Software Engineer 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 Southampton region featuring Lead Software Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 5 (83.33%) Linux
3 3 (50.00%) Python
3 3 (50.00%) C++
4 2 (33.33%) HTML
4 2 (33.33%) Java
4 2 (33.33%) 3GPP
4 2 (33.33%) Assembly Language
4 2 (33.33%) Wireless
4 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
4 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
4 2 (33.33%) Device Driver
4 2 (33.33%) C
4 2 (33.33%) C#
4 2 (33.33%) Agile
4 2 (33.33%) Spring
4 2 (33.33%) Google
4 2 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
4 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
4 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Git
4 2 (33.33%) Azure
4 2 (33.33%) AWS
4 2 (33.33%) HTML5
4 2 (33.33%) Signal Processing
4 2 (33.33%) Gradle

Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 2 (33.33%) AWS
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) 3GPP
1 2 (33.33%) 5G
1 2 (33.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Git
1 2 (33.33%) Gradle
2 1 (16.67%) GitLab
2 1 (16.67%) Jenkins
2 1 (16.67%) Robot Framework
General
1 2 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) HTML
1 2 (33.33%) HTML5
1 2 (33.33%) Spring
2 1 (16.67%) Django
2 1 (16.67%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 5 (83.33%) Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Embedded Linux
2 2 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (16.67%) CentOS
3 1 (16.67%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 2 (33.33%) Device Driver Development
2 2 (33.33%) DevOps
2 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 2 (33.33%) Signal Processing
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) C++
1 3 (50.00%) Python
2 2 (33.33%) Assembly Language
2 2 (33.33%) C
2 2 (33.33%) C#
2 2 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat