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 17 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 17 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 192 | 265 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +73 | - | - |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Programmer | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 0.025% | 0.012% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.028% | 0.012% | - |
| 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 | 3,635 | 8,155 | 5,198 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.89% | 94.05% | 89.93% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 1,744 | 5,840 | 3,220 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £26,500 | £30,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £33,750 | £35,000 | £38,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,115 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.23% | -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 | £60,249 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.86% | +0.42% |
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.
Lead Programmer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Programmer in the West Midlands.
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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 17 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 |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staffordshire | - | 1 | £45,000 | - | |
| Lead Programmer England |
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