Lead Developer Jobs in Wales

Lead Developer
UK > Wales

The median Lead Developer salary in Wales is £67,500 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
Rank 69 128 123
Rank change year-on-year +59 -5 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 38 8 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 1.97% 0.47% 0.71%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.12% 0.54% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 37 8 12
10th Percentile £57,550 £42,538 £55,375
25th Percentile £65,000 £44,469 £70,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £57,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.39% -28.13% +33.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,125 £87,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 -
UK median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% +3.33% +5.63%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,789 1,481 1,827
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 86.61% 93.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,271 806 1,206
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,391 £31,475
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,960
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +16.85%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £61,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £72,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in Wales

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Lead Developer in Wales

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in Wales over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in Wales

Lead Developer
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the Wales region 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
South Wales +48 32 £65,000 +30.00% 2
North Wales - 5 £75,000 -
West Wales +17 1 £80,000 +14.29%
Lead Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 across the Wales region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 13 (34.21%) Mentoring
2 12 (31.58%) Public Sector
3 10 (26.32%) Coaching
4 8 (21.05%) Technical Leadership
4 8 (21.05%) AWS
5 7 (18.42%) Azure
6 6 (15.79%) Agile
6 6 (15.79%) C#
6 6 (15.79%) SharePoint
6 6 (15.79%) Software Engineering
7 5 (13.16%) Operations Management
7 5 (13.16%) JavaScript
7 5 (13.16%) TDD
7 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
8 4 (10.53%) SQL
8 4 (10.53%) Python
8 4 (10.53%) Node.js
8 4 (10.53%) Microservices
8 4 (10.53%) Full Stack Development
9 3 (7.89%) Code Quality
9 3 (7.89%) CI/CD
9 3 (7.89%) Power Platform
9 3 (7.89%) PowerApps
9 3 (7.89%) GCP
9 3 (7.89%) Docker
9 3 (7.89%) DevOps
9 3 (7.89%) IoT
9 3 (7.89%) Line Management
9 3 (7.89%) React
9 3 (7.89%) SaaS

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (15.79%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.05%) AWS
2 7 (18.42%) Azure
3 3 (7.89%) GCP
3 3 (7.89%) Power Platform
3 3 (7.89%) PowerApps
3 3 (7.89%) SaaS
4 2 (5.26%) dbt
4 2 (5.26%) GitHub
4 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (5.26%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.63%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.26%) Intranet
2 1 (2.63%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (5.26%) Redis
1 2 (5.26%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) GitKraken
1 2 (5.26%) JetBrains Rider
1 2 (5.26%) ReSharper
1 2 (5.26%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.63%) Git
2 1 (2.63%) GitLab
2 1 (2.63%) IntelliJ
2 1 (2.63%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (31.58%) Public Sector
2 2 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (5.26%) Police
2 2 (5.26%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.63%) Finance
3 1 (2.63%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.53%) Node.js
2 3 (7.89%) .NET
2 3 (7.89%) ASP.NET
2 3 (7.89%) React
2 3 (7.89%) RESTful
3 2 (5.26%) .NET Framework
3 2 (5.26%) ASP.NET Core
3 2 (5.26%) Blazor
3 2 (5.26%) CSS
3 2 (5.26%) Django
3 2 (5.26%) Entity Framework
3 2 (5.26%) HTML
3 2 (5.26%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (5.26%) Spring
3 2 (5.26%) Spring Boot
4 1 (2.63%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.63%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (2.63%) Kafka
4 1 (2.63%) REST
4 1 (2.63%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.89%) IoT
2 2 (5.26%) Blockchain
2 2 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (5.26%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) Mentoring
2 10 (26.32%) Coaching
3 8 (21.05%) Technical Leadership
4 6 (15.79%) Agile
4 6 (15.79%) Software Engineering
5 5 (13.16%) Operations Management
5 5 (13.16%) TDD
6 4 (10.53%) Full Stack Development
6 4 (10.53%) Microservices
7 3 (7.89%) CI/CD
7 3 (7.89%) Code Quality
7 3 (7.89%) DevOps
7 3 (7.89%) Line Management
7 3 (7.89%) MVC
7 3 (7.89%) Scrum
7 3 (7.89%) Unit Testing
8 2 (5.26%) Domain-Driven Design
8 2 (5.26%) Pair Programming
8 2 (5.26%) Software Architecture
8 2 (5.26%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.79%) C#
2 5 (13.16%) JavaScript
3 4 (10.53%) Python
3 4 (10.53%) SQL
4 3 (7.89%) Java
5 1 (2.63%) Apex Code
5 1 (2.63%) Go
5 1 (2.63%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) Accessibility
1 2 (5.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (7.89%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.26%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.63%) MuleSoft