Lead Software Engineer
UK > Wales
The median Lead Software Engineer salary in Wales is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 68 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Engineer | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales | 1.04% | - | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 1.20% | - | - |
| Number of salaries quoted | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | £62,500 | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £69,375 | - | - |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £77,500 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £78,750 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median annual salary | £95,000 | £85,000 | £82,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.76% | +3.66% | +5.81% |
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 | 918 | 1,889 | 1,421 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 86.52% | 92.64% | 86.02% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 541 | 1,285 | 804 |
| 10th Percentile | £23,504 | £26,250 | £26,391 |
| 25th Percentile | £25,087 | £32,500 | £35,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £47,683 | £45,000 | £45,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.96% | - | -5.26% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,000 | £57,500 | £61,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £72,931 | £70,000 | £72,500 |
| UK median annual salary | £56,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.67% | -12.50% | - |
Lead Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales
Job postings that featured Lead Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.
Lead Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Wales
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Software Engineer in Wales.
Lead Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales
For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, 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 across the Wales region featuring Lead Software Engineer in the job title.
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Lead Software Engineer 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: