Lead Programmer Jobs in the West Midlands

Lead Programmer
England > West Midlands

The median Lead Programmer salary in the West Midlands is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 188 260 -
Rank change year-on-year +72 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Programmer 1 1 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.024% 0.012% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.013% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £75,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% - -
England median annual salary £67,500 £35,000 £120,000
% change year-on-year +92.86% -70.83% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,693 7,973 5,198
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 93.88% 89.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,732 5,761 3,210
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,300
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.94% +0.50%

Lead Programmer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Lead Programmer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Lead Programmer in the West Midlands

Lead Programmer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Programmer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Lead Programmer in the West Midlands

Lead Programmer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Programmer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 June 2025. 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
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Jobs
Staffordshire - 1 £45,000 -
Lead Programmer
England