Lead Software Engineer
UK
The median Lead Software Engineer salary in the UK is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 26 Jul 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
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| Rank | 253 | 632 | 539 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +379 | -93 | +35 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer | 969 | 265 | 1,078 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 1.07% | 0.33% | 0.62% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.13% | 0.36% | 0.64% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 341 | 204 | 406 |
| 10th Percentile | £55,000 | £55,000 | £52,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £70,000 | £62,500 | £60,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £95,000 | £73,000 | £77,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +30.14% | -5.81% | +3.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £142,500 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £165,000 | £117,500 | £113,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £70,000 | £65,000 | £65,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.69% | - | +8.33% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 | 85,709 | 74,085 | 167,386 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.83% | 91.81% | 95.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 58,134 | 51,472 | 87,435 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £43,800 | £43,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.33% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £71,250 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,000 | £52,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +1.92% | +9.47% |
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 26 July 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 26 July 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 | +304 | 743 | £70,000 | +7.69% | 30 |
| England | +259 | 506 | £95,000 | +17.28% | 34 |
| Scotland | +132 | 457 | £75,000 | +15.38% | 2 |
| London | +195 | 218 | £135,000 | +35.00% | 9 |
| Work from Home | +87 | 180 | £135,000 | +63.64% | 17 |
| North of England | +116 | 146 | £68,000 | -2.86% | 12 |
| North West | +98 | 115 | £70,000 | +14.75% | 9 |
| South East | +35 | 50 | £75,000 | +15.38% | 2 |
| South West | +18 | 45 | £70,000 | -2.78% | 5 |
| Midlands | +1 | 40 | £55,000 | -4.35% | 4 |
| West Midlands | +16 | 25 | £70,000 | +21.74% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +56 | 23 | £68,000 | -14.61% | 2 |
| East Midlands | -25 | 15 | £45,000 | - | 1 |
| North East | -5 | 8 | £35,000 | -46.15% | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | +9 | 3 | £100,000 | +66.67% | 3 |
| East of England | -4 | 2 | £81,250 | +35.42% | 2 |
Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 26 July 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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