Lead Software Engineer
UK

The median Lead Software Engineer salary in the UK is £88,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 515 582 590
Rank change year-on-year +67 +8 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer 232 599 582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.43% 0.48% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% 0.50% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 176 385 268
10th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £58,375
25th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £88,750 £75,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.33% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £108,125 £105,000 £119,063
90th Percentile £137,913 £122,500 £143,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,250 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +10.42% -7.69% -

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 51,239 119,424 123,130
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.44% 95.33% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 37,551 74,907 84,473
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,000
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 Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Software Engineer in the UK

Lead Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Lead Software Engineer in the UK

Lead Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Software Engineer over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Lead Software Engineer in the UK

Lead Software Engineer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +32 173 £90,000 +24.14% 107
UK excluding London +105 134 £66,250 +10.42% 64
Work from Home +92 99 £85,000 +9.68% 55
London +92 75 £100,000 - 62
North of England +85 39 £65,000 +8.33% 15
Scotland +28 39 £65,000 -36.12% 4
South West +38 31 £72,000 +20.00% 6
Yorkshire +84 19 £75,000 +25.00% 1
South East +131 17 £65,000 +8.33% 25
North West +68 17 £61,000 +10.91% 9
Midlands +115 6 £77,500 +19.23% 6
West Midlands +133 3 £60,000 -14.29% 4
North East +48 3 £65,000 -2.99% 5
East Midlands +38 3 £77,500 +19.69% 2
Northern Ireland +43 2 £60,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 1 December 2023, 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 featuring Lead Software Engineer in the job title.

1 226 (97.41%) Software Engineering
2 125 (53.88%) Agile
3 113 (48.71%) C#
4 94 (40.52%) Azure
5 88 (37.93%) Mentoring
6 83 (35.78%) .NET
7 81 (34.91%) Java
7 81 (34.91%) DevOps
8 78 (33.62%) JavaScript
9 73 (31.47%) Finance
10 70 (30.17%) AWS
11 67 (28.88%) Kubernetes
12 58 (25.00%) SQL
13 56 (24.14%) CI/CD
14 55 (23.71%) Social Skills
15 52 (22.41%) React
15 52 (22.41%) Python
16 50 (21.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 49 (21.12%) C++
18 45 (19.40%) Computer Science
18 45 (19.40%) Docker
19 44 (18.97%) Test Automation
19 44 (18.97%) Fintech
20 41 (17.67%) Coaching
20 41 (17.67%) Microservices
21 40 (17.24%) Product Ownership
22 39 (16.81%) GCP
23 36 (15.52%) TDD
24 34 (14.66%) AngularJS
24 34 (14.66%) Jenkins

Lead Software Engineer 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 6 (2.59%) Apache Spark
2 3 (1.29%) CMS
3 2 (0.86%) Headless CMS
Cloud Services
1 94 (40.52%) Azure
2 70 (30.17%) AWS
3 39 (16.81%) GCP
4 26 (11.21%) Azure DevOps
5 19 (8.19%) OpenShift
6 13 (5.60%) PaaS
7 9 (3.88%) Google Kubernetes Engine
7 9 (3.88%) SaaS
7 9 (3.88%) Serverless
8 5 (2.16%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (1.72%) Azure Functions
9 4 (1.72%) Azure Stack
9 4 (1.72%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 4 (1.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 3 (1.29%) Algolia
10 3 (1.29%) Amplience
10 3 (1.29%) Cloud Computing
11 2 (0.86%) Contentful
12 1 (0.43%) Azure Key Vault
12 1 (0.43%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.72%) Firewall
2 1 (0.43%) MQTT
2 1 (0.43%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.05%) MongoDB
1 21 (9.05%) NoSQL
2 20 (8.62%) SQL Server
3 18 (7.76%) Elasticsearch
4 9 (3.88%) BigQuery
4 9 (3.88%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.16%) Big Data
6 3 (1.29%) MySQL
6 3 (1.29%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.86%) Redis
8 1 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.43%) Looker
Development Applications
1 34 (14.66%) Jenkins
2 23 (9.91%) Git
3 22 (9.48%) Cypress.io
3 22 (9.48%) Selenium
4 19 (8.19%) Cucumber
5 8 (3.45%) JIRA
6 7 (3.02%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 5 (2.16%) WebDriver
8 3 (1.29%) Bitbucket
8 3 (1.29%) Gradle
8 3 (1.29%) JUnit
8 3 (1.29%) Maven
9 2 (0.86%) Artifactory
9 2 (0.86%) GitLab
9 2 (0.86%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.86%) Visual Studio Team System
10 1 (0.43%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.43%) Jasmine
10 1 (0.43%) Snyk
General
1 73 (31.47%) Finance
2 55 (23.71%) Social Skills
3 50 (21.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 22 (9.48%) Banking
5 19 (8.19%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (8.19%) Marketing
6 17 (7.33%) Retail
7 16 (6.90%) Law
8 13 (5.60%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (5.17%) Aerospace
9 12 (5.17%) Front Office
10 10 (4.31%) Automotive
11 9 (3.88%) Retail Banking
12 8 (3.45%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.72%) Billing
13 4 (1.72%) Electronics
14 3 (1.29%) Investment Banking
15 2 (0.86%) Aviation
15 2 (0.86%) Back Office
15 2 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (35.78%) .NET
2 52 (22.41%) React
3 34 (14.66%) AngularJS
4 20 (8.62%) ASP.NET
5 19 (8.19%) Vue
6 17 (7.33%) Spring
7 12 (5.17%) .NET Core
7 12 (5.17%) Node.js
8 11 (4.74%) Redux
8 11 (4.74%) REST
8 11 (4.74%) Spring Boot
9 10 (4.31%) ASP.NET Core
10 9 (3.88%) .NET Framework
10 9 (3.88%) ASP.NET MVC
10 9 (3.88%) HTML
11 8 (3.45%) RESTful
12 7 (3.02%) JSF
12 7 (3.02%) JSP
13 6 (2.59%) CSS
13 6 (2.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 40 (17.24%) Product Ownership
2 34 (14.66%) Greenfield Project
3 13 (5.60%) Cloud Native
4 12 (5.17%) Derivative
5 10 (4.31%) Equities
5 10 (4.31%) Fixed Income
5 10 (4.31%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (4.31%) Hedge funds
6 8 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
6 8 (3.45%) Public Cloud
7 7 (3.02%) Legacy Applications
7 7 (3.02%) Legacy Code
8 5 (2.16%) Onboarding
8 5 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.72%) Cyberattack
9 4 (1.72%) Linux Command Line
10 3 (1.29%) Algorithms
10 3 (1.29%) Data Structures
10 3 (1.29%) Embedded Systems
10 3 (1.29%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 32 (13.79%) Linux
2 15 (6.47%) Windows
3 5 (2.16%) Android
3 5 (2.16%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.86%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (97.41%) Software Engineering
2 125 (53.88%) Agile
3 88 (37.93%) Mentoring
4 81 (34.91%) DevOps
5 56 (24.14%) CI/CD
6 45 (19.40%) Computer Science
7 44 (18.97%) Fintech
7 44 (18.97%) Test Automation
8 41 (17.67%) Coaching
8 41 (17.67%) Microservices
9 36 (15.52%) TDD
10 34 (14.66%) Roadmaps
11 30 (12.93%) SDLC
11 30 (12.93%) Technical Leadership
12 27 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
13 26 (11.21%) Continuous Integration
13 26 (11.21%) Line Management
14 24 (10.34%) Artificial Intelligence
15 23 (9.91%) Continuous Delivery
15 23 (9.91%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 113 (48.71%) C#
2 81 (34.91%) Java
3 78 (33.62%) JavaScript
4 58 (25.00%) SQL
5 52 (22.41%) Python
6 49 (21.12%) C++
7 26 (11.21%) TypeScript
8 15 (6.47%) Go
9 14 (6.03%) Rust
10 11 (4.74%) C
11 2 (0.86%) Delphi
11 2 (0.86%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.86%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.86%) Scala
12 1 (0.43%) Ada
12 1 (0.43%) Groovy
12 1 (0.43%) PHP
12 1 (0.43%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.43%) Ruby
12 1 (0.43%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 21 (9.05%) Security Cleared
2 16 (6.90%) Degree
3 7 (3.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (3.02%) DV Cleared
4 6 (2.59%) OCP
4 6 (2.59%) Oracle Certification
5 5 (2.16%) AWS Certification
5 5 (2.16%) SC Cleared
6 4 (1.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
6 4 (1.72%) AWS Certified Developer
6 4 (1.72%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 4 (1.72%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.43%) CEH
7 1 (0.43%) CISMP
7 1 (0.43%) CISSP
7 1 (0.43%) CSSLP
7 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.05%) QA
2 4 (1.72%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.86%) Def Stans
3 2 (0.86%) IEC 61508
3 2 (0.86%) MISRA
3 2 (0.86%) MISRA C
4 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.43%) HL7
4 1 (0.43%) PMO
System Software
1 45 (19.40%) Docker
2 2 (0.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 67 (28.88%) Kubernetes
2 17 (7.33%) Terraform
3 2 (0.86%) Ansible
4 1 (0.43%) Grafana
4 1 (0.43%) Nmap
4 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 25 (10.78%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.17%) Google
3 10 (4.31%) Salesforce
4 4 (1.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 2 (0.86%) IBM
5 2 (0.86%) MuleSoft
5 2 (0.86%) Oracle
5 2 (0.86%) Splunk
6 1 (0.43%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.43%) Brio
6 1 (0.43%) Cerner
6 1 (0.43%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.43%) SAP