Lead Software Engineer
UK
The median Lead Software Engineer salary in the UK is £85,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 April 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 20 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 297 | 637 | 579 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +340 | -58 | +63 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer | 953 | 383 | 794 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.98% | 0.36% | 0.52% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.04% | 0.39% | 0.54% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 247 | 245 | 318 |
| 10th Percentile | £58,500 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £67,500 | £62,500 | £63,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £85,000 | £82,000 | £77,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.66% | +5.81% | +10.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £115,000 | £110,000 | £99,375 |
| 90th Percentile | £153,750 | £122,500 | £118,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £70,000 | £70,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +7.69% | +10.17% |
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 | 91,854 | 97,276 | 146,984 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.61% | 91.60% | 96.02% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 66,203 | 60,967 | 85,741 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,550 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.42% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £81,250 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.76% | +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.
Lead Software Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Software Engineer.
Lead Software Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Software Engineer over the 6 months to 20 April 2024.
Lead Software Engineer
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 Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 20 April 2024. 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +331 | 837 | £70,000 | - | 55 |
| Scotland | +128 | 675 | £100,000 | +13.02% | 13 |
| England | +105 | 272 | £80,000 | -5.88% | 75 |
| Work from Home | +21 | 117 | £91,500 | +3.41% | 46 |
| London | +109 | 113 | £110,000 | +8.11% | 33 |
| South East | +49 | 51 | £73,750 | +5.36% | 13 |
| South West | +15 | 48 | £67,500 | -3.23% | 5 |
| North of England | +50 | 34 | £70,000 | +7.69% | 13 |
| North West | +19 | 25 | £70,000 | +15.70% | 5 |
| Midlands | +18 | 24 | £85,000 | +41.67% | 7 |
| West Midlands | +48 | 16 | £85,000 | +47.83% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | +75 | 8 | £64,000 | -19.63% | 5 |
| East Midlands | -19 | 8 | £86,250 | +38.00% | 2 |
| Northern Ireland | +14 | 3 | £95,000 | +58.33% | 2 |
| East of England | +21 | 2 | £72,500 | - | 2 |
| North East | -1 | 1 | £74,000 | +13.85% | 3 |
Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 April 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 featuring Lead Software Engineer in the job title.
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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:
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