Lead Developer Jobs in West Yorkshire

Lead Developer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Lead Developer salary in West Yorkshire is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 July 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 99 182
Rank change year-on-year -12 +83 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 12 54 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.75% 1.76% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% 1.83% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 8 47 22
10th Percentile - £37,800 £52,750
25th Percentile £63,750 £47,000 £59,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £52,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -27.59% +7.41%
75th Percentile £72,188 £62,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £79,500 £70,000 £86,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £67,500 £55,173 £70,000
% change year-on-year +22.34% -21.18% +3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,444 2,949 3,611
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.69% 95.93% 91.84%
Number of salaries quoted 790 2,068 2,119
10th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,750 £38,890 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +7.84%
75th Percentile £73,886 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,125 £82,500 £86,393
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £49,908 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.83% -4.94% +5.00%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in West Yorkshire

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Lead Developer in West Yorkshire

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 14 July 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in West Yorkshire

Lead Developer
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 14 July 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
Leeds +18 12 £67,500 +28.57% 11
Lead Developer
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 14 July 2025, 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 10 (83.33%) Java
1 10 (83.33%) AWS
2 9 (75.00%) Azure
2 9 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 9 (75.00%) SC Cleared
2 9 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (75.00%) Mentoring
3 8 (66.67%) Clean Code
3 8 (66.67%) SQL
3 8 (66.67%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (66.67%) MongoDB
3 8 (66.67%) NoSQL
3 8 (66.67%) Node.js
4 7 (58.33%) QA
4 7 (58.33%) Security Testing
5 2 (16.67%) RESTful
5 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
5 2 (16.67%) Microservices
6 1 (8.33%) GCP
6 1 (8.33%) Software Delivery
6 1 (8.33%) Kotlin
6 1 (8.33%) Continuous Deployment
6 1 (8.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 1 (8.33%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
6 1 (8.33%) Product Roadmap
6 1 (8.33%) Technology Roadmap
6 1 (8.33%) Business Strategy
6 1 (8.33%) Containerisation

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 10 (83.33%) AWS
2 9 (75.00%) Azure
3 1 (8.33%) GCP
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (66.67%) MongoDB
1 8 (66.67%) NoSQL
1 8 (66.67%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (8.33%) MySQL
General
1 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (8.33%) Marketing
1 1 (8.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (66.67%) Node.js
2 2 (16.67%) RESTful
3 1 (8.33%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Marketing Technology
1 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 8 (66.67%) Clean Code
3 7 (58.33%) Security Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Microservices
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
5 1 (8.33%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (8.33%) Coaching
5 1 (8.33%) Continuous Deployment
5 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 1 (8.33%) E-Commerce
5 1 (8.33%) Product Roadmap
5 1 (8.33%) Software Architecture
5 1 (8.33%) Software Delivery
5 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (8.33%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (8.33%) Test Automation
5 1 (8.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 10 (83.33%) Java
2 9 (75.00%) JavaScript
3 8 (66.67%) SQL
4 1 (8.33%) Kotlin
4 1 (8.33%) Python
4 1 (8.33%) Scala
4 1 (8.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 9 (75.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Docker