Lead Software Developer Jobs in West Yorkshire

Lead Software Developer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Lead Software Developer salary in West Yorkshire is £67,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 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
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 164 214
Rank change year-on-year +52 +50 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Software Developer 5 1 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.35% 0.030% 0.047%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.032% 0.051%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile - - £73,000
25th Percentile £63,750 - £73,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £100,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.50% +29.03% +103.95%
75th Percentile £71,250 - £81,250
90th Percentile - - £82,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% -20.00% +97.37%

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 1,252 3,161 3,947
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.79% 96.02% 92.35%
Number of salaries quoted 701 2,258 2,144
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,890 £38,063 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -9.09% +7.89%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,778 £82,500 £86,250
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,500 £49,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -6.67% +5.00%

Lead Software Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Software Developer in West Yorkshire

Lead Software Developer
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Lead Software Developer in West Yorkshire

Lead Software 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 Software Developer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 24 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
Leeds +59 5 £67,500 -32.50% 4
Lead Software Developer
Yorkshire

Lead Software Developer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 24 June 2025, Lead Software 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 Software Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (100.00%) QA
1 5 (100.00%) Security Testing
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
1 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 5 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 5 (100.00%) Node.js
1 5 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 5 (100.00%) Clean Code

Lead Software 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 5 (100.00%) AWS
1 5 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 5 (100.00%) NoSQL
1 5 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Node.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 5 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 5 (100.00%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) QA