Lead Developer Jobs in Wiltshire

Lead Developer
South West > Wiltshire

The median Lead Developer salary in Wiltshire is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 May 2025.

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

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 94 77
Rank change year-on-year +49 -17 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 10 7 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wiltshire 2.79% 0.55% 1.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.98% 0.58% 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 10 4 7
10th Percentile £35,000 - £52,300
25th Percentile £50,000 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -27.27% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £45,625 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,625 £55,750 -
South West median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -4.00% -3.85%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 336 1,208 894
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.59% 95.42% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 269 882 560
10th Percentile £29,700 £26,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £34,010 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.04% +3.16% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £75,000
South West median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -4.76% +5.00%

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in Wiltshire

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in Wiltshire

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

Salary trend for Lead Developer in Wiltshire

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram in Wiltshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Developer in Wiltshire over the 6 months to 8 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lead Developer in Wiltshire

Lead Developer
Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Developer within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
Salisbury - 2 £60,000 -
Swindon +26 1 £82,500 - 3
Lead Developer
South West

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 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 Wiltshire region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (40.00%) Azure
3 3 (30.00%) Content Management
3 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (30.00%) Web Development
3 3 (30.00%) HTML
3 3 (30.00%) T-SQL
3 3 (30.00%) CSS
3 3 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (30.00%) Data Security
3 3 (30.00%) CMS
3 3 (30.00%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (30.00%) React
3 3 (30.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (30.00%) AngularJS
3 3 (30.00%) Database Security
3 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
4 2 (20.00%) Headless CMS
4 2 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (20.00%) Personalization
4 2 (20.00%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (20.00%) Data-Driven Marketing
4 2 (20.00%) Node.js
4 2 (20.00%) .NET

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) CMS
2 2 (20.00%) Headless CMS
3 1 (10.00%) DNN
3 1 (10.00%) Kentico
3 1 (10.00%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (10.00%) Sitefinity
3 1 (10.00%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (30.00%) Azure SQL Database
2 3 (30.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) AngularJS
1 3 (30.00%) CSS
1 3 (30.00%) HTML
1 3 (30.00%) React
2 2 (20.00%) .NET
2 2 (20.00%) Node.js
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Core
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (10.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (30.00%) Content Management
3 3 (30.00%) Data Security
3 3 (30.00%) Database Security
3 3 (30.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (30.00%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (30.00%) Project Delivery
3 3 (30.00%) Web Development
4 2 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (20.00%) Data-Driven Marketing
4 2 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (20.00%) Personalization
4 2 (20.00%) SEO
5 1 (10.00%) API Integration
5 1 (10.00%) Design Patterns
5 1 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (10.00%) Front End Development
5 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
5 1 (10.00%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) T-SQL
3 2 (20.00%) C#
4 1 (10.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Sitecore