Lead Developer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Lead Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Lead Developer salary for remote or hybrid work is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 275 244 255
Rank change year-on-year -31 +11 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 125 437 553
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.84% 1.29% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.92% 1.35% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 92 402 459
10th Percentile £50,100 £48,750 £51,833
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,199 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -3.23% +3.33%
75th Percentile £77,813 £90,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £142,500 £117,236
UK median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% -9.38% +6.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,554 32,482 41,080
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.64% 95.99% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,860 24,960 29,208
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

Lead Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Lead Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Lead Developer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Lead Developer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Lead Developer.

Lead Developer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Lead Developer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Lead Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Lead Developer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 60 (48.00%) JavaScript
2 52 (41.60%) Agile
3 45 (36.00%) React
4 41 (32.80%) Mentoring
5 37 (29.60%) C#
5 37 (29.60%) .NET
6 35 (28.00%) DevOps
6 35 (28.00%) Full-Stack Development
7 33 (26.40%) Software Engineering
8 32 (25.60%) CI/CD
9 31 (24.80%) Python
10 30 (24.00%) Social Skills
11 27 (21.60%) HTML
12 26 (20.80%) Azure
12 26 (20.80%) AWS
13 25 (20.00%) CSS
13 25 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
14 23 (18.40%) Java
14 23 (18.40%) Continuous Improvement
15 22 (17.60%) TypeScript
16 21 (16.80%) QA
17 20 (16.00%) TDD
17 20 (16.00%) SQL Server
17 20 (16.00%) Microsoft
18 19 (15.20%) Mobile App
18 19 (15.20%) Microservices
19 18 (14.40%) REST
19 18 (14.40%) Games
19 18 (14.40%) Degree
20 17 (13.60%) Scrum

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (8.00%) CMS
2 9 (7.20%) Drupal
2 9 (7.20%) WordPress
3 4 (3.20%) Confluence
3 4 (3.20%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.80%) Mule
Applications
1 2 (1.60%) Sketch
2 1 (0.80%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.80%) Moqups
Business Applications
1 6 (4.80%) Shopify
2 5 (4.00%) Magento
3 4 (3.20%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (20.80%) AWS
1 26 (20.80%) Azure
2 17 (13.60%) GitHub
3 14 (11.20%) Power Platform
3 14 (11.20%) SaaS
4 13 (10.40%) PowerApps
5 11 (8.80%) GitHub Actions
5 11 (8.80%) Serverless
6 9 (7.20%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (6.40%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (6.40%) Power Automate
8 5 (4.00%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (4.00%) Azure Functions
8 5 (4.00%) BigCommerce
9 4 (3.20%) Amazon SQS
10 3 (2.40%) Amazon S3
10 3 (2.40%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (2.40%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.60%) Azure Service Bus
11 2 (1.60%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.80%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (16.00%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.20%) Power BI
3 7 (5.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (4.80%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (3.20%) MySQL
5 4 (3.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (2.40%) Tableau
7 2 (1.60%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.80%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 12 (9.60%) JIRA
2 11 (8.80%) Git
3 10 (8.00%) Jenkins
4 9 (7.20%) SonarQube
5 8 (6.40%) Gradle
6 3 (2.40%) webpack
7 2 (1.60%) Cypress.io
7 2 (1.60%) Grunt
7 2 (1.60%) gulp
7 2 (1.60%) Selenium
7 2 (1.60%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.80%) Android Studio
8 1 (0.80%) Babel
8 1 (0.80%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.80%) Checkstyle
8 1 (0.80%) JUnit
8 1 (0.80%) NUnit
8 1 (0.80%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.80%) TestComplete
8 1 (0.80%) TestNG
General
1 30 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 18 (14.40%) Games
3 12 (9.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (8.80%) Retail
5 9 (7.20%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (6.40%) Tech for Good
7 7 (5.60%) Finance
8 4 (3.20%) Advertising
8 4 (3.20%) Health Technology
8 4 (3.20%) Marketing
9 3 (2.40%) iGaming
9 3 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (2.40%) Publishing
10 2 (1.60%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.60%) Legal
10 2 (1.60%) Local Government
11 1 (0.80%) Banking
11 1 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.80%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.80%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (36.00%) React
2 37 (29.60%) .NET
3 27 (21.60%) HTML
4 25 (20.00%) CSS
5 18 (14.40%) REST
6 17 (13.60%) .NET Core
7 13 (10.40%) AngularJS
8 11 (8.80%) Node.js
9 10 (8.00%) Django
9 10 (8.00%) RESTful
10 9 (7.20%) FastAPI
11 8 (6.40%) Redux
11 8 (6.40%) Unity (Game Engine)
11 8 (6.40%) Vue
12 7 (5.60%) ASP.NET
12 7 (5.60%) React Native
13 6 (4.80%) Blazor
14 5 (4.00%) Web Services
15 4 (3.20%) HTML5
15 4 (3.20%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.20%) Mobile App
2 10 (8.00%) Cloud Native
2 10 (8.00%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (6.40%) Mobile Games
4 7 (5.60%) Algorithms
5 6 (4.80%) Data Structures
6 5 (4.00%) EPoS
6 5 (4.00%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.60%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.80%) Derivative
8 1 (0.80%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.80%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.80%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.80%) Over-the-Top Content
8 1 (0.80%) Video\Live Streaming
8 1 (0.80%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.00%) Android
2 9 (7.20%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.60%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (41.60%) Agile
2 41 (32.80%) Mentoring
3 35 (28.00%) DevOps
3 35 (28.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 33 (26.40%) Software Engineering
5 32 (25.60%) CI/CD
6 25 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 23 (18.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 20 (16.00%) TDD
9 19 (15.20%) Microservices
10 17 (13.60%) Front End Development
10 17 (13.60%) Line Management
10 17 (13.60%) Scrum
10 17 (13.60%) SDLC
10 17 (13.60%) Technical Leadership
11 16 (12.80%) E-Commerce
12 15 (12.00%) Coaching
12 15 (12.00%) OOP
13 12 (9.60%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (9.60%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 60 (48.00%) JavaScript
2 37 (29.60%) C#
3 31 (24.80%) Python
4 23 (18.40%) Java
5 22 (17.60%) TypeScript
6 14 (11.20%) SQL
7 9 (7.20%) Kotlin
8 8 (6.40%) Objective-C
8 8 (6.40%) PHP
8 8 (6.40%) PowerShell
8 8 (6.40%) Swift
9 5 (4.00%) Delphi
9 5 (4.00%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.60%) C
10 2 (1.60%) C++
10 2 (1.60%) Go
11 1 (0.80%) Dart
11 1 (0.80%) DataWeave
11 1 (0.80%) Ruby
11 1 (0.80%) Scala
Qualifications
1 18 (14.40%) Degree
2 10 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.40%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.40%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.60%) Numerate Degree
5 1 (0.80%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (16.80%) QA
2 4 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.60%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.80%) IEC 62304
4 1 (0.80%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 16 (12.80%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (9.60%) Kubernetes
2 9 (7.20%) Terraform
3 1 (0.80%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 20 (16.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.40%) New Relic
3 6 (4.80%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.60%) Google
4 2 (1.60%) Mercator
5 1 (0.80%) Adobe
5 1 (0.80%) Apple
5 1 (0.80%) Intel
5 1 (0.80%) MuleSoft