Lead Software Engineer
Hampshire > Southampton
The median Lead Software Engineer salary in Southampton is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
3 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
Same period 2023 |
| Rank |
42 |
72 |
- |
| Rank change year-on-year |
+30 |
- |
- |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer |
1 |
6 |
0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton |
0.30% |
0.70% |
- |
| As % of the Job Titles category |
0.30% |
0.72% |
- |
| Number of salaries quoted |
1 |
3 |
0 |
| 10th Percentile |
- |
£69,000 |
- |
| 25th Percentile |
£72,500 |
£75,000 |
- |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£80,000 |
£90,000 |
- |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-11.11% |
- |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£87,500 |
£95,000 |
- |
| 90th Percentile |
- |
- |
- |
| Hampshire median annual salary |
£87,500 |
£70,000 |
- |
| % change year-on-year |
+25.00% |
- |
- |
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 |
333 |
833 |
731 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title |
98.52% |
97.09% |
93.24% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
267 |
706 |
583 |
| 10th Percentile |
£29,000 |
£28,375 |
£27,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£40,000 |
£31,438 |
£36,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£55,000 |
£45,000 |
£50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+22.22% |
-10.00% |
-4.76% |
| 75th Percentile |
£63,750 |
£61,250 |
£70,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£72,500 |
£72,500 |
£80,000 |
| Hampshire median annual salary |
£53,500 |
£50,000 |
£52,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
+7.00% |
-3.85% |
-0.95% |
