Lead Developer
UK

The median Lead Developer salary in the UK is £80,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

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

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 300 305 258
Rank change year-on-year +5 -47 -82
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 556 1,456 1,806
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.05% 1.19% 1.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.10% 1.24% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 486 1,068 1,350
10th Percentile £55,500 £53,750 £52,500
25th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - +6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £97,500 £91,563 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £117,236 £115,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 50,561 117,203 121,950
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 95.41% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 36,942 73,752 84,378
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,798 £32,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in the UK

Lead Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Lead Developer in the UK

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in the UK

Lead Developer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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
England +30 520 £80,000 - 213
London +95 284 £92,500 +5.71% 91
Work from Home -49 257 £80,000 - 114
UK excluding London -39 246 £67,500 -3.57% 129
North of England +31 85 £67,500 -6.90% 33
South East +32 59 £75,000 -3.23% 54
Midlands +93 48 £65,000 +4.00% 8
North West +24 48 £52,084 -28.16% 17
South West -12 35 £70,000 +21.74% 19
Yorkshire +68 34 £67,500 -3.57% 9
West Midlands +108 24 £60,500 -6.92% 5
East Midlands +37 24 £65,000 +8.33% 3
Wales +5 9 £70,000 +3.70% 3
East of England +78 8 £80,000 +23.55% 11
Scotland +1 4 £67,500 -18.18% 1
North East +39 3 £70,000 -17.65% 7

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

For the 6 months to 7 December 2023, 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 featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 247 (44.42%) JavaScript
2 225 (40.47%) .NET
3 212 (38.13%) Azure
4 209 (37.59%) C#
5 208 (37.41%) Agile
6 175 (31.47%) AWS
7 159 (28.60%) Mentoring
8 155 (27.88%) DevOps
9 147 (26.44%) React
10 127 (22.84%) HTML
11 124 (22.30%) SQL
12 123 (22.12%) Java
13 122 (21.94%) CSS
14 111 (19.96%) Full Stack Development
15 108 (19.42%) Finance
16 105 (18.88%) CI/CD
17 102 (18.35%) Microservices
18 101 (18.17%) SQL Server
19 99 (17.81%) Social Skills
20 93 (16.73%) AngularJS
21 90 (16.19%) Degree
22 88 (15.83%) TDD
23 87 (15.65%) Microsoft
24 74 (13.31%) TypeScript
25 73 (13.13%) REST
26 70 (12.59%) Azure DevOps
27 68 (12.23%) Software Engineering
28 67 (12.05%) ASP.NET
29 66 (11.87%) Test Automation
30 65 (11.69%) E-Commerce

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 21 (3.78%) Confluence
2 8 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.90%) CMS
4 4 (0.72%) Apache
5 3 (0.54%) Apache Pig
6 2 (0.36%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.36%) IIS
6 2 (0.36%) Mule
6 2 (0.36%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (0.36%) SharePoint 2013
6 2 (0.36%) WordPress
7 1 (0.18%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.18%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.18%) nginx
7 1 (0.18%) NServiceBus
7 1 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.18%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.18%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Chatbot
1 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.18%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (0.18%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (0.36%) Maximo
2 1 (0.18%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 212 (38.13%) Azure
2 175 (31.47%) AWS
3 70 (12.59%) Azure DevOps
4 39 (7.01%) GCP
5 33 (5.94%) Serverless
6 31 (5.58%) Power Platform
7 23 (4.14%) SaaS
8 22 (3.96%) GitHub
8 22 (3.96%) PowerApps
9 20 (3.60%) Azure Service Bus
10 15 (2.70%) PaaS
10 15 (2.70%) Power Automate
11 12 (2.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 11 (1.98%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (1.80%) AWS Lambda
14 9 (1.62%) Amazon SQS
14 9 (1.62%) Azure Logic Apps
14 9 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
15 8 (1.44%) Azure API Management
15 8 (1.44%) Azure Pipelines
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.80%) Internet
2 7 (1.26%) HTTP
3 1 (0.18%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (18.17%) SQL Server
2 44 (7.91%) NoSQL
3 26 (4.68%) Tableau
4 17 (3.06%) Azure SQL Database
5 16 (2.88%) MongoDB
5 16 (2.88%) MySQL
6 12 (2.16%) Power BI
6 12 (2.16%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.80%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (1.62%) DynamoDB
9 7 (1.26%) Big Data
9 7 (1.26%) PostgreSQL
10 6 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.08%) Redis
11 3 (0.54%) Apache Hive
11 3 (0.54%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.54%) Hazelcast
11 3 (0.54%) MariaDB
12 2 (0.36%) Flink
12 2 (0.36%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 59 (10.61%) Git
2 26 (4.68%) JIRA
3 23 (4.14%) Gradle
4 12 (2.16%) Jenkins
4 12 (2.16%) Visual Studio Team System
5 11 (1.98%) Team Foundation Server
6 10 (1.80%) JUnit
6 10 (1.80%) Selenium
6 10 (1.80%) WebDriver
7 9 (1.62%) Cucumber
7 9 (1.62%) Cypress.io
8 7 (1.26%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 5 (0.90%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.90%) Maven
9 5 (0.90%) NUnit
9 5 (0.90%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.72%) Artifactory
10 4 (0.72%) GitLab
10 4 (0.72%) IntelliJ
10 4 (0.72%) SpecFlow
General
1 108 (19.42%) Finance
2 99 (17.81%) Social Skills
3 29 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
4 27 (4.86%) Front Office
5 24 (4.32%) Banking
5 24 (4.32%) Retail
6 21 (3.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (1.80%) Marketing
8 10 (1.80%) Public Sector
9 9 (1.62%) Games
9 9 (1.62%) Law
10 8 (1.44%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.26%) Tech for Good
12 6 (1.08%) Legal
13 5 (0.90%) Back Office
14 4 (0.72%) Multimedia
15 2 (0.36%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.36%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 225 (40.47%) .NET
2 147 (26.44%) React
3 127 (22.84%) HTML
4 122 (21.94%) CSS
5 93 (16.73%) AngularJS
6 73 (13.13%) REST
7 67 (12.05%) ASP.NET
8 52 (9.35%) Spring
9 51 (9.17%) .NET Core
10 48 (8.63%) Node.js
11 44 (7.91%) .NET Framework
12 43 (7.73%) Spring Boot
13 35 (6.29%) Vue
13 35 (6.29%) Web Services
14 33 (5.94%) RESTful
15 28 (5.04%) Redux
16 26 (4.68%) JSON
16 26 (4.68%) Kafka
16 26 (4.68%) XML
17 24 (4.32%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 30 (5.40%) Fixed Income
2 29 (5.22%) Hedge funds
3 26 (4.68%) Greenfield Project
4 23 (4.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 21 (3.78%) Product Ownership
6 19 (3.42%) Derivative
7 16 (2.88%) Distributed Systems
8 14 (2.52%) Cloud Native
9 13 (2.34%) Equities
9 13 (2.34%) Low-Code
10 11 (1.98%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.98%) IoT
11 10 (1.80%) Mobile App
11 10 (1.80%) Public Cloud
12 9 (1.62%) Housing Association
12 9 (1.62%) Renewable Energy
13 8 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
14 7 (1.26%) Legacy Applications
15 6 (1.08%) Client/Server
15 6 (1.08%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (2.70%) Linux
2 14 (2.52%) Windows
3 11 (1.98%) Android
4 10 (1.80%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.54%) Unix
6 1 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (37.41%) Agile
2 159 (28.60%) Mentoring
3 155 (27.88%) DevOps
4 111 (19.96%) Full Stack Development
5 105 (18.88%) CI/CD
6 102 (18.35%) Microservices
7 88 (15.83%) TDD
8 68 (12.23%) Software Engineering
9 66 (11.87%) Test Automation
10 65 (11.69%) E-Commerce
11 64 (11.51%) Technical Leadership
12 63 (11.33%) User Experience
13 62 (11.15%) Scrum
14 59 (10.61%) Front End Development
15 53 (9.53%) Analytics
16 52 (9.35%) Design Patterns
17 49 (8.81%) UX Design
18 45 (8.09%) Coaching
18 45 (8.09%) Fintech
18 45 (8.09%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 247 (44.42%) JavaScript
2 209 (37.59%) C#
3 124 (22.30%) SQL
4 123 (22.12%) Java
5 74 (13.31%) TypeScript
6 64 (11.51%) Python
7 29 (5.22%) PHP
8 27 (4.86%) T-SQL
9 14 (2.52%) C++
10 13 (2.34%) PowerShell
11 7 (1.26%) Delphi
12 6 (1.08%) Go
13 5 (0.90%) BrightScript
13 5 (0.90%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.90%) Objective-C
14 4 (0.72%) Ada
14 4 (0.72%) Rust
15 3 (0.54%) Shell Script
16 2 (0.36%) COBOL
16 2 (0.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 90 (16.19%) Degree
2 34 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (3.24%) Security Cleared
4 14 (2.52%) SC Cleared
5 10 (1.80%) Master's Degree
6 5 (0.90%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.54%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.54%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.36%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.36%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 2 (0.36%) AWS Certified Developer
8 2 (0.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.36%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.36%) MCPD
9 1 (0.18%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.63%) QA
2 6 (1.08%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.36%) NCSC
3 2 (0.36%) WCAG
4 1 (0.18%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.18%) GDPR
4 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.18%) PMO
System Software
1 63 (11.33%) Docker
2 3 (0.54%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.54%) HDFS
3 2 (0.36%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 47 (8.45%) Kubernetes
2 36 (6.47%) Terraform
3 4 (0.72%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.54%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 87 (15.65%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.60%) Salesforce
3 13 (2.34%) Google
4 4 (0.72%) Adobe
4 4 (0.72%) Mercator
4 4 (0.72%) Oracle
4 4 (0.72%) Splunk
5 3 (0.54%) IBM
5 3 (0.54%) MuleSoft
5 3 (0.54%) ServiceNow
5 3 (0.54%) UiPath
6 2 (0.36%) Aderant
6 2 (0.36%) iManage
6 2 (0.36%) Sitecore
6 2 (0.36%) Solace
6 2 (0.36%) Zend
7 1 (0.18%) Conga
7 1 (0.18%) Databricks
7 1 (0.18%) Telerik