Lead Software Developer Job Trends in Warrington

Lead Software Developer
Cheshire > Warrington

The median Lead Software Developer salary in Warrington is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
27 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Developer 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Warrington 1.37% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.56% - -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £66,250 - -
25th Percentile £68,125 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Warrington

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Warrington. 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 Warrington with a recognized job title 449 95 406
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.04% 75.40% 96.67%
Number of salaries quoted 287 56 277
10th Percentile £29,000 £24,627 £24,827
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,306 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.86% +11.05% +8.75%
75th Percentile £69,375 £60,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £76,750
Cheshire median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -2.17% -3.16%

Lead Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead Software Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Warrington.

Lead Software Developer job vacancy trend in Warrington

Lead Software Developer
Salary Trend in Warrington

Salary distribution trend for Lead Software Developer job vacancies in Warrington.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Software Developer job vacancies in Warrington

Lead Software Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington

For the 6 months to 27 April 2026, Lead Software Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Warrington region featuring Lead Software Developer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (28.57%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
2 2 (28.57%) AngularJS
2 2 (28.57%) API Design
2 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
2 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET Core
2 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Azure Key Vault
2 2 (28.57%) Bicep
2 2 (28.57%) Bitbucket
2 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 2 (28.57%) Cost Optimisation
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) DevExpress
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Entity Framework
2 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
2 2 (28.57%) Figma
2 2 (28.57%) Git
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) NUnit
2 2 (28.57%) OpenAPI
2 2 (28.57%) OWASP
2 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (28.57%) RBAC
2 2 (28.57%) RESTful

Lead Software Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (28.57%) Azure Key Vault
1 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
1 2 (28.57%) Figma
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Bitbucket
1 2 (28.57%) Git
1 2 (28.57%) NUnit
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) .NET
1 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
1 2 (28.57%) AngularJS
1 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
1 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET Core
1 2 (28.57%) Entity Framework
1 2 (28.57%) OpenAPI
1 2 (28.57%) RESTful
1 2 (28.57%) RxJS
1 2 (28.57%) Swagger
1 2 (28.57%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (28.57%) API Design
2 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 2 (28.57%) Cost Optimisation
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) DevOps
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
2 2 (28.57%) OWASP
2 2 (28.57%) Penetration Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Performance Optimisation
2 2 (28.57%) RBAC
2 2 (28.57%) SDLC
2 2 (28.57%) Secure Coding
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (28.57%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Bicep
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
1 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) DevExpress
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
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