Lead Developer Jobs in York

Lead Developer
North Yorkshire > York

The median Lead Developer salary in York is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 36 - 49
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Developer 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in York 0.21% - 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% - 0.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - £65,000
75th Percentile - - £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
North Yorkshire median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% -11.11% +10.20%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
York

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in York. 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 York with a recognized job title 276 446 290
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 57.62% 96.33% 91.19%
Number of salaries quoted 60 290 207
10th Percentile £32,825 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,625 £31,438 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,000 £85,000 £77,500
North Yorkshire median annual salary £33,750 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -20.59% -10.53% -

Lead Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in York

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Developer in York

Lead Developer
Salary Trend in York

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

Salary trend for Lead Developer in York

Lead Developer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in York

For the 6 months to 6 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 York region featuring Lead Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns

Lead Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in York 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 1 (100.00%) Azure
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft